trAit getitts. VILE HISTInt Vits 'ERIE COUNTY, PENN SYLVANIA. By •Laura 'G. &Word. Phils delphial if. W. • pp ß incou .j' Co. Pp. 847. EEO , . This .hpaltrlest dtimirable history of an impor %apt • etienl On .9)15,44/Ater ppepared by-a -meet 'competentiand. Every family of that county, 'or which has ever resided there, should have a loopy. Vticontitins itu11.04.14),:0f Erie County, 'bf Ike 'towns, villages, townships, and prinoi kPal inagrciveniegts, from its earliest aettlfakent. to Ithe present time.- 'The 'historibal, geological, military, comonarcial, biographical, lit erary, and ecclesiastical statements are remark -ably full and patisfaetory. We can scarcely •think.titanifeatiute;that hatobeen•neglected, nor can 'We 'notice any thing that might have been 'bmitted Without impairing the value of the work. 'Grant attentibn has been given to the matter 'bf 'dill% did personal reminiscences. The book is 'dntbeUiehOd'ivith portraits pf leading citizens of loiyaor tithes We_could wish that every county had'' eutth: a historian ,as.Laurs. G Brintlfdrd. tkOBMS:: 'lll7 . Arrenronnampa r Ann OMER By " T.H. Stockton, •Chaplain to Con ogees's. Philadelphia : William S. 4.. Alfred 411f6rtien. Pittsburgh: Robert S. Dams. Pp. '821: 1 1862. ' . these poems, tales, and personal account, 'there is much beauty of style and gracefulness of imagery, while the sentiment is pure and elevat ing. Witn,l ll /640i:ipereaw!end IpriMshing of Mr. Stockton wertqamiliar to easy in fanner years, Will'he delighted to have this compilation of 'his phemS,. and sonie• of his other Writings, ex tending through period et - thirty-five years. Atipresent.heis , sealously soon acckaptrrbly Milug the.office btOimplesin to the Howie of Represen ttathes in.the National Congress. 'Their4elikine is - handsomely ,printed, ty . Dirle k y, Hoppin, and,others. HALODIES POR CHILDHOOD. Philadelphia: ff r foffpns. ..44frect Martian. Pp. 809. 1862. ,thiuje the.beet oolleetioq of -ballade for, ail don we t have over seen.„ -Every -family -of ehil then will be made happier by the iposeessiOn. of .this delightful little -volume. For wale is Tittibusgh try .Robert 'S. Davit, Wood Street. NOTlfiliii i o 4 o:l l lT. )3y.-W. ;•Willia; Mithor of Isife'o,goreshadownigs." Pp. 166. New , ork; Ifarperlt B7V4ers. Pittsburgh: Robert 8. Daiie. 1861. 'THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HIS SON. A Narrative of :Events which •Occurred during the Thirty Years"`War. Designed for Chris tian Families. By .Rev. K. H. Cospari. Translated from the Third - Edition of the ; Pp., 216. Philadelphia: Lutheran :Board of rubiication. Pittsburgh; Robeit This is one'of those'histories of German piety and faith which, in their own'touching and sim ple way, move , our hearts,andAraw us nearer to 410. - . ;BLACKWOOD% MAGAZINE, for December, itsoibeetvreeeived. ••The contents are.: Captain Clutterbuclesiehampagnel A West Indialiterain iscence—Part 1114, Augustus Welby Pugin; Chronicles of Carlingford ; The Doctor's Family .—Part III.; Wassail: A Christmas Story—Part I.; Wtseil - fro*"a; Kee , pieti6,n9.a—Flunkey sm.; Fechter,in gimlet and Othello ; A, Month with the Rebels'; Some Account of Both Sides , of the American War: lin the last two articles 'the Rebell; of the South are Niewedmorelltvora 'bly that, 4 t 3, ,TkesyfiapAiee:or-113ack 'Wood' artribicidedlirreitiCSlicesskm: Republished by Leonard Seoul- 0b,,49 , Fu1t0n Street, New-Fork. .s3.ooiper annum. For sale in Pittsburgh iby Ilenry Miner. • The four .great English Reviews, and Blidkwood, for $lO per •annum. THeAtiAPT-itillii 4 RE4o.llttt, • for ifiumarY, ,has two.we,mo4llAlN:tigoF4l4..B4lllFran- Itiont, by Roo- .'Sangiggi 5P4144{41114180Ai.°118 :Orolo4, iby,ltev. John ; jar Or ales. Christian ExpoillitokiitAlffiWife of Jonathan'' Edwards. In the year 1742 this eminently godly lady sought and obtained what she called! the full assurance of faith ; and she gives her experience in the following-glowing words : " I cannot 'find language to express how 'certain the everlasting love of God ap peared ; the everlasting mountains and hills were but shadows to it. My safety and happiness, and eternal enjoyment of God's immutable love, seemed as durable and unchangeable as Godilaiinselt 'And. overcome_by the, sweetness of this as; ; Koonce, I fell into great fiow of. tears, and could not forbear weeping aloud: The presence of God was _so near, and so real,' that I scarcely seemed conscious of any thing -else. I seemed to be taken under the care: ,and , charge of tanyi God and; Saviour in an expressibly endearing man-; tner. 'The peace and happiness which hereafter felt were altogether in'expressible., The whole world, with all its enjoyments' and all its troubles, seemed to he nothing ;' my God was., my,ell.,and , _only . portion. No possible suffering appealed to be worth regarding.; all> persecutions and torments were a mere nothing.