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Baby May.
Cheeks as soft as July peaches;
Lips whose dewy s t darlet teaches
Poppies paleness; round, large 'eyes
Ever great evithinew`tmrprien3 - ,
Minutes filled with shadeless -gladness;
Minutes just as brimmed with sadness;
Happy smiles and•Wailikgeories;
`Crows and laughs and tearful eyes;
~Lights and shadows,.swifter born
'Thiiii wirid4w6pt XSittnin corn;
gver some new tiny notion,
Making every limb 01l motion ;
Catchings up of legs and arms;
Threwiike hackled& small-alarms' ;
Clutching fingers; straitening jerks ;
Twining feet whose each toe works;
Makings up add straining risings ;
Mother's ever new surprisings ;
lands all wants and looks all wonder
A,t all things the heavens under;
1 '144 scerite4siniled reprovings
That haVe'more of love than borings;
Miscliefs'done with such a winning
Arohnetufthat*e`priat auch;sinding ;
Breakings dire of plates and glasses;
•Graspings small at all that passes;
; off of all.thaVs able
To be caught from tray or table;
Silences—small meditatitins
Deep At k a thoughts of Dares for nations;
BAlking - ininWiSeit-speeches` —
In a,tongne that nothing teaches;
All he thenghts wt - whose possessing
Must be wood to light by pressing ;
Shambersi--such sweet angel-seemjngs ,
That vre'd*errer have such &earnings;
Till from sleep we see thee breaking,
And we'd always have thee waking ;
Nirealth for which we know no measure;
Pleasure hi.h above all pleasure;
Gladness brimming over gladness;
,Joy in,ovei, delight in sadness;
,Lovelinese beyond completeness;
Sweetness distancing all sweetness ;
Beauty all that beauty may be;—
That's May Bennett; that's my baby.
William C. Bennett
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Making Oneself Uncomfortable.
Miss Patience had - a habit which was in
accordance with her name, for it was the
habit of etulerance. It was •a failing that
leaned to virtue's side, and" beyond it. She
lived -in the remote and: the future. The
present with. her was never any thing but a
make-shift, a mere temporary expedient till
better times., Distance not only lent en
chantment to ,
her objects of pursuit, but was
- at Alutely -the only charm to which she was
rsomutive. She really liked Mr. Jones:al-•
most up to the hour of his proposal; she
meekly tolerated him ever, after.
They were at boarding for a time, and the
wife said submissively to all her friends :
" 0, yes, it is very comfortable for the pres
ent, until we c feel-able ; to-keep house." Mr.
Jones, after the remark - had been reiterated
for the fiftieth time, asserted that he was
able to keep house.- -To prove this, he en
gaged and furnished a tasteful tenement, and
another year say Mistress , Pati ence'the
tient inistinis of lei own fireside.
" What a pleasant situation," said Dame
Grundy, as she called on a tour of inspec
tion.
" Why, yes," returned Mrs. Jones, " it
is all we can expect in a house we hire. If
we were to build, we should plan very dif
ferently, of course. And then, you know,
one could have the heart to make improve
ments in shrubbery and fruit-trees. 0, Mrs.
Grundy, I hope to livelongenough to have a
house of my own." „,
Mr. Jones was well-to-do and good-na
tured. Moreover he was a little obtuse, as
we have seen, and he did not perceive that
something to put up with is with most of us
a practical necessity. So he said, very gen
erousli, " Mfg. Jouae, about another
year you shall have a house of your own."'
"'I am afraid you cannot afford to build .
such a house as I would like."
" I can, and I will. You shall modify
the plan yourself, or draw a new one, if you
prefer."
Mrs. Jones sighed, " Ruin take so long
in building;" and from that hour every re-'
tional enjoyment was deferred until they
should get into their new dwelling. There
were the usual delays and disappointments,
and Mrs. Jones' love of endurance was fully
gratified; she ,was regaled with "a linger
ing sweetness' long drain Ont." At length
- the house was built and furnished; the
grounds laid out and 'Anted, and the wheels
of the new establishment fairly in motion.
Moreover, by rare good luck, there was very
little to alter or undo; most of the arrange
ments were desirable, and the experiments
successes: '
• " I hope, my dear," said Mr. Jones, bey
nevolently, " that we are in a position to
take comfort."
" If we ever get settled," assented Mrs.
Jones, with a sigh.
Well, years rolled and they were set..
tied. The flowers bloomed, and the fruits
,ripened.. The turf thickened, into velvet,
and the trees grew tall and cast a welcome
shade. Strangers paused to admire the
premises as they passed, and neighbOrs paid
their various tributes of envy and admira
tion. Mr. Jones smoked, his prime cigars
in the back piazza, and grew to look portly
and .contented.: Not -SO Mrs. Joues. To
. alt.the encomiums, lavished upon her resi
dence, 'she replied; submissively, " Yes, it'a
a pretty place, but we don't, know who we
. built it for. We have no, children to come
after us,
and are just putting up improve
ments for strangers to pull down. '
Was ever a woman so favored of an 'in:
dulgent fortune a' year from the
utterance of this remark, Mrs. Jones was
the happy—no, the-patient mother of e real ?
:'.genuine, hones; who
had with difficulty` from happinese
before, was uncontrollably jubilant now.
The boy was healthy, and handsome ' and
bright. There was no mistake about him
• ;he,"-was a fixed fact, ester:of thefirst magni
tude. lie had wants, it is true, for which
the father was intensely, thankful, for to
gratify and prevent them was, his 'supreme
delight.
And.the mother?..Alas hers were all a
mother's cares, anxieties and forebodings.
