Presbyterian banner & advocate. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1855-1860, September 10, 1859, Image 4

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    Vittrg.
On Revisiting the Place where I had
been at delleol.
•
BY JAMES aocnatatx.
Scene" every day or year beheld,
No food;forapeditation yield,
And rarely touch the heart;
But4thosit by manhood loft behind,
itevisitea, impress the mind,
And iviadont oft impart.
Thus day by day I pass the spot
trahooded, if 'not quite forgot,
Where. played the sportive elf;
Yet: see) no clinkering shadows dark
Steal o'er the scene, nor scarcely mark
A change upon myself.
But 't not "io,"as here 'I gaze-.
On seetieepOt ;Seen shine sehool-bay days,
:When pleas - U. could not pall:
fikji o A4a:sports , PlaYmates , toot
hopes end fears, all rise to view ;
I ask where are they all ?
Bnt yet; metbints, the landscape;seems
NOt such as fancy fondly deems ; .
Less rustic looks the plongh,;
Those windings that orieejong-sptittred„
Those trees , that high their branches reared,
How short and tiny now ?
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The village f towerrappeers no more,
With dark.zreen ivy mantled o'er ;
hei;inofcitrfevi g r iL , •
Nor thrush nor blackbird tell their loves,
Nor little linnetsin: thei grovesei
Although the,scason's Spin.
Was all ihentnt a,,fatry.lreani,,
As emblemed in thp mountain stream
The flowery turf that tears ?
The clay moistens and falls down,
The daisy, that tbe turf did °rain,
The torrent onward bears..
No, 'tie no dream ; the scene's unahinged ;
Thyseltlirt(from thyself estranged
Th'e Man ie not the boy ;
And age (if age shall ere be thine,)
Shall teach then for those things to pine,
That scarcely noir *lie joy:
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ibr tieEleabytertan`Bander and Advocate.
Letiers
„
OP THE REV. t .TININ SMITH, A PRESBYTA?•,
ILIANIMINISMR, TO HIS' •BROTHEBS
REV. PETER SMITH; A METHODIST
PREACHER. • • •
LATTER VL
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D . !At ibtoruzit:—The writer .of the •
Eplitledth the &teens, lifter expatiating on
theadkep-thintrumus.d.
sin into the werld i spy,the firelt„man ; the
superabounding' grace of the second Man ;
the rejection of the Jews; , , the calling of
the Gentiles ; 4fe eover6l,grity ° which. has
mercy on iyhom it will have nteroy, and
hardenecmlynn i it, wilt berifew---triumpliently
challenges anyolTe, Man ,or angel, , to. Show,
that.the Praetor It in ,his debt,','and, if this,
can be made to appear, assures the modest
clabient,„in terms of lofty satite; that, it
shalt be, receiripensed to him again. • The
Apostle probably Mier, inspected' that , this.
oheilhgeg- An 401dlY ' given!. would „ be aess
boldly , scoepted. , 11e, , , could. hardly have ,
foreseenthat in future‘aignii abrituch Of the
Chtietten ~ Church, pluming itself
,on , its
supenor , sanctity, claiming to berthe medal
depesitory,of,„Grotspet,grace,,and" numbering
its Xelitobership •by,bundreds of -thousands;
WoillillintUallYs mod, ,forth;iatid,. :i.ti.,bellalf
of all the sinners from the-beginning to the
end - of time, set up a plea against Jehaveli
himaelf„Aer damages -slugabed by,them in
‘,4 4,
the fall oktheit g it ferelitheiliNghermited
body of m i nis 's,*e\bAis4f,J.Pili,e o Pel
and ntinWscolfal holdit• -as au article of
faith, thatiaqter the , ': revolt
_in 'Eden,
God, as Ir-just and "Ilkhteons B - ifrg,, was
under obligation to do,-sue, ettwo things; to
desymAdam at ence,,,,erto make,,,compen- ,
satio.to itialogeritilor, the', Jess , they pus:
taideffie theft great 'eathstroplie:*
.1 ., , • j •
"Sad not tied ,prii,Vidad i'lledeenier,"
saystDr. Adam ,Clarkep yountleiorite - Uom
mentatorl., t r , he no , doubt would, have termi - '
nested the;whole mortal : story, by cutting off
the Origiriatiranegressers; lotitixould itity.e,
been unjust .titopermit them to'' propagate
their likeiweneh eireumitances; that their
offspring must be unavoidably and eternally
misersble."- .For, as„the Rev. Dr. R. .8..
Boater argues, " the:parent might -be to
blame) but =tow could -a s.whole , nee be. to
blainerfor that ovOfilifiliv they, had no more
control than the angel Gabriel?" As a
matter of fact, the , original transgressors
were not cat, off, but- were permitted to
propagate, their like., To Meet thin diffi
culty, a difficillty thapreeses alike, on men
of every oreek--and-(of no creed, you
Arminians have . , ‘ „ivitheurusualingennity,
invented the convenient 'doctrine of corn
petatitia.f "It is 'impossible," ' says the
Rev. Richard' Watson, in his Theolegical
IllotlKOPtt-t; : #4l/4 7 0 1 -elth 6 iitY tiii -Your
Church, ft it , its :impossible .st'o impeach the
equity' of iliti 'Dbine
,proc'ednia, 'Once no
=avengers anylperk l or injury ultimately by
the iki` of Adam; 'ing' by bid own willful
ebetiOsiit=ioClilitAiilding' grace by Christ
having , placed before all smen, upon their
befigrug,, pop 41 1 103 , 7 compensation for';the
loss and injury anetained, bY Adam, but
infinitely higlrrablessings, -both in kind-and
degree, than , Werifirifeited by him." The,
argument of .Mr.' Watson is to this effect
,F,••
since Chriltitia, died for sinners,,it -le nom
impossible lq.,:initteich the equity of . the'
Divine procedure, full compensation having ,
been made for the lon led injury surtnauirt,
by Adam. lint suppose that Christ had not
died—what then? Suppose that compel'.
