SeJut ,dlottrg.
Fading, Still Fading.
Fading, still fading, is written on all
Over life's pathway still lingers the pall,
Joy for the youthful
Fills high to the brim:
Ere it be tasted
Pale death enters in.
Bright flowers unfold,
At the dawning of light:
Where are those flowers
At coming of night!
Fading, still fading, is written on all
Over life's pathway still lingers the pall
Beauty, like sunlight,
Gleams out for a breath,
Glittering with gems
For the bridal of death.
The warrior in mail
To the battle speeds on:
Death is the victor I
The battle is won.
Fading, still fading, is written on all:
Over life's.pathway still lingers the pall
Fame, sound thy , trumpet,
And fill the broad skies;
Fame ! 't is a meteor,
The echo replies.
Grave it in marble,
The deeds of the past:
'T is writing in dust,
Swept away by the blast:
Fading, still fading, is written on all:
Over life's pathway still lingers the pall.
C4t
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Bible Narratives.—No. 21.
THE TA:MINE.—GEN. XII : 10.
The providence of Jehovah toward his
children often seems as wrathful as toward
the world of the ungodly; but, the apparent
wrath is only the approaching shadow of
his love. The clear sky must be dark
ened with clouds or no showers • will water
the thirsty land. Man's earthly attach
ments must be broken, and the ,streams of
worldly joy must be failing, or he will not
desire the waters of the river of God.
Thus it: was with the -" Friend of God,"
and the " Father of the Faithful." Great
faith could be attained only by great
trials. The privations of a stranger, almost
an exile, are not enough ; Abraham's trust
in God must "be sorely tried by famine.
Whether it was the scarcity of pasture, or
the hostility of the natives of the land, that
caused him to leave Sichem for a mount
twenty miles to the South, we are not in
formed. But we are told that the famine
soon became so grievous in the land, that
"Abraham went down into Egypt to sojourn
- there." That we may more fully under
stand this part of the patriarch's history, we
will present a bird's-eye view of famine, as
described in the Bible.
The word is evidently used with some
latitude. It is linked with pestilence and
war, as one of the three greatest scourges of
God for national sin.-1. Chron. xxi : 12.
It is used for hunger which produces death.
—Jer. xi : 22. It expresses scarcity of
pasture and of grain, which may happen
either through drought or other causes, as
is evident from the different places where
this calamity is mentioned.
In the days of Ahab and Jezebel there
was a famine in Northern Palestine, for
three successive years. The famine was
sore in Samaria, the metropolis of the king
dom. Brooks and fountains of water were
dried up. In the third year, however, Ahab
still hoped "to find grass to save the horses
and mules alive." This makes it pretty
evident that the words of Elijah, " There
shall not be dew nor rain for three years, but
according to my word," are to be under
stood not of total failure, but of the ab
sence of the usual supply. Three years
ago, one Summer's drought so affected the
streams, and so destroyed vegetation in the
Western part of this State, and in some
other sections of the land, that many cattle
perished. There were some showers during
that Summer, and our country is not so much
under a burning vertical sun as Palestine;
yet, had this lack of rain continued till after
a third. Summer, not only cattle, but multi
tudes of the poor of the land would have
died. We are precluded the advantage of
the usual Jewish mode of reckoning, as in
the three days Christ lay in the tomb, by the
statement of the Apostle James that the
famine lasted three years and six months.
The three years' famine in, the days of
David (2. Sam xxi : 1,) must be understood
as one of a similar kind, though less calam
itous to the nation. It is not long after this
that the king orders a census to be taken of
his warriors, and finds that there are one
million and three hundred thousand. Five
millions is a low estimate. of the entire popu
lation. In a land so thickly settled as was
Canaan at this time, multitudes would feel
greatly the effect of a very slight failure of
the usual crops.
There is a famine mentioned in Ruth i : 1,
which took place in the latter years of Salmon,
or in the early life of Boaz, and which was
probably produced by the predatory incur
sions of , - the Nedianites. This state of
things lasted seven years, till deliverance
come through Gideon.—judges vi: 3-6,
11. Many persons like Elimelech, woad
emigrate during.such -national distress ' to a
more peaceful and proaperous land. Some
families, like Eiimeleoh's, would be tardy in
returning.
The seven years' famine, in the days of
Jacob, which extended over Egypt and
Canaan, is more remarkable than any named
in the Bible. And though the same cause
which would affect Palestine would decrease
the quantity of the fertilizing waters in the
Nile as the same clouds, filled• from the
Mediterranean, extend from the heights of
Carmel to the mountains of Central Africa,
fertilizing all the country, yet the continu
ance of drought for seven successive years
cannot be accounted for upon natural
principles. The famine, and the preceding
plentiful years are both miraculous. Still,
to meet the full demands of Bible Narra
tive, we need only suppose what we would
term years of very great dearth. The
cattle 45f Jacob are alive in Canaan at
the end of the second year, (Gen. lxv : 6;
lxvi : 6;) and the Egyptians kept their
stook, or a great part of it, alive during all
the famine years.—Gen. lxvii: 4, 17. The
object of God., so far as revealed to us, is to
lead Jacob to emigrate with his family, and
to settle in Egypt. To prepare the way
for a comfortable establishment in Goshen,
there must be miraculous providenees. But
we need not suppose, since the Bible does
not so affirm, that all the countries North of
Egypt to the great river, became a desert,
and that all the inhabitants who were not
supplied from the storehouses of Joseph,
died. To accomplish all that God designed
in Egyptian polity, and in the' emigration of
the tribes, it is only needful •that for seven
years, grain crepe should be..far short of sup-
ply, and that pasturage should fail except in
favored spots. The famine in the time of
Isaac, (Gen. xxvi : 1,) evidently affected
only the hill country. The lowlands along
the sea bad still abundant pasturage, and
Isaac, whose wealth, like Abraham's, con
sisted chiefly in flocks, dwelt in the land of
the Philistines till the violence of the drought
was over.
The famine referred to, at the beginning
of this Narrative, was probably similar to
the last named, which is, indeed, mentioned
in the account which Moses gives of this
one. There was a failure of the usual for
mer and latter rains. To this was perhaps
added many weeks of unclouded sun, with
many successive gales of desert wind.
Had not the valleys of the Jordan, and the
country along the sea, been settled, Abra
ham might have driven his flocks thither.
