loments. moment ! Taint n little space Amid time's rolling yearsl How rapid, in this lit'e'r short race A moment's course appears! 'T is nomebut quick as thought 't is gone, No power can mean it stay : 'T was ours—bnt scarcely called our own, Ere it has fled away. Thus rapidl3r, - with dashing haste, mime's Rule seconds flee, tot leave a record ne'er erased AR through eternity. How precious should these moments seem Which God to us bath given : How wise, our moments to redeem, And seek the way to heaven. For moments, as they speed apace, Reduce the hours we have, And briefer make our day of grace, Before we reach the grave. A moment—and the hand of death Some fatal dart may send ; May stop our ever•fleeting breath, Our fragile lifetime end. A moment to the dying saint, And all his griefs are o'er : To mourn—to sigh—to droop—to faint— To want—to die no more. Lord, on our hearts impress the thought Of time's uncertainty ; That, by thy iioiy Spirit taught, We Now may haste to thee. So shall lire's little moments go, Like all before have passed : But we be safe while here below, And rise to heaven at last. flalleek on the Art of War, There is an old proverb about locking the stable door after the horse is stolen, of which the American people seem likely to furnish a splendid illustration. If we are paying the penalty of our entire neglect of the ordinary military precautions against trouble, it is not for want of warning. The lectures now collected into a volume, whose title we have given above, were delivered in Boston, in 1846, by the present Corn tnander-in-Chief of the 'United States Ar my. - Recent events have directed public attention afresh to them, and a new edition has been issued. It may be that we shall learn 'Wisdom too late; but however that may be, there is abundance of wisdom—of wise and j udicious counsel—in this unpre tending treatise. General Halleck does not evade the moral question of the justifiableness of war, but boldly meets it with a brief and pertinent argument. After a full discussion of the various branches of his theme, the author discusses the subject of military education, to which mainly we propose to confine this notice. General Halleck evidentlythinks that our one Military Academy is not adequate to our wants, as our recent experience has proved. The proportion of our young men who receive a military education is fur in ferior to that of other nations. " France, which has long taken the lead in military science, has six military schools for the instruction of officers, containing in all more than one thousand pupils, and nu triennia division and regimental schools for the sub officers and soldiers. Prussia main tains some twelve general schools for mili tary education, which contain about three thousand pupils, and also numerous divis ion, brigade, garrison, and company schools for practical instruction. Austria has some fifty military schools, which contain in all about four thousand pupils. Russia has thirty five engineer and artillery and tech nical schools, with about two thousand pupils; twenty-five military schools for the nobles, containing eight thousand seven hundred corps d' armee schools, witkAseiterillf thousand= pupils'; regimental sehools,,with - ,eleven thousand pupils; and brigade-schools, with, upwards of one hun dred 'no4:fifty-sit thodsand= scholars ; ; mak ing4+lll*all.,=%-sthOut, two hundred • thousand pupil AO/kw militaryi,schools: ! EnWand has ftVe - i S- of instrnotiim - for officers, number of pupils' not known; a military orphan school, with about twelve thousand pupils; and numerous depot and regimental schools of practice. The small er European powers—Belgium, Sardinia, Naples, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Swe den, Wurtemberg, Bavaria, and Baden, have each several military schools, with a large number of pupils. It is seen from these statistics, that the European powers are not so negligent in educating their offs ears, and in instructing and disciplining their soldiers, as some in this country would have us believe." The assertion that, in recent wars, the generals who have risen to distinction have not been professionally educated, is sum marily disposed of. " But is it true that most of the generals oMilstinetion.in the , mcire recent wars were men destitute of military education--men who rose from the ranks to the pinnacle of military glory, through the combined intiu epee of ignorance of military science and contempt for military instruction ? Let us glance at the lives of the: most" distin guished of the generals of the French Rev olution, for these are the men to whom reference is cotinually made to prove that the Military Academy is an unnecessary and useless institution, the best generals being invariably found in the ranks of an army, and not in the ranks of military schools. Facts may serve to convince, where