gattrg.
Poetical Ban.
r. he author of the following lines is unknown.
hope our readers. will not be too highly
ought up by this effusion, although we corn
end it to them, some at least, as worth. careful
sal.]
Should you ask us why this dunning,
Why these sad complaints arid talirmurs—
Murmurs load about delinquents
V!ho have read the paper weekly,
Read what they haste never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church, affairs and prospects,
Read of loots both home and foreign,
Read the essays and the poems,
Full of wisdom and instruction ;
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly—
Should yokask us why this. dunning,
We should answer, we should tell you,
Prom the printer, from the mailer,
From/the kind old. paper-maker,
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the.man who, takes the letters
With a stamp , from Uncle Samuel.;
Uncle Sam, the rowdies oall him:
From them all there comes a message—
Message kind, but firmly spoken,
"Please to pay us what you owe us."
'Sad it is to ; hear such message .
When our funds are all exhausted,
When the last bank note has left us,
When the gold coin all has all vanished,
'Gone to pay the paper-maker,
Gone to pay the toiling printer,
Gone to pay the landlord tribute,
Gone to pay the faithful mailer,
none to pay old Uncle Samuel;
Uncle Sam, the rowdies mill him ;
Gone to pay the Western paper,
Three and twenty hundred dollars.
Sad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due us,
Due for years. of pleasant reading,
Due, despite our patient waiting,
Due, despite our constant dunning,
Due in sums from two to twenty.
Would you lift a burden from us?
Would you drive a spectre from us?
Would you taste a pleasant slumber ?
Would you have a quiet conscience?
Would you read a paper paid for?
'Send us payment—send us payment,
Send us payment—send us payment,
Send the payment that you owe us!
itig
Mirthfulness.
Once, when travelling in a stage-coach,
II met a young lady who seemed to bp upon
the constant look-out for something laugha
; and not content with laughing herself,
she took great pains to make others do
%be same.
Now, travelling in a stage-coach is rather
prosy buainess.
People in this situation are very apt to
show themselves peevish and selfish; so the
young lady's good humor was, for a time,
very agreeable.. Every old barn was made
the subject of a passing joke, while the
cows and bens looked demurely on, little
dreaming that folks could be merry at their
expense. All this was perhaps harmless
'enough. Animals are not sensitive in that
respect. They are not likely to have their
feelings injured because, people make fun
of them; but when we come to human be
ings, that is quite another thing. So it
seemed tome}for after awhile an old lady
came running across the fields, swinging
her bag at the coachman, and, in a shrill
voice hegging.bim to stop. The good-na
tured coaehman drew up his horses, and
the old lady, corning to the fence by the road
Side, squeezed herself through two bars
Which were not only in horizontal position
but very, near. together. The young lady in
the sta g e-coach made some ludicrous remark,
and, he passengers laughed. It seemed very
*mensal:o.Bl for, in getting through:the fence,
the poor woman, had made sad work with
heeold black bonnet, and now, taking her
seat beside a. well-dressed lady, really look
ed - as if, she had been blown there by a
whirlwind. This was a new piece of fun,
and the girl made the most of it. She
'caricatured the old lady, upon a card; pre
tended,.when she was not looking, to take
patterns of her bonnet; and in various
other, ways sought to raise a laugh. At
length the poor woman turned a pale face
toward her.
"My dear," said she, "you are young,
healthy; and happy. I have been so too,
but that time is past. lam now old, de
crepit, andlorlorn. This coach is taking
me to the"dea,th-bed of my only child.
And thep i .my dear, y shall be .a poor, old
woman, all alone, in, the world where merry
girls,will ,think me a very , amusing object.
They will laugh at my old-fashioned clothes,
and odlappearance, forgetting that the old
woman has a spirit that has loved, and suf
fered, and will live forever."•
The coach now stopped before a poor
looking house, and the old lady feebly de
acendectthe steps.
" How is she ?" was the first trembling
inquiry, of the poor mother.
"Just alive," said the man who Wag-lead
ing her into the house.
Putting: up the steps, the driver mount
ed hibox, end we were upon the road
again. Our merry, your% friend had plaCed
the emiin ,her,popket. She was leaning
her"lfeid Upon her tauk . aid 'you may be
assured was not sorry _to see a tear
upon 'her young cheek. It was a good
lesson,„ and one which we greatly hoped
would do her geed.
It is , pleasant to
. see a smiling face. We
shoutdeaeoirage,our hearts to look upon the
sunny of things, and there is no harm
in beingmerry where no one is injuredy it ;
but inv.erzpthxttingget,,to s
be condo "us.,.' The ivisa , ,,man
" There lvi Aeqe: to, laugb;' VO,Lx•enierrki,
her, de 0.1144 g we wolgoxiot
please
care je , nilnix4 l M.kiMlo9.9994
tells w,„1,1 ligkr,49 , 4*T.OhAln
dreu e 'c.se fi, .mse ves for - laneupg4n.the
house of God,.
