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Carrier's. Address. WRITTEN fOR 'Tit BANEIO, „AHD ADVOCATE. ThPaet has tOfie::'—oh, itoomy Past! Whet iow ldliallikieriomente` Or bear thy toile, or meet the bloat tst trouble's iterms, or walk . the trick We all have walked throughout the year Just closed nioon us? • Who-woulddain through airy care, and doutit;'sial i iesr, Its changing scenes live o'er again? The wheel of Time, with ceaseless round, au circled thietigh'inether year, With 'notion siWift--mor jar, nor sound— The• Pest is gime, the Present'here. And now the faithfid Cenunut comes, As through the days of auld lang syue," And brings, you at your lioarths and itomes, "A sontof cheer for '59. • Asll-"thnt sg a , dwells in An Past, And lives its youth and ideasures over, par itemory still delights to east A thought bi`ditys thatare no more. So now the hinsntalies up the song, And sings her loudest . praise to'Hilann, Poi , motif - fling favors all year long, Por signal joys and-mercies given. How hath the glory of our God In truth and majesty: gone.forth t How. bath Miheree leienipread4bro _ 1 0; From West to 'its - t o froni Soutlyto.North I How path his Word, in every clime , Called back tini world from error's ways, Unities steeped in sin and orinie Now mOurn forsin or shontthsit.praise.,, Oh, year to be remembered long, Of wondrous grace in every landl Thy nienkory fills the Poet's song, And oheersthe Christian's heart and band. The wars the'eruOl ' Thenielsaotes And savage rage. iaVe been assuaged To mimes the reign of God's own ; truth. Postileneebas swop t our path, No famine caused thopoor to cry; No clouds of god's avenging, wrath Have darkened o'er our Nation's sky; But still, before the admiring world, We boast our country prond and free, And hail its stars and stripes unfurled At every mart, o'er every see. A new-found 04, 41. , far in the West, Shines mid our galaxy of States ; And, clouds o'erpast and storms at rest, NeWKattsils, little longer. - • Lo, how the tide of empire rolls Uplar,Pacifio's golden shoresi , Seou l soon. Colombia's free-born. souls. Shall count their band of States by scores. With proud adraitie in Freedom's; cansn, At peacemith all the world, ve can Now"give our Mormon rebels laws, And coast from Chili to Jrapan Can quell`our frobtier Indianhands; Then, sailing cl'erAlse'world?s wide seas, Bring in the wealth , of ;distant lands, Borneo's spice, or China's teas. I The Atlantic wire now liesbeneath, , . Old ocean's depth of surging waves ; But It brings no, flask ihrongh coral eaves, To dill those hopes that,sunk,to fears When Soilnce workeq her 11200r-feats', And failed at last—yet other yeais Shall inike.4 xlinSireis iork:o6n4o/00. AM, earth is:trio:l4ol roundusnow, And. Peace sits robed in regaistate, With' ollio.Chaido ion bro*, And rules vhe'close of '5B; Oh, may the year that sets its lights Along;the„Fittgre's misty vale, Bring new achievements, new delights; And render joys,that never fail. •The bill admitting , Oilman may- be' - 'consideredr nun, though , not yet actually paned. ' ntrarg gotirts. I= Bnamtwoon's Manozma. December, 1858. New. York: Licit:and Milt i t Co." The contents giNkinTlMPflr. A PriVitn4 Japanese W aters ; What mill he domith it ff-t Part XIX; A Pleasant French Book ; The , Interns- Ilona dopy-Bight Congress .-' a letter iro n Et:in:em ber to a Literary friend ; The Indian Mutiny and the Land Settlement; Cousin John's Property; Sermons; Bfight Akourditiee ; and,-Lades. SALVATION BY eiramr. A Series of Discourses on some of. she Nit:lmportant D,oett:ines of the Gospel: 4 By Francis-Wayland: - ,12M0.; pp. 885. Boston': Gould Lincoln. 1859. Some time since, Pr. Wayland published:xi:snit ume of excellent' Sermons,, under` "tltieiof 4 't University Sermons," and while the work had such a circulation as the high charaiter.of the anther would naturally secure ` fort it;sti~ll,''the publishers , believed _ that the designation of the book was Unfayorable. Many . persons would, without , examination, conclude that . the tMlbjecta discussed wereimoh, as mainly suited theMemhers 4 of College classes, and that the themes and, 'guar mode of treatment would not , interest the . gen i crel. reader. Men often forget that Students; Law. yers, Doctotw, and professional men, are sinners like their.,bretbeert ormeadtind, trd require the exhibition of the common remedy., And whether discourses, are 'delivered in a 'Collegi,,,,or in a church, to Students or Senators, they' do' not de serve the name oftf3ermoxis, unless they trestof the common salvation, A desire that no brie:a:trent should atarsTin the way of the wide-spread -aim , lotion of such An excellent volume of , thoughtful matter, led`the Pulilisifers to or:friss a depireci;ol4 the title of the book should be changed. Thisitas been done,on the edition now 'Awed to the Tub lio. Two sermons,,.on the «Bevolntions"fu rik.t rope," have been nriiittild, and six hare 'been! I. :<# 414 added, Whiehiteve not beeir Xmblishea hitherte. eityle caltn,`clear, and although it nii#47ioldlifilietoridal effort; still it is impres eivh Th diabjeets treated are'of the highest km. portialaii--anatt as Practical Atheism; The 'Work of the Messiah . ; Justification by Faith ; A Day in thardifei of Jesus of Nazareth The Benevolence of the Gospel, &cr. A Salmon Preached on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Sarah Ann 'Buford. By S. T. Wilson, pastor of. the, •Pirst Presbyterian church of Rock Island, Illinois. 