Even as it was, perhaps there was pasture
'enough had be gone; but he feared more
the jealousyof these petty princes of Canaan
toward him, as a stranger, than be did that
of the Monarch of Egypt. Perhaps he
may have become tired of nomadic life;
and though he would not violate the com
mand of God, and return to dwell under
the shadow of the successors of Nimrod,
yet he sought to be again an appendage of
a great monarchy. Or perhaps he hoped to
traffic more profitably with the populous
cities in the land of Ham. However this
may be, we have the fact stated that he went
to Egypt, and not to Gerar, as Isaac did, in
a similar famine, a little more than a half
century later. The design of Providence
can be known only by a careful study of
the recorded results. • G. W. S.
lor t#t Yaks.
Mysterious Providences.
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man .tells something about " Mysterious
PiovidenCes," which is worthy of a careful
reading:
" What a mysterious providence," say
the farmers' wives, as they come together to
look for the last time on one of their num
ber; and they glance pityingly at .the be
reaved 'husband, and the large family of
children, varying in size from the tall_ youth
or the blooming maiden, down to the little
child. Truly it is a mystery that she should
be taken away in the prime of life, when
bar children need her watchful care and
counsel more than ever before. But let us
examine into the life led by most farmers'
wives, and see if we can gain a clue to the
"mysterious providence" which so often
leaves the family circle desolate.
A young farmer marries, and for a year
or two his wife can do very well without
help, but by-and-by his work is too much
for him alone, and he must hire a hand;
and one by one, little children increase
the family, and the burden is much heavier
than when she took it up; but the farmer is
just getting a start, and they must econo
mize if they want to get rich, as everybody
does, so she gets along somehow without
help. She rises early, milks the cows, and
gets breakfast, sometimes for several men,
dresses the children, washes dishes, skims
milk, churns, sweeps the rooms, makes beds,
prepares dinner, clears up," snatches an
hour or two to sew, gets supper, milks again,
puts children to bed, and after they and her
husband are fast asleep, sits up to sew until
midnight, that she may save paying a seam
stress. In addition to this daily routine,
she does all the washing, ironing, bakin g ,
scrubbing, whitewashing, soap.making, and
hog-killing work ; it would cost so much
to hire help; so year after yeai, she toils and
drudges, not allowing herself the 'east op
portunity for improving her mind, so that
she may be a better guide and counselor to
her children. And very soon her face is
faded and careworn, her temper soured
and fretful, and herself prostrated every
now and then by severe illness, only
to resume her unwearying labor as soon as
her returning strength permits And thus
she yearly becomes less able to bear the bur
den of her increasing househOld duties. If
the husband is a kind, considerate man, who
has been taught to assist hiS mother in boy
hood, be makes her work lighter, by carrying
the wood and water, nursing the baby
while'in the house, and by dOing'numberless
little things, which may be trifling in them
selves, but which are of great importance in
the aggregate; but too many men leave the
wife to draw water; and if the wood gets cut
half the time, she considers herself fortunate;
and as for the baby, why be thinks it is a
woman's place to nurse, and so it frets and
cries, for mamma must work with it in her
arms, while he reads his paper, or talks with
his hired man. Well, the farm increases in
Value and fertility, and his labor in produ
°lug for hiti family becomes lighter, as he is
able to hire more work done; but it is an
old thing, both to himself and wife, for her to
do all the houseivork, with what little help
the elder children, if they are girls, can
give her, for if they are boys, they can't
think of making them work in the house; it
ain't customary ; and so she toils on in the
same old fashion.
And when the comfortable new house is
built, and nicely furnished, and her older
children are beginning to be a real help to
her, the pale, weak, sickly wife and mother,
lies down to die. Truly her sun goes down
at noonday. She has saved, by ceaseless,
wearying toil, hundreds of dollars for the
husband, and he has lost the companion of
his youth, the one who has walked beside
him through life's thorny path. And friends
say it is a "mysterious providence." Just
as if God ordained that the mother should
be taken from her children just when they
are most exposed to temptation and danger !
'lnstead of laying it on Providence, let us
look to the days spent in toil, when the
weak, exhausted frame was suffering from
disease, induced, perhaps by continued over
exertion ; to the hours stolen from needed
slumber, and devoted to labor; to the n um
berless household duties performed with a
fretful infant upon her arm ; to the immense
amount of time spent in cooking over a hot
fire ; and the mauy sleepless nights, spent in
anxious wearisome watching over sick chil
dren. Viewed in this light, is it so 'very
mysterious that so 'many women die when
they should be enjoying life with the
keenest relish ?
Jfor gong.
Prom the Child's Paper.
The Stolen )felon.
It was vacation, - and Eben and Robert bad
gone to the city with father. During their
absence the boys proposed a pie-nio to
Clark's point, in honor of two old associates,
now collegians, on a vacation visit home. I
was the youngest, and perhaps a little proud
of my invitation. My mother prepared me
cake and sandwich for the occasion. As I
was down in the garden, I noticed Eben's
large watermelon, now fully ripe. It luki
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADV(ATE.
been the object of his special care. "0, if
I only bad that melon," thought I; "none
of the boys will have a melon to carry."
This I wished not only once, twice, three
times, but many times, until I could not
help thinking of it.
" What's on your mind ?" asked Bill Par
sons, as we walked up street together.
" Something," I replied. " Tell me;
won't tell," he said coaxingly; and I told
him how I wanted Eben's melon, for the
pie-nic. " Capital I" cried Bill, who was
fond of melons; "let's have it." " Why,
mother won't give it to me, because it is not
hers to give; and Eben hasn't come home,"
I said. "0, never mind that; you know
what the college boys tell of their sprees—
bow they rob hen.roosts, and orchards, and
nobody knows what. It is all in jokes, you
know. Now let's have Eben's melon."
We talked until it did not seem so bad a
joke, after all. I went home. That night,
or never. Away from Bill Parsons, I was
the victim of doubts and hesitation. I went
down in the garden, but , was afraid to touch
the melon. It grew darker and, darker.
" Bill says it would be so capital; and after
all, it's only a joke." I rushed forward,
seized and snapped it from the stem. The
deed was done,; and I hid it in tbe barn.
The next morning I rose early, for you may
be certain I had not slept well. After
breakfast my mother tied up my eatables in
a nice white bag, kissed, and bade me be a
good boy. I ran out the front door, and
then stole round to the barn. There lay
the melon. I tried to shoye it into the bag;
it was loath to go, but in at last, I shoulder
the bag and was off.