Until he was weaned, she' scarcely left the
house, or indulged in the Simplest luXixries
of-diet. Them-there was the long period of
teeth-cutting, during which her maternal
apprehensions were sever appeased. Then
'she lived in fear et the measles, whooping
cough and scarlev 4ever, until the youhg
`hero met and conquered them all. Regrew
• round and rosy, and she thin and anxious,
but atilt unalterably patient. ,At,:school
she feared he might study too much, or too
little and as her fears were;pretty equally
divided between- the two- perils, it is pre
sumed that — he 'avoided both. Them she
had a general misgiving lest .l be should be
spoiled; and froin y too much petting at home,
become an indolent and - useleis - member of
society., But, though"the reader `may share
her feaficin this regard, Master Jones falsi
fied them all. Indulgence and, opportunity
seemed to agree iith him. He was ambi
tious and'uelfaliant,,and not objectionably
When,at last he deoided to study
T'for *profession, the- rnothdrfitted'. - out
waidrebetivitit .reluctant care, and his first
.OollegeiVas'rigistelediiiiili4rath
•,
ta riqe ? thautthe froportym of, ,natural
fft.z.
AtiinitoirillP
41,,orrt•Orr
in reply ., to , a remark from he,f,huiliatid,
"butl miss him more than I can.tell you.
.Since we have only one, we could wish tie
could have staid with us. The seven years
of his student life are very long to wait."
" To wait for what?" inquired Mr. Jones.
"For the good time coming," replied his
wife.
=I
"‘Why, woman, the good time has come,
long ago. Can't you see it ? We've been
having it all along."
"It maybe so with you, Mr. Jones, but
I have never been free from anxiety for a
minute in my life."
"And never will be, my dear," returned
the husband, as he shook the ashes from his
cigar. "It is positively your strong point,
and I have quite an admiration for your
skill in it: 'You-will find More to subrait
,to in , any given circumstances, ,than> any
woman I have -ever known."
Mrs. Jones raised her eyes to - her hus
band in meek surprise. She forgave him,
and was silent.--Siringfielei Republican.
glistellanertus.
That same of our non-military readers
may the more understandingly read the
news 'of the times, it may be well'to ex
plain some of the: terras , in frequent use.
A regiment"l6 composed of ten compa
nies, and, as such, has for its officers, a Col-*
onel; lieutenant-Colonel, and Major.
to company is a body or soldiers number
ing; in general, from,sixty-four to one hun
dred men. Hence, the number of men in
a regiment may'vary from 640 to 1,000, or
more. The chief officer of a company is a
Captain.
A squadron has reference more to posi
tion than the number of men composing it.
Troops on land formed in a square are
called a squadron. This use of the term is
not so general as heretofbre. In naval
matters a squadron is a number of ships
detached from the fleet for a'speciflo duty.
A brigade -of infantry, or foot soldiers,
consists of from four to six battalions,
numbering each from 500 tot 1,000 men.
In cavalry, a brigade is composed of from
eight to ten squadrons. A brigade is en
titled to a Brigadier-General.
A division is a portion of an•army com
manded by a Major-General, comprising
cavalry, infantry, and artillery, and has two
or more brigades in it.
Artillery is a term applied to heavy
pieces of warfare, of every description,
with the implements and materials neces
sary for use. The cannon in general use
are called guns, howitzers, columbiads and
mortars.
Guns are long cannons without chambers.
The Dahlgren gun, is so named, from its in
ventor, and its peculiarity is its great size
about the breech, thereby diminishing the
liability of bursting.
A howitzer is a chambered piece of larger
calibre, than a gun of like weight. It is
used to project large shells; is well adapted
for ricochet fire, the destruction of field
works, breaking down palisades and setting
fire to buildings. The Paixhan gun is a
howitzer of long bore, so named fiom its
inventor. It is used to throw shells at long
distances.
A columbiad is a gun of still larger bore
than the howitzer, and is used for throwing
either solid shot or shells.
A mortar is the shortest cannon of all,
yet with, a very large calibre. :Its great ad
vantage is in throwing vertical shots, dis
mounting the enemy's aitillery, setting fire
to and overthrowing works, blowing up
magazines, breaking through roofs of bar
racks, etc., thus making. disorder among
troops.
The sawyer, Parrott, a,,nd 'Ar2nstrortg
guns are rifled cannon, named after their in
ventors. The Armstrong loads at the
breech. . •
A battery is a term employed to desig
nate one Cannon or more, also, where the
guns are served. A field battery generally
consists of four guos and two howitzers, or
more. In the present war, artillery seems
to be more in demand than in previous
contests.
A caisson is an ammunition-chest or
wagon. In fortificationq guns are said' to
be on barbette when mounted on the plat
form or roof of the fort. A casemate is a
vault in the masonry of a fort, in which is
a place for a gun or more to be fired through
a port-hole.
Grape-shot is a cluster of small shot,
sometimes confined in a canvass-bag, whose
'diameter is the same as the bore of the gun
into Which it is placed.
Ohain-shot is made by uniting two balls
or half-balls bra: chain.
A bomb-shell, is a hollow globe of iron,
filled With powder or sulphur and bullets,
and ignited by 'a fuse at the time of firing
the gun. The time of the explosion can
be regulated from one to three or four
seconds after the shell is sent from the
gun.
Rifles and, muskets are called small-arms ;
swords;pistols, and tooth. picks ' side-arms.
The Minis rifle takes its name from Lieut.
Minie, of the French army. Its peculiar
ity is not in the form of the gun, but in
the conical form of the ball and its having
a cavity at the base. •
• The Enfield rifle is so -named from the
place of its manufacture. The barrel is
thirty-nine inches long, and is rifled with
great care. It, or any other rifle, may be
used for a itlinie ball.
- A carbine is a `short rifle or musket{ for:
merly used by light-horsemen and. dragoons.
It has been displaced, to a great 'extent, by
the pistol.
Each regiment has, besides its fighting
officers, a Surgeon and Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain, and Quarterrnaster, who may, or
may not, join in the fray, when the deadly
strife begins, as they see proper. his the
- Quartermaster's duty to provide quarters
and transportation for' the army, storage
and transportation for .111 supplies, army
_elothing, camp and 'garrison 'equipage,"ekv!
airy and artillery horses, fuel, forage, and
stationery. And then the Paymaster' is
ever• welcome. It is his' duty to take
charge of the Government money, and pay
to officers and soldiers their waaes.----Herald.