' by saying that th - ey, couldn't
'help 'VC Now what is to be done when
'children can't help doing wrong? When
theYlinetel before Gpd in prayer, do they
say, have lone 'Wrong, but I could n't
helpit Nprihay, would not dare say.
Itetns,.t,hen„,teach our hearts to be
verilnitiPst,'for unto Him who searelteth
the heart -we must tell the whole truth.—
Family. Treasury.
iLittle, Willie.
The same brings before me visions of his
bine,. eyes and golden hair, of his rosy
cheel sa where dimples loved tolinger, and
the -ruby lips that so: often used to say,
TeitHiskare /obit Aals,t , to-day?" , But
best of all, were the gentle words and win
ning smiles that made him such a sunbeam
in our little school. His heart seemed
overflowing with love and sympathy for ev
ery one. I remember how he came to me
one day, after a regiment of soldiers had
marched past the school-house '
bringing a
strip of a buffalo-robe covered with long
hair, which he had found beside the road;
and as he held it up he said, pityingly :
"Do thee ; thornebody loath their whith
kers."
One afternoon I told the primer -class, of
which be was a member, how Christ took
little children in his arms and blessed
them, and I taught them the verse, " Suffer
little children to come unto me, and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of
heaven!' That afternoon, after school was
excused, as. I was locking my desk, Willie
stole softly back. Climbing upon the desk,
he put his arms around my neck and kiss
ed me, saying :
" ove 00, tecer."
" What is love, Willie ?" I asked.
He thought a moment, then replied, earn
es tly :
It's what makes us dood to folks." Af
ter 6, little pause,. he added, " Tecer, who is
Kwist that best 'ittle children ?"
Before I could reply, there came a knock
on the door. I opened it, and a'little girl
handed me a billet, saying timidly :
Mrs. Ilamlin supposed it had been
sent before."
It contained an urgent invitation forme
to spend the afternoon with a friend-of
mine. I knew that Willie was the child
of irreligious parents, and that I ought to
encourage this his first seeking after divine
truth, but the tempter whispered, to-mor
row will do as well, and I yielded to the
voice. To-morrow I how many broken,
hopes, how many duties unfulfilled, come
from too firm a relianceon its deceitful
promises.
But the next day Willie's place was va
cant. I missed the bright face and ringing
laugh of my little pet, and after school had
closed, I directed my steps toward his fath
er's house. •On bay way I met his sister.
Taking my hand, she said, hurriedly : •
" Oh, teacher, won't you come right
down to our house; Willie is so sick, and
he don't know any of us."
In a few moments I stood by the bedside
of the little sufferer. He was tossing to and
fro with restless pain, and they told me that
scarlet fever was drying up the fountains
of that young life.
As I entered the room, he said softly,
" Who is Kwist that best 'ittle children 1"
Sitting beside him, I told him the sweet
story of the cross. But reason was de
throned, and when I ceased speaking, he
said ith pleading earnestness :
" Pleath tell me who is Kwist that best
'ittle children ?"
" Will you pray for us ?" asked the
father.
It was all he could say, for his heart was
fall. Kneeling there, I prayed that God
would spare our darling if it was his will,
and if not, that he would comfort the hearts
of his parents in their 'great sorrow, and
make me more faithful to the little flock
committed to my charge.
When we arose, a convulsion came over
Willie, and the little form writhed in agony.
It was but for a moment, then he lay still
with closed eyes and clasped hands. Si
lently we watched beside him, till the tick
ing of the old clock that stood in one cor
ner seemed like a somber interlude, weaving
the moments of suspense; together. An
hour passed on. Then there was another
convulsion. It was longer and harder than
the last. At its close he lay pale and ex
hausted. Suddenly be opened his eyes
and his lips unclosed. There was a strange
agonizing earnestness in his voice as he
pieaded :
Pleath tell me who is Kwist that best
'ittle children ; oh, plea th tell me who is
Kwist that best 'ittle children."
" Pray for him, for him," sobbed the
father, and I prayed then as I had never
done before, that Christ would reveal himself
to that dying child.
God heard the prayer, for as we watched
him, an exultant look glanced across Wil
lie's face. He lifted hie head and stretched
forth his small white hands toward heaven.
I shall never forget his last words :
" There is Kwtst, that best 'ittle children.
I coming, I coming." And the golden
head was buried in the pillows. The beat
ing heart was irtshed forever.
Two days after, when the clouds were
weeping rain -tears; we laid him down to
sleep. And as the aged pastor told us that
Willie had gone to see. Jesus Christ who
blessed little children, there were eyes un
used to tears, and hardened sunburnt faces,
that were moistened with something else
than the rain drops that were falling thiCk
ly around us.
Brief was his life, beautiful his death,
yet through God's blessing they were the
means of leading his parents to fix their
hopes for both time and eternity on that
dear Saviour who blessed little children.
And in the great day of account, how many
ransomed souls will there be who have ful
filled the prediction, And a little child
shall lead them."—Congregationalist.
In the Spring of 1835, I went into a
school in Boston. There were about sixty
children belonging to it. When I went in;
they were all at play except two. As. I
entered, I saw two children, Leonard and
his sister. Rebecca, standing by the_teacher.