The melon was heavy on my tack, but a
heavier load was on my conscience. Tug
ging to the place of rendezvous, before half
way there, in a little cross street, I sat down
on a log, hot and unhappy. " I can't carry
this poor melon any longer," I said, opening
the bag. After a moment's thought, I
pulled it out, tossed it over a fence, and
scampered off. The day wore away wearily
enough. Bill Parsons called me a coward,
when he saw no melon, and his ugly words
rankled in my heart all day.
What surprise and sorrow attended the
discovery of the theft. "My beautiful
melon stolen !" cried Eben, when theyd,
told
him of it. "That you took such pains to
ripen," echoed Robert. "I am sorry for
you my son," said father, feelingly. "You
will soon have another, Eben," said mother,
cheeringly. " But I did nurse that so care
fully, mother."
Poor Eben. Did not I feel miserable?
Where was the happy independence of con
scious integrity . ? I cringed befOre them
all; my appetite and spirits forsook me.
Everything I saw seemed to reflect but one
dreadful image—that I was a thief. I bore
it until I could bear it no longer. It was Sat
urday afternoon ; and turning away from
Saturday afternoon play, I went to my fa
theep counting-room. " Father, are you
alone ?" I asked, the door being ajar. "Yes,
my son, walk in, I am happy to see you;"
and he put aside his book. I went in and
shut the door firmly behind me. " Father,'
I said with desperate courage, "it was I who
stole Eben's melon ; I stole it one evening."
I fell on my knees before him, and hid my
face, but 1 could not cry. He laid his
baud on my head. "Ralph, did you forget
that God saw you 7" The sorrowful earn
estness of his tone pierced my inmost soul.
I then told him all. "Father, what shall
,I
do ? Can you forgive me ? Shall I ever be
happy again ?" I sobbed, out. "My son,"
be at length said slowly and sorrowfully, ri you
have broken God's, law; you have wronged
a dear brother, and violated the confidence
of your family"--4 wished he bad whipped
me, or sternly gent me off, for his sad tone
hurt me a great deal more—" but I thank
God, my son, you have confessed your sins;
it shows you are penitent ; and if penitent,
you can be forgiven and restored, my child."
My pent.up feelings found relief in' tears,
and I wept bitterly. "Tell mother; tell
Eben." He took nie up on his knees, great
boy as I was;
_but I dared not look him in
the face. " They must know all this pain-,
ful story, Ralph,'-' he said.. Oh, yes • I
wanted nothing hid any longer. " Will
you go now and tell theme?" I asked, for
I longed to have the great wall of partition
broken down between us. I felt my sin had
separated me from them. •
I sat down on an old trunk of papers
until he came back. It was an hour before
he reappeared, and it seemed ages; he told
me the result of his sad consultation with
my mother, in all the requirements of which
I humbly and heartily acquiesced. I staid
with him until we went home to supper,
when I went, to my father's chamber.
After supper, my father called me to tbe
sitting-room. It was time for evening devo
tions, and mother, sister, and brothers were
all in their accustomed places. Near my
father was an•enipty chair, in which he
motioned me to sit. One hasty glance at my
mother; she looked paler than ever. "I
have something now to say," began he,
with unaffected seriousness; and he rehears
ed my sad story. In striking language,
did he show the guilt and danger of dis
guising any sin under harmless or innocent
names. " Sin, is no joke," he said impres
sively; "and a prophet of God, in stern and
strong language,' has denounced a woe
against them who call evil good, and put
light for darkness"—every eye was fixed on
me—" and now I hope Ralph is penitent;
he feels he can never be happy until he is
forgiven. Eben, do you forgive your broth
er *1" Eben would have flown to me, but
my father motioned him back; but Eben
from his heart forgave me.
" Now we must carry this matter before
God," he said with increasing solemnity ;
and the family knelt in 'prayer. He placed
his hand upon my head, and how earnestly
did he, pray for me. How he sought that I
might be cleansed from all sin by the blood of
Christ, and made strong in his might. How
did he plead for us all, that we might so
live on earth as to become a reunited fami
ly in heaven. Did I not then realize that
sin must be no light thing , though commit
ted in darkness and alone, which could
bring such terror and wretchedness to my
self, such sorrow- to a parent's heart, and
which required the blood of Jesus to wash
away ? I had known the peace of well
doing; had I not also tasted the bitter fruit
of wrong-doing?
WHAT PRAY - El 3 /s.—" It is not, as We
learn from the success of Jacob's prayer,
the place that gives efficacy to the prayer,
that makes the place holy. It is not the
oratory, as it has been alleged by some, that
makes prayer, but prayer that makes an ora
atory--in a coalpit, or 'with the Alpine
herdsmen, or upon the deck of the ship
tossed by the gale, or on the eve of battle.
The heart alone makes prayer, and prayer
makes holy any place, and builds the oratory,
and consecrates any where a church, a true
church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Bowed
knees and beautiful words cannot make
prayer.; but earnest desires from a heart
bowed by love inspired by God's Holy
Spirit, and thirsting for God, the living
God, will do it, anywhere, or in any place,
at any time.—Dr. Cummiaws' Laze. of the
Patriarchs.
,eletteV.
Printing in North America.
We select from the Publishers' Circular,
a few items of interest. The city of Mex
ico led the way in the use of the printing
press, but it has fallen immensely behind in
the race.
The first book ever printed in the New
World was in the city.'of Mexico. It was
printed in the Spanish language, in the year
1544, and was entitled Doctrinci Ch,ristiana
per eo los lndos. The first publication
made in English, in America, was the
Freeman's Oath, au Almanac for 1639,
nearly a hundred years after the work pub
lished in Mexico. In 1640 was published
the first book, entitled the Bay Psalm-
Book. It was re,-printed in England, where
it passed through'no less than eighteen
editions; the last being issued in 1754.
It was , no less popular ; , in: Scotland, twenty
two editions of it having been publiihed
there. Altogether, it is estimated it reached
to seventy editions abroad.
The first printing,press set up in America,
was " worked " at Cambridge, Massachu
setts, In 1639.
The' Rev. Jesse Glover procured this
press, by "contributions of friends of learn
ing and religion," in Amsterdam and in Eng
land, but died on his passage to the New
World. •
Stephen Day was the first printer. In
honor of his pioneer position, Government
gave him a grant of three hundred acres of
land. Among other of his early publica
tions were the New Testament and • Baxter's
Call, translated into an Indian language by
Elliot, the, great; missionary, and printed at
great cost.- The title might be recommend
ed, on account of its ohscurity and high. soun d
ing charicter, to some of the writers of books
nowa•days. It was Wusku-Wattesthemen
tuns FULLordumuli Jesus Christ Nup
poghtousruaenenmun.