- • "At night, my ;soul:seemed to be filled. with an inexpressibly. sweet-and pure love to God, and to the childreh of God; with a refreshing consolation and solace of soul, which made me willing to lie on the earth at the feet of the servants of God, to: declare Iti&graciaue-dealings with me, and to ,breath& Wore! them, my dove, and grati tude, and praise. " All night I continued in a constant, clear, and lively sense of the heavenly sweetness .of Christ's excellent and love, of MS -nearness. to-me ;'and of my nearness to hire,- with an inexpres sibly sweet &renege of soul in an 'entire: rest:in him. I seemed to myself to per - naive , a -flow of ~ Divine love. come down from the heart of Christ in heaven into my, heart in a eonstiint'llewing and :irefloWing df heavenly and . Diyine love from Christ's mine; heart to arid 'I appeared to myself to" float or-swim 4 4 Apse bright,' sweet-beams Of the loie of Milt., like the moats swile ming in the beams "of the sun. My soul wematned in a hearvattly elysium. I think wrhat I felt each reinute, during the con atinuence of the whole time,-was worth more 'thin . all -the- outward _comfort' and tpleasureAvitich,4 14 _enjoyed .in my life iput together. . It.vaia a pure delight which !fed sad satiefied nyjout. It was a sweet mess which' my soul was loat, "In the hens° WOO, so conscious was Oflthe 09,41 4 presence, of the Holy Spirit, that I cep*.,Kareely.refrain from leapidg ‘witttliniktkOfloy- My so . * was filled .averwiyilmed'ar* light, andloVe, and _ jjoy in. 'the Rely (host, and. seemed just ready" to go - amyd/144 the body. Ihad, in 'the Ineautisine, an overwhelming sense of 'the was even sweeter than whatisseeedett -it. My mind re mained so Jimoh it a similar frame for more thantrewelt that; could' never • lthinlr of it 4 waheakr inexpressible sweet , ineSS 311 My 410Itti:" A, t4i. - tJA:weriLite \fag Ladies: ,1-3;40 not disna* your habits of ' study 'opiktkyou cosset(' attend school. That is- often a hazarobas oue.io the his rtAFY of a ioing lady. If she has gabaed AptinetWe i tkire, without hbve of, iktiowletge, her: improveineitt.keasee with rtheesiOttotrient thKt suet:time& it: If a Agent loviluiese for enieusive4rese Jul was oriegiea her period of classical'education, she wp rush into them with an eagerness propor tioned to hertprevious restraint. - Sati4fied with paq, honors, and. believing:tbak, A she " . has 'alre'ady attained, and is alreadiper ct," shVe i lumbers at her post, and n a few perceives those outstripping her, 'whose ,talents she once held in contempt. E,veyx young lady who, at leaving school„ enteitfains a clear and comfortable convic tiod that she has .finished her education, should recollect the reproof the venerable Dr. Rush to a young physician, who spoke of the time when 'he finishedthis studies, " When you finished *our studies! Why you Must be a happy man to have finished so young. Ido not expect to finish mine so long as I live." There is an affecting lesson in the death of that philosopher, who after it, was supposed that breath bad forsaken him faintly raised his head, to listen to some improving conversation that was conducted in his 'chamber, and even drew the , curtain, saying, " I shaall be most happy to die learning sontethingc."—.llb:s. Sigourney. Calico Dresses. Calico dresses are grand institutions. Delaines, ailks, and even satins, are good enough in their ,place in the 'parlor or bandbox, and all such; but after all, the old "stand-by," the substantial, is smiling calieo. Care must be taken not to soil.the silk; nothing mast come in contact_ with the . nicesdvacss thauriki"mple opsit4Cru l it. ButAticflijko Aiiide ( torgy . olik:444l.4ls4be hifilittuatsfy,Abiliby rdbegeiCfnifillith ntis sion," Sik` rarely finds. its wag' intm3he realitiiiMi;lifil-Ahatl44.l . 4o3lfhetilfitchen at home,. orithephut of , theenefferer; abroad. Bast !Oh. !i i vhytr rittlk ins,* Ayr •ot, ,, ty it, I. h;we, it .41,6* 4444044 41, *A its brights colors -41td.-elieerful presence it Tootoi:106 , 00•0.3)e always more , ready. andi ,gi l ve; Ito wilts:o*AVlt 4:4..clAricoefof,_cir:ollr nd4 1 0,!04 1 * tliOtiipqr•ollr dress PP ' 4l4 oer changed our tialEtrns,nd reseA WOO 'Use and Nit - Maly 'things; out silk dresses to be seen near enough to that poor workman to give him assistance, or drib bling into a dirty hut? No,.never! Cal ico might do it—silk, its just impossible.? But'when, in addition to all, calico conies in rosy with the exercise of kitchen duties, which it knows how to do so well, and loves to do so dearly, and sits down at the piano or melodian,.and makes the liquid melody flow sweetly forth—aye, even blending its MI, sweet voice with, the music of the . in strument', then do we appreciate and admire calico.