Rebecca was faur, and Leonard about ,seven
years of age. Never did a. brother and
sister love each other more than they.
Rebecca was a laughing, joyous, affectionate
little child, and Leonard was all in all tp
her. She did not enjoy either food or play
unless her brother was present to share it
with her. They never quarrelled; for the
very reason that ; it was Leonard's* delight
to see his sister happy, and she was sure to'
get the largeit share of every thing ite , had.
When Rebecca had done anything wrong,
her brother always stood by her, to avert
or to share the-punishment As 'soon -as 41
saw them, I feared that Rebecca had' been
doing wrong, for Leonard had been crying.
The teacher said to me, as 1 entered and
sat down,
taill
Nor* ow*" the , toutatiezytt but Deviiit4
The Play Hoar.
" What shall I do? I have here a case
which I know not how, to dispose ,of:
" What is the matter?" I. - asked. , 4 Have
Leonard and .Rebecca beep- missbehaving
themselves in the school'?"
" No," said she ; " Leonard . has done
nothing wrong, and seldom does. He is
one of the best boys in school."
" What is he crying fcir, then," I asked,
if he has been such_At., good ,hpy ? W hy
does he not go out to play with the rest?"
" Rebecca," said the teacher, has been
very troublesome to-day in the school, Wand
as a punishment, I told her she-must stay
in the house when the children went to
play."
" Well," said I, " why need Leonard cry
about that ? - You do not •keep him in to
punish him because his sister has been a
naughty child ?"
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1862.
wishes me to let his sister go out and play,
and let him stay in and be punished."
" How is that, Leonard ? Why do you
not go out and play ?"
"Because, sir, Rebecca, cannot go."
" Well, but cannot you go and, enjoy
yourself with the rest?"
" I could not play if I did go, sir."
" Why not, Leonard?"
"Because, sir, Rebecca would not be en
joying herself at the same, time."
" But even if your sister should be al
lowed to go out., she could, not play with
you—she would be in the girls' yard."
" 4 But then I should know. she was there,
sir, playing with the rest,"
" But why do you wish to stay, and let
your naughty sister go out ?"
" Please do not call her naughty, sir,"
said the generous boy. "I love her, and
would rather that she should go out than
,go myself."
"Then you think," said I, "you would
rather see her happy than ,he, happy your
self, and you would rather be punished than,
see" her punished ? Is that because you
love her ?"
"Yes, sir," said he; "I am older and
stronger than she is, and 1 can bear it
better thait; she can. I could not be happy,
if she stayed in. Dp, ma'am, let her go
out," said the noble-hearted boy to his,
teacher.
He stood with his arms around his sister,
pleading that he might be punished in her
stead. What a generous disposition he
had ! think that if Jesus had been there,
he would have taken hire up in his. arms
and blessed him. It was , affecting to wit
ness his generous devotion to his sister,
and his readiness to suffer for her sake.
"This," said Ito the teacher "is love
that seeleeth, not her own. What can .you,
do?"
" I will let them play together here ,in
the room," said she.
She did so, and they:were both happy.
If we , loved our enemies as. Leonard did
his sister, with a love . that seeketh not her
own, there could be no more wars•or fight ,
ing in the world, for then we should rather
suffer and die ourselves than inflict suffer
in.. and death on others.--Pront kiss for
Itliscittlattettus.
Gov. Gamble, of Mo., lately issued an
order to enroll all able-bcdied citizens of
the State, who are subject to, military duty.
When the work commenced in St:Louis,
a number of, persons claimed protection from
the British Consul, as loyal subjects•of her
Majesty, Queen Victoria. A crowd col
lected at the Consul's , residence, and a riot
was imminent.
,Shortly afterwards a meet
ing of the. Irish citizens of St. Louis was
held at the Biddle Market, presided over
by Samuel 11 - . Young, Esq., at which the
following expression of 'sentiment was
unanimously adopted :
WnEREAs, Certain persons in this city,
numbering between twound three hundred,
and claiming to be Irishmen, havet sought
the protection of the BritiSh flag as British
subjects, with the view of obtaining ex.
emption from their obligation to take up
arms in defence of the American Union,,
against the rebellion, initiated and:waged
by native American traitors; and, whereas,
this is the first and only instance that has
ever occurred of sueh infamous baseness on
the part of Irishmen domiciled in this
country; ,and, whereas, the.,great mass of
the Irish residents of St. Lotus, the natu
ralized as well as the unnaturalized, have
heard with profound astonishment and with
feelings of humiliation, shame and disgust
of this disgraceful conduct on the part of
men claiming to have been born in Ireland;
therefore, be it
` Resolved, By the Irish residents of St.