The whole. Bible was printed in•this len:
guage in 1663. The nation once speaking
it is now extinct.
Pennsylvania was the second State to en
courage printing. William Bradford went
to' Pennsylvania with, William Penn; in
1682, and in 1686 established a printing
press in' Philadelphia; its first issue was an
Almanac for 1687 ; it was but a sheet.
The first book printed by Bradford was a
collection of essays by Francis Badon. It
appeared in 1688, and was called The Tem
ple of 'Wisdom.
In 1692, Bradford was induced to estab
lish' a printing-press in. New York. He re
ceived £4O per annum, lind " the privilege
of printing on his own account.' Pre
vious to this time, there had been no print
ing done in the Province of New York.
His first issue in Nevi York ) was a proclama
tion, bearing date of 1692.
uring the latter part of the seventeenth
century, Boston contained about forty prin
ters and publishers. The first fruits of the
press were devoted to the rights of religion
and liberty—fitting tribute of 'the pioneer
pilgrims of a great nation for the altar of
Freedom. The book•selling business >of
Boston, half a century ago, was conducted
on a very limited scale, compared with
present times. The senior publishers of
that city are Crocker & Brewster. They
began business in 1811. Gould & Lincoln
are next in the order of date. Ticknor,
Francis, Greene, Little & Brown, with
others, form the succession. It is belieyed
that, the amount invested in the book busi
ness in Boston alone at the present day, can
not be Jess than three millions of dollars.
Now there are nearly one hundred book
sellers, and over fifty distinct publishers in
the American "Athens.""
In New York there are four hundred and.
forty-four booksellers and one hundred and
thirty-three publishers, and in Pennsylva
nia, four hundred and two of the first,' and
seventytwo of the last. Most of the pub
lishers, and the largest number of the book
sellers, centre in the three great cities of
Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, which
are the leading publishing cities of the
country. New York has the most capital
invested in the business.
In Great Britain, the United States,
France and Germany, the book and pub
lishino• business is vast. Great Britain
gives to the world more than two thousand
five hundred new books, or editions, an
nually; while France publishes about six
thousand. There are thirteen *hundred
books published in the United States an
nually.
AistoricaL
Whitfield, or the Great Revival of 1740.
Since the dark ages'of a thousand years,
there are four epochs of• the revival of
religion which it is well'to bear in mind :
The great Reformation of the stxteenth,
century in the days of Luther, who died
1546.
The pure work of God of the seventeenth
century, which gave an evangelical litera
ture to the world, in the:days of Owen,
Leighton, Bunyan, Baiter, Flavel, the last
of whom died in 1691.
The " great Awakenino." about 1740, in
the days of Doddridge, 'Whitfield, Wesley,
President Edwards, Brainerd, and the Ten-
Dents, bringing hundreds of thousands to
Christ.
The revival of vital religion about the year
1800, especially.,in Our own country, which
perhaps may be said' to . hive culminated in
1831, and gave birth to the great missionary
enterprise; giving us our Alexander, Griffin,
Samuel J. Mills, and - a host of pillars of the
Church, now rapidly passing from our
sight.
- Each of these wonderful displays of Di
vine grace was preceded by ,a long period of
darkness and formalism, when vital godliness
seemed ready to expire. Blot out the great
work, of God in the last three of these four
epochs, and the Protestant countries, to all
human veiw, would flow,be almost as desti
tute of spiritual life as if Romanism had
continued its universal reign.
But to return to Whitfield, and the third
of these great epochs. What was the state
Of religion when God brought him on the
field of action?
The Action of Uniformity in 1662 vio
lently ejected from, their pulpits two thou
sand godly ministers, and continued in force
about twenty-five years till most of the
" burning and shining lights " of the seven
teenth century were extinct; the Divine
right of kings, priestly domination, clerical
sanction of sports on the Lord's-day, the
evil influence of those high in rank and
power, crushed out the spirit of the Gospel,
and for near,half a century, till 1736 when
Whitfield was ordained. infidelity, profligacy
and formalism, lamentably prevailed. The
Rev. Mr. Ryle, of the Church of England,
says: "The times when Whitfield lived,
were the darketit age that, England has
passed through in the last three hundred
years. Anything more deplorable than the
condition of the country, as to religion, mo
rality, and high principle, it is very difficult
to conceive." "As to preaching the Gos
pel, the distinguishing doctrines of Christi
anity—the atonement, the work and office
of Christ and the Spirit—were comparatively
lost sight of. The vast majority of sermons
were miserable moral essays, utterly devoid
of anything calculated to awaken, convert,
sanctify, or save souls."
Such was the state of things when Whit
field, in 1732, in .big eighteenth year, en
tered the Oxford University; where were
John and Charles Wesley, Ingham, and 'a
little band who determined to live to God,
whatever might be the earthly sacrifice;
but for, the sin of quietly visiting the pris
oner, the sick and sorrowing, pointing them
to Christ, and seeking the salvation of souls,
they were the subjects of bitter persecution,
and Whitfield returned to his friends in
Gloucester.
Now it was that Whitfield was driven
to the throne of grace to the study
of the Bible upon his knees, where the
fire was kindled in him which blazed
through Britain and America, and was
rekindled in the hearts of hundreds of
thousands. ," Oh what sweet communion,"
he says, "had I daily vouchsafed with God
in prayer—how • often have I been carried
beyond myself—how assuredly I felt that
Christ dwelt in me and I in him, and how
daily did I walk in the comfort of the Ho
ly Ghost, and was edified and refreshed in
the Multitude of peace." " Upon this I
had no rest in my soul till I wrote letters to
my relations, telling them there was such a
thing as the NEW B/RTEC I" He received
ordination from Bishop Benson, but found
the churches closed against him. The Gos
pel was as "a'burning fire shut up in-his
bones;" God had shown him his power in
preaching his Gospel, and he resorted to the
fields,• embraced all opportunities; and for
more than thirty years, from the time he
first saw the marks of the tears on the
cheeks of the Kingswood colliers, by whom
.he expected to have been stoned, until his
death at Newburyport, in 1770, at the age
of 'fifty-six, he probably addressed more
souls, and was the means of the conversion
of more sinners to God by the living voice,•
than any other man that has lived. It
is testified of him, that "in the compass of
a single week, and that for years, he spoke
in general forty hours, and that to thousands;
and after his labors,- instead of taking any
rest, he was engaged in Offering up prayers
and intercessions, with hymns and Fpiritual
songs, as his manner was, in every house in
which he was invited." A wild youth going
to hear him from mere curiosity, resisted all
his appeals till, in the midst of his sarmon,
Mr. Whitfield abruptly paused„ burst into a
flood of tears, lifted up his hands and eyes,
and exclaimed, " Oh, my hearers, the wrath
to come ! the wrath to come I" These words
sunk into the young man's heart, and won
him to the service and to the ministry of
Christ, in a long and useful life.
