tiect Voetrg.
Eventide: •.
"A:ed Isaac went out tolneditate in the field at
eventide."—GEn. xxry : 63.
Sweet evening hour! sweet evening hour!
That calms the air''and shuts , the flower;
That brings the willtbee tO its nest,.
The infant to its mother's breast.
Sweet hour! that bids the laborer cease,
That gives the weary beast release,'.`'"
And sends them home, and crowns them there,
With rest andsholter, i feed.and care.,
Oh, season of soft sounds and hues,
Qf twilight willts among the dews,
Of feelings °atm, and onverfie.sweel:
And thoughts too slindowy to repeatr-
NYes, lovely hour ( ',`thou art the time;
When feelings flows. ; .
When timid sonle'begi'niti dare,
And God reeeivettAna;ansiv‘rs prayere
Then trouggiAik
Look out the 4041115 Ilioughtftav!s
Of angeltiN46,47iohnirii thUre, ,
And gazing ou - 9ip•;lfilryW afire- ' ,
Sweet hour! for heavenly musings made,
When laaapwal)md, s t ud Demelprayed;
Wheu'Abrarit's Offerhiegoil,did'cittn';',
And Jesus loved to be alone. -
For the Preshiteihin Baiiper Advodet•
The •Itightepu Hatlx r Rope: in:Ekie ,Deatb•
A tribute Otrespect is due to, the memory , o
Dr. P. B. Smith, and wife, who , were instantly
killed by the - awful' collision that' occurred
Alliance on the Bth of December. We sorrow for
their untimely death, yet`" not as othera which'
have no hope." The • DOCtor,. for' Many yars,
had been a MeMber of the Associate ReforMed
Presbyterian Church; yet,his mind had recently
undergene.such a radical change in relation to
the pecullaritieg of that ChUrch; thithe purposed
a ohange in his ecclesiastical relation. lie would
have united with the Old 'Scheer Presbyterian
church of Salem, 0., it
her last Cominuniou, had
not professional duty kept - hith away Versuaded
in his mind, thit he was called to serve
~God
"the ministry of 'reconciliation," he was pre
paring to enter-upon a Theological ("puree, ,pre-,
paratbry to
. preachihg- the i'Gospel of Chriet.
He was naturally:modest, and unassuming in his
ways, generous in nature, , expensive in heart;
winning the confidence and retaining the friend
ship of all who knew, , -
Mrs. Smith obtained a hope, , and was • received'
into the communion the,, Presbyterian church
of Salem, through the, ordironice of baptism,. on
the 20th of June,',lBsB;iinter 'the ministrations.
of the present' pastor, and maintained , 'a. Chris
tian deportment Until the close of her life.
She was resolute: in her' purposes, frank in
her manner, tender and 'affectionate in all her ,
ways. Accustomed to look at the SMUT side
of everything, and possessed:4)f an unusually
cheerful disposition,. she would: smile on the
changes of fortune:round her With a light, free
heart, (and she 'wore .that smile in death,) and
say, " they were all for the best." .And 'so
effectual was , the work of God'acgrace her,
heart, she chose a plaee in the home or u =enrol'
God, in preference to ",`the enjoyment of the pleasures.
of sin for a season. °
Theirs was a thrice happy honie ;hippy for its,
unity and peace; happy for its ; contentment;
and happy for the .morning and evening incense.
of thanksgiving` , and praise which rose (most
rare observance' in thih Athelitida glen !)'from
God's altar that was there., Bufita duration Was
short. The marriage greetings were 'past'
scarce a twelvemonth, till the death knell was
sounded, and rejoicing, was hushed by the
solemnities of their funeral march. And how
ever dark the cloud that overshadowed their
death, there was, light embosomed in the depths
of the darkness. The one was not left behind
the other, to gaze upon a distorted countenance
and mutilated fraine, for they died by the same
stroke, died together, died at once. Like Saul
and Jonathan,,they "'Were loiely'and - pleaaant in
their lives, and in their.death they were not di
vided." - J. S. G.
Salem, ` ` • , • '
For the Presbyterian Fanner and Advocate.
Ptesbyttry .of St. ClairscrMe.
• •
Sr. Crauttsvitt a, - January 15;1857.
The Presbytery of St. Clairsville met at Short
Creek on the 6t ii ReV.ltobeit
Armstrong pastor of that church:
In the installation services, hlr. Grithes preach
ed the sermon:froin 1. Cor.:xv:ls; Mr. Mitchell
gave the charge'tn'thpaster, and ; Mr. Crawford
the charge to the people. '
The next day Mr. Arriistrong was oleo installed
pastor of the ,church of ..Wheeling, Valley. Ser.
mon by Mr. Vincent, from .2.• Corr 16. Mr.
Dool, gave the
, oharge to the,pastor,' - and Mr.
.Moffat the charge to the people.
A call was
_prase .ed from the congregation of
Westfield, oi the Pl : esbytery of „Beaver, for the
Ministerial laborief Rev. T. G. Seoti, a licentiate
under our careovhich call was put into Mr. So p tes
hands, .
Calls were also' presented' from the congrega
tions of Middle Sandy and 'Hanover, Of the Pres
bytery of NewPsbon, for i the r ministmiaks,ervices
of Rev. John Moffat, which were read:-and tire
Commissioners were heard. •Presbyterydeclined
to put the calls into Mr.; Moffat's hands„ and or
dered them.to be= returned to;the congregations.
The call 'presented •by the congregation of
Reekhill, at, the, last meeting `of PresbYtery, for
the ministerial 'labors of the Rey— Benjamin
Mitchell the *hole of his time, was taken up.
The Commissioners beipg heard, the call Was put
into Mr. MitchelPs`hands.
A call was elicit presented from the Oongrega
tion of Mount Pleasant- for the labors of Me.
Mitchell the 'Whole of hiS time.' The.:Commis
sioners being heardethe calf was also put into
Mr. M.'s hands.
Mr. Mitchell (having served tbese - el4.ohes'".P.-
wards of twenty "years, .Plgastint "some
twenty-seven years,and Rockhill some twenty
three years),feeling.a - strong attachment tohoth,
said he could not, decide which call to accept, , ina
asked the adviCe of the' Presbytery. ' The Pres
,bytery advitiesk him tpaccept the call of' the con
gregation. of Nount Pleasant,- as that ,was.6hii3
first pastoral charge of' the' two, and as he had
his home there:,
which: advice he ,took ;,
O aid de
ared his aoceptance of ,the call from. Mt. Pleas
ant And the pastoral , relation between him and
the congregation of Roolll'4ll was disoelTO, and
Mr. Moffat Was• appoiited to preach. in said
church, and'declare it vacant. • •
_
Rockhill is a: Very promising congregation.
They deserve good, pastor.' Beller; Where siy
oral railroads .terminate, is within Aar:bounds.
It is growing rapidly, will be a large place in ,a
few years, and There a flourishing'church
there in a shOri thne. • ALBOBYTER.
• . .
For theßielS)iteiliti.lanaer and. Advocate
First Presbyteriark t purch in Franklin,
',amigo Co.
At a meeting,of she Fhret Presbyterian Church
in Franklin, Venango County, held the third day
of January, 1857,•on• Motion the following "Pre
amble and resolution were adopted .