--116Yourrilay Evening Post. Pin piney. The• originof " pin money" was as fol lows : Toward the close of the fifteenth„ century, an epoch that marks a transition style in the dress -of ladies, pins were looked upon with great favor as-New-Year's gifts. They displaced the old wooden skewer, previously used to fasten ladies' -dresses, which no effort , of skill, o burnish lug of embellishment, could convert into a slight appendage. Pins, in that simple age of.the world, were :luxuries of high price, and the gift was frequently com- pounded for in money,: an allowance that became so necessary to the want of ladies of iquality, that it resolved itself at last into a regular stipend, very properly called "pin money'—N. - Y. Ledger. Howie Obtain the Genuine Flavor of ' Coffee Knighton'.s " Foreign Life in Ceylon'" furnishes the following hints derive` d: , Tong experience, for preparing coffee. The aroma which resides in the essential oil of the coffee-berry..is gradually dissipated after roasting, and, of course, still more so, after being ground. In , order to enjoy the fall flavor in perfection, the berry should pees .at once from the roasting-pan to the and thence to the coffe-pot ; and again, after having been made, should be mixed, when• almost at -boiling-heat, with the hot milk. It must be very bad *Fee, indeed, whieh," these - precautions being folloived will not afford an agreeable and exhilarating drink. Ifor t4ling. The Good Shepherd. 'Neath the shadow of a rock, 'Midst the pastures fresh and green, ,See, a shUpherd leads his flock To the cool and quiellistreara. Wen the-`sheephe down to rest, Watchful is their shepherd's eye, Lest the hungry wolf molest, Or the treaeh'rous thief draw nigh So the Saviour guards his lambs, Folds them to his loving breast; Gently leads his faithful ones - Till they.gsin the promised rest. Little children, while yOu may. Listen to your Shepherd's voice; whe'tlAke hig fold iheiv (Mee ; ipe4iii4y'=edeli - bi(tertpar, Tititlietri ibilislildi . above sieVio enteithere. ;4 4 ,1 spintiops. ..try;rfor the*hole:offztoolay, To do what they bid merand ~tnind.-Avrhat And, even,Thefore• Ithrep cau*sar.wkat-Ithey want,- I'llAmAthi*ghtf3tl-t&de it ) t. and, - not skyi• , s ' I‘ , l ' arty..vme*saesi,lc.willtnot .11e2onollsi t Norldrnsounithingto4l4Kiip.p4 7.l,:beiatlik loss ; I 964.7#W44: 11 WWW- 4 knon&l'lAVltialVY brother dear uipther. I will norbe'ldle:at leAseti's Of' - - Nor disturb busy people wltirquestions and toile; To be earnest in.brudness, merry.at play) Is the way to go happily - through the whole day. Now, if I can keep molatione,like these, It will make me more happy and good, and will please Not my parents aloud but that Father above, Who delighteth in goodness • and, kindness, and love. ".The Bible in my. Trunk." A few evenings ago, I was prrent, at a teaAable, where the conversation turned upon praying " before folks ;" some of the party contending that where two travellers chanced to lodge in the same room for a • night, it would look Pharisaical for one or the other, to kneel ;lowa and "say prayers" in the presence of the `other; while the,other party - defended the prolvi. etY of it,'andi asserted it to he a 'duty. As an illustration, as %incident' - wag related, where two'members of nail church—at homei good enough men in their neighbors' es teem—both got into bed prayerless, for fear of praying before the other's "be. This conversation, which* was very interesting,* oAndz in the course of which, many Striking! ilk - 46110m were brought up to prom thti: healthy t example of never neglecting prayfr; - Itect4glittister itresetitto, relate the,folleiv.! ing anecdote, which we' think worthy of preservation ; and perhaps it may de some good,: " VMS oyormg man," said the minister,'"'l was a elirk in Boston. Two of my 'room=mates at my boarding-house were also clerks, about 'my own age, which was eiLghteen. The first Sabbath morning, during the three or four long hours that elapsed fbr getting up, to bell-ringing for &Ml+, I felt a secret desire to get a Bible, which my, mother had given me, out of my trunk, and read in it. But I was afraid to , do so before my room-mates, who were read ing some miscellaneous books. At length my conscience got the mastery, and , I rose up, and went to nay trunk. J. had half-raised it, when the thought occurred to me that it might look like over-sanctity, and Phari saical; so . I shut my trunk, and returned to the window. For twenty minutes I was miserably ill at ease. I felt I was• doing wrong. I started a • second time for my trunk, and had my hand upon the little Bible, when the fear df being laughed at conquered the better emotion, and I again dropped the top of the trunk. As I turn;. ed away from it, one of my two room-matcs, who observed my irresolute'movements, said, laughingly :-- " I say, -----, what's the matter ? You seem as restless as a weathercock ? ' "I replied by laughing in my turn - and then, conceiving the truth' to be the 'best, frankly . told'. them both what was the matter. . "To my surprise and -delight they both averred thattheyhid - Bibles in their trunks, and both had:been secretly wishing to read in them, but, were-afraid to , take. them out, lest I should laugh at them. "'Then,' said I, let us agree to -read 'them every Sabbath, and we shall have`the laugh all on one side.' "'TA thib there' was hearty.resPqnseiand the next moment the three Bibles were out ; and. I assure you we all 'felt, ,happiex at that day, for-reading=in them-that morn ing. " The following - Sabbath, ' about ' ten o'clock, while we were each reading our Chapters, two, of our fellow-boarders from another room came in.