1868. A good sermon, :in which the truth of the I theme, 4, To die is gain," is felicitionsly, faith- I fully, tenderly, and hopefully presented. for tot 1a its, MEI For the .Tiady-Beaders of the "Banner." A LETTER FROM ENGLAND , DEAR SIR :—I am about to make a bold proposal to yoUr lady:readers; 'rebid,l trust; when explained,-will find pardon for itsun- usual character: Among your readers I have many friends, to wham 'I am person. liziovin, and with all, I talk I may, afteveneh 'continuous , epistolary intercourse, 'claim acquaintance and brotherhood. The church in London,of which ,I have been the pastor *piece:nn 'eleven years, hap beeu.the,ecenu of many, gracious niani feetatibni,- sinee``its sinceerection. Its Brit pastor lwas John. Macdonald; who ,gaver up home and every thing for the .missionary: cause: in India and mho after ten year's labor died at Calcutta greatly lamented in 1847., The oecond minister was'the.Rev. Peter Lorimer, ,now Professor of lEkebresi our Theologieal College, andiathor of " The Life of Patrick Hamilton." The third was the Rev. Josias Wilson, an eminent and moat : suoceisful Eiangelist, first .Droglieda f in Ireland, then at Belfast, and thence removing to River Terrace, London, where, after two and,,,a2half-years.of remarkable spiritual nmphs,.he died in the prime of his days, sorely mourned. Twice, in the providence nf.s-od„ was I called to succeed him; first at Aelfast,, and.next in Londbn. God has, honored:Us,witli_many *Awns of his> power and love, and dnring, the year now olosing we have had, toiquickening in our midst, which -`I feel pleasure in testifying has been greatly promoted, (instrumentally,) by the `full:. information received, , through your Columns, of, the work,of God in America, by the. , solemnising influence which itlad on the paitor's . . But 'Why:thie - explanation ? It is, that ,I may.; mention, further f that the success,of Mr ; Wilaon'.e,ministry 7 , 1 ." 3 1 3 it , 11, ,e9Posity, to enlarge the ohnreh ; at a greatepensel and tb.state, aleo, • that.on my, coming, I found a ~debt on the building 'of nearly , £2,000, (00,660:) siime .then r We• have paid off, witlibut faiTign assistance' either in Lortdon or. elseihere, , the AULD of £1,300, 0r'57,500. Wake now making a *al` effort to remove „ the‘hldanee . of tha building :debt and this, in connexion., with a proposed - . SALE or Wm*, 'BAkAAR, is • Preparition for 'which the ladies of the ,congregation are dil igently engaged. They have interested, by oirottlikti -- 44" !Ovate letters, their female friends, cal/Over the Kingdom. The follow. ing isifeopy'of their Circular: ' ' Itle,prapcsed.to hold a BALI or WORN, in the oflBs9„withihe view of obtaining funds for the liquidation :of the remaining building debt on Rivei Terrace Presbyterian ohnich, Wigton, London. The ladies of tho congregation earnestly invite, the kind co-operation of Christian friends. They have themselves always been wining to aid any kindred object for which their-"help was asked, and have done so for many"y ' • eare. . • Anilidies who may be kind enough to send Contribitions of 'Work are assured' that their val ued gifts will not be eactificed by a forced sale, inasmuch as the ladies of Elver Terrace, annually prepare boxes of 'work for Mission Schooli in Bombay, Janiaica, and: Ireland. Any work, therefore, left, from ;this sale, will be devoted to one or other of these objects. Artroles, both tiiiefoL and ornamental, or dons ! . time in , inoney; will•. be most gratefully received, up.ta the lfithlidarchl 1859: . It will be perceived, from the forgoing, that our ladies "are an, active bared, and'baire been so for years, on behalf of Home and objects, m some of which Anieri can Christians' are. deeply interested. It will.also be seeti.tilat , any surplus-contribu tions willbs' devoted to, the same objOets. On behalf, of, these ladies, then , I make the botd . proposal,and present: the respectful request to youriady-readers, so to use their skillful:and nimble fingers, during the Win. ter, as tO"eicible as to have a tabk at the sale ce,pereclvith, contributions from Amer ica, Which shill " Tint ANNitiOAN TABLE." And—although he will not 'be aware af t the,mattertill he. sees his name in piir*et I refer;Wiilrall'eafidencie; to my frien , George SteWart,,Esq., of Phila delphia, born in the sime pariah With Myself, baptised by the "'Salle venerable, minister "(once a, student ,of Brown, of Haddingtori ? ) andirhotit sll Eiangelioal, - Clizieilits kriow , and,lov,. shall, undertake for him and his lady, that they wily receive and forward any, and ill contributions` of work sent to them bri or before thefirst' of' Dlaiih, 1859: YOUR: LONDON CORRESPONDERIT. PAPd°n't Nov. 1801 1858- , dr.l NEM