Louis, in mass meeting assembled, that we
denounce the conduct of those men as
cowardly, •base and infamous °; that they
are unworthy the name of Irishmen, and
have entailed upon theuiselves a dishonor
which will survive their wretched existence
and will be visited upon their children to
the remotest generation. -
Resolved, That we are convinced, from
satisfactory evidence,.that Most of the men
who have thus claimed the proteaton
of the English Government, and who are
currently, reported to be Irish, are, in fact=,'•
natives of England; *. *
* * and the'rest, of them, though
of Irish birth, are but the bastard offspring
of English convicts and rabble who, from
time to time, have settled in Ireland and
assumed Irish names as a cover for their
crimes or the baseness of their origin.
Resolved, That we, the Irish residents of
St. Louis, embrace this occasion of renew
ing the expression of our unalterable at
tachment and loyalty to the Government,
institutions of the `United States-r-,-that, as,
our countrymen, during the American Rev
olution, in the War of 1812, in the. War:
with Mexico, and in the present wicked re
bellion, gloriously' attested their devotion
to liberty, and :their fidelity to this, the
land of:their adoption, by their sacrifices,
their labors ' their valor and their blood,
profusely shed on every battlefield from
Concord to Shiloh, and from New Orleans
to the City of Mextco, so do we, freely and
proudly, pledge our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honor, to the .maintenance and
defence of this great nation against the at
tack -of every- foe, , whether foreign or
mestic.
Resolved, That the allegiance, claimed
by the British Government froth. an Irish
man in the country of his birth, is invol
untary and compelled, and that for centu•
ries no true man wbo.hated
,oppressionland
loved justice, and who was willing to strike
for one and against the other, has proffered
to that Government, in Ireland alleoiance
as a voluntary act.
Resolved, ~T hat after the,afilletions which
have been endured by,•lrishmen under. the
British Government, for ages, in their na
tive land—afflietions that reached not only
the property and, the lives, of the; people,
but were aimed at theirlopes, of• - the life•
to come, with a cruelty And a determina
tion practiced only, by a British ,Govertt,
went---the Irishmen who, in abandonment
of all duties due to man and God,' enrolls
himself voluntarily under , the care of a flag
every fibre of which is saturated and .drunk
with the best blood of the best Men 'of his'
country, forms the exception to his race
and is born a slave.
Resolved, That to the United States of. I
America is due from Irishmen, " all , the
world over," the worship vf-the heart and'
the approval of the judgment; not only
millions of her exiles: who n havebeen nur
tured, and the thonsandi of tliem' who have
been honored in this eountry, sharing alike_
the plenteous bread of America and her fore
most positions of honor, in the forum and
thefield, but to the other millions of t 6,
brave and high-toped race who have_ sought'
in - , crtheir w6teatinry.lm:
Irish Loyalty.
not been equally.welcomed, or who still re
main behind from the overruling love they
bear their native land, cherish and avow
the gratitude that is due to America by the
democracies of all nations. They see
with clearer vision equality and freedom
fundamentally established, and their pro
portions fairly granted to Irishmen; they
see the exile transformed into the citizen—
the man born dumb having his voice heard
at „ the e polls, and they witness with emo
tion the results that flow from this political
baptism, when Irishmen are in a civil sense
"born again" in America; 'the reconstruc
tion of a man spoiled and denuded of his
rights, constitutes the noblest act of his
race and the best proof of their endow
ment by the Divinity. The true Irishman
embraces this truth instinctively, and it
fires him with devotion to America the
only country that,establishes it as a rule.
Resolved, That, until they purge them
selves of the crime of hatred to the land of
their birth, which they evidence by shelter
ing under a flag that
,never floated over that
land but in conquest and in death, this
meeting s . of loyal Irishmen, equally loyal
herein to the land of their adoption and
their birth, proclaims the old Roman inter
diet of bread and salt" against these re
creant Irishmen in St. Louis, who claim
the certificates of British subjects; and as
.their hand is thus raided against America,
so, every man's,hand in this assemblage is
raised, against them. Nor shall they be
deemed Irishmen henceforth, nor purged of
the crime
,of parricide,' until they enroll
themselves in the ranks of the citizen sol
dicry of the country.
Resolved, That the. true Irish Men of St.
Louis, are loyalto the' Governnient of the
`United States,' the Constitution, and the
Union; that neither. the O'Donoghoe of
the Isles, who denied Irish aid to British
intervention in American affairs, in the Ro
tunda, in Dublin; nor Meagher, of the Suir,
whose Sword flashes as keen and bright on
the battle-fields of America to.day, as his
young and fresh eloquenee glowed in lus
trous periods at the foot of the British
scaffold to which he was condemned in= his
Sand, for •his love thereof ;• not even these
instances of Irish loyalty to America shall,
in anything but ability, excel their coun
trymen now met in this assembly to set the
stamp Of their condemnation upon every
Irishmen who claims a British certificate of
protection.
Regta Wit.
The progress of our troops Southward,
brings out many specimens of negro
drollery. 'General Sickles, being indebted
to a contraband for important services
lately, near Stafford Court .House, gave
him a 'handful of silver. The darkey's
eyes glistened, and the General asked,
" Where have you seen anything like that
before.? : " ",Why, mas'r, ' replied. .the
chuckling contraband, " can't remember
back as fur, as , dal:!"
In another place, a slave, being asked
about his master; said that he was dead.