WrturtaAs,_,TheilevansuelA.atoil, our , pastor.
has expressed a aidie to - have the coniregatlon
co-operate with bim tweaking Presbytery to dis
solve the connexion which exists between him and
us,
.as pastor : and people r. ,
And, whereas we' . most deeply deplore he
c ause s which, may c'oppek a separation with our
beloved pestor who has labored so faithfully
among us, and tin -whoin our affections and at
tachments 'have been, concentrated ; yet feeling
- the inabilityrof .the congregation to remove those
causes, -and believing that hiwself.saorifioingend
,laborious dispos,ition, distines to afiel d in
which his labors may be blessed with better atm
cess, we cannot refuse our consent to dissolving
the friendly.titte which have always endeared him
to us; therefore l .o .
Reeoktedi tbiw congregation grant the re
quest of 141r.,,E, Elton, and, unite with him in ask
ing Presbyter y to dissolve the happy connexions
which have for More than eight years existed be
tween us as pastor' and peoPle,hoping • that, its
decision,
if favorable,to request,may result
in his future prosperity, , the welfare 'of our
Church, and the advanceinent of our itedeemer's
kingdom.
Reeolved, That a e.opy' of the above preamble
and resolution be furhifilied Mr. Baion,,to; pre
sent to Presbytery. • , 1 to-• •
"i a r . -• M Rear Mitts*.
4•t• I
Samuel F. Dale, Clerk.
(4t Nitilt.
)!'or the Rreehyterlan Banner and Advocate.
Bible Narratives,---No. 20.
TILE EitIIGICATION.—GEN. XII : 5, 6.
Torah being dead, Abraham is free to
obey the command, Stephen declares Jeho
vah had given him while yet, in Ur of Chal
dees.
• At once, with his numerous houie
hold,,accompamed by Lot his:brother's son,
he setsuut on a journey to• Canute.
Reran lay about fifty miles from the Ea
ph:rates. 'Passing the brook Bilieha, the
cempany
,would probably reach the great
river upon the third. day. The fact that the
Steward of Abraham's house was :from Da
rn:Mork is thought to lasior theidea that he
came that Way, instead' of 'e,rOssing,theriver,
in the . direction of ~the gulf, Issiia and
marching, downy as Alexander and. his army
many centurieslaterpbetween , the Lebanon
and'the Great'Sea.'' Jeivish tradition favors
the intination;: that Abialiana on, his way
to the.prOmised land;;;Vbilted - the city which
the Orientals ,proudly ,name, " a pearl sur
rounded •by'emeralds.'••)
'Auttiran in some places; the Euphrates
may ,be- forded,by . ,,c'ain'els; thong
end depth is eight feet, anditErWidth nine;
hundred feet. Thia, woUld be the, season,
Chosen. for, "the passage," r. if the river was...
unbridged. Days - must be 'spent before all
the leeks and" substance; Wivel4., and little
ones, are safely over Javian, 'lifter the de
feat of Julian, the apostate crossed the
Tigris with his army, on-a bridge made ,of
the inflated skins of animals; andlcovered
With hurdlei and earth: in a similar man
iter,lhe father .of the Jewish Mee may have
Paseed the great river which. Separated the
land of his nativity from the country of his
adoption. But .it ~isTnot, at , all improbable
that the builders of thenity and thetower
of Babel; hid before this bridged this bar
rierto communication,between Egypt •and
Mesopotamia. A little later in Patriarchal
history,, when Jac& 'flees from Labiwwitb.
all hie, flocke, and, in seven 'days; reaches
Mt. Gilead, the river, does not seem to be a
hindrance to progress.—Gen. = xxix
Comp. xxxi : 21-28.
From the Place of .Paisage, along the
streams which, feed :the Aiorites, Abraham
Weald ,now pass. When a little more than
half way to Damascus, - Anti-Labarms rises„
in grandeur 'before , lim. Here he. may
choose either'of two routes to Canaan. He
may ascend the Aroates' to its head springs,
on what was afterwards the caravan •road,
from Babylon and Palmyra., to Tyre ; or:he
may still 'keep the mountains to his right,
till - he reaches the fertile'' banks of the
Alberta and
,Pharpar. The, journey :front. ".
Hann to liamas A us, with the lambs of
the flock, as well as the littleones of the
many families, 'may have taken' weeks.
A shift stay'would` be all the More pleasant. -
Here, Probably, Eliazer joined the conapanY. :
Joiephus states that Abraham, .for a time,
reigned as emir of Damascus. This vague
tradition, however, has but little •grounds
for credence; and we have reason to believe
that Abraham soon took the high road
through the pass hetween the mountains o
South Herman and Lebanon, and come to
Sichem, in the plain of Morah.
Sichem' lies in a narrow vale, between
the faintine summits of Ebal and Gerizim.
It is on the route, from. Damaseus to ancient
Salem, about :thirty-five leagues from the
former, and twelve from the latter. The
valley in which it is built runs North-West,.
[ Several miles toward where Samaria after
.
Wards stood; and two, miles Eastward, it
opens, into the luxuriant and beautiful plain
of Morah, three miles wide, and running
North and South'nine miles.; These delight
ful mountain 'slopes and extended' Valleys,
covered with rich pasturage, invite the pil
grim Patriarch to rest awhile. Here he
builds an altar, and calls upon. the .name of
the Lord, wholad sent him - upon this jour-
Tio , to a distant lend.'
.Jehoirah 'appears to
him in his enpaiiipment between these moun
tains. of "Cursing and of ; Blessing." Sev-,
eral centuries,after this, Joshua placed six
of the tribes-of Israel upon Ebal, and six
upon. Gerizim
.; and -the curses, and 'the
bleisings'Of the law' Were heard fibril Moun
tain to mountain. ; Ebal, the Mount of
Cursing, an altar was built. Thus, the,
mountaiwto the North becomes a symbol of
Abraham's native land, and of the dispen
alien of sacrif'ic'e';
and *the MMintain to the
South, a symbol of the country which Abra
ham sought, and of the blessings proclaimed
in the Gospel.
Abraham Was a wealthy emir, or pastoral
prince. We' are . not, therefore, to - think' of
a few tents,-and of, a score or two souls,
as constituting his encampment and hiscora
pany. Several hundred families, number
ing thousands of servants or subjects, are to.
he Counted., Old men and Women may be
fOu t ia, at 'noon qi at even-tide,,sitting, in, the
doors.of their tents; or they may be seen,
other.times, welkin& staff. inland, along
the grassy streets of - the' city of tents. - Lit:
tle children gather in groups to play by the
streams,.br nnderneath :the shade of olitae
trees. Their voice :of • , joyous mirth. echo
along:the lanes of the. canvas% encampment,
as the -notes of -Nature's song-birds among
the hills. "Young Men and `as `often " in pas
toral life, perhaps Maidens, are away along
the narrow valleys, and gentle mountain
slopes,,,guarding..rand,: feeding...the ...flocks,
Onlyatalight, when the cattle are gathered
to the folds, or Upon the seventh day; when
all meet to call upon the name of the Lord,
are 'the household Of`the, Pataiirch grouped.
Within the lineS of 'encampment. Some
may drive the flock fir; as afterwards'the
sons of Jacob-'did; tGent=xxxvii : 13-170
that' they,' roton':,conly in the Winter„ or 'at
stated seasons, of the year. Such are some
of the pencil marks mthelack groUnd of
a picture,' the outlines of which are clearly
drawn by, the pen of Inspiration.
fax tie gang.
Buline BB
,Endttrinoe.