As the exact and official returns of the
Census are being made public . , we behold
more clearly the.precise march and direction
of the population whiali has been filling,
during the last ten years, .the unoccupied
territory of the Union. Its grand and
'main course is Westward, with some cur
rents to the North-west and) some to ;the
South-west. The flood - of population over
some of our' new States in the far-West,
has probably never been equalled in . the
history of emigration, both in the charae r
ter of the emigrants and in the numher
placed upon new soil, where before were
the 'animals of. the prairie and the forest,
and, the rovinglndian. Minnesota, -for inr
'stance, increases from 6,017 inhabitants-in
1850, to 162,022, in 1860, or at a rate `of
increase of over tipenty-fivA. kindred pd.
uceit.4 , 13,2940' 5`2,'464 at'
the rate of two hundred and ninety-fotir
per cents; lowa from 192,214 to 674,948,
or , at 251:22 per cent.; Texas fforn
592 to 602,432 or 183.37 per Cent.; Wia
.consin from 36,391:t0 775,873, Or. 164.06
per cent.
Arkansas -increases one Min:lied 'and
seven per cent., and Illinois 'over'Onellun
dred per Cent. The average rate*Of i the
growth of population in all the States the
last decade is - 35:02 per cent. ~ ,There are
nirietenhStateSibeletithis s aQdage,-the
est in order fheing-Vernionlij-o;32'per i•
Military Term.
Facts from the. Census.
then. New-Hampshire, 2.56 per
,cent. ; and
next South Carolina, 6.28.; Maine follow
ing with 7:73; and Tennessee with 11.68,
and once powerful Virginia, with , only 12.-
27, while North Carolina shows only 14.23.
There are eleven States counting 19,628,-
665 inhabitants, or an average of more than
one and a half millions each, namely`: Illi
nois, Indiana; Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massa
chusetts, New-York, Tennessee, Missouri,
rirginia, Kentucky and Geofgia:
Territories, the greatest advance is, of
course, in Utah, or , 264.07 per cent., In
New Mexico it.reaches
•
The black Current must 'always 'be the
important one to the statistician, of this
Continent. The census reveals a , steady
stream of negroes from the seaboard toward
the South-west. Virginia retains her old
preeminence as the breeder , of, slaves
~:for
market, in which noble occupation she is
apparently closely followed by South Caro
lina, while the •States whiVier-this disgust
ing traffic-tends,- are - ArkansasrMississippi,
and especially Texas. The, average increase
of the slaves is moderitqly large, or 2342
per cent The;re is'aleg in but two States,
Delaware ( of 21.48 per cent.,) and Mary
land (3.52.) The increase in - Virginia is
only 3.88 per cent., and in South Carolina
s.2B—this small advance evidently, reault
ing from exportation'. Kentucky, too,
shows an increase of but 4.87 per'cent., the
last decade, which gives a most- grat,ifying
prospect of.•the destiny of the system in
Kentucky, as it is believe& no very impor
tant numbers have been exported during
the last ten years from • that State. North
Carolina only exhibits an advance of 14.74;
and Tennessee of 15.17 per cent. Mis
souri presents a larger increase than was
expected—namely, 31.51. The; great in
crease is in Texas, where it reaches over
two hundred and ten, 1)41' cent„ ( 210.66 ; )
in Arkansas it is 135.89, and, in. Florida,
57-.09, in Mississippi, 40.93.
In two States only are the slaves more
numerous than the whites;: in South
lina, where they number 402,541; against
291,623- of the-white- inhabitants, -and-in
Mississippi, being 436,696 to 353,969
whites.
Their largest nUmber in any one State is
in Virginia, (490,8870' and the next is
Georgia, (462,232.) •
In th. Territories there are ten slaves
enumerated in Nebraska, twenty : four in
New Mexico, and twenty-nine in Utah.
The District of Columbia shows a loss' of
slaves of 13.72 percent,.
Among the free coloied population the
increase is very small through the Union---,-
only 10.68 per cent. Their largest numbers
are to be found, as usual, in Virginia,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Little valua
ble, in 'a statistical point of view, is to be
extracted from the tables of this popula
tion, as the diminution from banishment or
emigration cannot be distinguished from
that arising from natural and regular causes.
The theory sustained recently by an able
statistician in Washington—Mr. Weston—
that the free negro inevitably diminishes on
this Continent, is not yet sufficiently con
firmed by facts to be admitted as a satis
factory scientific' hypothesis. The race un
doubtedly dies out in climates not adapted
to it—as, for instance, in die Northern
States ; but whether it decays in freedom
in the Middle or outhern laticudes, does
not yet fully appear. In many of the
Southern and Western States there are laws
expelling the free negro, and their decrease,
observed in those , States, during the 'last
decade, may be due to thele extraneous
causes. Their largest increase in a slave,
State, is in Georgia '(18.01 per cent. ;) in
Alabama, 16.11; in Georgia,
12.04:..The
greatest decrease, in • Arkansas, 77.47.
Greatest increase in a free State; in Minne
sota, 487.18 per cent. In New-York; they
lose 218 per cent;
It will probably be many , decades before
we shall show such a rapid growth of num
bers as in the last. The next census will,
'no doubt, reveal new: currents and new di- ,
motions in our populatiOn. Instead of
streams from East to West; we may Olen'
have many from North to South, and new'
results to chronicle in regard 'to the move- ,
ments or decrease of the black population.
—New- York Tinsea.
he Sea
Water is as indispensable to all life,.
whether vegetable or' animal, as is the air'
itself. From the cedar on the mountains
to the lichen that Clings to the wall; from
the mastodon that
, pastures on the forests
to the animalculm that "float in the sun , .
beani; from the leviathan that heaves the,
sea into billows, to the microscopic- crea
tures that swarm a.million in a single foam,
drop; all alike deriend for their existence
on this single element, and must perish if
it be withdrawn. But this element of
water is supplied entirely by the sea. All
the waters that are in th(Tivers, the lakes,
the fountains, the vapors, the dew, the
rain, the snow, come alike out of the .
ocean. It-is a common impression that it
is the flow of the rivers that fills the sea.