Company. There ,na truer proverb than that " a man is•known' by •the corripany he keeps." If' - ri lid of -twelve and upwards is,ginemily found in - the'company of his sisters or " con sins,"; and associating and affdiriting -with 'the gentler sex--accompanying them to lee !tures.and •places of rational amusement and iPOtrna r tion, n4hatin , the.4 oo 44:Pud cloniea tic circle—friund at all timed participating the ;:agreeable' biaith,.enteitainthents, ,but above all habitually thefiouse otworahip on the Lord's, day, it is proof positive, that B i c h i t ri:,one Wilt'grovi up to be ;reripeetedt'by every body-1111'11e useful and l valuable citizen' in sOciety, and ten - to one, become a consistent Olkristian, -in all walk and eonver r Cation. • On the other'hand, let this yorith habitually l awidate with >the rowdy classes; run with' , Vie':. 4 gMash*in.:" 7 --smoke In the streets--shirilleinale society :tippleat the low groggeriesOirie - profane lingnage, absent himself .from the sanctuary,. rind how long will-it be , before,his -name will in, the po lice eau* and appear , in the dady journale among the arrested and, , convicted. Like begets like, and effentri foPow causes ari certainly as the rising, and letting Of the rur.-- 7 1341timore patri9t.- Manners. Young folks should be mannerly. 'Bat how`` to be ie The question Many a good boy and girl feel that they cannot .behave to Snit 'themselves in the'presence of:company. Thep'. are awkward;• Clownish, rough; they feel timid, bashful,-and self-distrustful the rtaiitueik they are,addiesied by:a Stranger or , appear. in company i (here is but one way to getiiiii.this feeling and. aciluire 014%1 and easy' manners, that is, to do the -best THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. they can all the time, at home as well as "abroad. Good manners are not learned 89 much as acquired' by habit. They. grow upon us iry use. We must be courteous, agreeable; civil, kind, gentlemanly, and wo manlyrat home, and then it will soon become a kind of second nature to be so everywhere. A coarse, rough manner at home begets a habit of roughness which we cannot layoff, if We try, when we go among strangers. The moat agreeable people we have ever known in corn pany. are those that are perfeet ly agreeable at home. Home is the school for all the best things.—Youth's Friend. A Sabbath School Boy's Reply. A correspondent of the Christian Times records the following anecdote which was re cently related in the John Street prayer meeting in New York., .It was told with a great deal• of spirit; and many an, eye bright ened with tears and smiles during ihe re oital The speaker it seems was a man deeply interested in 'Sabbath Schools, and while crossing the ferry to attend one in Brooklyn; he noticed a bright eyed boy with books in his arms evidently going to a similar, place. He began to ',converse with the boy, and, finalry proposedthat he",should go mitn him up to Harlem : 'Olds is a great •pleasure sort. st• fe w miles outlofthe city:) 'He lOoked at the man in surprise and said : 44 Sri ''did{ never - read*the'Command:: Monts ?" " Commandments I wirlt, are they ?" said the gentleman. • " Well, sir, there is one which says, Bemember the Sabbath" day to keep it " . " Fttftt of that, n!,3' boy, Tql it not be keeping it holy to go up, to,Harlem?""' " No, sir, and Shall'. not go with you."' Here the gentlemantook out a quarter , of a= dollar - from his ' pooket; And 'to try Him farther, Aaid," See here; my lad, won't you gO With me, , if I will give you• this ?" ; "No sir, net if it were , twenty-five dol tars But"—looking archly up into his face - 1 ." I should like', that money, sir." • ' " What would, you do with it • "There is to be a`ndisionary collection at our school, to-day, ,and I want it for that". The gentleman. to test him Stilt further, again proptised that - he go'to Harlem, whe n ' if, would be , his, , and .then he could useit on the eellectien‘day. "No, air , " said the, boy, bringing down his foot with great earnestness, " I shall not go to Harlem. G-od` not bless money got by Sabbath breaking. I would rather you would keep 1 By this time the gentleman thought it best to unveil himself. He made, inquiries rela tive to the boy, and learned that he was a son of intemperate.Parente ; in his early' life he had been 'uttprly neglected. Btit he was found out; by some of the beneVojent'So,oi ieS of the city, kindly eared for, brought into ' Sabo', thence 'to: Sabbath' School, and by his teacher , led to Christ; Whom to Marry. When a young woman behaves to her parents in a manner particularly tender, and respectful, from principle as well as, nature, there is nothing good.and gentle that may not be expected from her; in 'Whatever COa• dition she may,* placed. Were Ito advise a friend as to his choice of a wife, my first counsel would' be, '"'look out for one distin guished for ber , . attention. and; sweetness, to her parents." *cientific, Cosmical. According to some of, our modern geolo gists, our planet was once a melted mass of rock, and melted because of the heakgener a;ted by the chemical union