'.Men .of genius, without 'endurance, can
not succeed. Men who start in one kind of
busin'ese •may find it impossible to continue
therein all their days.' 11l health may .de
mend a change. New and wider' fields of
enterprise and success may .be opened to
fnem; new elements of character may be
developed. Men may have a positive dis
taste for some pursuits, and' success . may
, demand a change. None of these cases' fall
Within the general yule. Men . *may have
talents, but if -they are "'everything by
turns 'and -nothing they •••• not
expect to prosper. No, form of busineseis
free from vexations; each man knows the
spot on which his own harneas &fifes; but
he cannot know how much his own neighbor
'suffers. _ It is said a Yankee. can splice a
rope in many different •au English
.641QX knows, but • one , maw* :but .in. 4 that
liathed be, does hit woilOirdlt.- Life . is not
l'oug.enOugh to allow any one. tow be. really
'ii*iter, of hi:4,one pursuit.
The historyoteminentlpfnifitelljirofes
ion and /tailings preids this. The great
TIIE'PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
statesman, Daniel Webster, was a great
lawyer, His boyhood was marked only by
uncommon industry. As a speaker, he did
not excel in early life. With great deliber
ation, he selected the law, as his profession,
nor could he be deterred from his chosen
pursuit. While a' poor student, not the
tempting prize of fifteen hundred dollars a
year as clerk of the courts, then a large
sum, gained with great difficulty for him by
the zeal and influence of his father, nor
could all the persuasions of the father turn
him from tho_maa Ire had set before.him.;
and.his great eulogist, the Attorney• General
of Massachusetts, is another marked . illus
tration.of resolute endurance and indomita
ble iedustry—life-iong—deittering One
profession, making Mtn one of the chief,.or-
Dement& of that
.profession,. it not its `head;
in the ITnited,States.
Our Jae distinguished Ambassador` at the
Court of St. Janina, • the Iron.' Abbot,' Lai
rence, 'whose wealth Was , peuree ditt . i fOr :all
benevolent . purposes in donations ns 'large
as the sea, could ,recall thetitne,when hedlad
his'profeision to select, and, the first dollar
of his splendid fortune to earn. lie chdie
deliberately a calling'; he Puraied that'
°upsilon With ' , integrity and enduranaii,
through. dark days `and :;trying seasons, • and
the result is before -theiworld. =Thin - cite
affords an apt illustration.of the, pro*erb - of
the wise min; that a!man• " diligent in: his
business shall stand before kings, and , not
befere meanimen.", ;'
The date John' jam& AStor, as- he left,his
native Germany, paused, beneath a, linden
tree not far from the line that separated his,,
native land from another, and made_ three
•resolutions, which he intended should,guide
him through ,life: /‘ 1. He wouldiM honest.
2., He would be industrious. 3. - He'would
never gamble." He:was on feet; hisedr wealth,
was in the small bundle that swung from hie
stick laid on his shoulder.
, The; world was
before him. Ile was able to carry them' but:
Hissupeess is the best, comment his en
durance. Stephen of the age 'of
forty years, was-in' quite moderate:CH.onel- '
stances, being'the captain of a: 'small• coast-
ing vessel on the Delaware, and part".owner
of the sarrie.' ; No traiein his character 'was
More marked than his , endurance, and> the
element gave 'him a "fortune.
All men who' have Succeeded well in life,
have been'tnerr of high resolve:and endur
ance. The famediWilliamTitt was, in early
life, fond Of ga:miag: The passion increased
with his years ; he knew that: he, must at
Once master r the passion, .:or the ,passion
would master him-. -, -11e made &firm resolve
that he . Woi.ild never again play at , a garde
of hazard. Ile could make such a resolu
tion ; he -could keep it. His subsequent
eminence was the fruit of that power. Wil
liam Wilberforde, MS earlier udays, like
most young men of his rank and age; loved
the exalted:fent .Of plaaer of :•hasard:..
was one night persuaded to keep the , faro
bank." He' saw the ruin of the vice of gam
ing as he never saw ii• before; he [vvas ap
palled with what he' beheld:, -Sitting Sitting amid;
gaming, ruin, and despair, he, took, the reso
lution that he would. , never again
,enter a
'gaming-house. • He !changed his • company
with the ohangeVof his conduct, and subse
,quently became one of the Most'distinguished
Englishmen of his age. : .,
Dr: Samuel Johnson was once requested
to
,drink with. a friend.. The doctor pro-,
posed tea. "But drink a little wine," said
his host. a I cannot," was the reply "
know abstinence—l know, excess; but I
knew no medium._ Lang since I reselved,'
as I could' not drink a irate wine, I 'Would
;drink none at all." A an who could "thus'
support his resolution`by action, was a Man
,of endurance, and that element is as well
displayed iri thiS incident `as in , the compila- ,
tion of his great Work. When RiehitrrL
'Brhisley Sheridan made his first:speeoh in
_parliament, it Was regarded on all hands as
'a most Mortifying failure. His friends urged
himto abandomaiparliamentanyAareer,,a,nd
enter upon some field better suited to his
ability. "No," >said .Sheridan, "no, it is
in me, and it shall Coine 'out!" And it did;
and he became one of the most splendid
debaters in England. Loyola, the founder
'ef the Order of Jesuits, the conitier, the
'man of "lollniry' and ,dissipation, obtained"
such mastery. over himself by, lahor and en-'
durance,Ahat, to illustrate the tact, he stood
several hours,. apparantly unmoved, in .a;
pond of ic,e and muddy water up to his'
chin. Perhaps, no, other nation in Edrope
; at that time could have won the battle of
Waterloo, .oxcept the' British,
_because no
other.could have ; brought to ; that
that amount of endurance needed ,to win.,
For many hours that army 'stood , manfullp
'before the murderous fire of the 'French;
'column after, column fell while not a gun'
was discharged on their
2: d9`JN"2 _part. One sullen
word of comman ran `along e me as
, thousands fell: "Yile up !Ale up V " Not
yeti not yet !",yee the Iron' . puke's reply
to earnest requests made to charge and fight
the foe. At length the time of action came.
The charge was given, and victorr , perched
upon the standard 'of England. —Hunt's
ltle'rchade Ma e.
10;: : : . 0':::..1- 4 ..,i,p',.',.,:
'Prom the Ameriattt thanker.
A Faithful Wife's Reward,
In the : year 182—, there lived..upen the
banks of the sili-ery Connecticut, two fain;
ilies which were near, neighbor& Pie:hus
bands were twin brothers,,anittlexttes.A ;
tirnate friends and sharers in each other's
sympathies. In a orfeligion which
spread through;the'town,•;these wives both
became interested, and in due time united
With the church; but.the husbands neglec
ied the lionise of Gl:Od,:and'apent 'their:Sat
baths sometimes upon .the.. river, sometimes
in a distillery,' playing Cards, or in idle Con
ti:lllation and . carousing: They p - rofessed
to be Universnlists,and considered this mode
of life'and of nding.ihe Lord i S day con.
sistent with their-belief.
Though displeased with the change in
their wives, and disturbed in conscience by
their religion, they did not generally oppose
them in a rude: and violent "manner,' but
discouraged and annoyed them by negatiie
mean s,by withholding all aid and countenance
in the enjoyment of religions 'duties and
. •
privileges, and bincking their way, .as they
had opportunity, : by. suggesting difficulties,
excuses, or now and then a sneer and cry of
needless alarm and ado:"
Many were the tetbptations tti abaWtheir'
zeal and give' up their religion,and imiy
the, trials which these women suffered.fmn
such means. The opposition was in its
manner too good-natured to provoke them,
yet so determined and persistent as to test
most thoroughly their faith and Christian
decision, and induce them if possible, to
abandon their highest convictions- of duty.