Being , further , asked, perhaps jocosely,
whether his masterhad . gone to heaven, he
gravely anWered that he thought not, for
his mas'r always made great preparatioris
when 'he intended to go anywhere, and he
never knew of his making any preparations
to.go to heaven.
A Western correspondent gives the fol
loWing capital story
Notwithstanding General Halleck's re
'pellant and expellant endeavors, the irre
pressible negro will come into our lines, in
Tennessee, and' the North-eastern regiments
do not seem absolutely inconsolable- about
it. '" Whom do you dbelong to ?" asked a
friend of mine, , of one of these fugacious
ehattles, in camp. "T did belong to a
lady in Mississippi," was the reply. Bat
whom, do you ,belong. to now ?" ".Well,.
mas'r," responded the voluntary exile,
with a gleeful .twinkle of his white eyes,
"that 's, a question not 'x,actly settled yet."
He certainly had an accurate appreciation
of what the journals term " The Situa
tion."
I Contrabandish Idea of War
We, were passing along the•wharves, a
few days ago, wondering at the amount of
business that was there transacted. While
stauding observing a cargo of horsesbeing
•transferred from a vessel to the shore, an
" old contraband" appeared at our• below,
touching his old fur- hat, and scraping an
enormous toot.'opened. his Wittery
upon us with the following.:.
4C Well, boss, howis per
" Pretty well, daddy; 'how are your
" Fs& fuss rate, • I is. Blong to Old
Burnenside's boys, dos yer 7"
" Yes, I belong to that party. Great
boys ai.,t they ?"
" I thought yer b'longed to dat
Party. Great man,—he is, dat's 'sartin.
Yes, sir."
" We waited and Waited; we heard yer
was, comi n n', but we mos guv, yer up. 'Deed
jess did; bUt one mornin' we heard de big
guns ; way down ribber, go, bang, bang,
bang, and de-folks round yer began to cut
dar stick, mitey trabbel up de
rail:tradk. Den, bre,ss de good Lord, ,we
knowed yer Was comic' but we held our
jaw. Byrne-by de sogers.beaun to cut dar
stick, too , and dey did tra c bbeH 'Pears
dey made de dirt fly! Yah, hah 1"
" Why, were they scared so bad?"
" De sogers'did n't skeer,um so ulnae as
:dew black. boats. 'Kase, yer see,,de,sogers
shot selid and-'day not mind dem so
much; but when' dem boats say bo-o-m,
dey knowd de 'rotten balls was &min', and
dey skeeted,quicker;ii a streak o' litenin."
"What rotten balls did the boats throw
at them.?"
"Do yer know ?, Why, dem balls
slat ar bad, dar rotten ; fly all to bits—
'deer", does dey.. Clodgie dem. ere
'kasp .yer , clunno,,wher dey
strike lab. and , ,fly yanclah; datlis.rwbat
akeered'eth so bads"-' - '
" Well, what are you going to do when
the war's over ? Going along ?",
" , PDC ;"„kais„ V . goes Norf, wid
crovid. Pret4'skey, so, I g,4ess. 'Pears
ter me dis chile had, 4etter
lietOit Sisters.
There. dwelt in.' the village "of Montague,
France, at the period of the French Revo
lution, two girls named Felicite and Theo
phile'Fgrnig : posSeSse,d beauty; sweet
and attractive; both were Modest, reserved,
and apparently timid. The• youngest WaB
thirteen years , of age, when the nightly
atta,cks'Of the Austrians demanded an itrt-:
mediate
_and strong , Fireiitance. Sehliers
being, wanted; thellisters put ; tneir
brother's: clothes,. tieri*ed: themselves ; '
and
charged the plunderie* parties in the front
rank of the Natrona - Guards. Notwith
standing every effort to disguisethernselves
effectually, Gen., Buernonville discovered,
them, and marking• their intrepid conduct,
Tresenteda : them to Gen. Durnouriez, who
attached AMW,, together with their father
and brothei, "0 his staff. Not only pure,
but tee from suspipion, they were the
pride and admiration of the whole army.
41hq!iiiiinki0Eilfed thiningelvWliti every s
gagement previous to April sth, 1793. In
an engagement near Brussels, they rushed
headlong into the midst of the enemy,
when a general officer called on them to
surrender. The reply was a ball from the
pistol of the younger, which laid him dead
at her feet, and •in the momentary confusion
they drew back in safety. The same sister,
at the battle of 'iTemappes, charged a Hun
garian battalion with a small party of horse,
and herself disarmed one of the most form
idable grenadiers. His height on foot was
nearly ;he same as her own whin mounted;
and he was in despair when the 'tones of
her voice, saying, "General, this is a pris
oner I have brought you," revealed to him
the sex of the brilliant officer. Felicite at
tended the Duke of Chartres ; and never
failed to charge the enemy at his side.
Both the sisters aided in the escape of Du
-mouriez, accoMpanying him to the Aus
trian lines, the soldiers firing on them as
they passed. Once beyond pursuit, they
resumed the , attire of their sex, made no
unnecessary display of courage, and labored
industriously`to support their aged father.