and action of the *tides of which it is '9 o S 3 Pcksiii. the surface this .melted MaBEl cooled, a• crust was formed, and. this constituted the.kranite reek., By,the l cooling end consequent con traction of, this,erust a pressure, was exerted• on the melted interior, causing the upheaval ci,tmolintains and the i butating forth of ; vol. caoes. The.crust Of the.globe being com paratively thin, the , cooling and contraction going on, gre'at : changes would talre_ place; oinetirees the bed of the ocean would be elOnted and form'the dry land, and the dry land would sink and forth the beds of the oceans. - There ii'Velieved:to be indisputable evidence that this has place, and it can only be accounted for on the theory 'that .earth is. A molten mess of rock,' with a very thin ,cruet cooled the' outside. The Mercmy ins thermometer, &buried in = the` earth, will rise one degree for every fifty feet of, descent after the first,fifty feet. ' At the depth of fifty miles all known illubsiances will melt. Volcanic eruptions, also,' present strong evidences of the melted condition of the interior of the earth. These volcanoes ere produced by, the cooling and contraction Of the crust of the earth on the 4interior. li quid masses. Many •of these openings• through the crust have been. very large. There, is, a volcano, on , Owyhee,, one ,of: the. Sandwich Islands, the crater of which is aboutlhine miles wide. he Taa l l l *4 Apparatus in Waaja ll ,Man, ufa6tiirers..• The ,wonderful variety ,of patterns„which ' are, at themsOtlay, seen in woolexand i PO* ptodtretiods,.iare effected by the.:3;ac, : . qaard apparatus, in Which the. patterit:de-, pe:iids upon the disposition of hetes ;Vefeed . , pi,`iieitarate hits of pasteboard. IdScalprnon fwearieg," .. the weft threads pass 7algernateli udder' and over the entire warp threats which are 'lifted up to allow the weft in the !skittle to traverse from one side to the other. Thit•JaCquard apparatus` deterinines; by the *whet and arrangement of the hploi 'oards;'Avhich • 'of' the - separate 'warp threads 'shall 'hew lifted; for at every throw ( ; ;If 'the !shuttle, the , hlank part of :each card moves= a series =• of levers, which raise-certain warpc 'threads; while other le Vera? passin g into 4liel holes in the card, do not affect the other' :warp threads.: In , this way-patterns of the , greatest complexity are•moven in:cotton, and. worsted, and silk, so that even aminnte work: of art, such as a portrait or a landscape, may be :produced from' the loom.' EverYlattorrt, requires a separat set of 'cards. These Who, Would comprehend the extent of ingenuity involved in the principles, of this invention, and beautiful results of which it cap able, should witness its operation in a Jac . quad loom. Physiological Discove'rjr. M. Flourens, the distinguished French physiologist, and .Perpetual Secretary:olthe Faris Academy of Sciences; has published a work, in which he announces the discovery ,that the normal period. of the, life of, man is, one hundred years. The grounds.on.sihich he comes to, this new philosophic conclusion may he briefly, etated. It is, we believe, a fact in natural histury, that, the length ,O each life is in exact ProPortinn;p the period It is in gowisg. _,Buffos; Nas aware of this truth, and his observetions'led him to conclude that the life in_different, species -of animals is six or seven • times as long as the period of groWth. Flon rens,'frona his own ,obseriations, and those of his predecessors, is of opinion that it may be more safely taken at five times. This period - consists in the union of, the bones to their epiphyses; as long as the bones are not thus united th 9 animal grows, and as soon as the bones are united to their epiphyses the animal ceases to grow. Now, in man,, this union takes place, according to M. Mott rens, at the , age of twenty; consequently,. he ; proclaims that the natural duration of man's life is five times twenty years. Qeea,n Level. The .popular notion which had do long prevailed, that.the Atlantic ocean was Many feet higher: than thelbe Pacific at the Isth mint of` anarna, has been'formally exploded. It has been conclusively ascertained,after a .series of tidal' observitiOns, carried, on with the utmost` Scientifie care, at;Panama and Aspinwall bay, and eonaected by ,accurate levels along the line of ,railroad, that the mean height of the 'two oceans is exactly the same; although, - owing to the difference in the rise of tide of both places, there are, of eetin3p, times when one of the• oceans is 'Dower thin the other but their menntl4vel,:that is to say, their height at half tide,cia 110 W proved to be precisely the same .•' tsttit4ittoittL.'. •,- • . Thci korce of Habit., The importance =of forming-sight habits, is not easily appreciated. They do very i much n guiding the life. A correspondent fornishee to us the following illaetration: Welcome . Mitchell, 'who diell in Smith field,, liradford county, Pa., 'March 16, 1856, aged 76, was a deaf mute, and at the agelof 70, he became entirely blind. From that , time, it was , found irepossibletopold communidations with ' him'; so Mach so, that, all efforts to, make i linown to him the death of.,his sister, which took place in the house ;.where lived , seemed ineffectual, although- this sister had had'the constant harehf'him for years. He had some habita peculiar hiinself. Nearly everyday,he went into a particular chamber in the house, took off his hat, walked and turned about in a particular way, thArt put on his hat and, left the chamhei. 