It was, throughout, just of that desbrißtion
. before which many of less piety and, decisionbf character, give way even sodner than
'they would before bitter• and enraged:oppo
sition... • • • " • •
‘.. But thestv*ottnen Mad - found- titio holy a
tHi lemur",deep ezpeTi4Re
mpie d; or, eNiliiiii:from
file line of Chiletiati duty. Ttiey alpo en.
j , - , yed the counsels of an eminent mother in
Israel, by whose company and prayers they
were greatly profited and established, as well
as aided in acting discreetly. It was soon
apparent that their religiou took hold of their
life, and, that God held the first place in
their fear and devotion. No ordinary ex
cuse or obstacle could hinder them from
serving the Lord in every way which he ap
pointed; they had set their faces toward
heaven, and no lion in the . way could turn
them back - , for, "Life, eternal life !" was
their cry.
Living , too'far - from the place of public`
worship to `walk, they were obliged to secure
their own oonveyance. So, when the 'time
came, out into the fidlde,' or to the barn,
would taiey fot:ithe'l horse, haineas him,
and drive to meeting without a murmur or
word of complaint, no one forbidding them.
This soon became their'habit, and, was reek
oned among the regular Sabbath, duties.
The decision and , energy thus exercised,•
were carried into other duties, and' s Chanter
ized their ChFistiati life.
As " may be Supposed,, their ponsitent life
had its effect upon .their husbands; *they
could notwitnessauch mild, steady, persever
ing. pieth , without , feeling a deeper' convic
tion of ite'reality than they'were willing to
acknowledge: :Their thonghts were arrest
ed; as time liassed i on,, they became affected
beyond :their power to" disguise it; the
Spirit "of God' fell.'uponi them—particularly
one of them; his' conviction' deepened; he
was awakened, alarmed and constrained' to
cry out. Day byday.his distrea,s, increased,
and,so did his struggles; he ,saw, that. he
was.wlost sinner ? guilty, condemned. Yet,.
With .deterinined -7 0stinacy he bore"up
against God'S and againat his own
conscience. He was blirdened beyond en
durance, but he would not submit. De
scribing hie feelings at this time,he said
&I - wanted to tear God, from his tirone, and
deifrOy Idie." nut kniiiing:lie,cOnld not do
that, he wrangled with his government, his
truth, requirenients,
„jna" tiee l " yea, with his,
grace as, exercised toward others. After`
continuing - thus.about two, weeks, he felt
that he could endure, it no longer. The
darkeesS of despair gathered around him.
and settled' iloom seemed to spread over
everything., Ile. arose and left his house—
not unobserved however by his anxious and
praying wife. ".I wandered," he said "in
to the wood'along the banks of the river,
feeling`thyseff a wretched outcast frein'God,
determined never to go home till in' sonic
way relieVed of that dreadful load which
was crushing me. I'thought I would" :east
MYSelf into theriver, and seek relief in its
watery bosom; but then I thought ,of thia
spark of immortality iu my soul which I could
not cinenee,,, and that checked me. After
roving:about till near night, I came to a
spot under a large spreading tree, and there
stood, deliberating what to do ;,,but still .re
solved, never to see my home and family un-.
less I found - relief. While in „this,, state,
Something seemed to tell me to kneel down
and, pray,_and beg for mercy.
~ knelt, own
and tried.to,pray, and no sooner had I done
so , than my load was gone. I felt as light
as air; it seemed as if I could fly. And
as I , hastened home, I felt such , peace as
no onecan describe."
From that time he began to speak of the
precious Jesus, and to exhibit a changed'
charieter and life. Often in referring "to
his former state in sin and unbelief, while,
exhortinc , his friends who were still in that
condition, he has said,'" I was once, where
you are. I would not believe these things.
I was blind, now I see. Poor sinners know
riot what they do:"
kie accompanied his wife to meeting,
joined the''Church, ,took an actiVe part in,
prayer-,Meetings 'and other Christian duties,.
and lived as became a servant of Christ
gaup limes has the writer `of this met in
his house and in other places with a praying
,ConiPany, and heard him in his Unable way
speak of his eiperience as above described,
exhOrt others to seek and , try the ,Saviour
for themselves and pray for them. Nor has
'he ceased in his .old ; . : age. .He yet lives to
confirm this testimony, and if it is, not sub
stantially true, will doubtless correct it. • Rio'
wife has many years taken 'sweet counsel'
with him upon religious subjects;' they have
gone to the house of Cod in company, and
taken'their children with thein.
The otlier'brother, was awakened; there
was a great Change in 'Min outwardly;,he,
became a constant, attendant upon public
.
worship with his wife and family, and was
frequently at the place of prayer till the day
of his death, then h. he never made apublie
profession of religion.
instructed' and encour
aged byithis narrative., The wife who can
patiently pursue the, path of Christian duty,
and prayerfully, meekly, and'firmly maintain
her Christian privileges, exhibits a living
argument almostirresistible the ungodly
busband.- Anctas in, this case, 'how happy
:must She be in that reward, which a prayer
hearing God ,often sends much sooner than
was expected, when, ,she beholds her corn
pationtransformed into A' meek disciple of
: Jeans; and 'reidy to join her in religious' du
ties and Priiileges; When •in respect, to, all
their present interests, and their"immortal
hopes, they can strive,together as the heirs
' of life, and the 'prayers upon the domestic
altar, shall not he - lindefed till they are
changed' to praise ahaire
Agricultural.
Butter-Making in Winter.
g 1 Winter Butter" carries to most minds
the idea of a white
; bitter, unsavory article, t
as different from in June, as two
things with the Sairie, name can be. And
tbeie ~d ifEculty in pro
ducing, a prime_ article in gold-weather,
iithout special care and particular manage
ment. 'Let Us offer'some hints on the sub
ject.
e _
The can'crnd food which the cows receive
is not without its . influence. The change
from the green arid Sixceplentpasture to dry
unsavory fodder, shoUld be modified by siip
plying them with a: portion of -grain
,and
,roots—with the best substitutes for green
food attainable:. Carrots, turnips, sugar
beets, cabbages, parsnips, or potatoes, and
chopped* fodder,'_"with slops of nutritious
grains, generonsly supplied ; will ' induce a
generous supply ,of , milk of pod quality.
Feed after uiilking..instead of before if there
is fear of the , milk taking the flavor of
1 turnips &c. Frequent salting , and pure
water always at command, add much to the
4,94 , l4.o,„,,BReluctivAneeg,,,Rf the Mow,, and
should not be neglected. A. warm, clean,
properlyjeritilat4stable will, of, course be
understo4 aa" ' -
The maitagement of the milk must be
different from that of Summer. In a cool
place the.milk, will grow bitter before the
cream rises. , Where it freezes, .the cream
will rise at once, but the butter will, be very
white WhiCh is from it. It is difficult
to get the prop,or warmth to raise the , cream
as it should be i Winter. t Hence some
A
butter-makers sealll') R 1
their milk by placing
the pan's 1 0vx.,'".`0`314,4 Water eierk.the stove ,. .when first, strained,, others use , double pans
and after the milk has stood twelve hours
fill the outer one with boiling water, and suf
fer it to stand twelve hours longer, when the
cream will be found toile perfectly separa
ted, and of such consistence, thatpthe whole
may be lifted at once with the ladle.
Much more and better butter can be made
in this way, than with ordinary treatment.
The cream, should not stand too long be
fore clolhrning. Sour, that is, very sour,
bitter cream will not produce good butter.
Let the cream-pot stand in. a„ warm room,
near the fire, stirring it occasionally, for a
few hours before churning. Or it may he
set in', a vessel of warm water, until the
cream, begins,. to feel warm—just a lit
tle . warm—when it is fit for churning.