• When they saw how we were engagedi they stared, and then exclaimed : " 4 What is all this ? A conventicle?' " 1.0 . reply, I related to them exactly how the matter stood : my struggle to. get my Bible from my trunk, and he* we three, having found we had, all been afraid of each other without cause, had now agreed to read every Sabbath. "'Not a bad idea,' answered one of them. You have more courage than have. I have a Bible, too, butihaveot Waked into it since I have be 4i en in Bostoal :But, read it after this, since you have broken the ice.'. (4 The other then asked one of us:to read aloud, and both sat and quietly listened.till the bell rang for church. "Than evening we three •in• the same room.agreed to have a chapter read every night, by one or , the other of - us, at nine o'clock; and we religiously adhered to. our purpose. A few evenings ,a.fter this reso lutiontfour. or Eve of the boarders (for there were sixteen clerks boarding in the house) happened to be in our room stalking, when the nine o'clock bell rang. One of my roam-mates, looking at me, opened the Bible. The others looked inquiringly. I then ex plained our custom. " We'll all stay and listen,' they said, almost,unanimously. " The result was that, without an excep tion, every one of =the sixteen clerks spent his Sabbath morning in reading in the ,Bible, and the moral effect upon our house hold was of the highest character. I re late this incident," concluded the minister, " to show what influence one person, even a youth, may exert for evil or good. No man Should-ever be afraid to' do his duty' A hundred hearts may throb -to act right, that Only await a leader. I forgot to add that we were all called the 'Bible elerksl! .All these youths are now useful and Cling, tian men, and more than one is laboring in the ministry.—Bible Class 'Magazine 1" istellatteons. What is a Year What is a year? ' Tis but a wave On life's dark rolling stream, Which,is so quickly gone that we Account it but a dream. ''T is but a single earnest throb, Of Time's old iron heart, - Which tireless is, and strong as when It first with life did start. What is a years? 'T is but:alum Of Time's old brazen wheel, Or;but a page upon the book Which death must shortly,seal. is hut a step upon the road Which we must travel o'er; A few more steps. and we shall• walk Life's weary rounds no more. Flom HaW w=toik. Health Soldiers' Health. 1. Xn any - ordinary' 'campaign, ,sickness disables or destroys three times as many as the sword. 2. Never lie or sit . down - on the grass or bare earth for a in oment; rather use your hat—a handkerchief even, is a:great pro tection. The wanner you are th,e greater need for this precaution as a ilmp vapor is immediately generated, to be absorbed by the clothing, and to cool you off too rap idly. , 8. While marching, or on other active duty, the more thirsty you are, the more essential is it to safety of life itself, to rinse bit he mouth two 'or three4,6les, and then take a swallow of water at a time, with shoit intervals. A brave French General, on a forced march, fell dead on the instant, by drinking largely of cold water, when snow was on Anground. 4. Ablindant'sleeri Is essential to bodily effibiency, and to that alertness of mind which is all-important in an engagement;; and feww, things more certainly and ef fectually prevent sound sleep than eating heartily after sun -down, especially` after a heavy march or desporate battle. 5. Nothing is more certain:to secure' en durance and capability ; of continued effort, than the avoidance. of ,everything as a drink except cold water, not excluding coffee at breaklast. Prink. even cold water' very slowly. 6. Never go to sleep, especially ifteri great effort, even in hot weather,. without some covering over you. 7. Under, all circumstances, rather than' lie down on the bare ground, lie in the-hol low. of two logs placed together, or across several smaller pieces of wood, laid side by side; or sit on your" hat, leaning 'against a tree. A .nap of ten or fifteeri l ' minutes in that position will refresh you more than an hour on the bare earth, with the additional advantages of perfect safety. 8. A. cut is less dangerous than a bullet wound, and-heals mere rapidly. - 9. If from any wound the blood spirts out in jets,. instead of a steady stream, you will die in a few minutes unless it is reme died ; because an artery has been divided, and that takes the blood diredt Train the fountain of life. - Tastop this instantly,tie a handkerchief or other cloth verYloosely BETWEEN!! the wound and heart; put a stick, bayonet, or ramrod betweenthe skin and the handkerchief and twist: it around until the bleeding ceases and it thus ;until the'surgeon arrives. 