'What his'ideas,Were in. deing it, no one could tell. Almost daily,, he made visits as singular as this, , to the, corn-housefwith.thwexeeption that, the , oern-bouse, he did - hot take off hie hit. Whenever lie --- aljttsted' his collar or his handkerchief about'his`heCk, he took his position befo a the ib;6kib e glass i :Lg.-Will' his practice before helost his :sight He- con:4 3i,nuedthese practices' as long as he was able 'to walk, which was;, ilI within - two months of his death. Helder; shaved himself after, .lost, ~his; sight, as he, had; done before. The razor was put in order and brought to him; be would then take hisposition be , fore the looking.glass, and put out his hand and touch, the glass, so as ,to be sure that he stood heforeit, and then proceed to use the razor. What his ideas were in standing be . - fOre a,,looking-glass, when he was totally there were no ,Means of knowing. Wits it the mere' force of habit, or dia he suppose the lo4ing-glass had something to do with the operation of - ShaVing ? A Singtaar Case of Plagiarism.. The Nashville Advocate is responsible.for tb.e following: iiev.• J. J. Wheat, of. -Woodville Miss., brings to light, in the New Orleans Advo cate,-a remarkable plagiarism, which, as far as we are advised, has for so long escaped the critics , and general reader. It is that ;Beinieti'm Coninientary , up to the fifty-eighth Ai r . ,lollah is taken almost entirely, and NOittlinit Oredit,`froni Poole's Annotations. 4s compared the two, exten slimly, and publishes, in double columns, :specimens of proof to the point. Sometimes Benson adds a line or two of his own, sometimes condenses a long note, and some times oartailS, and now andihen makes a quo- tation from another author. He makes no ao knowledgment to Pooleieither in his preface. or in the body of the work. • Poole , was born in 1624, died in 1679. ; Helm a Presbyterian. ~ Ar do not charge that Benson has copied Poole on the whole of the Old Testament, for I have not had time, as stated elsewhere, ,to make a comparison so extensive ; but I charge that into whatever book, or chapter I have looked, I have found the ,stolen goods of Poole.. It is proper to remark 'that Genesis, so far as I eau judge from the very slight examination . .I have made, has no , 'traces of plagiarism. Poole lived to carry his annotatioas , only . . to the fifty-eighth,of Isaiah.. Tlie renaming portion was finised by others. Mush . of . t us Benson has pla giarised.'' The . A4Thri,eizte . States that Poole was a Presbyterian. Ina' when it is the that Beide= was Methodist , the phighqiini will akliiiit; altogether unaccountahle. •• • This 64 &Ow% that much that is calla religions iiiinciple is prejudice. Pail's COmmenealled -Benson's, suits the Meth,' °dims To:satisfy Preabyterisps;.it must be . Galled; Poole's - 1 , --Due West Tele scope, Notreinbar 6, 1858: • toad . Mines. =I The Lead...fields of -Missouri, begin thirty miles South of St. , Louis, and extend along the Iron Mountain Railroad to Pilot Knob. The Farmer Miner and Mechanic, says :. - The slitairlead vein, known as the sandy ininivhnnasesAr . i!itj . is thirtrinues , Soath of 'a,:itertaeet Ilnithlind4.South vein been',lterked ono: and a half mike in length, and yielded upwardis of eleven'. lions pounds.o,..ore, and is lefti going - ADS . , the whole distance in the water. The marn. moth Lead:nifie is next. This - is 'an iriel, paler' quartering horizontal' 'vein, Welt, yielded several millions of Pounds of ore. Nextis the noted Vallee arid Perry's. Baines, Theise.are distaut.fifty miles from the city ,and six miles from the. railroad, and have yielded mi l million pciunds of ore annually for the. last .twenty years. There have also , been extensive mines about Potosi, Web . = ster,'Richmond ; Old Mines and Flat River, that have Yielded large,amounts of ore, and' have been worked to great profit when ore' wardess than half the price it brings at pre. sent; and in many of, these mines veins are going dc, , wn,into the water. It is to the in terest' of Our . country that the Lead mines of Missouri be developed, and that we pro. duce not only the Lead necessary for our own consumption, but have some to export; and this can be done as soon as a good eye= tern of mining is established and the requi site ntimber of miners set to work. The amount of Lead ore produced this year from 1- the mines named and the Merrimac Lead district, is 'abont $500,000 worth.. This ,divided among one thousand miners. makes $5OO annually to each—which is a fair esti- mete of last year's production to each prac tical miner in these Lead districts, and this has been done by working in the old mines with an ordinary