reasoning is of no avail. "Napoleon himself was a pupil of the military schools of Brienne and Paris, and had all the advantages of the best military and scientific instruction given in France. " liessaix was a pupil of the military. school of Effiat, with all the advantage.i which wealth and nobility could procure. Davoust was a pupil of the military school at Auxerre, and a fellow-pupil with Napo leon in the military school of Paris. Kle ber was educated at the military school of Bavaria. Eugene Beauharnais was a pupil of St. Germain-en-Luye, and had fbr his military instructor the great captain of the age. His whole life was devoted to the military art. Berthier and 'Vermont were both sons of officers, and = being early in tended for the army, they received military educations. Lecourbe had also the advan tages of a military education before enter ing the army. Piehegru and Duroe were pupils of the military school of Brienne. Drouet was ;a pupil of the artillery school. Foy wag ,first educated in the college of Scissons, and afterward in the military schools of Le Fere and Chalons. Carnet, called the Organizer of French victory,' receive a good early education, and was also a pupil of the engineer school of Mezieres. "Several of the distinguished French generals at first received good scientific and literary educations in the colleges of France, and- - then tw(vii,red their military tititruction tit starriliastb gratios the army; and by this means, before their pro inot.ton to respoilSi hie offices acquired a thorough practical instruction, Ibtiuded on a basis of a thorough preliminary educa tion. Such was Suchet, a pupil of the College of Lisle-Bathe; !Atones, a pupil of the College of Lectoure • and Alortier, who was most carefully educated at Cam brat ; Lefebvre and Murat were both edu cated for t' e Church, though the latter profited but little by his instruction ; Moreau and Joubert were educated tbr the bar; Massena was not a college graduate, but he reclved a good preliminary educa tion, and fur several years before he entered the army as au officer, lie had enjoyed all the advantages afforded by leisure and affluent circumstances; Ney, though poor, received a good preliminary education, and entered a notary's office to study a profes sion. Roche was destitute of the advan tages of early edtwation, but, anxious to supply this deficiency, he early distin guished himself by his efforts to procure books, and by his extraordinary devotion to military studies. By several years de. ! voted tu this way to professional studies • and the practical duties of a subordinate grade in the army, Hoehe acquired a mili tary knowledge which early distinguished him among the generals of the French Revolution. Soult and Gouvion-Saint- Cyr, being of parents of limited circum stances, had not the advantage of extensive education, but close and diligent applica tion, au ardent ambition, and strong and powerful intellect, combined with long years of service in the practical operations of the field, at length enabled these men to overcome all obstacles, and force their way to the higher walks of their profes sions. But both knew from experience the advantages of military instruction, and the importance of professional education in the army, and they have consequently both. been the warmest friends and strongest ad vocates of the military schools of France. " The Polytechnic School was estab lished too late to furnish officers for any of the earlier wars of Napoleon ;. but in his last campaigns he began to reap the advan tages of an institution which had been un der his fostering care, and Bertrand, Rode, Duponthon, Rex°, &Oat, Fleury, Va. lese, Gourgaud, Chamberry, and a host of other distinguished young generals, fully justified the praises which the Emperor lavished on his , peulet aux ceufs the hen that laid him golden eggs! " In our own revolutionary war, Generals Washington, Hamilton, Gates, Schuyler, Knox, Alexander, (Lord Stirling,) the two Clintons, the Lees, and others, were men of fine education, and a part of them of high literary and scientific attainments; Washiugton i Gates, Charles Lee, the Clin. tons, and some others, had considerable military experience even before the war: nevertheless, so destitute was the army, generally, of military science, that the Government was under the necessity of seeking it in foreigners--in the La Fay ettes, the Kosciuskos, the Steubens, the De Kalbs, the Pulaskis, the Duportails— who were immediately promoted to the highest ranks in our army. Io fact, the officers of our scientific corps were then nearly all foreigners." To the next paragraph we ask the special attention of our military and civil author ities : Setecte " But it may be asked, how are we to secure this combination of military in struction and military energy; how are we to fill the higher