It is a mistake. It is ,the flow of the sea
that fills the rivers.. The streams do not
make the ocean, but the ocean makes the
streams: We saY;thel the rived like, in
the mountains and'ran to the 'sea, but-the
truer statement is, that the rivers - rise in
the see and run - 'to, the .Mountains;"and
that their passage thence is only their
homeward journey to the place from which
they started. All the water in the rivers
has once been-in the.clonds; and the clouds
are, but the condensation of the invisible
vapor that floats in the air; and -all this
vapor has' been lifted into the air by the
heat', of, the sun playing upen,the..oeean.
Mest persons have impression of 'the
amount of water which, the ocean is con
tinually pouring into the sky, and which
the ,sky is - Seliding down-in-'showers
to refresh thewearth. , If they were told
that there is a river above the clouds equal
in size to the Mississippi - or the Amazon ;
that this river is drawn out of the sea more
than a mile high, that, it is• alwayerfull of
water, and that It is More than twenty-five
thousand miles in length, reaching clear
round the, - 4 globe, theY'would.callilt a very
extravagant assertion. And yet not only
is this assertion substantially true, bin, very
much more than this is true. If all the
waters, in the sky were brought into one
channel; they would make a stream more
than fifty times as large as the Mississiipi
:or the Amazon. How many riversg-re
there in the sky ? Just as many as there
are on the• earth. If they were not first in
.the sky, how could• they be on the earth?
If it is the sky that keeps them full, then
• the-sky must always have enough to keep
must them full; that is, it always be`pouring
down into them just as much as they them
selves are pouring down into the sea. It, is
computed that the water which falls from the
clouds year,would cover the whole earth
to the depth of five feet.; that is r if the earth
were a level plain; it would spread over,it
an, ocean of water, five feet,deep, reaching
roUnd the whole globe. . The sky, there
fore, has, not only a river of water, but, a
whole ocean of it. And it has all come out
of the sea. The 'sea; therefore, is the great
„inexhaustible fountain which is continually'
,pournig-up into' the-sky precisely - as - many
streams,' and as-.large,.as , all the rivers of
the 'world are...pouring into it. It is this
which keeps the ocean at the same level
from year to Year. If it were not sending
off into:'the air precisely as much ss it re
ceives from.theriVers, it would be . contin
ually rising on- its shores, and would finally
overflow all the land's of the earth.
And nowl the-'ssea is 414 Igri
Tlace of the clouds and ,the-,rivers; , if- out
of it come all the rains and ds'ica bfFheaven,
then instead of being, :a *tote and an in
onnibranee,it its a iiast fountain...of fruit-
MEI
fulness, .and the' nurse: and.mother of all
the living; ~,Out of h its mighty breasts
come the .resources that feed and support
all the population of the world: Allfeities,
-nations, and continents. of men all cattle
and creeping things ind'flying,fowl, all the
insect race, that' people the ,air, With'their
million tribes innumerable, all grasses, and
grain that yield food for man and for-beast,
all flowers that brighten the earth with
beauty, all treerof 'the field and forest that
shade, the plailie.w4h their lowly drooping, or
that lift their banners of glory against the
,
sky as 'they march over a thousand hills—
all these wait upon.; the-sea, that they may
receive their teat in due season. That
which it, gives theta they gather. It opens
its hand and they; are filled,with food. If
it hides its fee°, they are troubled, their
breath is taken away, they die and return
to their dust.
, .
- Omnipresent 'mild everywhere, alike is
this need and blessing of' the sea. It is
felt as trulyin the centre a the continent,
where, it may be,the rude' inhabitant never
heard of the ocean, as it is on the circum
ference of the wave-beaten shore He is
snrrounded, every moment, by the presence
and bounty of the sea. It is the sea that
looks out upon him from every violet in his
(Parden-bed • from - every spire of grass that
drops iipon his visaing feet the bea.ded. dew
of the morning; from - the rustling ranks
of the growing corn ; from the bending
grain- that fills , the arms of the reaper;
from the juicy globes of.' gold and crimson
that burn amongst the green orchard foliage;
from the bursting presses and . his barns
that are filled with !Nulty ; from the bread
forehead of, his cattle, and the rosy Japes of
his children; from the'bool-dropping well
at his door; from the brook that murmurs
by its side, and front the elm and spreading
maple that <wave their protecting branches
beneath the sunyand swing their breezy
shade* overlidhabitation. It is the sea
fee& him., It 'is the sea that clothes him.
It is the sea that cools him with the Summer
cloud, and that , warms him with the blazing
fires of Winter. 'He eats the sea, he drinks
the sea, he Weirs the sea, he ploughs and
sows and ream:the sea, he buys and sells
the sea, and makes wealth for himself and
his children-out Of its rolling waters, though
he lives a thousand leagues away from the
shore, and hal never looked on its crested
beauty or Ifstenedto its eternal anthems.
Thus the sea is not a waste and an in
eumbrance. Though it bears no harvests
on its' bosom, it . yet sustains all the har
vests of the world. Though a desert itself,
it ~makes all the other wildernesses of the
earth to bud and blossom as, the rose.
Though its own' , waters are= salt , And worm
wood, so that it cannot be tasted, it makes
all the clouds of heaven to drop with sweet
ness, it opens springs in the valleys and
rivers among the k lls, and fountains in all
dry places, and _gives drink to all the in
habitants of the earth.--Bibliotheca. Sacra.
The lime :Outwitted
A count - Ey gentleman came 'up to, town
on business, and confided a considerable
sum of money to the care of a particular
friend. Having settled his affairs, he went
to his friend for the money eonfided•to his
keeping; the latter was so base, as to ex
press surprise, and to, deny havingreceived
any money.
Our poor friend froin fhe country, whom
we will call Mr. Frankheart, was almost in
despair, but he went and told his case to- a
magistrate of great ability.
The magistrate asked' Frankheart- if he
had taken any receipt, or if there had been
any witness . to "the transaction.
Frankheart answered, that as he had no
suspicion of the man he believed to be his
friend, he had -not taken any'receipt, and
that,the Only-witness-Nes the knave-s own
wife.
After a little reflection, the. magistrate
told Frarikheart to step into an inner room,
and he then sent for the man who had
played so treacherous a part.