hand-windlass and a few of the simplest mining tools. The mining agencies, engineers, captains, mining geolo gists, and all the paraphernalia connected with the mining business of our country, is centered at New York city—as is also the mining capital. The completion of the Iron Mountain Railroad is going to open a great field for this class of enterprise and labor. Agricultural. Birds , versus Dogs---N. Y. Farmers' Club. The Eon: Henry'Meigs, Secretary, read several, valuable papers: from London and Paris journals; one of, them was very inter esting, and incited a good deal of debate, upon the use of birds. This was a transla tion 'from a French -paper, emanating from a Seciety for preserving useful animals. Larks, the piper states, eat up the seed of taies, thistles, and' several other noxious 'Plants: The seed grains that those birds eat'are those left upon the surface, and it does more good than harm. Larks also de stroy innumerable 'larva of the cedonia, that produces the wheat-fly. Many other = birds are enumerated as'of the , greatest advantage to the farmers in France. Rats and mice are very 'destructive to grain, yet these vet , : min,would be destroyed by_ he various, noo: turnal birds, and save millions of bushels of grain. The,Secretary stated that New Jer: say had.a law to prevent the 'destruction of, many kinds of birds, and gave a list of those , protected, under a penalty of five dollars for • killing One. `Prof. Nash—l believe we should make friends, with all birds. I will not except even crows. *e have made war upon birds until we have fewer than any of, the Euroi peen countries. Even. the robin , has been, attanked_as a noxious bird because it eats a few l cherries and yet the robin lives upon curculto. THE NUISANCE OF DOGS. Win. Lawton—The crow. is .. a very timid bird, and is eaeily-kept: out of mischief by scarecrows, ,or by feeding them with sowed, Corn. We .have another nuisance much' greater 'than all the birds. I allude to dogs, the most vierthless of all animals, and the most noxious too, - to our , lest interests. They entirely prevent the raising of 'sheep iu Winchester County, and give nothing in return; and I don't see how a Christian man can intrude a great 'uncooth„dog into a neighbor's house. Fhave no-objection to a Sheppard havingn dog if it is useful to or a pet , bear or a .tiger ; bateof=what-use are thwiordinary curs r I estimate that it costs= the,TState 'of New York three millions of doh , ' Jars to. maintain the dogs, besides - the life that is lost -from the-bites of rabid ones. Prof. Nash—l must approve all that is said in favor of lards aid•against the worth. less, Mischievous doge. I have just:heard of the loss ,of $2OO worth of sheep, in Am herst, Mass. ; but I must pay there,is one, greater nnisence than dogs—it is the men with guns, who infest the whole country, destroying ail the birds. I doubt whether Men can ever destroy the insects that - effect the destruction of crops. T. W. Field—l don't km* of any use for dogs except to make sausages, and'as for crows, , they are •in the same 'category: I have had a , dozen fowls , destroyed'of a night by dogs. They are the greatest nuisances in the country. I have seen the dogs hunt in packs upon Long 'lsland, and iu , New, Jersey. The poorest clan' of community are the class that own most dogs, of which they have no possible-use. The discussion •was further continued with great animation, and an- almost unanimous opinion that dogs are a great nuisance gen erally, and that the people of this country are generally mistaken in their yiews about birds, and that they should•be protected and encouraged •to dwell' side by aide with man. Forms of Bequests. When bequests are made to • the Institutions of the Church, let the following forms be carefully • observed. Legacies a r e often lost to the:cause which the testator de• Nig= to aid, by. a defect in the will, When real estate or other property is to be given, let it be . particularly de 'acribed. Board of Domortto To the Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Ohurch in the Ifni , •ted States of ,America, and to their successors and, assigns, I give and bequeath the at m of (0r",.1 'devise a certain messnago, and tract of Lend, Ac.,) to be'hild by the said Trustees, and their successors for ever, to and. for • the uses, and under the direction of the said Board of Domestic Missions of the said General Assembly, according to the provisions of their charter. Board of Education. I give and deiise to the Trustees of the Board of Musa. .tion of the Presbyterian Church .in the United States of America; the sum ofto be applied by said fbard i to the Education of pions and ndigent young men for the Gospel ministry. Board of Foreign Ntaidouta. I bequeath to my executors the NM of dollars in trust to pay over the genie in after, my decease, to the person who, when the eame shall be payable, shall act as Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyter lan Church in the United states of America, to be applied to the uses and purposes of Laid Board, and under its direction, and the receipt of the eaid