Theoph le died at Brussels, unmarried;
I'elicite wedded a-Belgian General.
rxtuUuraL
Hints for August.
Early kidney beans and late cabbages
may stillhe planted. - Cuttings of various
plants for green-house use, should now be
made. Cattle _disposed to " murrainP
should be fed once a week with a handful
of wood-ashes 'miied with as *much salt.
Destroy the late broods of caterpillars. A
few forksful of the, soiling-crop fed to cat
tle, will keep up a good supply of milk.
August is a good month for conducting
draining operations, and clearing up forest
land for cultivation: Gather, the fallen
fruit by hand, or turn .your swine, into the
orchard to devour it, leaving none to rot
on the ground. It is better economy to'go
over the grain -fields with a horse-rake, and
secure the scatterings, than to leave them
for the stock. Everything under the head
of grain will be needed. Commence giv
ing more food to hogs intended for fatten
ing. Hops should, be gathered. This is
the proper season of the year for : in-arch
ing trees and plants, whereby scions may
often be united to a tree, or shrub more
readily and more successfully than by the
ordinary processes of grafting or budding.
Lettuce for Autumn use can now be sown.
The millet-crop should be secured before
the seed hardens, unless the grain is wanted.
Do . not allow your oats to get too ripe be-,
fore cutting, thus injuring the straw for
feeding purposes. Peaches,, and other
fruits should be picked for market before
softening, to prevent bruising. Pruning
should be completed this month. Peas de
signed for late use can still be sown, also,
turnips. Select two or three of the healthi
est raspberry shoots in the hill for bearing
next year, and cut out the rest, unless
needed for setting out. Collect stones and
pits, depositing them in boxes of dry sand
or earth for future use. Save out different
varieties of seed also, and, thus not be com
pelled,,to purchase the coming year.%
The Ghiden in. August.
L Keep all..yout erops':free from weeds
_ _
2. Pull up the haulm of peas, beans, ete,;
remove
_your compost-bed, or bury it be
tween rows of plants.
3. Your dung or compost heaps should
be kept free from weeds. If, the,seeds are
permitted to ripen and, fall into the ma
nure, they will be numerous enough to seed
the Whole neighborhood.
4. Cherries, plums, and other fruit-trees
may now be budded.
5. Reserve peach, plum,, and apricots for
raising stocks to bud and graft on. They
may be sown immediately, or kept in com
mon garden earth or moist sand.
6. Sow radishes and turnips.
7. Where it can be done, turn swine into
your orchard to eat the fallen fruit, and
thus destroy the worms that are in it.
l'oPrepare . C:reon Corn .for:Vintek.
Out it from the cob without scalding and
spread _on plates. Keep it as,near the stove
as possible and stir it often. It will dry
quickly and keep When preparing
it for the table; it is much better to change
the water after it has soaked half an hour.
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REV:. DAVID ACRINNEY,
PRESBYTERIAN:BANNER; '
PITTSBURGH, PA.
PRFNt sllrl k lusf volt I ,
G e la.;tl - 41. e E rks Cr-arm:Lea:l.-th,
great 'V
In ariety ; ',in Vim a large and ll
aa,se,
laded stook of - Fsincrittideb 'and English
.
CASSIMERES' ANDzb'OATIN
Together with as, fine .Pn •assOrtnent of Black. and Colored
CLOTHS - AND 'VESTING% as the minufactotieS of Europe
can produce, which:are adapted-to the. wants of gentlemen of
taste, who appreciates:style and - qualitY in clothing.
SAMUEL GRAY & SON.
• - rarlo-ly Nn ltViryth Rt..,p4tobrurrth,
JR AZ ELT ON :BROTHERS' NF W
-
7 YORK PlANOS.—Another manly of the large Seven
Octave Rosewood Pianos,_ from Hazelton Brothers,.New
.
Yerk, just received and for sale by "
pyl3-1.3 , ' JOAN. 111.14.F4a.,0R, 81 WA,K,kkatore' et.
H lc LI
A_
miRmoNIN
" SO A um N s. N'S O.
*S
A ;third supply theaaelegant, useful and cheap Hamm
nituns' received tn.:day. Teachers, Inteetors of Schools,
Singing Masters, Leaders of Choirs, and the pnbilesenerally,
ail, respectfully invited to call and exaraine lhoto, at the
music warerotaniof
my 13.1 3 ,,, JOHN U. MELLOR, 81 Wood Street.
MASON , & H AItiIitIOSMELiODHONS
%. at 9450, $lOO, $75, 0 0 , 1 194,45,..receiyed and f9r
11
by ' JOHN — . IkELLOR, 81,Wood 4treet.
teKERVNW S PrA.V6*. , == TWO
superb. 7 ootave4ILICKERTNG itA,NOB, received'
and for gale by .7012181441,,L0R 81 Wood Street...
rnyis-iy , ,
F 0 R 1 8 6 2
Spring and Bmnmer Goods for Gentlemen's
Wear.