tuition had not been 'rendered. Tbe, in ;
ferenoe is plain. , In l ,that case the equity_ ,
of the Divine , protteduie might have .been
impeached, ,and there is no doubt m,orr,Z4o.
impede/mai by the unanimous engrave -tif,
all the MetbCdiet Conferences in Europeliitd ,
Antigen., The Arminian', theory ,ma,y',.be•
stated thus , : The first transgressors , origlit,
to have been out off to prevent the propiga-'
tion of 'their like •,•‘ lint•aince they were rot
out off, their y posterity could in justice ,de
mand redreas -, of their Maker. , Austfne.
required that compensation should be mad e, ,
that a remedy should be provided fdr the ,
widaePread evils 'of the fall. ; And ow
that these claims have been,- Met,. dameges,
paid,-
and-losses--made--up, under • -such -air
onmstances it is-inifkiiiiible to' impeach the
equity of the Divine:procedure,. Men caw_
not.now reasonably_ find fault. .' monarch', . '
contrary to, every principle of right, de
vil* a,iitilitiet,,,of an estate , worth. a hulk
Bred thousand dollars, and opmpensates blur,
for this act of Injustice by giving him
anothef 4 estate worth a,milliet: "jtje iqyOo r l
dblee according to the Arminian way , of
thhihiiiii !,t O, -tPlielreht the 'ftlditY, 'of 14 141
rulefirproydureillince the'subject sustains
no ultimate) lass,.. but actually re
a much leff&er,* than wee -t.iiheif from
him. But caniqsubsequent benefib, , how- ,
eveivaluable, Eine* a cringiV,;ls it ever,
right to do evil, thafrgeod nitireomq 'Jett'
Yoe
rob a man`of allbe is worth; and afterwards
reply him' with interest. YOtt'‘ixtoy 'uOtke
hirtr-perfeepy satisfied he - may be even
thankful for 'having been rehhed; , this can
not alter the native -wf 2 theefirst act. Yon
ma l Par principal andinieresit, doubled and
trebled in the bargain; if::you deprived him _
unlawfully of what' was his own, you -did
what your kid no right te - do—yoa are a
Tebbe! still., If- God, hY, a itifietiserih
. .igtelli
brought the human ram-hist a -ainummen
1
ink which it wan- ', not right '
,t 3 Ai - ki11:44
if, ter acing them on trial the person'.
of sir fade head and rep ' unitive Vs
, e's Connnentane„,-Aote ett, at the - mid
diaper of 1
„
• _
~ , , ' - ; page 860.
had not the right to leave them to all the
consequences of that trial -- a ,wrong of por
•tentods magnitude Was perpetrate& No
siikksktlfq benefits could change ' the nature
orthat wrong. Not all the blessings, , tem
poral and spiritual, bestowed ,' ` and` to, be
bestowed? nst . all the grace, common and
special; conferred, and to be yonferred—not
even the gift of his only•begotten Son to
redeem, nor the gift of the Holy Spirit to
regeneratehind sanctify, •mild balance the
awful aoconrit, , could afford a proper °cm
penaation to mankind fOr such a gigantic
wrong. Jour
rtitratg Botirts,
TUB TYPOLOGY. OF SORIPTUaII : Viewed in Convex
„
ionwith the Entire Scheme of the Divine Dispen
sation; - By Patrick Fctiibairn, D.D., Professor
of Dlviniti, l Prei Churlil College, Glaiiirowi-i
Philadelphia :, W,HrtirS'
tio. and , 41fred Afartiesi:
PitteburePi j .rdhi Sr bavfitor,. 1869. '2 vets.
Bvo., pp. 399,462
*ease always Manned to look with favor Upon
ri - 1 '4 J., T ” . 1
every attempt to"interpret upon correct principle,
the ford of Clod, and, upon , every', work adapt-,
ed tnassist:ministers and others:in understanding
the einiexiens„the,hiatory, the hiagery, the doe
.trinescit , ,ne
id the spirit the Holy 86riptures.
,The
authorof the present volumes lute long occupied&
distinguishediind honorable plane among Biblical
*students, and his researcheahave been in a field, ,
,forthemostpart,ininceoPied, atlesat, as a diatindt
subject, of, investigation: The Typology of Scrip
ture has not been neglefited„ but yeXit is, so l inti 7.,
mately connected with Old Testament history and , .
prophecy, and has much to - _di; with a proper
comprelnuillii.nfahe New Testament, that: it is
somewhat strange - tit - had- not4ong ago received
Morigabeiliteniatith,special, attention', from. ntheii.
114rnoil , and, competent. Many difficulties are
milcllected..with the subject, -an&> it, :was :not
to im,,exvoied that all DrFu}batrn ' e views
would be: universally accepted. `But the esti
mate placed .upon his labors by inn Church in
his own land,`and in this country, Shows that, they
are - highly appreciated. This edition appears
•
most-opportunely, for this is a time when much
attention is given to the study of • unfulfilled Pro
phecy, and when there is an unusual amount of
crude€ and sill—digested interpretation, owing to
the ,IMperfset and limited views, entertained of
the scope, design, and meaning of Soriptural
types.: Theetudent who carefully studies these
l'lNtlVgli will,, find 43,401 fledge of the Old 'Ten
tainea44ind his interest in it, vastly increased;,,
and minister who becomes familiar with them
will speedily acquire an enlarged knowledge of
Scripture, that will add freshness, riohnees, vigor
and power to his pulpit ministrations. We would
be pleased to see, these voinpies, in the libraries
of all ministers, theological students, and Bible
reading Christians.
Ditniers,Martien have brought out the work In, ,
excellent ;style, as they bays done with all' their
late publications.