Never' heat cream so- as to melt it--or
the butte,r it contains—for melted butter or
cream, can never be made into butter again.,
With the cream properly warmed-about
55§--the- butter will come in from fifteen to
twenty minutes. If it is a little too warm
it will come sooner and . very soft and white;
if too cold, ft, will froth'up and the churn
inv. will be a prolonged one. When there
is a good deal of froth, it is .better to stop
and warns - the cream . -by-setting it 'near the
fire cr in a tub' of warm water, than to try
to warm it by churning.
It is said on.good authoriiy,that the color
and flavor of Winter butter may .buira
proVed'by putting a 'few' spoonfulls of the
juice of an orange carrot into the 'cream be
fore chUrning. We are sure that care in
the feeding of- the cow, in setting the milk,
churning the cream; and working the 'but
ter, will produce a far - better article than
that, which has 'Made 66 " suCh° a
distasteful, prefix to "Butter."
niistellantos.
SubstitiitiOn.
A writer in the Transcript, winds up a.,
pithy andensible article' upon the mis
placed and inischievims efforts of " the
anti-capital-punishment party," With the
following fact's
I was' somewhat amused by a pleasant
story; reported of one of aut;worthiest eiti
zens, Who was - recittested to sign a4etition,
whose object it wad to "save 'the 'neck of a
convicted Murderer from the gallows.' There
was nothirig in the case to distinguish it
from the common average of 'bloOdy mur
ders—the proof was'clear and positive-the
doctors had done their utmost to'perplex the
court, the jury and..themselves with :all
manner of madness, from the rambling to
the raving--and. the lawyers had labored in
vain to establish the fact of insanity. The
common sense of twelve honest jurymen
had survived all these professional efforts,
'and the bloody scoundrel ,was sentenced to
be hung. ,Then it was that one of those
reverend peripatetics„ who, in the opinion
of some very good and wise men,. are
great nuisances, applied, to my worthy
friend for his signature to a petition, to save
the foul murderer from being hanged; when
the following brief dialogue, ensued :
"I have no objection to sign this petition,
on one condition."
"Your name will have great 'weight With
the Governor and Council.; what is the don
ditiOn to viiiieh you refer ?"
"That you will, yourself, be hange
his Atead."---Par. Rec.
Sound Sleep.
Any man. who can. bound, out of bed as
soon as he wakes of a mid-Winter's morn
.
lug is worth something ; no fear of his not
making his way through the world credita
bly,beeeeeeheAas.o! elements of a ProraP
thuds; decision and'energy, WiliCh guarantee
success. To invalids we make a coinforta-
ble suggeition worth knowing. , If you have
force of will enough to keep you from tak
'm
,
g a second nap—and it is the "-second
nap" which makes its baneful influence felt
on.multitudes-4t is- its_
to lie
a‘While'and think l abbne it, until that feeling
,
of weariness'passes out of the linibs which
you so 'commonly feel. ' But to sleep `sound
iv and to feel 'meted and refreShed when
you 'like up' of a niorning, four things Are
essential: ' ' • • ,
1. Go to 'bed with feet •thofoilghly dry
2. Take nothing for eupper but some cold
bread and butter and a single cup of weak ;
warm tea of, Any/kind.
-1. Avoid overfatigue of body. '
4. For the -hour• preceding bedtime, dis
miss every engrossinptsubject from the mind,
and let it be employed about something
soothing, and , enlivening in- cheerful thank
fulness.—Hali's Journal of Health.
A.Cold Journey.
Rev. R. Taylor, lately returned from Rua
Pilo says:
'''The ship, in, which I went out, as pea-
Senger, is' looked up, "with' three hundred
and eighty-seven others, by ice, in the GAY
of Finland, and' in consequenot "of that," 1
creased the Continent to England, and
thence to Arneriea. To give you mine idea:
of the cold of Russia, when I left'St. Pe
tersburgh, on the 2d of December,' ('and'it
was about as cold in, Moscow, on the. rth of
November,) permit me to state, that after
putting iiirthree of socks "and a pair
of felt boots, two pairs of drawers and -a very
thick , pair of pants, 'three shirts and two
thick mate, 'with a 'sheepskin coat, which
was lined with lambskin, having the wool
on, and taking with me a good shawl friends
who:knew what,it was to encounter a Rua
lion Winter, would not consent for me to un
dertake the journey, till another overcoat, or
ct.shube" of cloth, lined through with fur,
was procured., Thus equipped, three of us
took our places in a " kibitka.," which we
had purchased for the, purpose, and started
for the frontier, which,we reached after five
days and five nights, during which we
neither stopped to wash, dress or sleep.
Nye ex,changed horses and drivers about
'forty times."
" The Monders,"
The Montreal :Witness has the following:
The Nie York Observer contains a very
incorrect statement , about what it calls a
new religious sect in - France; , the.Orriiers,
forty-six :members . ;of. which, with their
chief, Mr. Charpiot, have been,tried before
a court at Lyons, and heavily fined. The
fact is, there is no new sect Akan ; and the
name, of lto:ntier (not itiornier,) is a low and
vulgar appeliation, with which evangelical
Christians, of all denominationa in Fiance
and Switierland, have been nicknamed by
their opponents for More, than forty Years
past, the venerable Rev. User Malan, D.
b., of 'Geneva, being the first Man to whoni
it was applied, in order to iidicule his
preaching. The Rev. Mr. Charpiot alluded
td, far from being the head of a new sect,
is an old and faithful minister, who has
long labored in connexion with'the Evan
gelical Society of Tellifve. lie and his peo
ple being good . Cimgregationalista or 'Pre.a
byterians; but connected , - with the Estab
,lished Church, 'have fallen . 'vietims to' their
Christian zeal, and been successfully perse
cuted , by the Government. of Muhl +Napo
leen, at the instigation of the priests.
Coal . Trade of Pennsylvania.
The total yield of anthracite coal in 1820,
was only three hundred and sixty five tons.
The yield for the year 1856 amounts tomore
than seven millions two hundred and fifty
thousand tons. The unpreoedentedly rapid
growth of the trade may be inferred from
the following table, showing the yield fronl
the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania
for the years 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and
1856:
Tons. Tons.
1820, 365 1850, 3,332,614
1830, 174,764 1856, 7,258,891
1840, 865,4141
'Estimating the bituminous coal produc
tions of the State for the past year at 2,000,-
000 tons, we would have a grand aggregate
of 9,256,891: tons for the year.
"JOHN SAYEns Owl, known as the "Angel
Gabriel," died in prison, in Demarara, in
November, aged thirty-five years. Orr was
an Englishman by birth, but spent many
years in this country. He imagined himself
the Angel Gabriel, and went about with a
small horn, the sounding of which gave the
signal for the assembling of his congrega
tion.
RATES OF
00tRBOTED WEEILt
, • PENNSYLVANIA. NEW JERSEY &DELAWARE.
Banks of Pittlibirgh, Par All solvent banks, X
Banks of Philadelphia, par VIRGINIA.
Bank of Chanibersburg, An solvent banks,
.1.4
Bank of Gettysburg, 2
NORTRCAItOLINA.
Bank of Middletown, 4,'
All solvent banks 2
Rank of Newcastle, 1 .1 , 1 t
Erie bank, bi,. . SOUTH CAROLINA.
Farm. & Drov. Waynesb'g, n MI solvent bunko, 2
Franldin bk. Washington ; par - • -GEORGIA.
HatTisburg bank, 34 All solvent banks, 2
Honesdale bank; • '
TENNESSEE. '
York
Bank
bank of Warren, I All solvent laroks, 4
, 'MI
Relief Notes, . j 4ll KENTUCKY,
All other solvent banks, pail All solvent banks, .4a
State bank, and-branches, 74 State bank and branches, Vs
All other solvent banks, ; 54 atisscrui.