grades of our army with young and active men possessing due mili tary instruction and talent? The question is not a difficult one, and our government can easily attain the desired object, if it will only set at work honestly, disregarding all party prejudices and the mercenary and selfish interests of its own members and advisers. Other governments have pointed out to us the way. It is this : let merit be the main test for all appointments and pro motions in the army. Let one or more of the subordinate grades be thrown open to the youth of the whole country, without distinction as to birth, or wealth, or poli tics; let them be kept on probation in this subordinate grade, and be thoroughly in structed in all that relates to the military profession ; after strict examination, let them be promoted to the vacancies in the higher grades as rapidly as they shall show themselves qualified fur the duties of those grades, merit and services being here as elsewhere the only tests." Times of tribulation may also be made times for laying the foundations - of a future greatness. Trouble and disaster teach us our errors, and impress upon us the neces sity of their correction. Yet in the sor rows of one generation may be sowed the seeds of the prosperity of generations to come While Prussia was struggling to escape . the iron grasp of Napoleon, she laid the foundations of her present power. The reorganization of our military system, the change on many points of our national policy, the bring forward of a new race of public men, are only a few of the fruits - of our struggle with rebellion, however it may eventuate.—Methodist. General Reno.—The army has met with a grievous loss in the death of Major- General Jesse L. Reno, who fell in the battle while gallantly directing the move ments of his corps. He was a native of Virginia, but a resident of Pennsylvania, in 1842, when he-was appointed to a cadet ship at West Point. He graduated high, in 1846, receiving a commission in the ordnance corps. He was distinguished in all the battles of the valley of Mexico, from Cerro Gordo to Chepultepec, receiving a severe wound in the last named From January to July, 1849, he was assistant profez•sor of mathematics at West Point. In 1854 he was engaged on the coast survey. When the Southern rebellion broke out, Reno's rank was that of captain of ord nance. In November, 1861, he was made a brigadier general of volunteers,'-and he went in eoututand of a brigade ander Burn side, in. the North Carolina expedition. In the battles of Roanoke Island and New burn he proved himself a general of great bravery and skill. He had the love and confidence of all those serving under him, and from the private in the ranks to the highest officer, there will be sincere sorrow at his death. General Hooker.—General Hooker is a native of Massachusetts, from .which State he was appointed a cadet to West Point Military Academy in 1833. Ile graduated on the 30th of June, 1837, standing No. 29 in a class of fifty members, among whom were Generals Benham, Arnold, T." Wi lliams, French, Sedgwick, Bates, Todd, and others of the Union army; Braxton Bragg, W. W. Mackall, 3'. A. Early, and other noted rebel officers. On the Ist of July, 1837, he was promoted to the second lieu tenancy of the Ist United States Artillery, and on the Ist of November, 1838, was further promoted to a first lieutenancy in the same regiment. From July Ist to Oti tk*or atA4lB4,l l htt was she -a4911 ant Sof: *id PERSONAL. ii R 1 , 4',13'1:i I F., Ri AiN !ANN Eh.---SA` UEDA V, .SEPTEIViREE..27I 186 Z Military Academy at West Point, and from 1841 io 184 ii was the ztdjutantof his regi ment,. lie served with distinction in Mex ico, and Was aid-de-camp to Brigadier- General Hamer. Ile was in May, 1847, breveted captain for gallant conduct in the several conflicts at Monterey, which took place on the 21st, 22d, and 23d days of September, 1846. His brevet bore the last mentioned date. He was appointed on the staff as assistant adjutant general with the brevet rank of captain, on the 3d of March, 1847; and iu March, 1849, was further breveted major for gallant and mer itorious conduct iu the affair of the Na tional Bridge, Mexico; his brevet dating from June 11, 1847. In the same month he received another brevet, viz.: lieutenant colonel, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chepultepec. This brevet bore date September 13, 1847. On the 29th of October, 1848, he was appointed a captain of the Ist Artillery, and on the same day vacated his regimental comthis sion, retaining his position in the Adjutant General's Department, with brevet of lieutenant colonel. On the 21st of Febru ary, 1853, he resigned from the army, and went to California, where he retired into private life. The rebellion, however, brought him from his privacy, and he was recalled to the East; and on the'l7th of May, 1861, was commissioned 'as brigadier general of volunteers—his appointment being credited to the State of California. He at first acted under instructions from Gen. Dix, but was afterwards appointed to a separate command under Gen. M'Olellen He has greatly distinguished himself since, and was lately appointed to the command of the first army corps, (formerly, Me- Dowell'i,) and in the ate battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was wounded in tbe foot. General Franklin.