Tun,Onuotrration or Onnter. By Daniel H. Sill,
Superintendent of thollorth Carolina Military
Institute, and late privet Major in the Tidied
Mates.• Army. • .12nao„ pp.• 845. Philadelphia
Trm B. andA/ftedffartien. Pittsburgh: John
H. 'Davison. 1859..
.
Vire,do like to get our eye ippon a work *meted to
the discussion of any_ religions snbj eol _by an. in
telligent,, able, pious, end orthodox layman: We
like to see the rank and.file of the great army of
Christians coiling to the help of•the Lard against
the mighty. - Works written by such persons'may
not have the theological exactness and finish, the
profound researeh, or the depth of critical exe
gesis of thaprofessiOnal Divine: Butthe subjects
are viewed from new points of,obversation,,the'
writers have had the; advantage of more inter
course with the world, they have had the oppor
tunity dif learning, many 4 pepular difficulties and
objections, froth which others have been exclu
ded, and many will read the writings of such,
who would not give kmOrnent's thought to the
elaborate lolurne of the mere theologian. Major
Hill had already acquired a very fair reputation,
by his work on thellermon on 'the
, Ifforint. In
the pielientiolurne beeensiders a „Inttij co t of ln
comparable interest:to every friend .of the Lord
Jesus Christ. This volime is based somewhat
on the,plan of Paley's Horw Pautirew. The'state
rnentssofAha writers - of the four,Gospelsi are in
vestiguta,drand 'ire!lghed r according to the estab. -
fished laws of evidence, and their credibility per
-
"hotly estiblialied - ;"- And one =great) peculiarity
and meTif.: of the work is, that the undesigO4
coincidences _in the different inspired histories
are clearly smAqbappily, brought out, while the
doubts raised by the sneers and cavils of-infidels,
are effectually silenced The style is agreeable
and perspicuous; the spirit ' displayed is adrift
'able, and the argumentis'conclusive.
Tan Turn,PEILEMODT , IOIr; The Bible Psalms the
2
ChurCh's only blanintl
,of Praise. Second
Edition Pp. "246. philadelphia:. Wns S.
Young. Pittsburgh': S. Rama 1869,
A number the..ministers. and elders of the
Reformed and trnifeePreabYterist 'Churches of
Philadelphia, met togetheron the 16th of August,
1858,-.0, appointed a committep, consisting of
Revs. J. M. 'Willson, S. T: Cooper, and Robert S.
Black, to which Rev. Wm. Bterret was subse
quently added, .to prepare from existing treatises
a work-in favor of the exclusive use of the
PsaAmody approved by, psis ,demminatistis,, as
the matter of the Church's , :praise. , The result
thelitirl6before Us,- of *Wei, this the Beard *
edition. The character of the gentlemen, en
gaged ln , the. compilation,,of this
,tverk,, and the
fact that its outline i was unanimously approved
at an adjourned meeting the' Same ministers
.and elders, is ample eiidetioe that this- is consid
ered the strongest plea that can be urged in favor
of the exclusive uiecofithe - PealniOdy authorized
liy the °Vet; 4Spreeented. , But our brethlren
erthoseNhwrelingwillipermit,wir,t,o tlintthose
lOwho differ with .theni-en -that subject, do not for
a 'moment admit that the terms,
‘" Psalms of,
David," '."Dook l'llaripturid Anima,"
"Inspired Psalms," 4154 ate to be need as iden
tical, and:; signifying only the one hundred .:and
fifty Psalms of the Old Testament. Nor do we
believe tbittPaYliareful ,perusal 'of the 'Work Will
do.' aughtt toward-convincing any one not pre..
viously committed, of.ths, pyopriety)ofithe, ex
• elusive clal set foTth,by. these Churches.
Neverthe ees wevhspect the conscientious con
vietions of our brethren, when they are honestly
held, and : -.their, efforts to imbue the minds• of
their own -people with these sentiments, even
when we ourselves cannot Wdmit the force of
thei; ,arguments, and must regret the position
Canna ; .A 'New dridOomplete ;and- Tune
Book,' for Sabbath :Schools. By Frfltiam B.
Brailbury, author of:" The Shammy: "The
Jubilee," "Singing Bird,"; " Sobbath'School '
Cholf.." Pp. :256 New York .
.Phinney' . 'Cincinnati: Moore, %leach, Key.:
4 Co. Pittsburgh': John if Mellor. D 359.
This is a colleotion, of fresh and choice music
;for Sabbath Schooli, embracing 'nearlyAwo hun.
-, : dred - -ttmes,• over fifty of *Moir have nerr before
- Ibsen published, and bet Ween three hundred •and..;
tfour„ hundred of the most, ,approled., Sabbath,,
School-Hymns. Thettuthor -is well known, 'and
'in high repute, apd=ue publiaheris -have • done
their part well. We are not, surprised : to learn
that.the first edition, amounting to twelve thou- .
' 1 , 1 49. 9 Pie51 ,4 Ausrlyexbaluotad.
.4t , 4,-1 n
11
,
for like Nakts.
Powgm of ,a Blather's Name.
It, iet.ard, for themost abandoned anm.
final to„ s ferget a mother ' s' love, or ;to be in
sensible. to the memories of a pire and hap.
, borne.A. childhood. A writer in l the
Nipses dascribe,s j a to , the Philadelphia
In
-POitentiaiy,whiob he witnessed an in.
terview between', wapf l ie ks and a , rung
- man aboufto'enterAn hit:imprisonment :
• 'We PiliktiO,P to,Aheimute,roonti againi
,wherentesenconntered, ~new .eozner,..twho
liatjnat reached the prison as we enterihe
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER' AND ADVOCA
He had been sent up for five years on a
charge of embezzlernent.
He was attired in the latest style of feat
ion, and' possessed all the nonchalence and .
careless appearance of a. genteel rowdy.