NEW. ENGLAND. Bank of State of Missouri, ; 3 4,
All solvent banks, % 'WISCONSIN.
NEW YORK. Mar. & Fire Ina. Co. checks, 6
NeW York City, par- . - MICHIGAN.
" Country, , '
.„% All solvent banks, 8 -
, MARYLAND. CANADA. -
Baltimore, par All solvent banks, 8 ,
Country, . l4 .
ADVERTISEMENTS.
'l7 Pk" 9 8 NI CAN TIT. F, COLLEGE
OF PITTSBURGH, WHEELING, (VIRGINIA) 'AND
BURLINGTON, lOWA. • :
Founded in 1840, and incorporated by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, with perpetual charter.
BOARD OFTRUSTBES, -
Ilia Excellency, the Hon. Jaines Buchanan, President elect
of the United States.
Ilon Judge Wilkins, Hon. Charles Naylor,
Hon. Judge Hampton, General J. K. Moorhead,
lion. Judge Lowrie. - .
. .
FACULTY, AT PITTSBURGH:.
P. 'DUFF, President, author of " Duff's Book-keeping,"
'The Western Steamboat Accountant," Ac.. Professor of
the Principles and Practice of Double:Entry 110ok-kceninc.
BOWDEN, Professor of .illationnatics and adjunct
Professor °Meek-keeping:
W: IL. DUFF, •• 1
TOGS. IIicOARTY, I
FUOS. IticOABE, Associate Profes're of Book-keeping.
T. GI:JONES, •"
J. O. STOCKTON, , •
„J...D. WILLIAM, Professor of Comniercial and Ornamen
tal Penmanship, the best Business and. Ornamental Penman
in the'United States. . -
KANE, Professor* of Commercial. Law and Politics
Economy. : .
Ron. Judge SUMMON and,j, M. ELREPATRICK, Bel
cial Lecturers on Commercial LBW. •
REV. 'DAVID FERGUSON, Professor of Commercial
Ethics.
JUAN hitißDßlt, Teacher of the Art of Detecting COUTI
terfelt and Altered Think Notes. '
F. L. APE Gi Professor of French and German. Languages.
M. °VDU, Professor of Mechanical and Architectuelol
PAM BENJAMIN, of Nevi York, and other equally dis
tinguished literary gentlemen - from Baste= cities, :will also
lecture before the College during the Winter.
This is believed to be the only establishment In the Union,
founded, organized, and sonducted by s practical Merchant,
who, from the most matured experimental information, has
brought the Accountant's and Merchant's education to a de
gree of perfection never attained by the best ,theoretioal
teachers. • ,
-Upwards of four thousand Students have been educated
for the Mercantilh Profession; and such has been the recent
increase of business, that a large additional Hall, and sev
eral additional Teachers of Book-keeping, have become neces
sary for the accommodation of the Students.
EMEMMSTMini=Ii
Tor full particulars, send for specimens of Mr. WIL
LIAMS' Penmanship, and a Circular of forty-four pages—
mailed free.
DUFF'S BOOK•KEERINEI, Harper's new edition, pp.. 222,
royal octavo. Price $1.50; postage 21 cents.
-DUFF'S STEAMBOAT BOOK-KEEPING. Price $1.00;
postage 9 cents.
4FB` To ensure prompt answers, address all letters respect
leg the College to the Principal. For Duff's System of Book
keeping, or Blanks address any of the. Pittsburgh Book
sellers, or the Publishers, Harper & Brothers, New York..
de27 tf
VH.Ila T lAN BI.INDS.
A. B RITTON & CO.,
MANDIAOTURERS, a WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS.
N 0.82 NortliBllCOND Street, above Market, Philadelphia.
Thelart, cheapest; and beet assortment of PLAIN and
FANCY BLINDS of any other establiehmeot in the United
States.
lily REPAIRING promptly attended to. Give cm a call,
and Batley yourselves. feB-1).,
win IC CHA M PION LOCHS orram
AU WORLD, are only striplings in cost, ($6 to $9, or if
made gunpowder proof, $lO, and less at wholesale.) The
test which they thave endured is unparalleled. The great
est lock-pickers in the world, stimulated by the offer of a
largo premium for several years, have Bought in vain for
a clue to pick them. They not only bid defiance to all lock
pickers, but the offer of Two Tnouskien Douses for pick
ing is continued to June, 1857, with ample guaranty. The
world is challenged for a competitor to produce a lock of
equal value, for live timee its cast,whether it is need for
the specie.vanit, night latch, or desk.
8. B. WOODBRTDGIi,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
READ
Ma. 8. E. Woonannos, :—You have been awarded an
honbrible mention, with , special approbation, for burglar
proof Locks and Night Latehea. They were considered by
the jury to merit all that you otaim for them, as being the
cheapest, and at the same time, the safest and most durable
teaks on exhibition,nnd a valuable acquisition to the eons.
=unity. Yours, truly,
SKAI7BI. BIIEVOORT,
COMMiSBiOIIOI . of Jariee, Crystal Palace, Nov. 1854.
`42-eowly*
IDDICILLPo I,BELIA S I BELLS I BELL s I—FOR
Churches, Academies, Factories, Steamboats, Planta
ke., madeby the subscribers, and a large assortment
itapt. constantly on hand, mounted), with their newly im
proved Iron Yoke, which, by a detached plate, permits; the
bell, without taking it from the yoke, to be turned on its
vertical axle, any dlstancb, however small, or completely
found ; thus lessening the danger of a fracture from repeat
ed blows of the clapper in one place. This yoke also com
bines the movable arm by which the bell may be raised or
lowered in its bearing, if desired, thus increasing or dimin
ishing the force of the blow. The recent adaptation of Iron
cases, in which they mould all ohms, Increases their working
!militias, and also enhances the quality of the casting ; which
improvements, with those of thirty years duritig which the
establishment has been in operation, have gained for their
bells an unequalled celebrity for volume of found and quality
often°, and for which they harejnst received, January, 1855,
the first premium at the World's Fair, many from this coun
try and linrope being in competition, and which is the nine•
tecnth medal they have received. Being located at the June-
Übe of railroad, canal and river routes, they can ship in any
direction at a' moment's notice. For further information
apply for circulars. Address
ANDREW MENEBLriI SONS,
West Troy, Albany Co.. N. Y.
oc2R-lyeow
VITE. INVITE TEE A.TTICNTIOrk ON
the public to the
PIIILA.DELPRIA HOUSEKREYING DRY GOODS STOW!,
where may be found a large. assortment of all kinds et
Dry Goods, required in furnishing a house, thus savina
the trouble usually experienced in bunting such articles
in various places. In consequence of our giving onr at
tention to this kind of stock, to the exclusion of dress
and fancy goods, we, can guarantee our prices and styles
to be the moat favorable in the market.
' IN• LIKEN GOODS
we are able to gi►e periloet, satisfaction, being the OLDESI
zsTANLIBIIND LIN= BTOU IN THE. OITS, and having been
for more than, twenty years regular importers from some
of, the boat manufacturers in' Ireland. We offer also a
large stook of;
'FLANNELS AND MUSLIMS,
of the best' qualities to be obtained, and at the very lowest
prices. Also, Blankets, Quilts, /Meetings, Tickings, Da.
mask Table Cloths, . and Napkins, Toweilings, Diapers,
Ituckabecs, Table and Plano Covers, Damasks and
mane Lace and Muslin Curtains, Dimities, Furniture
Chintzes, Window Shadings,Ao., Ao.