On his arrival, the magistrate thus ad
dressed him:
" I understand that you have received as
a deposite a large sum of money, and that
you refuSe.to restore it to its right owner."
The man's only answer was a denial of the
accusation.
" Well," replied the magistrate, "let us
suppose you innocent; but, in order to
convince me of it, write to your wife (who
is 'said to have been a witness to the trans
action) the letter I am about to dictate to
you
.., •
"''My beloved wife—l beg of you to give
the bearer of this letter the sum, which,
about a fortnight ago, you saw Mr. Frank
heart confide to my care.. I am about to
restore it to him.'"
All resistance was in vain. The letter
was written, and was closely examined by
.the inagistrate, see‘that it contained the
preceding words, and no others.
In a very short space of time the messen
ger returned with the sum of money which
"Mr. Frankheart had confided to his faith
less friend.
Theatter "'convicted of dishonesty, threw
himselfVh'fs knees before the magistrate,
who r'eprilianded him most severely, and
to increase his shame and confusion, called
in Mr. Vranitheart, the friend he had treat
' ed so - basely. ,
•
Commander Stringkam went into the Navy
in 1809, and has been in-thee service fifty
one yeirs, twenty-one of which have been
at sea: He, therefore, is probably upward
of sixty years of age. "Commodore Pen
dergrast entered the Navy in 1812, and has
been in the service forty-nine years, twenty
ofwhich have been at sea. Captain Nich
olson entered the Navy in 1812 has been
forty-eight years in the service, twenty-six
r
Of which have been at sea. Captain Hull
entered the Navy in 1813; has been in the
service fOrty-seven n years,. twenty-one. of
which have been at sea. Captain Chauncey
entered the Navy in 1812; has been in the
service forty nape years; seventeen of whicl4
have been at sea. , ~ C aptain Mhicer entered
the Navy in 1815; hash ke,n in the service
forty-five years, nineteen . of which have
been at sea. These are some of the officers
relieved; 'life word, the order relievei all
in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron senior
to Captain L. M. Goldskirough, Who will bd.
Flag Officer of the
,Squad.roin.
Goldsborough entered the servie& - from the
District of Columbia in 1812, and hhalten
forty-eight years in the service; seventeen
of which haVe been at sea: ' milk)
was ;in the.frigate Congrps, to the South
American coast, and has-just:returned to
New-York.
I Centenarian' PUllili.—The Roches
ter Express says that the Rev. Daniel Wal
do,. of Onondaga County, delivered a high
ly impressive sermon, recently, before a
large Congregation,
i, n St. Peter's church,
in that city. Mr. Waldo is the-oldest liv
ing graduate of Yale College. -Tie- iS iri
the, ninety_ninth .year• of his ' , age, and in
the ..seventy-second year ';of
,his ministry,
and although.reteining,iiAremariable de
gree,i
his 'physical and nte3leetwil powersi
his utterance : fails to dispit4 the , fiery en : ,
thusiasm which , is .said- tohave character:
ized his youthful vigor. He voice, though
iibineWhakbroken, is clear slid very intellil
mi,his introductory. pX,ayer, and.. clfs=
course were listened to witr profound at.
tention. Himself staudinettpgm the verge
of the gyre; sal ipeakingdwith all the
earnestness of which his waning energiei
are susceptible, was an occurrence _well call
- ciliated, of itself, to impress deeply the
heart of every spectator. ,
"GonlaNzss is:profitable:pi', to
having promise of tile life tlii# 3 3owis,, a t i d
of that is to ePinef'. • '
T A
T E A I r.
T E A
'WHOLESALE AND
77v7rmmir20A:ATs,
114 Smithfield Street, Tittsburgh,
HAS FOR 'SALE A
. .
Choide Selection
of,
MEDI-AND SLAM TEAS--
RIO, LAGUAYEA AND .lAVA COPPICES;
NEW ORLEANS AND REPINED SUGARS;
N. 0. MOLASSES AND EXTRA HONEY SYRUPS
With fill Culinary etceteras.:
- n.kit - Orders thy mail promptly attended to, and bereft:al ,
I.rwstriad. ' - fanl4...t
PUBLICATIONS OF THE
. ,
Presbyterian Board , of -Publication;
• DURING JULY 1861.
THE :UTTERS OE JOHN CALVIN. Vol. IV. 'Cm:s
tarting a copious Index to Millie Volumes, and completing
this very valuable and interesting work, by which will be
presefied and traitsmitted to posterity matiy writings of the
great Refonuer, which perhape hadenever'Otherwhie seen the
light. Price $l.BO per volume in black cloth, full sheep, or
half calf.
SERIES FOR YOUTH, 1.8110. ILLUSTRATED.
THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, LIGHT EMI THE DARKEST
Earn. Pp. 230: :Priee,3o and•3s mute: • • '
THE LOST BRACELET. Bq the author of "Little
Motu," "James Haswell'," " Christmas it Ildree"? Ire: -Pp.
100. Priee2.s and 20 cents. . • .
Address order's to, . WINTHROP SARGENT,
Businesi Correspandent.
Sul Chestnut - Street, Philadelphia.. -
..
Alfie• For sale in Pittsburgh 'at 'tie , Presbyterian Bonk
Rooms, 57 Hand Street. feb2l-tr
JOHN' A. RENSHAVr, . •
•
Family Grocer and Tea • Dealer,
Takes pleasure in anonncing.to his friends and custom
that he has recently' removed to the new and "idioms ry
Corner , of Liberty and Huff streets
(ttAw doors above hts old stand,) ;
And having largely increased his Stack bfreieist pitch
now offers to the public the most extensive and complete
sortment to be found in this city; of
CHOICE'FAMILYGROCERIES,.
• •
Foreign and Domestic Prnits, Tram, Spic,es, Pia - idea' aid
Sauces, Preserved Friiits in: great variety, Mali. Hams, Dried
Beef, &c, besides an assortment of.Domeatic Housekeeping
articles; thus constituting alloutakeepei s sßrisposito,'where
moat all articles that are useful or ned'seary for' Hie'Fainily
ail may be purahased at reasonable prices: • .