He twirled his watch 'chain, looking parti
cularly knowing at a couple . of ladies who
chanced to be present, and seemed utterly
indifferent about himself or the predicament
he was placed in. The warden read his
commitment, and addressed him with: ,
" Charles, I am sorry to*see thee here."
" It can't be helped, old fellow."
" What is thy age, Charles ?"
" Twenty-three.
" A Philadelphian??
"Well, kinder, and kinder not."
"Thee has disgraced thyself sadly,"
"Well, I aint troubled, old stick."
" Thee looks not like A rogue:"
if Matter of opinion."
" Thee was well situated 7"
"Yes, well enough:" .
"In good employ 7"
" 'so so.'
"And thee has parents?"
ci
6 t Perhaps thee lies, a mother, qhFlee."
The convietiact ben standing during the
brief dialogue' perfeali "inconeerned and
reckless, until this last interrogatory was
put. Had ,a thunder:holt, struck,:
could not Kaye fallen -more' suddenly than
he did when , thelitanie of mother " fell on
his ear. He sank into a chair—a torrent of
tears gushed from his, eyes—the very foun•
taro of his heart seemed to bevelburst -on
the insirmt.„ ~ He recovered ,partially, and
said implorinly , to the warden :,
l':.Don't, sir, for God's: sake, do n i t. call
her name in this dreadful' place I Do what
you maywith.me,"but - do n't mention that
mama to me • -.
TheYe -IRek6 tears in othaT'eyeabeniclea - the
pritioner'e, and an aching glance pervaded
the group which suriounded the unfoitunate
convict . ,
The black cap ' Was Onyx', oyer his eyes.
He was led to an adjoining apartment and
stripped, <and shortly, afterwards he,,re,ap-;
peered on the , corridor:, He passed silently
in charge of a deputy to a. lonley
cell:in a distant part of -the prison, the door
creaked
_op
,its binges, he.,disappeared, the
chain dropped' from ;the outside bolts,. and
Charles was a close prisoner forty° years to
come.
tILLI ' , 1,; 4 " .01.tka
for t e ~ouit ..
Right Feelings`; or, "Harden` not 'your
ileitts, Boys."
John - H— was 'a bluff boy. of fifteen.,
He was a smart, active, fearliss fe110w.. 2 The
boys thought a good deal of:him, and he
thought a good deal of „
On one occasion, his father had business
which called him. far awaY; and,. ex the
eldest boy; he had a kind .of oversight„cp
trusted. to him. John did welt for several
days, acting under thecouniel of hiimoiter,
just as he ought'to have done. By and,,by
he grew impatient, and (Tiff many things
quite independent of her. - The younger
children ,did not like - hill sayings, and doinga
at all. "He orders us round," they said,
".as if be were,king." At last. he took the
entire Management of
,things',,andofie day
acted hot only against his mother's wishes,
but talked very ill naturedly to her.
Going to bed that night, he r could not
sleep., His' conduct toward ~;his Mother
troubled him, and he tossed from one side of
the bed to the _other, trying .to get an easy
place lie blamed.the bed, and the servant
who made it; and then he thought he was
sick, and continued te!,toss on for some time;
in fact, John' suspected what 'the matter
really ,was, only he was too prowl' to own it..
He knew it wash his treatment ot his-mother
that troubled, him. And, for a long while,
he tried to sleep it off, or think of something
else, or excuse himself, in one way or, an
other. . Happily, John ' did pot succeed.
Conscience would doits work, and'John lis
tened to all it said; and the consequence
was, that pretty near midnightfor, .it was
as lateas that—tbe boy got up, stole to his
mother's, ehamber,' and; with tears. in his
eyes and penitence in his heart, begged her
to forgive, him. " And oh !" he says—
now that he is a-man—"it was tbesweetest
morneiit of my life, when I was forgiven."
That hour was the turning point in the
boy's life._ .If he had harchnecl himself
that night, the next day he woul d p robably
have behaved worse than before, and so on
and on; until the bad boy, had become the
bad man.. _But John.yielded• to the voice of
conscience, and he made ,tltorongh work of
it. ne,confessed, Tile fault , and, asked to be
forgiven, and experienced the.sweets (they
ale real sweets)V.of!forgiveness. The next
day John's management was improved.. Be
was more kind and. considerate toward his:
brothers and sisters, and, yespecard toward
his mother; `and , he was prepared by it . af
terwards to taste the sweets of God's for
civenCesapd favor. And his word to every,
boy now is, "If you have wronged your
mother, be sure to own your, finit, and ask
to be forgiven." Harden, not* your hearts,
boys.—Early Days.
Boys Be Neat.
" When I was six Yearspld," said a well r .
known merchant,." my father: died,' leaving
nothing to, my mother,bnt the charge,of my
self and two yoting,sisters. After selling the,.
greater part of the household - furniture she
had owned, she took two small upper rocims:
in Vir street, and there .by.her Devil;
contrived.in some wayr-rhew,,l , pannet pen
ceive, when I. recollect the, bare pittance for
'which she worked—to •support us in coin
,fort. „Freqttently,,,however, I remernber,onr
supper consisted. simply of
,a slioe of bread,
seasoned by hunger,,and rendered inyiting,
by the neat manner in which our repaetwie
served, onr table always.being spread with a
which 'like my good motherheart,
seethed ever to preinive a snow. worte pu-
Wiping his eyes, the merchant continued,:
" Speaking of those days reminds,naeof the,
• time When we sat down to the table one
evening, arid, my mother had asked ,the Wes
sing of our heavenly Bather on her little de
fence:le:4 ones; in tones of tender pathos,
which I remember yet, and which, if pout
ble, must have tirade the angels, weep, she
divided the little remnant of her only loaf
into • three pieces, placing one on each of our
plates, but reserving none for herself. I
stole around to her, and was-about to. tell
hee, Y ,that.,l waa not hungry, when flood
tears burst from her eyes, and she clasped
me to ber bosona'. Our meal was untouched.;
we sat up late that night; but what we said
I cannot tell. I know that my merher talked
tome more nea companion than a child,and
that"*liiiiiielcneeled dein:to' Pray, I con ,
seamed : myself to be, the 'Lord's, and to
serve my mother.