JOHN V. COWELL & SON,
8. W. corner CHESTNUT and SEVENTH Ste.
lOW , Philadelphia.
TORN 11.11PIPADDEN & SON, 95 'Am
eßTßXlST,rlolttebergb, deslere In Wstobee, Jewelry, and
Sliver Ware. • mylo4f
el A R 11). .7 ARMS U.: BRISCOR, DER.
IR _I 218 T. 247 WALNUT Street, above Ninth, Phibidet
,
A R D=4Alll3lllll LOCRJCr, Doi DEN=
ll TIAT, Third Btreetabovei Nita Wiltiinuipart, Pa.
brat?
.4•91115 M. HARP /‘ ft, IMPORTER or
air WATCHES, No. 104 0141STNIIT Street, secondiltoiy, iittkr; Philadelphia.
ip the National Safety Company, incorporated by the
Suite of Pennsylvania.
Money is received in any sum, large or small, and 'interest
paid from the day of deposit.
The office is open every day,from 9 o'clockAu the thorning
Cll7 o'clock in the evening, and on Mondaritt•Thureday
evenings till 9 o'clock. . -
Interest Five Per Cent.
All sums,large or small, are paid bac ingokcjah demand,
without notice, to any amount. • ...•
This &Immo Flinn now has more than .oita 1 0214011 of dol
lars, all in Idearokols, GROUND Mum, arid
7 clfiter first class,
investments, for the'security of depoettore. •
sir- Office, WALNUT Street; Sonth•Weet corner o Third
Street, Philadelphia. , jeni-ly
UMW LLOYD: . •,"•;:••'.. . • , ' • 0310. BLACK.
'KENS /NOTION litOitj WOINS.-LMOWD
& BLACK, Hanufacturera ,of Bar. Sheet, Hoop and
Angle Iron, Nille,And Spikes; 'Also, Flat Bar-Funcbed Rail
'road Iron. . .
Warehouse No. 99 Water Street, between; Wood and
Market. • ocZklm
DISCOUNT.
TOR THIS PAPER,
THD3
. dRON CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
An institution for the Business luau. Chartered, .Apr i 1,1855
Located at Pittsburgh opposite the Pod Office.
Efaving a larger patronage than any similar Institution
of the West.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
His Exc'y., Gov. Jas. Pollock, Ron R. M. Riddle:
Hon. Wm. Bigler, Ex• Doy. Hon.: E. Brady,
Col. Wilson kloCandlem, R. A. Pryor, Esq.,
Col. William Hopkins, B. L. Fahneatock, Eeq.,
Capt. D. Campbell, I Ed. Campbe.. Esq.
N. P. Fetterman, Req., Ales:oder, Braley, Beg
Principal—F. W. JENKINS.
?ACUITY.
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
_
I.I..IIITOucOCK, (author of "A New Method of Tens:*
Eng Book-Keeping,") Professor of the Science of Accounts ;
and of the Art of Book-Keeping, and Teacher Of Arithmetic,
and Its application to bueineee.
JOHN FLEMING, (author of the "National System of
Book-keeping,") Lecturer on the Science of Accounts, and on
Business, Its customs and usages.
ALEXNDER COWLEY and W. P. COOPER, Sven -
cerian Writers, (who have no superiors as Penmen,) Pro
fessors of Epistolary, Commercial and Ornamental Penman
ship, and Lecturers on Mercantile Correspondence.
JAMES H. HOPKINS, Req:, of the Pittsburgh Bar, Lec
turer on Commercial Law
D. BACON, Professor of Mathematics, Lecturer on Politi
cal Economy and Commercial Geography.
JAMES W. KENNEDY, of "Kennedy's Bank Note Re
view," Teacher of the art of Detecting Counterfeit Money.
POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT.
. _
Conducted by a full and efficient Novelty.
TERMS OR TUITION.—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
BoOk-KeePing, full Accountant's course, including
Arithmetic and its applications, Commercial Cal
culations, all Lectures, Practical Penmanship,
(a Life Scholarship) . . 525.00
Same course for ladies, (apartments separate) . 20.00
Penmtuiellip;prifictica3, time unlimited, . . 10.00
Ornamental .Parinianahip, as agreed upon.
Arithmetic (new system) time unlimited . . 10.00
Higher Mathematics, Surveying, Engineering, Mechanical,
Architectural and. Ornainental Drawing and Construction,
Languages, Elocution, Ae., as per agreement.
DESIGN OF THU INSTITUTION.
To furnish the beet means Tor acquiring a Thorough Bus
iness'Education, In the shortest' time and at the lead ex
pense.
110011-KSEPING,
As here taught, embodies all the knowledge and improve
manta taught elsewhere, with • some velnable additions no
where oleo applied, so that graduates here will be fully able
to manage the books of any business concern.
(A new'etem) and Its application to business le here (and
here only) included in the commercial' course.
PENMANSHIP,
Practical and Ornamental, by A. COWLEY, and W. P.
COOPER, Teachers of the Spencerian system, umearPalmed
Penmen, who drew the lint Premiums in Ornamental, llna
iness and Ladiee'Penminship' , &tithe but State Fairs in Ohio
LECTURES
• •- - - -
Delivered daily on Book-Keeping; the Bengegy lam and
Ethics of Commerce; Finance and Banking; IMlitieal Econ
omy, Commercial Geography, Counterfeit Money, kc. An
acquedntance with all being neceseary to the highest success
in business.
STITDENTS
May enter at any time ; no 'vacation; review at pleasure ;
time unlimited.
EXPENEII.
Tuition, full Commercial course, .
Stationery, &c, about . .
Board, per week, can be obtained for .
BUCCENS.
nice hundred St lidelitB UV° entered this College from
,this
city alone '( besides othenefroni abroad) since last October.
Numbers from other Colleges apply here to complete their
education, so that they niay be/roily qualified for successful
business action. • •
DER.ECTIONS.
Specimens of Writing and Circulars containing fall infor
mation, sent by mail free of charge. Address
F. W. JiNETNS,
Iron City College, Pittsburgh, Pe.
dec E. y
WIDE, OIL , AND .LICATI3LEII. STORE.—
D. KIRKPATRICK k SONS, No: 218. TNIRD St., la
rvae'. Market and Chartnat Streets, Philadelphia, have for
gale . .
DRY AND SALTED SPANISH HIDES,
Dry and Green Salted Patna Xlpa, Tanner's 011, Tanner's
and Currier's Tools at the lowest prices, and upon the best
terms.
Air- All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, for
which the highest market price will given in cash, or
taken in exchange for aides. Leathiw torad . frie of charge
and sold on commission- _ • • jl5-3m
IREG ANT PICTORIAL EDITION OF MATTHEW
HENRY'S Commentary, containing 740 beautiful Il
lustrative Engravings, besides maps, Ao.; also, 100 closely
printed pages of Supplementary Notes to each Book of the Old
Testament, Gospels, and Acts, from the most eminent Biblical
writers. The. Comment on the Epistlee (finislied by others
after Henry's death,) has been revised and enlarged by six
eminent English Divines; also, largo additions on the
Apocalypse, from the beet Writers on Prophecy. Altogether,
this is - by far the best edition, and it is the cheapest now to
he bad in this country. In 3 vols., quarto, price only $13,50,
well and handsomely bound. Hept also in elegant bind
ings, suited for presentation. Imported and sold by
W.ll. S. ILICNTOUL,
Theological Bookseller and Bible Importer, No. 20 St
Claif'Street, Pittsburgh. oc2s4na
SILVER PLATED WARE,
Manufactured by
JOHN O.IIEAD & SONS,
:The oldest and moat experienced ammo mamas In the
'United States.