.18iff• WHOLESALE' AND RETAIL-Mat 7.
Catalogues containing-an , extendinilistotn* steak' far
niched by mail, if desired.
4'1 , -4:MN-A. RENSHAW,
' apY-ly , . Car. Liberty and Hand gb,..."eirtaburgh,
00FING
'
(Late BATES ersoer,)
Jon
Sole Manufacturer and Dealer in the following three distfirct
kinds of Roofing: • '
Ist. Gum Elastic Cement, Pelt and Cauvasiteoling: '
23. Improved Felt, Cerneritand Gravaltoofing.
pa: Patent English Asphaltiie Pelt Roofing.
Alt Fare and IVater .Piqqry'aticl Warranted.
140111ng Material for sale, nithrped instructions for
f , 7
Office at Gates`k Johnson's old ".Ilet
• TroSmlthlield Street, Pittablergii , "
GUM 'CEMENT9I3 unequalled as a paint for'.
Metal Roofs, lasting twice as long, and.cheaper,than common:
paint; also as a paint to prevent dampnees an BriCk
does-ly - WM. 301INGON.,
.101 IN D. kt'bOßD • JAIIiESS.
Wir- 1' 11U. 1 11"..AM01.2. Cie : 1 1,110,
111ANUFFACTUIZFRS AND DEALBDB Thr.
Hata ; taps, and Straw:Oa:ids,
WHOLESALE AND `RETAIL;'' •
, .
111 WOO d tr PAAtiVurgli,
have now on hand for Spring sales, anlargo an:doomplete an
assortment of ,Gooda as ean be found ~ any of tho Eastern
Odes, &Maiming of
. . .
Flir, Silk, and, Wool Hats,
of every style, and quall4i.CAPS Wool
quality. and latest
filthions; Palm Leaf, Straw, Leghorn; 'and LERimmti. HATS;
•Ekraw and:Silk BONNETS, Persons crisping to
patellae eitherly Wholesale, or2Retail s . will And it to•• their
advantage to call and axaini na onr irtock. marlll,ly
. -
•
.. • . . •
Par' BrilliCiiby and Economy
.
8111I.PASSES. ALL O . II IEASILLITNEENATING7bILS now in
market. It will burn in all: styles ,of coal oil lampa k ia pet , :
fectlY safe, and free front all oresisivo odor. 'Ximraiitured
and for sale by
. w..mAck.Eolvic,
167 lasynerr Salaam. Prrrsaintier.
1 1 4F.Rea...kriTsl 110 TEL,..
46:- N'o'r-t th , ..8 t t.
PHILADELPHIA. I :'
• O..M'ILMORN & 801 f
*Ara.4 ..PrOPPletirll.
1. '
BM
.. _ .
_. _ .
14.X.ST.ED. & STILES, p- $4,
52. 54 filiii4ay• , New-York,,
:oebtirti*dokianiktit-t z
rNos, , ,,,,,,die*iy:ityle find giant - ter ghfida need Olbtliiirsf, s
and Merchant Tailors for Men'irandakele
sepm y
r
r\lwt,
tr l4 ------
. -, et
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO., HAVE FOR SA A
1,200,000 ACRES OF RICH FARMING LAM;
In Tracts of Forty Acres and upward, on Long Credit and at Loy Prices.
MECHANICS, FARMERS & WORKING MEN.
THE attention of the enterprising and industrious poi..
non of the community is directed to tho following
statements and liberal Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, as they will pomeive, will enable them, by pro
per energy, perseverence and industry, to provide com
fortable homes for themselves and families, wit!), com
paratively speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley of tho Mississippi offers so great
an Inducement to the settler as the State of Illinois.—
Thom is no portion of the world where all of the condi
tions of climatwartd soil so admirably combine to pro
duce those two great staples, Coati and WET, as the
Orairies of Illinois.
THE SOMCMM EMLT
Of tbe State lies within the acme of the cotton regions,
wn le the soil is admirably` adapted to the growthof
tobacco and hemp; and the wheat is worth from fifteen
to twenty cents more per bushel than that raised
further north.
BIM ROLLING PRAIRIE 'LANDS
The dcopvich loam of tbd prairies is eultlthtted with
such wonderful facility that the farmers or the Eastern
and Addle Slates are moving to Illinois ht great num
bers. The area of Illinois is about equal to that of
Ettglatid, and the soil is so rich `that it will suppOrt
twenty millions of people.
EASTERN Md) MiIJTIERES MARKETS
These lan4rare contiguous to a railroad 700 milei in
length, which connects with other roads, and naviga
ble lakes and rivers, thus affording an ;unbroken cot=
mmiication with the Ihstern Cnd Southern markets•
APPLICATION OF-CAPITAL:
Thai far, capital and labor have been applied to de
veloping the soil; the great resources of the State
. an
coal and ton are almestuntouched. The invariable rule
that the mchanical arts floUrish best ;where food and
fuel'are cheapest,- will follow at an early day In Illinois,
and In ithe course of the next ten years the natural
laws and necessities of the case warrant• the belief .that
at , least dye hundred thousand people will be • engaged
in the State of Illinois in various- , manufacturing :em
ployments. •
RAILROAD gYSTEX OF ILLINOIS
Over 5100,000000 of private capital have been ex
pended on the railroad system of Illinois. Inasmuch as
part of the income from several of these works, with
a valuable public fund in lands, go to diminish the
State Expenses, the TAXM ARE LIGHT, and must, conse
quently every day decrease.
THE STATE . DEBT.
,
The State Debt ,
iS only $10,106,398' it, mad within the -Twist is PER CENT:- WILL BE DEDUCTED
last three years has been reduced $2,959,746 So ' ; and from the valuatiOn for cash, except .the same ,should
We may reasonably Mrpect that in ten years it'will he- bear SiX, dollars per acre, when the cash price
will be
come extinct. five dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive or the lands, soil, Climate, productions, prices, and terms of payment, can hni
had
on application to
For the names of , the Towns,. Villages and Cities situated upon the:XJ[ll. -
noils CentratUallr4:oll46 - see,pagewlBB, 189 do 199 APPIIETOI4 , B itAttiwArr
'GUIDE:'
IN
.f' WM VOL
PRESENT- POPITTAT/ON. •
The State is rapidly tilling up with, population
888,025 persons having been added since 1850, waking,
the present population 1,723,863, - a ratio 0f1.02 per cent:
in ten years.
