D. MUNN!. LITTLE Nl' KINNEY & 00 . Editors and Proprietors. TERMS IN A'DV'ANCE. SINOI.II 11011108IPTIONII.. 1:4 CLIMB DllLtiquiu tr IMO,. 0/ TU. Cyrus 2.00 Tor Two Dom.ana, we will vend by mail seventy number uld for One Dot Lin, ilifrt)-ifiree numbers. Merton eending.ne drt aunscribare and upwahle, will thereby entitled to t tiaper without charge. mifiwals shoUld, be prompt, a little before the year expires Bond paymenti safe handL or by mail, Dlreot'elliettett 'to DATtiviextmtßY a CO., • Pittsburgh, Pa. Ode. I►AITT&N ON THE APPEAnANaII 01 THE LATE COMET. Comet I thoti wondrous meteor king Thou strangely grand. mysterious thing, That with thy train of beaming light Burst forth boonour startled sight, Unlooked for and unheralded, A thing of wonder and of dread! From out tha trackless seacof di r, . The boundless, fathomless afar' Thou earnest ; and as faitiNeihie Upon thy train of spreading rays, Wondering and anxious we inquire, What art thou—what's thy purpose here f Art thou the wreildrof some right world, Tbat from its ortlitlias been hurled— s The fair proportion' of thy form Dissolved by the Almighty's arm— Condemned to wander through the sky, Through trackless• fields of space to fly, A blasted monument of wrath To all that see thee in thy path? Or thou may'st be, for aught we know, Sdme planet yet in etubryd; The plastic) substance of a sphere Unformed as yet, and waste and drear ; Destined beyond the pale of time, A bright, effulgent world to shine, To be the glorious, abode Of beings noble, pure and good. Or art thou, to the world below, v. Herald of misery and Woe— The messenger of justice, sent To warn of coming punishment? Doth thy bright, swordlike form presage The curse of war, Alto battle's rage ? And of thy presence though the cause Be nature's strict, unerring laws, Yet, seeing thee in troublous times, Man's guilty soul at once reminds Him that there is a Holy One, Whose throne is placed aboVe thewun, Who sends a sword oh guilty men, As & just punishment for'sin? Whste'er thou art; whate'er may be Thy past, thy future destiny, Or present purpose, still may we A striking emblem See ih thee Of human greatness ; while o'er head Thy glorious train•of spread, A million eyes will on• thee pie,. A million tongues will sound thy praise; For a brief period thou wilt glow, Then fortiirto darkness thou wilt go, And be forgot ; thus thy career Resembles mtuett ; how bright scie'er For a brief period he may shine, Yet is his glory but.; like, thine, A brilliant, flashing meteor, • A transitory, blazing ster„ That gleams a moment on our sight, And then is lout in'raylem , night. Duquesne, dune, 1861. For tho Presbytericoa Banner. " Overthetreek," nettrlilvertottlf: The article of gossip that leaked out through the "Hille . 4i WI. ciillsito mind other eirounieloboes• conaeeted with our little church in 'Bll4eiterly ; Father Easy came to.thic village, at an early day, as a missiontimand organised a church. He was adaptedito thavvvoik, though by no mean an eduiektlid man. Hp studied his discourses generally on 'Ola Nell's back; and as he' lifed•from house to hettiehie enpenses werelfghtylhis prepara tions slim, his talks, as Milif.',leties'said, no doubt " did more good than hiti sermons" He was a good man ; all said's°. But times changed.' Instee4ada." Tinteit 'goesjOn indinate 'illussel . ". might =have $ written the+ Anabasis torßichmond P. from the Stinthein intren ch. iken ts rot ., ofb r k'town,l as l: Well -as .. 'tint' , the I Elgin p • 'of :MoClel S 4 But- Att. AStanton was evidently. confident' that be , would not do , this,. and !has thus .paid w ;high , Coin pl inentio:tiatense.'of delicacy; atid•-a , -proof , ofi confidence in. his • sense of right: • * * aste.had beetilong•in the. 'Federal camps landt , upon •terns' of •intimaby with many .the -Federal leaders, ita s Would.have.teen difficult to avoid-carryint lover witlititim, =sind impossible to aioidithi)mputation' that •he hi& carried . over , withilhim -information ntrited- while ins tbei l!Tbrth.- .To4void en'y, suspicion of failure :in that toiupnlOns regard -for confiditntialmtrusts 'whieliz is so important a &Ord our ;pinfesSionilid• re turns totiEngland?' , has been noL friend-An, the • United States." .Its Sympathies- have:been always with the South. Russel; latterly' was 'more • Northern in his views Prnlipuji.Ge.q...,o4rOTßDAx i :4l,o - .. 24,:j.,5.0:* than formerly, and has. as great opinion General McClellan. • • CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES of splen did architecture,heve ,lately came undep , my notice. Thus rhitve visited and been j present at services in - the Cathedral's Of GlouCeater • and.' Salisbury. The •towir.'Of Gloucester may be regarded as the capital. of Gloucestershire.; but its population -is ; comparativelyemail,',and like all Cathedrals,, there is ii Soporific, Ointede abdut the ,place: This is soiiie.whitt' relieved - by - e . very entittidenible tradeliy banal •and river debouebing.into the sewst sevente.engmiles , distant, with : the•North,,of Europe, in tim. ber, corn, &c. The docks are really splett 7 did, and, the ships and warehouses alike imposing to the eye of a stunner. Auidng the merchants in the dockyard. , is,..lolltr. Sturge f ione of-the3ocietrof Frienneotho. has hanging ,on . the .rails . ontaide,,ltivAcei • a large placard, eetting,,forth that the at tempt toilepsessi,tha, Afrieanlelayertrade, costs the lei payers of ; the 't.liiieed 'King- , dom ..Zl,ooopflpier annum. ,FurtlitAo I indicate his 'horror of 'slavery, there are drawings ,of 'manacled. negroes. As to the religitsini . _ reminiscences o, ; Gloucester, these cast mi back ' first to the" , reign _of' E'dontid• VC, .laidt then to the regime of " Bleildrlltary," which imme.i I diately.followed: 7 , Wl:thin:a abort distance, of the Cathedral, towardr the_ South, and. within enclosed' round, is the spot " , The philoso phy the matter is simply this, God gov mita 'burni. We are willing to allow that he governs nations; add guides parliaments, and I'direots battle=fields But Solomon, moreover,, , knew. ithat :presides over wheat fields, stables, l atO wintpresses. We acknowledge that 'INA 48 . te *be worshipped Chirohes with - prafciii arid 'Psalms; but Bolonaonl 'have it. that le is to be praised also with thrashing implements and grain wagoas....-Remier f .da -you act as if you afire 4 with 2111 legh.Kohniogd was opce convera og pith.tt brother -ple,rgymarion the case of a poor man trho'hiid acted inconsistently pith his religions profession. Afttr some situ and ievere'leinafti• had''been made do:indtict-atiiiiehl4itsoiis, the gentle wi WhoMi lie irtut drieuasing the case, pOnelndOd'by eayib i e"rl h4e'no.nOtion of suelijpretonisea; non nothing to do him." . • ' RiehtiONl; " let ' ns bd . nicideiate Remember idlo luta th4ll, gqffiking itiffeiehee.' With opportunity , on' the- one!band; and Sitars at the' other; and tile grace of Gild atnether, *here Should you 'and I be ?" • tf:the iie l iadflOWeit:kitie4l3bitth'or to ward the Ncirit, ib the'' dlotili*ere the tree falletli there it shallnbnit'''lVDeel. xi : 3.) .Tthereisral,olemo meaning - gootiehed under ntetaplor. • The