10.. ,theldoodflowsdn a slow-regular 50 stream, 'a 'vein 'has been pierced, and the handkerchief must 'be on the other side of the wound from' the heart • that is, below the wound. • :11. ; -Keep' the hair of the • head .closely Out; say within an inch and a , half of the scalp in every part, repeated on the first of each m6nth,, and wash ;the 'whole scalp plentifully in cold water everymoping.. Wear woolen stockings. and--eaapfit ting shoes, , keeping-the toe and finger-nails always ;but moderately close. 1.3;1t is more important to wash the feet• well every night. than to wash the face and hands -of mornings; ,because it aids to keep the-skin and nails soft, and to Fprevent *icings, blisters, and corns, all of which *greatly interfere,with,a soldier's duty. The' most universally safe ,position, after all .stunnings, hurts, and wounds, is Mat ofsbeing plabed the back, the head being elevated Ithree or four =inches only; aiding mere, than any ,onb' thing else can do; ,to -.equalize, and. restore the proper cir culation of the blood. - nlls.:Thetgreateet physical kindness you can show !a, 'severely-wounded comrade. is first to place him on-his-back, and then run with all your . ,, might : fnr some water to drink; net a second ought to be lost. `let. if Wet 'te.the skin by rain or by swimming rivers keep in motion .until, the clothes are dried ; and no harm will result. 17. Whenever it is possible, do, by all means,yr, en yon- 'have o use water or cooking or :drinkiug, from ponds' or slug ed.& streams , boil it well, and when cool, shake it, 'or stir it, so that the oxygen of the air,,shall.zet to, it, which greatly im proves it for drinking. . ,. This boiling ar rests the process' of 'fermentation which (tribes trom..the presence of organier and in organic impurities, thus tending to prevent elidlerViind.` 'all `liO*4l :diseases. If there is no time for' boiling at least strain it through a cloth, even. it you have.to use a shirt or, trowser-leg. Sel!mted frog' the New- rork.Times OHRONOLOOfOAIpitECORD OE - THE 'LEADING INCIDENTS OF VIE WAR At this,season—the close of the•year--a edeuroketthe principal events that have oc curred during the, past twelve months will be read with interest. No one can.say that the record is dullor nninstructive. CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR. 1860. De0..20. Seoossion of S6uth Caraiipa. Die. 30. Arsenals in South Carolinarseized by State troops. .Fort Pulaski Savannah ~taken by order of the Geverner of-Georgia. Jan. 4. National - Past.—The United States —arsenal at Mobile itaken by the local troop Jan., S. ' North ciarolina forts seized; the State , Jan. 9. The Star of the West, endeavoring to enter- . Charleston:-Harbor, was fired ~: u pon ffrcon Alorris-Jitiand • and;Tort 31oultrie, and Compelled to return. Jan., JO: 'Arsenals and forts of Lcaiisiatta .seiaed by . tir State Government.—Se ,cession of Miasissippl—Secession of - - Jan. 11. Secession of 'Alabama. '. Jan. 13. Palau°lit navy-yard seized by _se , cestionista. Jan. 19.' Secession of Georgia. • Jan. 21. Withdrawal of the Alabama Mis- sissifpi and Florida 'Delegationi from Waehing,ton. Jan. 25. Secession of .Louisiana. Feb: :1. Secessioi - of Texas Feb.! 4. Assembling of the Peace.,Conven ' tion at Washington.—Organization of -the Southern Convention at Mout Peb. & The Montgomery Convention adopt -the Constitution of the United States - for the l!toyiiionalGovernrnent of the " Confederate States of America," with light'alterations. Feb. 9. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, eleetedPresident, and A. H. Stephens, of Gebrgia, Vice-PreAdent . of the Southern Confederacy, by a unanimous vote.-4 Arkansas arsenals "seized bkthe State Government Feb- 18. Defe,at Of secession in Missouri. Ebb. 28. President Davis vetoes the, bill legilizing the Africa.n Slave-Trade. Leh 4. Inauguration of President •Lin- coin. - Ataioh 20. , Secession of Arkansas April 3. Great preparations : commenced in the Northern navy yards. April 11. Demand. made byßeauregard for the naconditieriai surrender of Fort Sumpter. • April 12. The Charleston hatteries,open on Sumpter. , .4ril 13. Surrender of Sumpter. - April 15. 'The President issues his•Proola for 75,000 million 5 volunteers. April 16. ,Fort Pickens reinforeabT,Col. Browes,,P_Mmanfl• APtil 10. R The Massachusetts Sixth Regi xnent attacked in ‘ BaltiMore, by a mob 2 and severAl of its,inemliers killed. *yell 20. Burning of the Gosport navy yark including three ships-of-the-line, three r frigates, two sloops and a-brig, mounting over 400 guns. Avail 25: Virginia joins' the Confederate `Statejl., April :279Twentpone thousand , National troop iin Washington. May 3. The President issues a Proclarna- Lion icalling for more troops to serve - for three years, and directing the in crease of the Rez,nlar army anti the enliatment of additional seamen. May 12.. , ,Resumption of the interrupted communication with Washington via `Balknore.