"But," said he, " this is'not telling how
neatness made> my fort:int:4* It was some
time, after this that my mother found an att.'
vertieeme e t in the newspaper. for an errand , .
boy in a commission :.house in B. street.
Without being necessitated, to wait to have,
my olothes mended, for my mother always
kept them in perfect eider, and although on a
minute inspection they bore traces of more
thanote:patoh, yet on the whole they had
a very respectable, ir ; without being 'obliged
to wait even to polish my Shoes, for my mo
ther always kept a box of blacking with
whieh, my cowhide. "must ,be. dressed off be
fore -I took my breakfast; without waiting
to arrange my hair, for, I had, ,been,obliged
to observe from my earliest. youth the most
perfeetmeatness in every respect, my mother
sent me to see if I could .obtain the shoe•
.
tion.r ;With a light step I eiaiii4l.:for:lNed
a long time wished to do something to as
gat;
" &kV beiftftist, I assure you, as tr
turned out of W into 13— street,
sod' ade my way along to the number my
mother 112.3:given me. I summoned all the
courage could Aster, and stepped briskly
into the store, and made known the reason
of my calling. The merchant smiled, and
told me there was another boy who had come
'in a little before me he thought he should
hire. However, be askdd me some ques-,
Lions, and then went out and conversed with
the other boy; who. stood in the back part of
the office. The result was, that the lad who
firet applied was dismissed, and I entered
the merchant's employment, first as an
_ex
rand boy, then •as a clerk, afterward his
partner, <till, his . death, when he left me
the•whole• buisiness, stock, , etc. After I had
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other boy was ,beCanse of the general neat
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other lad, he: noticed that he neglected to
properly tuck down his vest. To this oh
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er
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AgriculturaL
Biiht•Buil - ding,
We often. see, In ,some papers, outs and
drawings, for buildings. These usually re
commend almost anything rather than, soofi
dray . Quirks 'and crooks are represented as
_
ornamental in the roofs as well as in the
These crooked ways are quite costly in
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,the water that falls on the
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shingles, for the boards and shingles
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first Maly of the ' Shingles must be out
into_ triangles to conform to the triangular
platforin,.and,the hiss in ,shingles thin cut
away must be added' 'to the extra labor of
the carpenter. This is to berencated, as
often as `the'imildine is shingled. If
nothing else about a baildieg is to be plain
and square, let the roof at least be rect
angular. . ,
Eave troughs ariuseful wine they, are set
right._ But it Whiten happeral 'thatthey
are worse ;than nothing. Carpenters seem
to think they ought to be set level with the
plate of the barn or house. Bat water will
not ! riniiell - op a level, and the gutters are
filled, with sudden , showers. The water rune.
over Where therC is no pipe to convey it off, is,
and does more mischief than where there
no trough s _
In the Winter season the trough is filled
with snow.and ice,and storms Coma in Under
the eaves and over the pates, doing much
mischief inside. Costly buildings'in Boston
are often made._with such cave troughs' as
these. The builders should see to this.
Brine for 'Butter.
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Vestings, &a , which they are prepared to make to order in
' a sty laud at such prices as cannot fail to plesae.
Their Stock of •
READY MADE CLOTHENG,
Cut and made under their Vern supervision; is got unin a
very superior manner, and will be sold at the LOWEST
CASIT'PRIOES. -'
A CliE. BOW*, (SUCCIESSOIL TO
X. NEVIN, MACKEOWN & c 0.,):
WROLESAL.E DEUGOLST,
And lifannfietur-r of CARBON and COAL OILS, N 0.1.67
Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. ,
/Or White Lead, Window Glass , and' Glass Ware, at
cheapest rates. feb-1y
4 LEXANDER W. FOSTER.
AL A 2' 2' ORNE'Y X' L A W
SOLICITOR .IN CHANCERY.
Ofitee,l39 - Yoitrth SOLICITOR, ` ,
Pittsburgh: 49.8 m
MN D. M'CORD
M'CORT) ek CO-,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
HATS, PAPS, AND STRAW GOODS,
carrot Aux& AND RE.T.A11.4.
131 Wood !Street, Pittsburgh,
Rave i.ow,on hand for Sprint' sales, as .large and - complete
an assortment of Goods as can be found in any of the Edet
erncities r consisting of
. , ,
Fur, Silk, and Wool Hats •
of every style and quality; CAPS of every, quality mid
latest fashions. '
Palm Leaf, Striar,"Leghi.in, and Panama
HATS; Straw, and Silk SONNETS,,, etc , etc. Persons
wishing to purchase either by Wholesale or Retail, will
find it to their advantage to mill and examine our stock.
mal9-1Y .
SET IC X >i 17 I 'A N. fa R •
A'. BRITTON &HO., *
HANRBACTURERS, & WHH E LEBALB AND lIIRTAIL
N 0.82 North BEOOND Street,above Market,Pihfladelphla
The largestohespost,and best samirtme,ntptPLAlN and
rdNOY SURDS of any other establishment n the United
RKPAI3II.NG promptly attended; to. Give us a cal
Rod satisfy yourselves. ' , feB•ly
FIRST P R"' " HI AWARDED BV
y" • THE , STATE FAIR TO
. k C 0..,
POE .
THE BEST . • ,
S TOVE A - 111 :,1E A. N. G IE X
Fon FASILTAK elm 'BEST WOO) COOK STOVE.