Thirteen times Whitfield crossed the Atlan
tic; and on both sides of the water s , on all
occasions,hundreds and thousands hung
upon his ips, whether he was in London or
other parts of England; in Wales, Scotland,
or Ireland; in Georgia, or New Hampshire;
in Charleston, Philadelphia, New York, or
Boston, or the country intervening. In
many cases ten, and in some even twenty
thousand listened to his impassioned appeals;
and fruits unto eternal life were gathered
all, along his course, till " he was not, for
God took him."
It is scarcely too much to say, that a full
history of Whitfield would involve an out
line of the Christian fidelity and activity of
almost all the host of distinguished men in
all the cities and countries above named,
whom God made pre-eminently useful in
" the great awakening" during the thirty
years of his rapid and brilliant career. We
wish and hope yet to see his history pre
sented in a form adapted toxornmon minds;
that what God did by this his servant may
be more fully known; and that ministers
and Christians of our own day may catch
More of his spirit, and of that in which lay
his power—entire consecration to Christ in
the salvation of dying men.
tientific.
The Weather and its Signs.
There is no subject of more importance,
and yet there is none with which men of
science, and others, are so superficially ac
quainted, as that indicated in the ,above
caption.
The, beat of Summer and the cold of
Winter, the rain and the snow, the thunder
and the lightning, the hurricane and the
gentle breeze, how many mingled associa
tions of pleasure and grief arc connected
with these. Our enjoyments, yea, our very
existence, it may be said, are dependent on
these operations of nature, which we call
the weather.
Sometimes, as in 1854, the clouds will re
fuse their refreshing showers for a long pc
riod, and over extensive tracts of country
the grass withers, and the corn and wheat
fields become . parched and barren; the low
ing kine perish for want of the water-brooks,
and then famine comes and desolates many
once happy homes. Sometimes, again the
clouds will pour down their torrents for long
periods, and the floods will come and sweep
resistless over broad lands, carrying the crops
of the farmer from his fields, and his flocks
from the vales. Again, the hurricane will_
sometimes come on swift wing, bearing de
struction in its pathway ; and, if accom
panied with red bolts of lightning, may con•
sume well-filled barns and storehouses, and
level many beautiful dwellings to ashes
Were those weather changes governed by
immutable laws, and were we well acquaint
ed with these, we might adopt special means
to meet special ends, and provide against
the coming drought, the 'floods, and the
hurricane. Hitherto the weather has been
considered fickle as the human temper ; and
if it is governed by fixed laws, the whole
world lieth nearly in gross darkness respect
ing them. The sky may be cloudless to-day,
and to-morrow, yea, even in a few hours, the
lightning and• the tempest may come, and no
man living, so far as we knoW, can predict
the event with certainty.
The astronomer has-watched the motions
of the distant planets; has weighed them in
a balance, and can tell the exact periol when
the moon, after a long interval, will hide the
sun's rays from the earth by day; and also
when the eccentric comet, after long jour
neys in unseen regions of space, will revisit
our system again; but he cannot positively
tell the particular atmospheric changes that
will occur to-morrow in the 'city where he
dwells ; and yet a correct knowledge of coin
iug atmospheric changes would be mostaise
ful to all men.
Can such information ever be obtained ?
Not unless such phenomena are governed by
fixed laws. Well, when we consider that
the planets roll, and the tides flow, by im
mutable decrees, can any person doubt that
the weather is governed by fixed laws ?
That such laws do exist, no one in his Berms
can doubt; and that they will yet be discov
ered, we have as little doubt; and is ft
shame that so little has been done to die
cover them. We are glad, however, that
something has been done, and there is a
promise of something more. Various sta
tions have lately been established in ourown
country for taking meteorological observa
tions, and all the leading nations of Europe
have also entered upon the same course cf
investigations. Such observations extend
ing over various parts of the globe, and for
a number of years continuously, will no
doubt lead to astonishing results. Already,
by private enterprise and keen observation,
Prof. Espy and Mr. W. C. Redfield, of this
city, have made valuable discoveries relating
to gales and hurricanes, and the latter has
laid down some practical rules for navigators,
regarding the rotary progressive course of
tornadoes, which have proven to be of great
benefit, by teaching seamen how to with
draw from their power. The spots observed
On the sun's disk, take place at regular in
tervals; and these, Sir Wm. Herschelasserts,
affect the weather, on our globe, to such a
degree, as to regulate the very price of
wheat. Lieut. Maury has done much to re
duce the weather changes on the ocean to a
science. It is believed by Humboldt, and
other eminent philosophers, that the sun is
the source of magnetism as well as heat;
and that the vibrations of the magnet are to
our globe, as the beating of the pulse to the
human system.
In an article in the last number of the
North British Review, believed to be writ
ten by Sir David Brewster; he says, "Had
Hipparchus and Ptolemy made hourly obser
vations, and had they also been made by
their cotemporaries and successors in differ
ent parts of the world, we might now be
predicting the weather with as much cer
tainty as we do the planetary motions."
The great number of meteorologieal obser
vations now being made in various parts of
the world, inspire us with hope that such a
result will yet be accomplished. We hail
every effort that is made to reduce " the
weather and its changes" to a positive sci
ence, because, as we have already stated,
such knowledge will be most useful and im
portant to all men.-Scientific American.
RATES OF
CORRZOTED WNNE:L
PENNSYLVANIA.
Banks of Pittsburgh, par
Banks of _Philadelphia, par
Bank el Chernbersburg,
Bank of Gettysburg,
Bank of Middletown,
Bank of Newcastle, r k
Erie bank,
Farm. Az Brov. Waynesb's,
Frankli:n bk. Washingtqn, par
Harrisburg beak,
Honesdale bank, V,
Bank of Warren, 1
York bank,
Belief Notes,
All other solvent bear, pvr
OHIO
State bank, and branches,
AU other eolvenC banks, 3 fi*
NEW ENGLAND.