AGRIMMTURAI PII,i3DUCTS.
The Agricultural Products of linnets are greater than
those of any other State. The Products sent out during
the past year exceeded-1,610,00041mm The wheat crop
of, 1880 approaches 35,600 2 000 of bushels, while the
corn crop yields not less thanl4oMo,ooo bushels.
. .
FERTILITY OP THE son.'
Nowhere can the industrious farmer secure stichdm:,
mediate results for his labor as upon these prairie sells,
they being composed of a. deep, rich loam, the fertility
of which is unsurpasserhlay any, oh timglohe.
• ••
• 'l'o'./LOTITAt CULTeirATOBS,
Since 1854, 'the Company have scildl.l,Boo—,ooo acres;
They sell only to actual cultivators,. and every contract
contains an agreement to cultivate. The road .has.
been constructed through these lands at an expense or
$30,000;000. In 1850, the population .o the forty-nine ,
counties 31tronghz which it : ; passes oas, aids - ,885,5 88 ;
since which 4/ii,20,8 hay,b bean added . , ,usaking the
whole population. 814,881-ra gain of I.4B.l#cent
. .
NVIDENCES OF PROOPARITY.,
As. an evidence of the ttirift;otthe people, It may be
stated that 609,090 tons of freight, Mr:haling 4',600,000
bushels of grain and 250,000 batrola of floor, vrere for
warded over the line last year.
• EDUCATION:
~‘Xechtatics and workingmen All Ilnd the. free school
i system encouraged by the State,. and endowed
,:tvith
large revenue for the support of schools:. 'their chil
dren calf live in sight of the'cluxrch and 'schoolhouse,
1 and grow uP with the pre*eritt ethe leddineStifian
the GreUtoWestern Empire; •
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices or these Maas vary, from $6 fin $25 per
acre, according location; quality; &o .First:ClM4
farming lands sell for abontlflo or Sl2 per acre:; and
thorslative expense of subduing prairie land. , as coma .
pared with. womd land is is the, ratio of 1 toio in favor
of the former. , The terms of sale far the bulk of ttictie
lands will be t-
.
ONE TEAR'S MEREST .&DVANCE.
. ,
at ifs Percent4eannuni; and siirinteiestitiotes at tit
per cent i,payable in one, two, three, four,: i five end
Oa years from date of sale ; and Sour notes for princi
pal, payable in j four, five, six and_ seven years from
date or- sale ; the contract stipulating - that otie-tenth of
the' tract pnichased ha fenced and cultivated,.
I each -'and every - ymtr for ft* years from the day 4),.t
sale, so' that atitte end of five, years, one-half shall.
be fenced and ender cultivation. ,
7 1 , sTimmt.,, Laud Commissiqier, :
CHICAGO, IT,LINOIS.
OIL AND LEATHER STORE";
D..KIRKPATRIPK & SONS,
No. M. South•ThirkSkipet,
BETWEEN MLR= AIM OWESTNUT STREETS, PUBATAFiIP, •
Have for Say.
SPANISH AID GREEN SLAUGttimit FADES, ALCUT-i
TA AND PATNA KIPS, TANNERS' 011,..104 - AT
THE LOWEST PRICES , AND,UPON -
THE BEST TERNS.
4 AU kinde of Leather in 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'eoliil,
Liberal Cash Advances. -made • osi .Leather tonslgned
to Ea. , , ; ' jan24l-13,
113 A• R. -R.. A, .T
Effervescent
.41PIRIERM
This valuable-andpopularldedicinelfts universally received
the most favorable recommendations of the, Medical
• Profedelon" and the ; VubliO se the most effi-.
cient and_agreeable
' A
Saline penenti . . -
It may be used with the best effeoidn ; .
BILIOUS AND FEBRILE-DISEASES„ .
COSTIVENESS, BIOKIHEADAOHE, NAUSEA
LOSS OF APPETITE, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY •
OF THE STOMACH, TORPIDITY; OF - TUE,LIVER,
GOUT, NHEUidATIO AFFECTIONS,. GB.AVEL;
••• AND All" COMPlAiffra.
A Gentle and Cooling Aperient or ,Purgative is
• - lloquired.
It is particularly adapted:to the wants of Travelers by Sea
;and LandAtesidents in Hot Climates,::Persom.of ;Sedentary
Habits, Invalids and Convalescents; -Captains of Vessels and
Planters will Snd it • a valuable ,addition to their Medicine'
Chests.
It is in thsform of SPoeder, carefully put up in bottles 4 to;
keep in any climate, and; nierely,,requirea water
poured npan it to prbdnce a delightful
effervescent beverage.
Numerous testimonials Ircild'ido asetonal and other gen-I,
tlemen of the highest standing,thronoout the country, and
its steadily iticreasing,Poptatitilowteseriesof years, stiong-',
ly gultrantee its efficacy and, valuable character, and corn
wend-It to the favorable notice qfpri-intelligent-public.
TAlinitANT'S
CORDIAL ELIXER
,TURKEY RHUBARB.:
This beautiful preparation,' from. the TRUE TURICEY•
RHUBARB, has the appzival and , sanction •,of many of Our
best Physicians as a valuable and favorite, ,
, * • '
Family Methein.e,
Ardis preferable to any other form. in Which Rhubarb is
affiniffistered, either for Adults or children, itbeing corn
binedln a manner to make Nat once palatable to
the taste and efficient in its operation
„-.• • - •
TARRANT'S'.
IMPROVED DiEl-IDL E;ANIC
FORMA.RILING LINEN, MUSLIN,. ETC.4has been:
pro 4 Sed; by'raany years'. exPeriencie, to be thg best, most per.'
manent and reliable prepanttion Over offered to the Public.