—William Benjamin Franklin is a native of Pennsylvania, and was appointed from this State to a West Point cadetship in 1839. On the Ist of July, 1842, he was breveted second lieuten ant of topographical engineers. His brav ery and skill were conspicuously shown and universally pruised during the Mexican war, and he was breveted first lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista. From July, 1858, until 1850, he filled the chair of Professor of' Natural and Experimental Philosophy at West Point. On the 17th of May, 1851, he was made brigadier general of volunteers, and the value of his services to the Government became marked in every engagement in which his forces tqok part. He commanded the left wing of General M'Clellan's army in the attack on Middletown heights on Sunday last, and gained a complete victory. Gen. il'Clel - in his dispatch to Gen. Halleek, states that " Franklin's success was as complete as that on the centre and right, and re sulted in his getting possession of the Gap." As a Pennsylvanian, we are proud of General Franklin ; as an American sol dier, the whole Union will ring with praises of his valor and skill. The Rebel Geheral-in-ChieLL--General Rob ert E. - Lee, called " The Hero of the ,Rev olution " by his rebel friends, was at the earlier period of the rebellion, and still is, commander-in-chief of the rebel army. This officer was born in the State of Vir ginia about the year 1808. His father was the distinguished General Henry Lee, (called by his contemporaries, in familiar ity, Harry Lee,) the known friend and en• logist of the Father of his Country. In fact the whole family of Lees always, until now, devoted their energies-and. ability to the cause of the young Republic and to the union and integrity of this Government. The present General Lee, whose name is the subject of this memoir, married •the daughter of Mr. Custis, the representative of the Washington family, and by this marriage became proprietor of the Arling ton estates, and, through Mrs. Washington, of large possessions in the county of . New Kent, among which was the famous and recently destroyed White House, on the Pamunkey river, in which Washington and his fiimily had passed many days. The young man, who possessed a high order of ability, graduated at West Point in the year P 429, standing second in his class of forty six members, among whom we find the names of Generals C. P. Buckingham, Acting Adjutant General of' the United States Army; 0. M. Mitchel, and others now in the service of the Union, and Joseph R. Johnston, a general in the rebel army. Shortly after this, the subject of our sketch visited Europe, where his man ners and acquirements secured him the entree to the best society of the European capitals. During the Mexican war he was entrusted by Generals Scott and Totten with the important charge of the engineer- . ing• department of the army in Mexico. General Lee was formerly a cOlOnel of cav alry in the United 'States army' previous to his joining the rebels, who Made 'him a major general. 'With regard to Lee's skill as a corn- . mandin,g general there is yet, a .great deal of doubt. He was held at bay in 'Western Virginia, at Cheat Mountain, for - some length of time by General Iteynolds, of Indiana, and was even at one time out= general- d and driven from his position by th , it officer: . Although actual Cowman , der-in-Chief, he has been kept in the back ground by Beauregard, Johnston, and -oth ers. and but for his recent plans would still be in the same position.. He conceived the plan of bagging , 11I'Clellan's army- on' the Peninsula, and it is well known that in this he signally failed. He next etarted a plan for the bagging of thewhole. of Pope's army and the making of a des-- perate dash upon Washington. Although he had At one time everything; in his,favor for.