Diploma far best ,Laundry Stove. Also, on hand a large
assortment, of. Heating Stoves, Plain and Panay. Grate
Fronts, Fenders,'Hollow-Ware, &c.
No. 246 Liberty, at the head of Wood Street. fel94y
-
I n Ey 0I L AIM LEATHER S'S'OKIRe—
D: ILLSKPATRICKASONSiNo4I S. THIRD St.,be
tween Market and Chestnut Streets, Ph il adelphia, have for
DRY A gale
N ' 32 - RAJTED 8e40 , 28/5/ ILLD.S7I,
.
Dry and Greeullalted Patna Hipu . ,, rennet's Oil, %annex%
. and Ciqrler's Toole at - the !sweat przees,and upon the best
terresi;L , ' •
kinds of ,Leather the.rough wanted, for
which the highest market price will be given in cash, or
taken in exchange for Hides. Leather stored free of charge,
and sold on commission. -- ja213.11
. • . . ~. 10,
. . . .. . .
S TEINWAY & SONIIIii NEW ironic,
ARE, BEYOND ' ALL QUESTION,
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
They have the PULL IRON FRAHM, are made of THE
BEST SEASONEE .MATERT*Li:and pommies tet tk leme . t DOU
BLE THE TONE' of those ofanyatheemaker: '
All the greatest performentem tha, Piano,
FOREIGN AND AMERICAN, ,
give 'them them the deetded PREFERENCE OVER ALL
°TILERS. -In theZastern Ries. Irom:Boatoxi to .Ualtimore,
the STEINWAY PIANOS are all ,the rage,. and !many . are
exchanging their instritmerits , for those Of 'that celibrited
manufactory. Both-for the.purposetuf instrumental music )
and avows], as an acconipanimerlt to the voice the Steinway
Pianos far surpass all that this country, Or Europe can pro
duce. They are warranted for five years. „
K LEBER At BRO.,
Bole'3gents for SteivoWay's Piano's for Western ,Pennsyl-
Innis and Baster% Ohio, No. 53 PIM Street, Pittsburgh,
nest door to Masonic flail, attl33m-
N W A ft. RIVA ii.. 1104
NEW SCALE Aii - D 7 OCTAVE
CIIICKERING PIANOS
The alibi:Tiber his just received, direct, from Boston,
the FIRST SUPPLY of the NEW SCALE 43% OOTASVE
OHIPHERING PIANOS, to which the, attention of pur
chasers is respectfully invited. These arc in addition to a
superb . let of ,- the seven octave new scale first class
Fiance. received from the manufactory , of CRICK icRING
& SONS, all of which are supplied to purchaSers at Boston
Factory prices, delivered at Pittsburgh free of the expense
of freight or risk, and every instrument WARR NTED.
The improvements rocently.made by Ohickering & Sons,
in their te.ven octave tbatelase Pianos, have been most suc
cessfully applied to their new 63 oetaveyianos, a class of in
struments intended to meet the wants of purchasers of
moderate means. The inipro,fanagnt consists in :a complete
change in what iri called thrik7;ALE, being a radical
change throughout the : entire ; Pianos.
Al! t i e Pianos now on hand, from the same firm, WITH
OUT THE IMPROVEMENTS ANNOUNCED ABOVE, will
be Bold at a ,
DISCOUNT OP TEN. PER CENT.
•
The lark() of the new stale 634 octave Pianos will be ftlit
$250 to $300, - Isnd of the 7 octave new scale, from $.360 to
$7OO, recording to the style of exterior.
The subscriber has also the'exclnsive agency in this city
for the sale of •
MASON &
icideons and Organ Harmortituns.
The • Melodeons and Organ Harmoniums of Masi* &
Hamlin are proripunced superior to all otheris' by Doctor
Lowell. Mason • by William Mason, the celebrated Organist
of Dr. klexander's church, New York. by Thalberg, the
world-renowned Pianist; by George I. Webb, Gustave Sat
ter, and nearly all the distinguishedartiets and musical
celebrities of the country. They have received the
FIRST PRIZE MEDALS
M every exhibition, over all' competitors.
The prices of Manton andilemlin's Melodeons and. Organ
ilarmonituna are .e follows:
434' Octave Portable Blelodiatuf, - - $6O
5
5 ." Donble-Reed Portable, - 125
5 <a" Piano-Style Melodeons, -. • - ; 100
5 . l5
• Organ' tiarmonirtme, , witli .
4- stops, Donble-Beed, - 20 0
4, " ".8 " • .550
" 8 and'Pedaii,
A liberal discount to ehtircliee, arid wholesale 400
For sale only „ JOHN.g. - MELLOR, -
Sole Agent for °bickering & SODS Planes, and
Meant 11 Hamlin's Meledeinin and Organ Harnioniume,
fess.lp No. 81 Wood. St.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
WOHN Ml. KILRECP.4
ATTORNEY, Amp ,COUNbELOR AT Zdjr,
and SOLICITOR' IN' CHANCERY.
Iffir-trffiee v.°. 133 Fourth Street,' five doors above Smith
field street, Pittsburgh, Pa. ap2 ly*
• . •
S
AAU SIL. GA AY . ,
DRAPER AND TAILOR,
NO. 62 ST. CLAIRE STREET.
PITTStiIiRGH PE NA. ,
Has ikurt returned from the Diatom Cities, and is now re.
ceiving his Spring, stock ; of Clothe ,. Osesimares, irtattiumti
and Coatings, el every variety wilttyle; adapted to ilia' best
city and:country trade, Ishii%be made np to and wink
promptness add dispatch,. and, at rates as love as at any
other alittilitr establishment in the city. maiyl„
- .
J. P.WILLIAHS, • , - • - -- .:., JOHN JOHNSTON
pia IR W lIP. IW,, A.'"VIT ft. B. WEI 0 -011.1C=LW1101./1-..