The 'superiority, of this article itliacNtiowledgedhy all, and
purchasers and dealers will find itrotheir Interest to give it
a preference over all similar preparations. ,
- Manufactured ottly by .
= • .• • .JOHN A. &
No. 278 Greenwich Et.i'afir: Warren Sty-Note:York.
And for sale by Druggists generally. .3ttn22.ly
li . SA: lid ON ; •
"FURL IS Et IN a UNDERTAICEE,
,
No. 60 Smithfieht Street, keeps. constantly on hand a large
aSsortment of Ready-Made iloffins ,- Metallio - 0116014- WOO l 4
-&c., of the latest styles. Personal services in all cases when
required, and no pains will be spared to give entiresatisfac
tiou, and relieve the friends'of the' raany unpleasant duties
necessarily connected with 4.11 e, preparations for burial, at
greatly reduced prices. Rooms open day aid it -Manses
and flarilaavafarniallart_ • • . v
•" • `•• , ' .
• ' jVi
GROWERS • CATTLE
can ii IMALEILSoI,:&O.
„Will the most complete easortmt of betus relating_tol
thf bo * diless diet fotuidin Mb' waildrat 0:31: gAz j
TON, BAItfCER 42 CO.'S Agricuitoraltritof*
Ti /Awe; 25 P,9,elt
nto. Noir 174r1r, P.m! for rtat.Tewn a .
„ _
WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
thelniblie:tolthe PIiIDADDLIIII4
nous'ekeepin&T.Ory Goods Store,
,
•where may be found - a large , saiortment bt ail kinds of Dry
Goods, ' - required.in . furnishing a Aortae, 111117 EU/Villg the
trouble tumally exiierienced'hi huntig stMli-articles; vs.-
1101314 plaCes. In consequence °P ens giving ouritpantion 'to
this kind of stock, to the .exclugion of dress and fancy goOds,
ire can guarantee our pikes an idyl& in be the Users,.
ble in the market. . •
IN LINE* GOODS,
eve are able to give perfectiatiefiction, being the Olekatte
-tablished Linen &wain the city, and having , been for, more
than twenty yeara regular importers from some of t 1 . s best
- inanufaCturers in Ireland . =; We offer, also,A large stock of
'FLANNELS -AND NIUSLINS,, , s , -
Alf the beat qualities, to „he obtained, and at the very lowest
'P
iced." Also, Blanket', ()nine, Sheeting% Tickings,'ThisnaidE
Table Cloths, and Napkins, Towelling, Id
.spog,, Nuckabacks,
Table and MEMO Covers, Damasks and liormoss; LaCe and
%fait° 'Curtains; lainities,r'lturnitare Altdutsw " Window..
Shadings, &c,, &c. .. 4OHN N. COVILL & SON,
- s.V. corner of Mast:Mt and Seienth-Sts.,
. spied: ...
...•
4it 0: L ' I' B R. Al - R-FQE 15- ' '. '
. , .
' 1 The American Sunday *hod- Union
• FOR DIDIrRIBLITkOIi.
Tb 4 *0 Sunday iiihorellicarii . o for i r liatribution ati ier
legoksbitOtiNtrarthei iatisivatatrastimmag;winy.to
cladziler: delivery °nand after, JulyllOth,lBoo. „. .
the Siniday #3-Chiso-6titittiqrte"thiisklitirariesr iire.ilialio
sidablished' ism Allegheny County,- pa.„. niece *arch Slit,
,1860. -
'''" •
n"Anplkonte ' ivill be retailed; to suNforildt fie.statements
ameame, hmation,- amislate, 41 orgema' ation of the §e,1491 ;
' and-Pikit' Oilicecduldram of SuPerintimilintio a,
muntlihrOfteachera and of
ire. attendenceratidAtioant
thir econtribtde.d for *port of Sclinol:'-' -.--
. ~_'-' '-'---,„
IlteatiOnable evidence, brankonirof emtlifibutionamanditan
.ftwins,_ 9T-tke letiMulonte Of,thetchool will be Tegghed
.4P41,4-- o:4l.lwrom
,V,1.;,‘ P,..': • ,i ' 7 . .1 ' i i.CII O:OE'AiTOVMW.t.IIIAPIIIN7
111Z20 , 13 ,
tr. 5.17 titt trecritiettnutti. ..
44 ninnEy o i l) RIGHT TO T
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INSTANT RELIEF!
STOP YOUR COUGR
rtrurrf-TOIIW BREATH !
I
- STRENGTHEN :00R VOICE;
MO .4111Ljtelti, jilkAT • 9
CARIkeAr
CONFECTIONS,
GOO)) FOR etERGIMBNO
GOOD FOR
'4ooli 'FOR Yth3LIO SPE AIVRRS,
GOOD F.OR SINGERS,
GOOD IFOR=CONSUMPTIVES
EIS
GENTLEMEN CAMAY
!SPAI.,E O IN - O'S
THROAT COMMONS.
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SPAMIDIN'G'S
,graar.- • .
ThMOAT CONFECIIIONS.
MICE
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OriffAMEN, CRY I?QB
spALDtwq's
INIE
fain ctotrioNs.
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Tiseff relieve a Coughinstantly.
They blear OierThioit.
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They give:stmigthz - aud. volume le the voice.
aelielo ue-ar'a i ma sta the breath.
They.a e aelighentleAlre taste
They are made of simple herbs and calsnot harm
any one
. -
elrely - one who bßs ft Cough , or 31asky Voice,
or a ileetAfireath, , _er:;enyAlthoulty - of the Throat, to ge
a package of my Timid Confections relieve you
Azustatitli; sud Yotiitill agree *itl; " they go tie,
spot.*;..lToa 'will find theta4ori XuoemA.sis t d pl e asant
VAle , travellang or attertding,zsOrtp
,meeting% . for stilling
youreough. or saillyillg yourthirst. If yotr. try one woke%
iltuVeare afterwards
them indispeumtile. You .m4l.ll4,thetit - at the Drum,
iitliaeitrano
IMO 101,TY-AVE. MITS.
=
co 444 .("ilk paoksge.,-41,1 others are
be 'sent 1)y. mivaid, on receipt rt
cents, ; , ;
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