--Baltimore occupiedbyFed oral .Iroops.—Anti-Secession Conven- -ben in Western Virginia. May 22. The seat of the rebel Government transferred ";to Riehmqnd. May. 24 WdVanee of the TJnion Aritinto "Virginia.- 7 Assassination of 661:;:mas- worth. May A.,OVenpation of 'Newpcirt*News by GreL : .Builer. .iliuke,g, z at l ion victory at Phillippa, West ern 'Virginia. , June 3. Beauregard arrives at `Manassss Junction. June. 10. , :,Affair at 'Big Bethel. June 17 , ;Suenessful engagement with the , . . _ _ rebels at Booneville, Mo. July 2. Ouncessful engagement of General , 'Patterson's column near. Martinsburgh. July 4. Meeting of • Congress. July 5. ,uccessial. engagement •at Brier' Forks,Mo., between the troops under, Siegel and the rebels under Governor Jackson and;Baines. July 11.. Defect of Pegrain by' McClellan: at Rich Mount, Ta.--Surrender of the! entAiurebel force. - ' July 1.4./. r Pugagement at. Carrick's Ford = Dethatand death of the "rebel General' GAM!' ,July ;164..;Adkauce of, the. army of-the Po . ton*. • July 21: Tattl4o4, pin .4un July 25, .Ariiiir!"ol: Gen. McClellan inf Washington,, to take command of 6.4 - army of the Potomac. Aug. 7. Hampton burned- by the' rebels. Aug. 10. Battle 'ofWilion's Greek, near' Springfield.,--Deathlop.Gen: Lyon: 'Aug: 28. ,capturi * ...thb Hatteras Inlet'Forii, by the expedition- under COM= • modoruStringham and Gen. Butler: Aug. 30. 'Gen. Fremont issue§ a Preclude.: tion• confiacating the sieves of the rebels. Sept. 6. :The ' Confederate advance Into Ke'ntkieki:!--Gen.. Grant, with:Maim. al, troops, takes.posnesaion of PadtiCah, Kentucky, Sept 10. 'Defeat of #l..oird, near Galley RiVer. Sept. 11. The Kentucky Legislature - pass a resolution ordering rebel troops , to leave the State. Sept. 20. Surrender 'of Col. Mulligan', at Lexington, Mo. Sept. 25. Occupation of Romney, 'Western Virginia, by National troops. Oct. 8. Attack of rebels on' Santa' Rosa Island, ..and repilse by regulars and Wilson's , Zouaves. Oct. 11. Naval. collision between rebel gun • boats and National vessels at the head of the Mississippi passea; Oet. 21. Part of Gen. Stone's Divialnn cross the Potomac at Ball's Bluff, and after severe fighting are driven back, with great loss, by the enemy.—On this occasion Gen. Baker fell.—Engage ment near Frederiekstown, MO., and defeat of, rebels under Jeff. Thompson. Oct. 26. Brilliant success of National troops under Gen. 'Kelly, at Romney. Oct. 31. Retirement of General Scott.— den McClellan. appointed Commander in-Chief. - Nov. 2. Removal of Gen. Fremont from- command in the West. - Nov. 7. 'Engagement at Belmopt, Mo.— Bombardment and capture of the'forts at - Port Royal.—Entrance by :United States squadron. Nov. 8 Capture of the rebel Commission , ers Slidell and Mason, on tbe 'British mail steamer ,2'2:ent, -by the ,United States war sloop San Jacinto. Nov. 20. Disbanding of rebel troops in Ae-, comae and NorthaixtptOre Counties: Va. -=-Return of the population to - their allegiance. Nov. 23. Bombardment of the rebel bat teries by Fort Pickens and the ,ships of-war Niagara Dee. 2. '-.Meeting of ConA•reas, Dec. 4. Occupation, of Shily'llarid% by Na tional troops. , Dec.;6. -Occupation.; ,13eainfort, S. C., by the National• troops:.; Dec. 11. Great -.fire :at Gliarleston.Loss - es .tiniated at17;000;000: Dec. 12: 63614460 n of Tybeeby Nationahtroops: Dec: 13. ;Engagement at Alleghanr UaniN Pocahontas County, Va. Dec. 16: Threatened war bet Ween the United, States and Great Britain. bee.lB.- Large , bodies of, rebels ;dispersed by Gen. Pope, in Missouri.--Capture of 'a rebel camp withyl,3oo4iisoners. —Gallant affair'at'Dramesville —'Re= treat ,of ,the enemy. Dec. 20. Sixteen old., whalers :sunk by the • National forcesiat themonthof Charles towharbor. Dec'.'2s. Retreat of the rebel Geri;Price. Dec. 28. Adjustment of the. Mason. Slidell difficulty.--Suspension of specie pay ments in New-York. Dec. 30. `Delivery' 'of the rebel Commis sieners, Mason, and 'Slidell, , the British. - CHRONOLOGY OF'MERRLOOKADE. April 19. Presidential proelamatiorvauthor izing-the blockade: April 27. Sepplementary.preelamation an - rimming the'bleekade' of ‘North Caro- Virginia .May, 9. .331oekide ,a,,Qtadestp,n , by the • Niagara. , , May lb Pensaeola , blookaded: MaylB. Prizes arrive at Philidelphia.--7 Savannah blockaded. May 20. At this,date flag;shipS, ;with; nlbrankorrimodoresi . -tached, belong .to The= blookadiog nuadion. May 25 Blockade' of the - es= tablished: May 21. Mobile blookade,the Brooklyn blockading-off .the, Muth& of the Mis- June I.* At this date twelve- shiPS, two barks one brig and five,schooners had been captured by the blockading squadron. June 5. At this date the lifassaausetts.lo captured twenty 7 fivc. prizes- at the passes ~of the. Mississippi., junn26.,Blockade of Mississippi , Sound/ July L The Sumpter privateer runs the blockade at New-Orleans. July 4 . announced that thirty-seven men-of-war and: thirty-nine steam, gun hoam .are engaged in the blockading tiservice.