VI SALE. AND RETAIL.—WILLIAMS & JOHNSTON,
114 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, (nearly opposite the Cur
tom House, ) have j ast opened a very choice selection of
- GREEN AND BLACK TEAS,
or the latest importations, :Also,
RIO, LAGUAYRA; AND OLD GOVERNMErsT JAVA CO l i
New Orleans, Cuba, Coffee, Crushed and Pulverized Spgarri
Rice, Rice-Flour, Pearl and Corn Starch, Partna,Yeaet Pirsy
dere, idaccareni, Vermicelli, Cocoa, Biome, Extra Na- ir ati4.
Spiced Chocolate, Pure Ground Spices. Cestile,`Ahnond.,
Toilet,Palm, German Ind Rosin Soaps: Sup. Oarhanate at
Soda; Cream . Tarta r; ' Extra Atne Table Salt:. Pare Extracts
Lemon - and Van Star,'ltiould, and,Dipped Candles;. Su .
gar Cured Hams -
Dile& liSef; Water Buttar; flirter and
Soda Crackers ; Foreign 'Pratte, &c., &c. .'
-,-
Thi ft . gtook Nu! ilrlirairOettggratleAttli*Olrolk'
id to this ' an .4 4 chit s:eryanoderataad-i
Tatman; from whom ii 6 reiral fly d ollop a Share nrludic'l
age..
apll-tf
G. HMS. • • • . • ITN. JORNwIri
BA TES a sointssoN,
601.6 66..117ACTMIZRS OF
OFFICE,
76 Smithfield Street. between Fourth and Fifth,
The only Manufaetuvers and Dealers in their Improved
GUM ELASTIC CEMENT ROOSI:i G, which ever
saturated felt and canvas, for a foundarion, and the surace
sanded, making it FIRE AND WATER PROOF, and war
ranted not to CRACK or NUN, nor is it affected by
-wet or
frost. It can be applied over Steep or Flat Roofs, st eam .
boat Decks, Railroad Cars, te.. and is not affeitted by being
tramped upon. 'Phis Gum Cement applied to Metal Roofs
is much cheaper and more durable than paint. Two coats
will render en old Leaky Tin or Iron Roof perfectly tight
and servicable at but little cost.
Also, wholmiale and retail dealers in.
ROOFING MATERIAL'S,
(with printed instructions for applying the same, to thos il
living at a distance.)
N. It—Particular attention paid to Repairing Leaky
Metal, Slate, Gravel and Cravat" Roofs.
Also, Agents for Patent English Asphaltic Roofing Felt.
girders solicited
AGENTS WANTED—To act in the large country towns
and cities in the above business. ocl6-iy
S ‘ A N: r
.11114. 21 4 I aFET IEI Y . 1180;IPA.NY
CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
1. Money is received every day, and in any amount
large orema.U.
2. FIVE PER CENT. interest is paid for money from the
day it is put in.
8 The money is always paid back in GOLD, whenever it
is called for, and without notice.
4. Money is received from Executors, Administrators,
Guardians and others, who desire to have it in a place of
perfect safety, and where interest can be obtained for it.
5. The money received form depositors is invested in
REAL ESTATE, MORTO GAS, GROUND RENTS, and such
other first-class securities as the Charter directs.
. . .
' .8., OFFICE ROUES-Every day fro& 9 till 5 o'clock, and
on Mondays and Thursdays tin 8 o'clock in the evening.
HON. MONEY BENNIth, President.
HOER R.T SELFRIDGE, Vice President
WILUAIi J. Run, Secretary.
In' OFFICE: Walnut Street, South-West Corner of
Third Street, Philadelphia ja23•lv
DR. R. A. WILSON'S PILLS.
Raving retired from the practice of medicine, I may be
permitted to say that it has fallen to the lot or but few
persona to have enjoyed so liberal or large a share of
obstetrical practice as my own has been for the last thirty
or forty years..
The experience of that long period of active life, sod the
fact of my hating been twice, since 1830. associated with
Dr. P.. A. Wilson, in the practice of medicine, (in both a
'period of five years,) enables ens to judge fully of the merits
of his Ole. .
Eli convenient, so efficient, and yet so safe, did I esteem
these pills, that for the last five years in practice, for the
cure of chronic diseases of whatever - name. and those of
females in particular I have need more of them than all
other medicines. Like every other medl ine, these mast
fail In some instances, but in my hands there has been less
disappointment and more satisfaction in the administration
of this one remedy than - of all others—ita good effects
sometimes quite astonishing me.
If my patient required r safe 'aperient medicine, either
before or after parturition, the Wilson's PUla were just the
thing I wanted.
If a dyspeptic acid condition of the stomach, combined
with costiveness, or Inactivity of the liver, constituted the
disease of my patient, -the pills were just the thing I
wanted..
IMMT3
If I treated a ease - requiring an examenagegne, the Wil
son's Pills were just the thing I wanted.
If palpitation. headache, flushed countenance. or other
difficulties indicating a disturbante of the circulatory and
secretory systems. annoyed my patient at the turn of life,
the Wilson's Pills were just the thing 'I Wanted.
Thus, without respect to theaaame a disease mighthappen
to wear at the time I have had it under treatment, particu
lar indications or symptoms arising were al eays most
promptly and most happily met by the Wilson's Pills.
That so great a number of diseasea,. and sometimes
apparently opposite ones, in which I have need those pills,
should be cured more readily by them than by any other
remedy, may at first seem strange and contradictory, but
why it is so, is as clear to my mind as that a greet many
persons should become thirsty from as many different
causes, and yet all require that common and greatest of all
blessings, water, to quencii their thirst.
In conclusion, it is due the reputation of medicine and
the.public to say, decidedly and unconditionally, that the
Wilson's Pills are ttie only combination I have ever met
`with in my long course of practice that really possess any
thing curative or specific for hick headache.