All solvent banks, 34
NZW YOUlt-
New;irork City, par ! tryt
21.&ILYLAND.
Baltimore,
Country:
ME
ADVERTISEMENTS.
DIIFF 9 S MERCANTILE COLLEGE
OF PITTSBURGH, WHEELING, (VIRGINIA) AND
BURLINGTON, lOWA.
Founded in IMO, and incorporated by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, with perpetual charter.
BOARD OFTRUSTEES,
His Excellency, the Hon. James Buchanan, President elect
of the United States.
Hon Judge Wilkins, Hon. Charles Naylor
Hon. Judge Hampton, General J. K. Moorhead,
Hon. Judge Lowrie.
FACULTY. AT PITTSBURGH.
P. DIIFE, 'President, author of " Duff's Book-keeping,"
" The Western Steamboat Accountant," &c.; Professor of
the Principles and Practice of Double-Entry Book-keeping.
A. T. BOWDEN, Professor of lifethennodee and adjunct
Professor of Book-keeping.
W. H. DUPE, 1
EROS. McCARTY, j
THOS. McCABE, Associate Profee're of Book-keeping.
T. G. JON ES,
J. C. STOCKTON,
J. D. WILLIAMS, Professor of Commercial and Ornamen..
tal Penmanship, the best Business and Ornamental Penman
in the United States.
- -- -
N. B. HATCH, Profeasor of Commercial law and Politica
Economy.
Hon.. Judge SHANNON and 3. M. KIRKPA.TRICH, Spa
eial Leeturers on Commercial Law.
REV. DAVID FERGUSON, Professor of Commercial
Ethics.
JOHN MURPHY, Teacher of the Art of Detecting Cann'
teribit and Altered Bank Notes.
F. L. APEL, Professor of French and German Languages.
E. OUDRY, Professor of Mechanical and Architectural
Drawing.
PARK BENJAMIN, of New York, and other equally dia.
thiguisbed literary gentlemen from Eastern cities, will also
lecture before the College during the Winter.
This is believed to lie the only establishment in the 'Union,
founded, organized, and aanduated by a 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 theoretical
teachers.
HowArds of four thousand Students have been educated
for the Mercantile 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 necea-
Barg for the accommodation of the Students.
Students have access to a library of three thousand vol
umes.
For foil particulars, send for specimens of Mr. WTI,
MAMS' Penmanship, and's. Circular of fortyfour pages--
mailed free.
DUFF'S BOOKIKEEPING, Harper's new edition, pp. 222,
royal octavo. Price $1.50; postage 21 cents.
DUFF'S. STRASIBUAT DIX/R.HEEPING. Price $1.00;
postage 9 cents.
.hr To ensure prompt =ewers, eddrese all lefters respect
ing the College to the Principal. 'For butt's System of Book.
keeping, or Blanks, addreFs any of the Pithibiargh Book.
sellers, or the Publishers, Harper & Brothers,New York.
de27.tf
TEL E CHAMPION LOCHS OF TRH
WORLD, are only striplings in cost, ($6 to so, or if
made gunpowder proof, $lO, and lees at Wholesale.) The
test which they [have endured is unparalleled. The great
est lock Tickers in the world, stimulated by the offer of a
large premium for several years, have sought in vain for
a clue to pick them. They not only bid defiance to all lock,
pickers, but the offer of Two Thecae= Battens 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 five times its cost,whether it is used for
the specie-vault, night latch, or desk.
S. B. WOODBRIDGE,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
READ THIS.
RE. 8. E. WoOnainnis, Sa :—You hwve been awarded an
honorable mention, with special approbation, for burglar 7
proof Locks. and Night Latehes. They were considered by
the jury to merit all that you claim for them, as being the
cheapest, and at the same time, the safest and most durable
Locks on exhibition, and a valuable acquisition to the coin-
Enmity. Tours, truly,
BYLVEL Banvooar,
Commissioner M Juries, Crystal Palace, N0v.864.
224.trear*
BELL2O 2 BELLS : BELLS Z BELLS :--FOR
Churches, Academies, Factories, Steamboats, Planta
tions, dc., made by the subscribers, and a large assortment
kept constantly on hand, mounted with their newly im
proved-Iron Yoke, which, by a detached plate, permits the
bell, without taking from the yoke, to be turned on its
vertical axis, any distanee, however' small, or completely
found ; thus lessening the danger of it 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
cease, in which they mould all sizes, increases their working
facilitlea, and also enhances the quality of the casting ; which
improvements, with those of thirty years during which the
establishment has been in operation, have , gained for their
belle an unequalled celebrity for volume of sound and quality
of tone, and for which they havejust received, January, 1855,
the drat premlnut at the World's Fair, many from this coun
try and Europe being in competition, and which is the nine•
teenth medal they have received. Being located at the Juno-
thin 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 SIENEELrB SONS,
West Troy, Albany Co., N. Y. .
ao2B-Irmw
WE ADIVATIE TIER /ITTENTIOIk Op
thepublic to the
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PHILADELPHIA 1 10IISSEEPING DRY GOODS STORE,
where may be found a large assortment of all kinds of
Dry Goode, required in furnishing a house, thus Bemire
the trouble usually experienced in hunting such articles
in various places. In consequence of our giving our at
tention to this kind of stook, tothe exclusion of ,
,dress
and fancy goods, we can guarantee our prices and styles
to be the most favorable in the market.
IN LINEN GOODS
we are able to give perfect satisfaction, being the ours,
ZEIT&BLISHED Lmme Bronx m ens orr, and , having been
for more than twenty years reglilar importers from some
of, the best manufacturers in Ireland. We offer also- a
large stook of
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FLANNELS AND hiUSLINS,
of the bed quaes to be obtained, and at the very lowest
meek Table Clo
prices. Also, Blankets, Quilts, Shootings, Ticking'', Ds.
the, and Napkins, Towelling', Diapera,
Huokabaes, Table and Piano Covers, Damasks and hi
*sane, Lace and kituslin Curtains, Dimities, Bandbox*
Chintses, Window Shadings, Ito., do.
JOHN V. COWELL & BON
apilo-tf IL ,
W. corner CHESTNUT and SRPENTH Ste.
Philadelphia.
FIVE PER MIT. SAVING VON% the National Safety. OF
Company, incorporated by th e
State of Pennsylvania.