Treasurer shall be &full and legal acquittance of my said executors for the Uwe. Bciard of 7Pnblication. To the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and to' their swimmers and assigns, I give and.. bequeath the sum . , (or, I devise a certain messnage and tract 'of land, - ha ;) to be held•by the said' Trustees, and their enc ,oessims for ever, to and forAttruses and under the direction 'of ;the said Board of poblicatien, nooording to theprovisions :of their charter. Church Extensfoli Committee. . . The GirdretilirteneleGOMinittee of the General Assam not inoorporated; but the following form. of bequest, it L simpoiied, would be -raid. I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, in-trust, to parover the same in . alter my decease to;the person who, when the same shall be,payable, shall act as Treasurer of the Church Extension Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chnich in thellnited States of America, located in the city of St; Louis, Missouri, to-be applied to the uses .and purposes of said. Committee, and under its directions, and the receipt of the said Treas. rarer shall be'a"hill and legal acquittance of my said OXBCII - for the same. A DTE.33 I SIM3I 'WE* TROY BELL' IPOIINDRY. [Established in 18261 BELLS. The have constantly- for sale swam BELLS. aortment of Church, Factory, Steamboat,Loccatio. BELLS..tive, P4ntation; School house, and other- Bell, BELLS. mounted in the most approved andAirablemanner: BELLS. For full particulars us to many recent improve. BELLS. men* warrantee, diaineter of B ella,apace occupied BELLS. in TOWS?, rates of transportation, Le send for a BELLS. Circular. Bells fOr ,the South delivjed in New •BELLS. York. Address . • • . • - A. ACJINJICRLrg BONS, Agents, . West Troy, N.Y my 1640 w-tt ROD'I 4 P TH. HEVIN & CO.* HANIIFACTOR. • EBB OP WIIITEI LEAL, KED- LEAD, and LITH 7 WE, No. 167 Liberty Street, Pittebargb, Pa. sta3-ly NEW .lIRIGHTON NORILAL 111111111Nakar FOR YOUNG, LOTH& FACULTY—Prof. R. t..131t1tY,. A. 31., Principal, satiated by a fall corps of experieneed Profesidonal Teachers. The plan of this Institution is oompreheneive, embracing , departments for the critical study of all.the branches that pertain to a refined, liberal, thorough, and practical educa tion. Pupils can enter at pleasure: Tssua---Board, $3O 00 per tbree,monthe from January Id, 180 , other expenses according to course pursued. sgii— This Institution affords superior facilities to persons irishing_te tt ' qualify themselves for die Teacher's Profession. nO2O. *PVIIIIWARORA. ACADRRY.,-.-THEI FORTY. ■ YIPTIT SESSION will open on. 'the SECOND OP NOVBMBER init. Young Men and Boys prepared for Business or College. Terme,soo per Session of five months. tit 'and Fuel extra. •• tone desiring a School in the country, easy cr impens, affording thorough instruction, oonducted on the principles of a woll•regulatod Median alllo.,wilL plow.° address, OralrElt, A: M., Principal, ee2sesms salmis, Juniata County, Pe. R ZE-3111In A I. IS AW ARMED FOR • CHICIC.BRING PIANO'S. Pennsylvania State agricultural Society, at their exhibi tionheld at Pittsburgh, 1858, A DIPLOMA, AND SILVER MEDAL. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at their eXhibi tit:in held at Pittsburgh, 1856, a SILVER MEDAL. 1. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at their exhibi tion held at Pittsburgh,lBs3, A GOLD MEDAL. • - - Mak. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1837, 061 d Meas. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1839, Gold•Bledal. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Aesociat'n, 1841, Gold Medal. Maas. Charitable Mechanic Aaeociat'n, 1844, Gold Medal. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1847, Gold Medal. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Asaociara, 1850, Gold Medal. - Male. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1853, Gold Medal. Albany County Fair, New York, 1854, Gold Medal. MAW Charitable Mechanic Aesociat'n, 1856, Grid Medal. A inerlran Institute. New York, 1856, Gold Medal. Maine Charitable Mechanic Ass'n. 1838, Silver medal. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Aesoolat'ri, 1844, Silver Medal. Mess..Charilable Mechanic Associat'n, 1846, Silver Medal . Mass. Charitableldechanic Aatiociat'n, 1847, Silver Medal. Worcester County Mechanic Ass'n, 1848; Silver Medal. Franklin Institute, Permit, 1848, Silver Medal. :.Worcester County Mechanic /men, 1649, silver Medal. Mass. Charitable blechanicAssociat'n, 1850,, Silver Medal. Wm:defiler County Mkhanic Aee'n, 1851, Silver Medal. Worcester County bleclianie Aes'n, 1854' Silver Medal* :Ohio StatelloPril of Agriculture, 1852; Silver Medal. Ohl6 State Board of Agriculture, 1858, Silver Medal. Keutucky•ideehanics' Institute, 1865,• Silver Medal. : Mass. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1856, Silver Medal. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1856, 811ver Medal. ' Illinois State Fair, 1856, Silver Medal. Mase.Charitable Mechanic Associat'n, 1860, Brerize•Modal. ..World's Fair, London,lBsl, Bronze Medal. Mass. Charitable'Mocutnic A Beociat'n; 1856, Bronze Medal.. Mace. Charitable:Mechanic Associat'n ' 1856, BronzediledaL A full supply of CHICKERING .t SONS' PIANO . FORTES, Of every description, manufactured by. them, consisting of GRAND PIANOS, PARLOR GRAND PIANOS, • . SQUA. It F. , PIANOS ' , AND. THEIR - NEW OOTTA.GE, OR. UPRIGHT PIANOS, ALSO, THEIR NEW ENLARGED SCALE PIANOS. For sale by.IOIIN MELLOR, Sole Agent for 'Maiming & Sons - Pianos for Pittsburgh. No. St WOOD , STREST, between Diamond Alley and . Potirtli Street.' oc2-tf AraIOICE FAMILY, GROCERIES, ILJ FALL STOCK:lust received, and for erde at reduced prices. 50 bage Choice Rio Coffee; : 25 do. -Old Government Java Coffee; 30 db. choice Glean Lagnayra do 4; 4 bales prime Mocha do.; • ' 5 hhds. Lovering's Syrup ; 50 bbls. - do:. Crushed:and Pulverised Sipe; 50 do. Refined White and Yellow , do.; 100 ht chests Oolong Tea; 25 do. do. 'Young Dyson Tea. Teas of ell gradtM put up in caddy boxes, for family use, together with a fresh supply of Spices, English and - Ameri-' can Pickles and Sauces, Foreign and Preserved Fruits, Fish in venous sized packages; - • ' The attention of Housekeepers is requested to my Cata, logos, which will be furnished hymen if desired,' contain jag an extended list of goods. , • Ale - Goods delivered free of charge for cartage at any of the Railroad Depots or Steamboat, landings, and orders, however emall, carefully filled. , ,WHOLEiI,,t•LE AND RETAIL. • JOHN' A. RENSHAW, Family Grocer, . ; .253 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh. , .. ilipi , RIEBBYTERIABit 130/I.IID - OP:PUB — LICA. TION.—Tbe Publications of the Board have; been divided Into fa33nAirams, as follows : . DELNISTERM LIBRARY, ' - By Catalogue. For Cash. 37. volumes, up to N0..485 . $33.90 $24.67 CONGREGATIONAL; LIBRARY, • 228 volurnea, up to No. 506: Reif roan, $85:4 By Catalog 4,6 ue. For Clash. 7 4.1*- Muslin, 91.62 68.64' BABBATICSOLIOOTt LIBRARY, 207 volumes, up to No. 504. '' , .. ',„ By Catalogue : lfor" Cash.. Half roani., . :': '' 4 41 - 00 $ 30 . 75 - Muslin, 48.45 36.34 TOTAL LIBB,ARY,, .. , 473 volumes: . „By ; Catalogue. Pox Cash. Price in best binding $172.87 129.65 Any portion,of these labrarles maybe purchased for cash, with alledount of twenty-nve per cent - ., front thettatelegue price, propided the gross,ankount are :not less,than -tw4Ave dollars: Address , . JOSEPH P . ENGLES, Agent,Publishing ' No, 821 Chestnut Street, jelB-ti PhiladelpblA. J. P.WlLy.vesis„, • - • JOHN" ~T.OHIC ST01( 11TEIAI, IP Id A W 31 tit sm.—wetor, v..' SALE AEU' DETAIL.:=WILLLOIS4 JOHNSTON, 114 Smithfield Street, Titteburgh, ,(nearly opposite the.Lota - tom House,) have just opened a very choice selection of ~GB.DEN ;AND 11140 K. TpAs, • i Of the latest mportatione. Also, LAGUATItA;AND OLD GOTL'ililltgefT JAVA FEES, Sew Orleans, Cuba, CoiYeo, OrushedandFulverized Sugars, Bice,lLice-Eleur, Pearl and Corn Starch, 'Farina, Yeast Toy-, ders,ifficcerorii, yerMicelli; Cocoa, Dronia, Extra D 0.1., and DpicediChoeobite =Pure Ground Spices. . Castile,. Almond, Toilet,.PairoctileArum ind'Rosin Soaps. Sup. Carbonate of Soda; Cream Tartar; Fine Table Salt; ,Purelrtracte 'Lemon and Vanilla; Star, ..blcurld,and;DipPed Candies; gar -Oared Hams; _ Dried - Been: Sutter;• Sager and Soda ..Crackers ; Foreigxelruits,Ac., &c, ' . This stock has been purchased for OAHU, snsl willbeoffer. ed to, the Trade, and also to Families, at y ery modeinto minces, front Whom werespectfullY soil& aFatirbn''' age. . spli-tf tr voo,u "PIIJII,NISILI,Bree 813BSORIBIRS have 'always on sale,' oxten- Sive stock of goods expressly adapted to the farxshing•of 0111JECHES AND, RUBLIO INSTITUTIONS, • 'And, having m their, employ experienced,Upholeterers, are, at all tittles, prepared not only to furnish the - unmade-ma terial, but to utak. up' and fit - whatever , •mai be Ineeded„ •at. .the sh.orteet.notiee, end on. liberal terms. , • . • , . TEE MOST REMITTENT ARTIOLWIC DAMASK, XOREEN, aid GERMAN REPS; for Cue Mona. jdOTIAMPLITEE and SILK VELVET, for Pulpit Cuhions. CARPETINEhrVetvwri BETTEims, Irapp.m, for -ensued, and Vestry, or 8 . 0881012. Roora--L'hureh patterns. CARPETING' (Church Patterns and Colors,) of 'every .de scription. • • COCOA MATTING AND MATS for Porch, Vestibule or . FRINGES, TI MIS, GIMP, AND TRIMMINGS, In every COMMUNION DAMABILAND NAERINS. CURLED HAllti*llopis, , picked, HOLLANDE for Window Shades. DORFAIUS & NIXON,II.-Park,Place; aria 341.3Tirray,13tr,St, New York. airr-6uk .11017-8111IIVILOff Off • Wthe pubdo to;the. • PHILADELPHIA KODIUMCIIIIPThrO DRY GOODS STORM where may be found a. large assortment of all kinds o Dry Goode, required in , fitinlabblg • home; thus fraying the .trouble usually exuarieneed in hunting such article, In various places. . In commute:nee of earl giving Orr et tentien to this kind' of stock, in the exebudon of dress and- valley goods, we .eaulniontee our prices and styles to be the most favorable in the mailret. IN LINEN GOODS we ate able' to give perfect othAction, being the Main IBMiIasEED LIAM- . Sena en rm. MT and having been for more then twenty years , regvtarilporters from *Joni of;tbe best mannfe