We have now on hand one of the Finest and most Fashion
.able Stria of- CLOTHS, OASSIBIRRES; ind=-VESTENGS,`
which we have, ever.had the...pleasure 01 opening in,,Pitts
burgh. Having selected them in the Bargain market .with
great care, we feel satisfied that we can give !entire. 'Satiable
hen in price, goods, and. workmanship. We invite 'gentle
men-wishing clothing for himself or family,.to call . nd
ex
amine' the geode and pricers'.
TAILOR, ; •
maritTy Wi wyin, Stift 141031hUgh t Pa.
JOHN A. , RENSHAW,
Family , Grocer and Tea Dealer,
Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and custom
that he has recently remoted to the new and spacious w
house,
corner of Liberty and Rand Streets,
(A few doors above his old stand,)
And having largely increased his stock by recent pant,
now offers to the public the most extensive and complete
sortment lobe found in this city,,of
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
Foreign and .Domestic Fruits, Teas, Spices, Pickles and
Sauces, Preserved Fruits in great variety, Fish, Hams, Dried
Beef, &c., besides an assortment of Domestic Housekeeping
articles; thus constituting a Housekeeper's Emporium, where
most all articles that are useful or necessary fur the Fatinly
all may be purchaied at reasonable prices.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. '
Catalogues containing an extended list of my stack u
nished by mail, if desired.
JOHN A. RENSHAW.
rip 7-1 y Cnr.Libefty and Hand Sts..Pittsdasrgh.
SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED
LYE.
Made by the ...Pennsylvania- Salt Manufacturing Com
pany." The only genuine and patented article. Beware of
Counterfeits I Buyers and sellers of the bogus articles will
be prosecuted.
,for sale by all Druggists and Grocers.
Prices revinced to suit the times. dec2l-ly
HARTUPEE & CO.,
CORIIHR OF • IfiRST - AND SHORT STREETS, PITTOBITRO
Manufacturers of
Steam Engines, Machinery, and Castings.
Also, of STILLS, TANKS, and an other apparatus for ra.
fining Oils. octl9-ly
MERCHANTS , HOTEL,
46 North Fourth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
C. APKIBBBN & SON. Proprietors.
mstrZir
H IDE, OIL AND LEATHER STORE
D. KISKPATRICK & SONS,
No. 31 Sate Third Street,
BETWEEN MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHLI t
Have for Sale
SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER HMS, CALCU'I
TA AND PATNA RIPS, TANNERS' OIL, &C., AT
THE LOWEST PRICES AND UPON
THE REST TERMS.
&F . . All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, for which
the highest mark( price will be given in oudi, or taken in
exchange for U .es. Leather, stored free of charge , and sold
on commission. .
Liberal Cash Advance s , made on Leather Conalgred
...
to US - inn2P.fi
JOHN D. PECORD
TIPIC-'4IC 4 11, 4PC 411011-5,
MANUFAGTCRERS AND DEALERS IN
Eats, Caps, and Straw Goods,
14-1 .W o o d -8.1,40 et, :Pittsburgh,
Have now on hand for. Spring sales, as large and complete an
assortment of Goods as can be found in any of the Eastern
cities, consisting of '
Fur ; Silk, .and Wool. Hats,
of every style and quality; CAPS of every quality and latest
'fashions; Palm Leaf, Straw,_Leghorn, and--Panama HATS;
Straw, and Silk BUNKE:TS, etc., etc. Persons wishing to
purchase either by Wholesale or- ltetail; will , Snd It to their
advanisse to rail and aemninp only stork marl y
TO INVAL I DS
Do. Not Despair Until You Have Tried the
TEM PITTS.BUROII WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT
is delightfully. situated on the banks of the Ohio, ten miles
West of , the city. We have -treated many hundred cases of
nearly every kind of disease, and can refer to patients all
over the "country whom wo - have" restored to health, after
everything else hod fetal.
The following are among the diseases - we haVe treated
successfully: •
PHILADELPHIA
INCIPIENT CONEWMPTION, 'Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs,
Scrofula, every -form of Skin Disease, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plaint, ConstipatiOn of the Bowels, Spinal Irritation, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Nervcinens, all Diseases of the
Reproduethe Organs, Diabetes. Dropsy, /cc., ac.
TO. FNMALES suffering with -diseases peculiar to , their
sex, we appeal' with emnfidenee, as we rarely fall to effect
eurestn. those cases.
We only cure you of your 'disease, but we entirely re
move from your systimi the bad effects of the poisonous drugs
you hive taken.
CDR CURS is Open to you. Come -to us and we will in
du'a tithe send you home healthy, and fit for life's duties
Ternis moderate. Send fora Circular, to • . .
W. N. HAMBLETON,
Box 1,304; 7
Pittsburgh. Pa.
febß- ,
L.IER ARIES
• OF
The Amerienn , Siinday School Union
• . • FORDISTRIBUTIOIC
The $lO Sunday School libraries for distribution es,•per
legacy in' Will' of the late" CHARLES BREWER, will be
ready tor delivery on and after July iOth, 1860. •
The Sunday Schools entitled to these Libraries are those
established In Allegheny ; County, Pa., since March Met,
USG.