Money is received in may mutt, large or
paid from the day of deposit. small, and interest
till 'I
The office
ck isin o
th pen e eve r y, from 9 ohdock In the Morning
evenings till , 9 o'clock. o'clo, and on Monday and Thursday
Interest rive Per Cent.
All sums, large or small, are paldbac, lurid, on demand,
without notice, to any arnoent.
'This SAVING Prom now luss more than Othl MILLION of dOi•
tars, all in Momeratra, Gum SE's, and other first clam
investments, for the security of depinitors.
StmtMice, WALNIPR Street, Seatb•West corner o Third
Philadelphia janl-lp
DISCOUNT.
r FOR THIS PAPER.
NEW JERSEY 44 DELJ/WM.
All solvent banks,
=
All solient banks,.
NORTH CAROLINA.
All solvent banks,
SOUTH ce.notaNe
en solvent banks,
OEORGLS.
All solvent banks,
TENI4ESSEII:
lAU advent banks,
uATITogT.
All solvent, banks,
=!
State bank and brans key,
XISSOUR
IBank of State of lilasourl, Vt.
WISCORHIIT.
Mar. ,4 Fire Ins. Oct: cheeks, 6
SIICHIGAN.
Jill solvent banks, 8
CANADA.
All solvent banks,
IRON CITY CAPRI= ERCIAL COLL 1. - .IG
OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
An Irtetitation for the Bugineee loan. Chartered, Aprii,l4s
Located at Pittsburgh opposite the Post Office.
Having a larger patronage than any similar Institution
of the West.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
His Exep., Gov. Jae. Pollock, 800 R.M. . Riddle.
Hon. Wm. Bigler, Ex- or. lion. • E. Brady,
Col. Wilson McCandless, B. A. Pryor. Esq.,
Col. William Hopkins, B. L. Pahussiock, Esq.,
Capt. D. Campbell, Ed. Camplun. Esq.
N. P. Fetterman, Esq., Aler ,der, Bray_ley, Esq.
Principal—F. W. JENKINS.
'FACULTY.
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
I. I. HITCHCOCK, (author of " A Now Method of Teec. •
bag Book-Seeping,") Professor of the Science of Accounts,
and of the Art of Book-Keeping, and Teacher of Arithmetic,
and its application to business.
JOHN FLEMING}, (author of the "National System of
Book-keeping,") Lecturer on the Science of Accounts, and on
Business, its customs and usages.
ALEXANDER COWLEY and W. P. COOPER, Spen
cerian Writers, (who have no superiors as Penmen,) Pro
fessors of Epistolary, Commercial and Ornamental Penman
ship, and Lecturers on Mercantile Correspondence.
JAMES H. HOI=S, Esq., of the Pittsburgh Bar, Lee
tnrer 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 Faculty.
TERMS OF TIIITION.—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE,
Book-Keeping, full Accountant's course, including
Arithmetic and its applications, Commercial Cal.
ealations, all Lectures, Practical Penmanship,
(a Life Scholarship) $313.00
Same couree for ladies, (apartments separate) . 20.00
Penmanship, practical, time unlimited, . . 10.00
Ornamental Penmanship, as agreed upon.
Arithmetic (new system) time unlimited . 10.00
Higher Mathematical, Surreying,lingineering, Mechanical,
Architectural-and Ornamental Drawing and Construction,
Languages, Elocution, Be., as per agreement.'
DESIGN OF TDB INSTITUTION.,
To furnish the beet means for acquiring a Thorough Bus
iness Education, In the shortest time, and at the least ex
pense.
BOOH-HEEPING,
As here taught, embodies all tbe knowledge and improve
ments taught elsewhere,,with come valuable additions no
where else applied, so that graduates kere will be folly able
to manage the books of any burliness concern.
ARITHMETIC,
(A new system) and its application to business is 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, unsurpassed
Penmen, Who drew the Brat Premiums in Orttamehtal, Bus
iness and Ladies'Penmanship, atlthe last State Fairs in Ohio
and Michigan.
LEV/ UREB
Delivered daily on Book-Heeping; the Usages, Lawe and
Ethics of Commerce; Finance and Banking; Political Econ
omy, Commercial Geography, Counterfeit Money, An. An
acquaintance with all being necessary to the highest success
in business.
ST'OPHNTS
Hap enter at any time; no vacation; review at pleasure ;
time unlimited,
IiXPBNBE.
Tuition, fall Commercial Connie,
Stationery, &c., about . . .
Board, per week, can be obtained for
SUCCESS.
Three hundred Students bare entered tide College from thie
oity alone (besides others from abroad) since last October.
Numbers from other Colleges apply here to complete their
education; so that they may befully qualified for successfa /
business action.
DIRECTIONS.
Specimen of Writing and Circalens containing fall infor
tiation3 sent by mail free of charge. Address,
F. W. JENK/NB,
Iron City College, Pittsburgh, Pa.
decls-1y
Maril D CI I ig AND LEATH:Wit STORE.—
MAL D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS, No. 218. THTRI) St., be
wean Market and Oheetant Streets, Philadelphia, have for
sale
DRY AND SALTED SPANISH HIDES,
Dry and Green Salted Patna Sips, Tanner's 011, Tanner's
and Ourrier's Togas at the lowest prices, and upon the best
terms.
Afg• All kinds of Leather in the rough -wanted, for
which the highest market prise will be given in cash, oz
taken in exchange for Hideo.. Leather toted tree of charge
an d sold on COMMIRdOII. jl5-6m
SILVER PLATED WARE,
Manufactured by
JOHN 0. =AD & SONS,
The oldest and most experienced rtscno emzess in the
United States.
TEA SETS AND URNS,
ITTOBERS,
GOBLETS, TUREENS, &c., &e.
OP
The most elaborate and richest patens
in: America. '
.LSO,
SPOONS, TORIES, LADLES, FRUIT, TEA AND TABLE
KNIVES, ETC.
No. 15 South Ninth Street, above, Chestnut,
Near the Girard House,
Philadelphia.
se27ly
BOOTS AND SHOES, BOOTS AND SHOES.
—JAMPS ROBB, No. 89 Market Street, between the
Market Hopes 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 his
New Shoe Store, as above, with an entirely New Stock of
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers; Palm Leaf, Pedal, Tustin. and
Braid Mate, &c•• consisting ,part of Gents' Fancy Opera
Boots. Congress . baiters, Oxford Ties, &c., &c.; Ladies', Misses'
and Children' Fancy Boots, Gaiters, Ties, Slips, &c., very
beautiful; Boys' and Youths' Dress Boots, Shoes, Ties and
Pumps.