TEA. SETS AND URNS,
PITCHERS,
GOBLETS, TUREENS, he. , &c.,
•
The moot elaborate and richest patterns
in.Amgrica.
laso,
SPOONS, PONES. LADLES, FRUIT, TEA AND TABLE
_KNIVES; ETC. ". '
No. 15 South Ninth Strzsist, a
ear treva.Chejtuut,se
Philadelphia.
8027-Ip*
BOOTS AND SHOES, BOOTS AND SHOES.
—JAMES ROBB, No. 89 'Market Streekbetween tbe
Market Howie and Fifth Street, would call the attention of
his friends and customers, and all others who may favor him
with their trade, that for the future he will be found at hie
New Shoe Store, as above, with an entirely Now Stock of
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers; Palm Leaf, Pedal, Tustin , and
Braid Hats, Sec.; consisting in part of Gents' Fancy dpera
Boots. Congress Gaiters, Oxford Ties, do.. &c.:, Ladies', Misses'
and Children . 'Fancy Boots, Gaiters,' Tea, Slips, &c_, very
beautiful; Boys' and Youths' Dress Boots, Shoes, Ties and
Pumps.
Ills stock is one of the largestever opened in this city, and
embraces everything worn by the ladies of Philadelphia and
New York, and, ho trusts, cannot fail to please all. Great
care has been taken LW selecting the choicest goods, all of
which be warrants.
fie also continuer; to manufacture, as heretofore. all de
scriptions of Boots and Shoes, and his long experience of
over twenty years in business in this city is, he trusts, a suf
ficient guaranty that those who favor him with their custom
will be fairly dealt with. - sp2B-tf
OXFORD PIC Al. 8111EICI 1< AIIIIe
CILESTEA COUNTY, PA.
The Winter Session, of five months, will commence the first
Wednesday in November.
Expenses, for Bearding, Fuel, Light and Tuition in the En
glish branches, $BO per Session. Ancient and Modern Lan
guages, each $5. Lessons on the Piano, and use of Instru
ment, $l5. Painting and Drawing, each $6. Or the pay
ment of $6O, will include the whole.
A daily stage connects with the cars at Newark, Del., and
also at Parkesburg, Pa. Address •
J. M. DICKEY, or
Oxford,Sept. 20, 1856 }UMBEL DICKEY. Osfo-d,
sep264l.
OxForat FEDULLICI COLLEGE. 1317'rLICR
. County, Ohloiunder care of the Synod of Oineinnati.
Principal, Der. J. W. Scott, 1). D., aided by eight assistant.
teachers. Expense from $3O to $9O per eIeSESIOn of flue
months. Scholarships at rates still lower. The buildings
and grounds are unsurpassed. Every modern convenience
and comfort has been. supplied. Rooms all heated with
steam, and lighted with gas. Sessions open early in Janu
ary and September. For circulars or information in detail,
apply to
R. SCOTT, or lINV. W. 8. ROGERS; Oxford, Ohio.
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CENT/IAL ACAXIEIBI Y, AT • AIRY VIEW,
Tuscarora Valley, Juniata County, Pa., one-fourth of
a mile from the Perrysville Station of Pennsylvania Rail.
rand.
The Summer Session will commence on Monday, the 16th
of April. Whole expense per session of twenty-two - weeks,
for Board, Room, Tuition, 'Washing and Licidentals,sBs, pay-
able one-half in advents
air-See Circulars. • DAVID WILSON,
marl&ly Principe) and Proprietor, Port Royal P.O
DIXON OOLLNGIATE. rm - limit:Tß,
DIXON. ILLINOIS.—This Institution, undercharge
of the Presbytery of Rock River. Is now open for the recep
tion of students- Having a Meal ion pleasant, healthful. and
easy of access, with an able and efficient corps of teachers,
it is hoped that it will receive the patronage of the public.
For terms of tuition, board, km., apply to any member of
Rock River Presbyter y, or to the President of the Institu
tion, RSV. W. W. HAMRA.
111
Erb IA 'CLASSICAL INSTITUTIEL—TIIIIi
Summer Session 'of this Institute will commence on
i`uesday, May let.
Circulars may be had at the Drug store of A. W. (tayley,
16th and Chestbot streets, Philidelphia, at the'Book store of
3. E. Wilson, 9th and Arch streets, and at the Education
Rooms, 205 Chestnut street, or address
Bey. L M. GATLEY.
Media. Dol. Co.. Pa.
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J. R. RENSIML:EV, FABLELY GROCER,
253 Marty Ntreet, has an excellent Mods, compris
- OE the largeeit; fairest, and most complete assortment of
CHOICE • SAMILY -1 3300 ERIES.• • ' •
• HINE GREEN. AND BLACK TEAS,
SPICES, PICK Lza, aitroßs,
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PRRSERVED FRUITS,
CINCINNATI HAMS. AND DBIKWIIIIS,
FLOllit, FISH, Ac.,,
To be found in this Merkel He would' call the special
attention of proprietors of boarding sehools it a distance in
his slack, as they may rely upon the quality of the arti
cles he se lls being of the firet class..
stock.
Citalogues furnished, giving an extended list of the
Goods delivered free of charge, at Railroad depots and
teamboat landings. .,
irt3
AIUM EING
MEDICAL.-DRS
IE W.C. ILEITE
11l iKING 411 r. itEITER
have associated themselves in the practiOe of Med
chip and Surgery. , Oftloe in Dr. King's residence, No. 112
Fifth Street, apposite the Cathedral.
Dr. Reiter will attend at the office daily, and may be con
sulted s' hie
s residenee, in East PH arty, in the mornings
eeable&
and
C 0 T T A:Cr IC SEDEIS LA R Y POE. YOT.ING
LAMERS; Pottatown, Montgomery CountrPa.
The Winter Session of this Institution will commence
phivember 4th. Pot Circulars, with full particulars, address
REV. W. R. WORK,
Principal and Proprietor.
=I
HOOR AND JOB PRINTING. TH
enbactiber, being provided with Steam Printing
Presses, and a great variety of Printing Types and other fix-
Pins, is prepared to execute every description of Beoke
'Pamphlets, Cards, Bills, Labels, gc.
• • Blank Deeds, Blank Books Paper and Stationary, always
on hand. J. T. BERPOCK,
No. 8L • Fifth Street, Gazette Sodding.
Pittrburgk. Dec 11:1855. decB-tf
JOHN BIL; .HIRKPATRICK, . ATTORN E Y
AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,' 'and - Solicitor in Chan
cery. Moe, No. 133 Irciurth Street, above the corner of
Smithfield, Pittsburgh , pa. i715-17*
- -
Array - Rea AND TOWN OLOORS.-1 AM MAMMA°
TURING Steeep/e, or Tomo Cocks, or • P lP eri
construction and xeellent workmay.blp. They are cheap
than can be fonn Itewbere 'in 'the V d Elates, and ara
ranted togive ea Notion In' time and durability. A ddrtb
W. W. 1141.130 N,
Pfttsbargh. Pa.
0e215-3133
i dnWannnOW - Welue-=-IN Ems pßom $6.60 TO $40.00
Ch nee4 l ind , ParlorgLaxapa, Watches, Jewelry, Bare
SPoonr, es, Teaware, Plated on Alabaster, Spoons and
Bork'. Witeb RefoairinOinne in the best manner.
W. W. WILSON,
0e25-am Comer of Marke t and 4th Sta., Pittab'gb
$35.00
5.00
2.50