Applicants will be required to subscribe to statement giv
ing name, location, and date of - organisation of the School;
name and Post , Glace address of .P,,,upprintendent; average
number of teachers" and scholars in attendance, and amount
then contributed for support of School.
Reasonable evidence, by amount of contributions and oth
erwise, of, (Impermanence of the School will be required.
Apply to F. IL EATON,
Of 'Ramon, MACEIIII & Co y
Vp, is WiOl, Pt Pittobtrreis
.".
VIIRNISITINGI3NDERTAKER,
Pro. 60 SmithiSe2d Street, keeps constantly on hand. a large.
assortment of 'Ready-Made cofflrieg Metallic Cases, Shrouds,
&c., of , the latest styles. Personal services in all cases .when
required, and no pains will be Spired - to give entire satisfac
tion, and relieve the friends of the many unpleasant duties
necessarily connected with the preparations for burial, at
4reatly reduced prices. Rooms openday and night, Hearst 4
awl Ogarriiiim furniAwel.
Combining. the ACTIVE PRINCIPLE of wed.
kaolin Visocceetaßisarseeess; in midi a minnier is
to INSURE TEEM EFFICIENCY. and attheassne
time raider them ILASY'TO BE ADMINISTERED,
and free from those unpleasant and often dangerona
'acts produced bp Varadfnite In the old form.
D. B. BARNES,
SOS Broadway. Now York.
'° ,
6/
o
r ~
Corner of Penh and St Clair 'Streets,
Pittsburgh, I=?a.
THE LARGEST. COMMERCIAL
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nearly 3,000 STUDENTS, in five yeats, from 31 States, and the
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all the following branches,
•
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ABUT PREMIUM PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP;
ALSO . ; SURVEY/NO, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
GENERALLY.
MAO pays for a Conimercial Course; 'kW:dents enter and
review at any time.
Ministers' sons tuition at half price.'
For Catalogue of 86 pages, Specimens, mf ,BusLuess and Or
namental Penmanship, and a beaUtifulCollege view of eight
square feet,.containing - a great variety of Wetting, Lettering
and Flonrithing, inalode 24 aents'irt stamps to the Principals,
znara-ly, J.EN„FINA,4 SMITH, Pittsburgh, Pa.
E.COND-EIANDED PIANOS, AT $25,
ss'o, $BO, $l5O sale by
nlyl3-1y JOHN H. mimpolt, 81 Wood Street.
90• ' '
A - 1101IBLE-PREED. FIVE
:Octave Piano Style MELODEON, in good
orderforadtety dollars. • For sige by
mylS ly JOHN 11. MELLOR, SI 7 ifood Street.
piTTSB GH PEDIALE COLL EG E.
REF. I. O. PERSHING, A.M., President.
Best Sustained - tolleve lii"th`a" State.
FOURTEEN TEACHERS:. Atteinisites last year, 243.
Superb nriciehnildings.. Thorough, and extensive course of
study: .'TE:EIGRAPELING -Itnd ORGAN MIMIC taught.
FORTY DOLidliiis per term for boisrding, light, le.
:term &immenees' SEPTEMBER "Sind to the President
fora catalogue. M. SIMPSON,
angll-17' . President id'Board of Trustees.
V. A it II) 0 N 0 1." Lt
%-•
For Biilliancy and Economy,
BVRPASSES ALL OTHER. ILLUMINATING OILS now in
market. It will burn in , all styles of coal oil lamps, is per
fectly safe, and free from all offensive odor- Manufactured
and for B£4/0
W. MACKEOWN,
147 „trasury &mime. Pwwsnmwsw.
lase • 1. T. cauxus
J S E EJIA. P 111 A N
matigstate Agentsilintarlin Pnblie, and Codveyanads,
PLATTS.MO7I7I, NEBRASKA;
Will.loeate Land 'Warrants, secure Patents,, buy, sell, and
rent lands and Town Property, pay Taxes, take depositions,
make out couveyaueek examine titles, attend promptly to
th ac e . collection of debts in Western lowa and Nebraska, &c.,
# my3.74m*
tERVOUS DISEASES. •
Having retired from general practice, I now give attention
to EPILEPSY'and= other. Naavous Diseases. In these for
:twenty years, ',have bad considemble,success,SOMO of which
cases have heretohire been published in*this paper. I shalt
Le happy to see and, prescribe for any thus afflicted, at ley
office, N0.1,432 Routh Penn Square, Philadelphia. PatfeAtd
Trdrvicied - VdittfirdZL!' - "Whi, 44: comaLL,
FAMILY SOAP MAKER.
WHOLESALE AND 'RETAIL,
Water Care.
M2ll
1 1"11. -1 2 -
.BARRELL I S
INDIAN VEGETABLE,
CHIECTIOIS,
SUGAR' DROPS.
Tee most earA pleasant and effectual remedy ear
• ' Worms; over dimovered.
Y 5 l Y
JAMES S.' M'CORD
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