Hie stock is one of the largest ever 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 jin selecting the choicest goods, all of
which he warrants.
He also continues to manufacture, as heie tofore. all de
scriptions of Boots and Shoes, and his long.-experience of
over twenty years in business in this city is, he treats, a suf
ficient guaranty that those who favor him with their custom
will be fairly dealt with. ap26-tf
O)(FORD onniezazo SBNINARIrs
CHESTER COUNTY, PSI.
The Winter Session, of five months, will commence the tut
Wednesday in. November.
Expenses, for Boarding, Fuel, Light and Tuition in the En
glish branches, $6O per Session: Ancient and Modern Lan
guages, each $6. Lessons on the Piano, and sue of Ingtru•
meat, $l5. Painting and Drawing, each $6. Or the pay
ment of PO, will include the whole.
A daily stags connect. with the cars at Newark, DeL, and
also at Parkeebarg, Pa. Address
J. M. DICKEY, er
Orford,Sept. 20, 1855 SAMUEL DICKEY, Owfr.d, Le
sep2o-tf
OXFORD IPICIIRAME COLLBGB, BUTLER
County, Ohio, under care of the Synod of Cincinnati.
Principal, Rev. J. W. Scutt, D.A.., aided by eight Resistant
teachers. Expense from $3O to $9O per amnion of five
months. Scholerships at rates still lower. The buildings
and grounds are unsurpassed. Every modern convenience
and comfort has been supplied. Booms all heated with
steam, and lighted with gas. Sessions open early in Jane.
ary and September. Yor circulars or information in detail,
apply2-tf to LOI. SCOTT, or REV : W. S. ROGERS, Oxford, Ohio.
CENTRAL ACADEMY, AT AIRY VIEW,
Ton:irons Valley,:Juntata County, Pa., one-fourth of
a mile from the Perrier - Me Station of Ponneylvemia Rail
raod.
The Summer Session will commence on Monday, the 16th
of . Whole expense per session' of twenty-two weeks,
for Board, Room, Tuition, Washing and Incidentais,ls6, pay
able one-half in advance,
/Kir See Circulars, DAVID WILSON,
marl6-1y Principal and Probrietor, Port Royal P.O
DI lON 0 0 IGG !ATE INSTITUTE,
DIXON. ILLINOIS—Tbia Institution, under charge
of the Presbytery of Rook River. is now open for the recep
tion of students. Having a location 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, do.. apply to any member of
Rock River Presbytery, or to the President of the Institu
tion, REV. W. W. HARSHA.
yl2-ly
Mj
DIA CLASSICAL INSWITITT
Rummer Seaton of this its will commence on
Tuesday, May Ist.
Circalam may be had at the Drug store of A. W. Bayley,
18th and Chestnut streets, PhUadelphis,at the Book store of
J. 81. Wilson, Otis and Arch streets, and at the Education
Rooms, 265 Chestnut street, or address
Itev..7. M. GAYLEY.
Media, Del. Co., Pa.
apl4-tf
J B, RENSHAW, FASHLY GROCER,
• 253 Liberty Street, has an excellent stock, comprie
lng the largest, fullest, and most complete assortment of
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
FINE 'GREEN AND BLACK TEAS,
SPICES, , SAUCES,
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PRESERVEPICKLESD FRUITS,
CINCINNATI HAMS. AND DRIED BEEF,
FLOUR, , he.,
To be found in this marketFlSH. - He would ea/1 the special
attention of proprietor, of boarding schools at a distance to
Ms stook, as they may rely" upon the quality of the arti
cles he sells Iping,of the first clam.
Catalogued furnished, giving . as exteri4cid list of the
stock,
epode delivered free of charge, at Railroad depots and
terumboatlan &age. ja3
AXES . . . Wan REITiR
MEDICA al. HMO REITER
have tiesociated themselves In the practise of Med
eine and Surgery. Offig, in Dr. Binge residence, No. 112
Firth Street, opporlte the Cathedral.
Dr. Reiter will attend at the office daily. and may be con
sulted at his reddenee, in East Id.orty. in the Mornings
and eveniney.
oclB4l
COTTAGE SEXINA.RY Port TotrNe
LADIES, Pottstown, Montgomery. Octant* Pa.
The Winter Hese:ion or this Institution will commence
.November 4th. For Circulars, with full particulars, address
REV.- W. R. WORK.
Principal and Proprietor.
=I
B oos. AND JOB PRI/11 - TIN Ci, . , 1* ri
subscriber, being provided with Steam Printing
Presses, and a great.'variety of Printing Types and other fix
tures, is prepared to execute every description of Reeks
Pamphlets, Cards,Bille, Labebs, *c.
Blank Deeda, Blank Booka Paper and Stationary, always
on hand.
J. T. fillitTOGE,
No. %Bina Street, Gazette Building.
Pdtaburifil, Dee. us& dea-tr
AILTELICPATII CH, ..ATTOSso .ts; Y
OF AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, and Solicitor in Chao
em.Y• Office_, No.-138 Fourth Street, above the corner of
Smithfield, Pittoburgh, Pa.
11-01129 Ri 919 WADDW.N AP SON, 95 BEARILEW
EM BRET,Tittsburgh., dealers in Watches. s swelrYl and
Silver WaTe. - anylOtt
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te/5T.147 WALNUT Street, above Ninth, Philadel
phia. •
CA 111. D--JADES LOCIES, 1116 D., DEN.
Trsz, Third Street shore Pine, Williamsport, Pa.
1344 f
401.1 P Me HARPER, JINIPORIPMR
OP WATCHES. No, 104 OUNSTNUT Street, second
story, Philadelphia. ian6-1Y
HENRY LLOTA. Oro. DLAM
KENSINGTON IRON WORKS. -LLOYD
BLACK, Nanufacterere of Bar Sheet, Hoop Hnd
Angle Iron, Nails, and Spikes; also, Flat Bar-Punched Rail
road Iron.
Warehouse No. SS Water Street, between. Wood and
Market. or? S6Ol
VENN. lA.N BLIN D S.
A. BRITTON & CO,
NANUTAOTURNES, & WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRALER.E.
N 0.82 North BROOND Street, above Kari"
The %neat cheapest, dasso rtment of PLAIN and
FAay beet t the United
mates. Bof any other estab li sh/Imo ladeiphia.
tlr IBPAIBINa
< PromPtll attended to. Otte us * esf i
aad eatliftYanteeles. teftly
$25.00
5.00
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