—Blockade of Galveston estab lished.—Seven prizes taken' there, by the 'South Carolina between the 4th and fith of July. Aug. 4. Destruction of the rebel privateer Petrel ,by the, St. Latorenc,e. Aug. 28: Capture of the Hatteras forts by - the United States squadron. Sept: ; 14 'Destruction of thevivateer' ila4l:ty the United States - frigate Col ioraclo, off, Pensacola (harbor. Oct, 5. Great slaughter among the. enemy at:Hatteras, by the Akfiitieito's guns. Miibile is said to'lie,thoroughly blockaded. Oct 1.1 Bscape of the Th eodora. from - Charleston harbor. :with Mason and Slidell , on :board.—A' repel squadron; under'` Hollins, engages Nation fleet -at "the head of ,the passes, and isdriyen off. Nov. 7. ,Capture the United States squadiou of the harts at, 'Pert. Royal * on,t4ine.-7-Destruction Off Gali - eston of the,privateer Royal Yacht y the Santee frig4te. Nov. 9. Capture of Mason and , Slitell by ` • the &n Jacinto. , • N0v.19. American, ship Harv ey 'Birch burned at sea.hy the - pirate',Xcishville. Dec. 1. The- Secretary of the-Navy, reports that 160 prizes , have been captured • since the commencement of the 'Week ade by 43 vessels of the.squadron. Dec. 20. Sixteen vessels sunk ut,th.e inouth of Charleston-harbor. ENCOURAGING Simm.- - Frorn, the address of William Watson, Esq.,-Senior Secretary of the London Sunday School Union, at the Evangelical'Allianceineeting at Geneva, in September last, we extract the , fidlowing It may be well . to answer the inquiry, What have been'the benefits arising from these institutions ; (Sunday. Schools), which now comprise more than three millions of the youth of the -United- Kingdom of Great Britain-and- Ireland ? If this inquiry were addressed to our statesmen, they would refer to the increased intelligence of the people at largh- - --to the ramelioration - of their habits.; and.they would, declare that it i s to 'the. extended influence, of, Sunday .schools -amongst our largnmanufacturing population in the counties of York and Lancaster especially, that, we owe the ,preservation of the public peace- during seasons of (great distress and, political com motion. But if the inquiry is addreised to the Christian, he willgo-astep further; he gtatefully acknowledge allithe , bepefits to' which the statesmen has referred; but he will,also point to churches replenished With meinbers; to pulpits. supplied with ifaithfta pastors ; to missionary stations oc ' cupied 'by devoted agents; to the dying beds ' of youthful disciples ; to homed ren *(iiilea happylly the. Gospel introduced by Sunday scholars On these _points it wpald be.easy to quote individual instances, did time permit. nt `But:soo general facts may be . mentioned: . From the schoolsin London connected with the SundaY Scheol Union 1 1 281 seholars joined - Christian eliureite,s during, the pad .year; while in one of these schoolsh42 of the scholars we thureh members. There are above Silt/APO:teachers in England and Wales ;probably, three-fourths of them haliebeen formerlYseholars' Mid , the larger ,proportion ef,them. .are Chnieb.sriens*ra. It is' not surprising, in the face of facts like' these, that tife s olsarch shouldllock with eipectation tcysiett a mean's of--'extending the•blessinga of the Gospel . ; that. pastors ‘shoulli 'be increasingly disposed to 'Otter these instittleiohat it should have been-thongt, desirable to melte them a 'special sitbject for consideratien at thiegen eral gathering of the Chriatiert'Clinrih. 'Noy - are very,.dear Brithitt Chriatians, whe,-laating enjoyeditheirWlvantagestheni selves, .rejoice to see .thein ,opening.their doors; to the youth of. the continentid•na tions—in Switzerland, Fiance, Gerll2lll4, Sweden',and even itussia,-.where-tey..have been recently, introduced, althqugh at present 'in , art , imperfect . form. • yes 00 10 11" .XI ,IMAM` / "JOHNSON, . - (Late:Bamoi & JormisO,Pri) Bole Manufacturer and Dealer ;In t h e fal°•4 ll4 . 47ff th roe , aidin ct •• kind" of Booting; let. Clum Blastic,Coment,en Pelt and Gravel Canvas B o oofmg. 241, Improved Felt, Cemt and Boog. 3d. Patent linglish-Asphaltive-Feltltooling. ALL Fire and Water. Proof; arid Wa f ft% • _ Booting Material foirMatelr 4 Witt printed instruottons or nai Oftleti at lliiha.W.3elnuicashlold arm , , „ - • 75 tintithileld-Wlet,,,Pittibtmo.-1,1144. - 4, •. r This . G 131454 MOST is ;unequalled bli Metal Roofs, Meting twicenB long, and'clietaie - paint; also as a paint to Prevent dampness in •Brick 'MGM WM. JOIChSON. n .1E DI 0 IifBjOA~RD". r, 0F..:, , . •EV,44.lLiwimalleviltagaske 4, OF THE Synods of PittSlOgli - and, Allegheny, ThivinAremoved their Book Boerne to RENSICA . PPS NW BBILDLING, Ifiti4s7.4Mand ;Streit, two'. doors: from liberty; take pleasurefAinfithig your attention to the annexed i cat., tilegue of d3kablia com Prised itoek; and ) hope , or a continuance of your pittronage. - JOBB Cuussmos; Librarian. P. G. BAXLEY, Treasurer.