'Yours, &c., DB. MILO ADAMS.
Wusoe'S Plits.—it will he seen by our advertising
columns that there villa bath a recommendatien more
valuable than. any which a common nostrum could ever
attain. Dr. Adams, who attests these, is a gentleman well
known to many of our citizens. Se is a physician of goad
repute, and hes filled Talton public stations with credit.—
Pritserreet 'Morning .Ebst.'
B. L..PAIINBSTODE & CO, Proprietors, Pittsbargh, Pa.
W Sold by Druggists everywhere. an2o em
TAMER S. lINJORD
11310ITTSBUILGIS. WATER CURD SSTAB.
jr LISHMENT--Located at Haysville Station, on the
'Pittsburgh, Ft.. Wayne ,and , Chiesgo Railroad, and Ohio,
River, ten miles West of the City. This institution cam.
binessuperlor advantages, for the successful treatmentand
complete curs of disease. We would especially invite the
attention of females wlio have suffered for years, and bags
almost despaired of ever finding relief to our establish
ment: We can recommend this institution to female wilier.
ers• with great vanfifieriee, as in our long experience in
diseases, peculiar to their sex, we have had an almost std.
form' success. We Will gladly give any further lifoemation
to those who desire it. Address Box EDS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
ap2441 Ti. PHRASE, Thyosielans.
Tyr IL S, WINSLOW,
an experienced Mar at end Female Musk:Lan, pre.
aents to, the attention of mothers, her
which greatly facilitates the proms of teething, by soften
ing the gains, reducing all inflammation—will allay ALL
PAIN and spasmodic action, and is
' SURE TO REGULATE THE BOWELS.
Depend. upon it, mothers, it will give rest to yourselves,
and
• RELIEF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS.
We have put up and cold 'this article Swayer ten years,
and can say in cosrmartim 0. and morn of it, what we
have never beeb able In 'sayl,„ of any other medichm—nev
er has it . FAILED, in a sin gte instance to Erozor
011EK, when timely need g never did we know an in
stance of dissatisfaction by any one who need it. On the
contrary, all, are delighted lei with its operations, and
speak • in terms of highest go commendation of its magical
effects and medical virtues. We speak in this matter
"what we do know," after ten years' experience, and
pledge our reputation for 12, the fiat' Ilment of what we
heradeclare. In almost every instance where the in
fant is sufferinghm' u Pain rq and exhaustion, relief will
be found intfteeu or twenty 1.4 minutes after the syrup is
administered.
This valuablepreparation 6 . 4 is the prescription:of on o of
the moat EXPERIENCED &l and SKILLFUL NURSES in
New Englatiti,nnd- has been used with never-failing sue-
THOUS'ANDS*O OE CASES.
It not only felieves the 40 child fiont pain, but invigor
ass the stomach and bowels, - corrects acidity, and gives
ton, and energy to the whole system. It will almost int
atantly relieve -
ORIPING IN THE BOWELS, AND
WINDCOLIC, tt
and overcome convulsions. which, if not speedily rem
edied, end in death. We be "-"lieve it the beet and surest
remedy in the world, in all cases of DYSENTERY AN Cit
'DIARRHEA -IN OHIL 03 DREN; whether It axiom
from teething, or. from any other cause. We would eav
to evitrY mother who has al4 &lb! outfitting from nn
the foregoing complaints— 1.4 do not let your mei
nor the prejudieea of otherm, stand between your suffer•
ing child and the relief that lit will be SURE—yes, ABSO-
Lu my SURE—to follow the use of this , medicine, if
timely need. Pull directions for using will accompany
each bottle. None genuine -"unless the fee-simile of OUR
TIS & PERKINS, New 02 York, is on theoutside wrap.
per.
Sold by Druggists through fr 4 out the world.
Principal Office, No. 18 Cedar St. Nei- York.
fel94.y
LIVER PILLS,
Hepatitis or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK. HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
T)AIN in the right side, under the edge of
the ribs, increase on pressure; sometimes
the pain in the left side; tl'patient is
rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the. shoulder blade,
ana it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for a
rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is
affected with Joss of appetite and sickness,
the bowels in general are costive, sometimes
alternative with lax; the nead is troubled
with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part._ There is gene
rally
,a considerable lossof memory, accom
, partied with a painN- sensation of having
left undone something which ought to have
been done. A,slight, dry cough is some
times an attendant. The patient complains
of weariness and debility; he is easily startled,
his feet are Cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the skin;
his spirits are low; and although he is satis
fied that exercise would be beneficial to him,
yet he can scarcely - summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every
,reinedy. - Several of the above symptoms
- attend the disease, but - cases have occurred
.where few of t,hem existed, yet examination.
of the body, after death, has shown the
twit& to have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Da. M ' LANE's LIVER PILLS IN CASES OF
AGuE AND FEVER; when taken with Quinine,
are productive of the most happy results. No
better cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Qzinine. We would advise
all who are afflicted with this disease to give
them A FAIR TRW..
FLEMING BROS. , Prrnwuncri, PA'
P. S. Dealers and Phyeialans ordering from others than
Montt P:ri3B, will do welt to write their orders
end bid Dr. irtarres,.prpfrred by 140 "
Bros., ' To those wishing to give tbaj
trial, we forward per mail, post - to any
the United States; one box of Pills for twelve three a nt
postage stamp,, or one 'vial of Variant/iv for larr
three...ow* dainps. All orders from Canada mad 14 a°.
oompanied by twenty cents extra , .
"Mal by ma,raiPsotabls Druggists, sad Cksaddi Oto b
Swipe* isseraily: •
RoorING
PITTSBURGH, PA
RULES
MEDICAL.
SOOTHING SYRUP,
For Children Teething,
DR. M'LANE'S
CELEBRATED
TOR THZ OM" OP
Address all orders to
•ag lay