— . - Pittsburgh, April 1,1861. . • • LIST PUBuoropig. ,covia,ntk on, ?time? alt„4 or e at. the • BoOkßoOnas of the : 4 86d Of '067p0r;. , - age,, l 7o.•Board•of : All thalami" , of 'our own, viz.: tne•Praibite lIVA , I # O , rien PublicatioN as , Won s , l l 6they: COMP. 7fromiVA: good selection from It. Garter & Brother ; A 4 leton pp& Co.; Lippeucott & Co.; Scribner; ;14feltuni 11.44Brins4pldheldoni&'. 004 Martien Gould & Lincoln; American Tract Sciety ; Amer ican S. S .nion' Mistalchniii&WS:3.7trodiety. o Particular., at tention ,paid -filling orders An Sunday School Libraries! 1111411'401/ipiett) titOO'kelit on hand at all times. , &Pr VI: II;SING , OF pg.14.4T PEOPLE. CH.&RTES NO. 124 eiftiNfi STREET, ii N IIW • - • Will ptiblieh in 41‘ few Ways THIS REISARKMILETNAREH' CHSOXIK. The Uprising of> a , lareat TIIE-ITBITIMaSTATSB-IN 1881. By Gilgit de Gimparin.; .4. , granslatedi byltibta. t roop.? 1 vol., 12ni0., 75 ce • • 4. TIM Pio *York Times( sorrel"! it %%lie t t4oyough Intel lectual nunnery of the subject detertnines the quality : of the book,the maial siarnith iticlerna latent tirdukhlt (bitng ing at-tiro - ea into an' eloquence? which falrly-btaxney-takes itsPoweryrom, the•weight of liltfictch ciiid,tbefirce of, his logic. • There itlit bit trystmenf avo,tinfatinn, enition that' dairies With 'it hohlinanitorcit o mid - GeV-York .Peening /hit says: It Winn !Wiest book Which halt birin 44.4 1 Prie* , 4ginSVP ° 71'. ) .C•APP Igle e * '* * Remarkable for its intelligence, its insight; ' Its logic, and its,noblettess of purpose." , • Prom thik,4NewiTbrk'ls.ol 4o 4. l 4 4 . The antlion. thinks that 'woare.rising,:awaheOggi e.. 03 P#!5 4 . 9 011 8811 .M 8 . :***Pri4 l l. oor right in thotinte pinms,or 'vas ' TRlAL c—lina this work biiiinarritteiclnt few 'ago ) lt" 'Could Mot be more apt to"thetimeLtbazi.it • O. ak oleo pitblieh,,eatelEuiieidsi.: • LIFE' OF GENfitAL I WINfIEED I SCOPL 2,4 elleadlsy t - With-a-fine PO;tiiii on Ansel., 12trio. - 75 Conti: ' • ' This BiOgraPhy hifull and. iiithentio ; mrstarlailf for' it baying been derived from public documents and fro; many officers:l4o ;have servenAunder thli*orboilli be fonn akfat i tif4andrabi Oesetintion of the brilliant bat- C* " tiinin whch Scoiigm WHITE'LInug , DEPOT • • • " ' • LIBERTY MOM (rmatedidtely opPeitite imegaz-Yaid ;of CV,) PrrilimmEr; 444 - inieren , very iiiperlinoartiole 0f White. t' Lime can- be vhad in ;any nnantityrifrom:whaltdeekto a easload. ing by tile., SINGLE BABBEL. ONE. DOLLAR.;, but ..as our - Object hi to wlioleitalS, we sell by the quantity at' a , much leas eS,,t bi to ntiable , ratill sin to roako a handsOMnlkotit. t: :The Lima is Manideetureaty Ograte, Jy.-„A Co., at BI Dorado Lime Works, Blair County, Pa., and me warrant. it to b p , g reat,ly, superior,to louisidlleidtde; and to "geebtlater ai our Priess-tban the Graktilite is at the prickorat 'edit& it is sold,ini this niar,ket; our ,lime does riol, , preye ,sainsOfie tory,..sre obligate.oureelves In dray it _Deckand eliasere 15 Csideper" barrel: 'or 5 • csoitn4 per kasha for any 'Skiable' or ekpease;ineuiredbyithem.. - '• • ' • , •Wenie preparid ;to deliyerf : at low,figares, torrei Lima iat 4 aTiy ri g r ilit I ga r d i Tt l i g c g i x7theV i t j y #!allY on on • A. full supply always Ordsis in the eity,of; from abroad will be promptly attended to. • - dee2l4t ItOlißitT H. CANAN & CO. E INVITE THE ATTENTION'O W thp'reablio to tkoi PHILADELPHIA Housekeeping—Dry .Goods Store. where may be found saarge,Mtmrtment of OD kinds of Dry Goods, required in fnirifshing liouse, this easing th trouble usually ekimriencedin kuntinconelzertfoleaLin, va rious Knees in,coneequerme_of onr.gming.our, attention to this kind Or !Mick, the exclusion 4fess.ardi finhy 'goods, we can gmannteic our plieceninf atjinek to btAilej iiiatteveil ble in thelmarket.' . : • I3T IThEII':GOODS;' c W.SATO 11b16 to eye. per fectsitisfaction, the Questa/4- tabZished, Lfnea Store.ln thp.op,..Apd havulg:perep... fcr more thentwenty ieatv regular laworibeiiiifroneso,t4.? of t Y''.ibeast riminficturers fn Irelank . 01%T, alae,:alarge stook-of 'FLANNELS ANDO4,BILINS, ' • orfr..)?e, best qualities ;to be p btaanad,.inal„atthn yam loweit fakes."' Also, Blaniets, Slieetin g e; Tielifings;=Dguiiask Table (BMW Tovielliage s alapentpluckahnekis, Table and• Piano.; Covers; Damaalls and . *awns. Lace ANA Musk' e. 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Itmay be itsed.Withrthe best.effeot - hr :MMUS *AND: FEMME :DISEASES; COSTLYRNRSB, ,, SIORYREADACI33I;. , NARSE4, LOSS OF ;APPETITE, 'INDIGESTION; worprt " 'OF THB STORS:OI4" TORPIDITT'OP-THE' LTIFOR;.' GOAT, RHEUMATIC! AFFROTIONS;I24RATRU , PULES, _ AHD:ALL 901dPLAINTWawa A Gentle Aterbiot ./ 'or Purgativit •. 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