-the success of his scheme, yet he neg-, lected the opportunity and allowed himself to be outgeneraled entirely. Pope, with the assistance of forces, escaped. the snare, and the whole ,plan proved a tailiire. Lee next tried another scheme, by entering the State of Maryland, and thus hoping to lake Washington. • That plan likewise has failed. As is sai&above, General Lee graduated with great distinction in the year 1819. He was next, on the Ist of July, breveted as second lieutenant of the engineer corps, reeeiving his full commission the same day. Among the public duties =assigned him in his career, in all of which he .ex hibited talents of the highest order, are thd following: In 1835, he was astronomer for fixing the boundary between Ohio and Michigan; a first lieutenant.in September, 1836 ; captain in. July, 1838 ; chief en gineer in General Wool's army in the Mex ican war, in 1847 ; brevet, major for the battle of Cerro Gordo, April, 1847; brevet lieutenant colonel for the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco, August, 1847; brevet colonel for the battle of Chepulte pee, in which he was severely wounded, September, 1847; superintendent of. Uni ted States Military Academy at West Point, 1852; lieuten,ant_eohmel•of cavalry, 1855. , On the 16th of Mareh, 1861, he yitcp4.44.000 th the tiohluhlo cif .00..1et United States cavalry, and on the 25th of April resigned the service and joined the rebels. Gen. DIXON 11. Miles.—Acting Brigadier General Dixon Miles, Nho commanded at' Harper's Ferry, was anative of Maryland, ; from which State he was appointed a ca- det in 1819. He was nearly sixty years of age, and graduated on the 30th of June, I 1824, standing No. 27 in a class of thirty one members. Among his classmates were ' several noted men, some of whom have fig ured in the Senatorial halls, others have died in battle, &c. On the first of July, 1624, he was appointed a brevet second lieutenant of the 4th United States In fantry, aud, on the same day, was made full second lieutenant of the 7th Infantry. • He held the important position of regi mental adjutant from 1831 to 1836, having, on the 30th of April, 1833, been promoted to a first lieutenancy. On the Bth of June, 1836, he was further promoted to a cap taincy. On the 16th of January, 1839, he was made quartermaster, . au assistant • with the rank of captain, on the staff. This commission he, however, resigned on 1 the 36th -of September, 1845. On .the 9th of May, 1846, he was breveted major for I . gallant and distinguished conduct in the f defence of Fort Brown, Texas. He was further breveted lieutenant colonel, with . 1 -rank-dating from September -23, 1846, for gallant and- meritorious conduct in the se vere conflicts at Monterey, Mexico, on the 21st,- 22d, and 23c1 of September, 1846. On February - 16, 1847, he was promoted to the majority of - the sth Infantry. On i the 15th of April, 1/451, he was further promoted to the lieutenant coloneley of the 3d Infantry, having previously, in July, 1848, held , the position of - civil and mili tary Governor of Jalapa, Mexico. He commanded the So. Gila expedition, and became distinguished in the conflict with the Coyotero and Magollon Apaches Of New Mexico on the:27th of June, 1857, and in several 'conflicts with the Navajoes, New Mexico, during .the month of September, 1858. On the I9th.of January, 1859, he' I was again promoted—this time to the co lonelcy ' l of the 2d Infantry, his commission I dating from January ,19, 1859. He held the command of the fifth division at Bull ,Run. and. successfully covered the retreat f 'of the - -Union army. He held his danger ous position at. Harper's Ferry against al. I mOkt.overWhelming.numbers, and won lion ors each day of the occupation. Letter from General McDowell, WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 1862. To Eis Excellency the President: I have been informed by a Senator that he has seen a note in pencil, written by a Colonel of Cavalry mortally wounded in the recent battle, stating, among other causes, that "he was dying a victim to McDowell'w treachery," and that his last request was that this note might be shown to you. That the Colonel believed this charge, and felt that his last act on earth was a great public service, there can be, I think, no question. This solemn accusa tion, from the grave of a gallant officer who died for his country, is entitled to great consideration, and I feel called upon to en deavor to meet it as well as se general a charge, from one now no longer able to support it, can be met. I, therefore, heg you to please cause a Court to be instituted for its investigation; and, in the absence of any knowledge whatever as to• the particular act or acts, time or place, or general conduct the de ceased may have had in view, I have to ask that the inquiry be without limitation, and be upon any point and every subject which may in any way be supposed to have le.d to his belief': that it may be directed to my whole conduct as a general officer, either under another, or whilst in a separate com mand, whether on matters of administra tion or command—to my correspondence with any of the enemy's commanders, or with any one within the enemy's lines— to my conduct, and the policy puriued by me toward the inhabitants of the country occupied by our troops with reference to themselves or their property; and, further, to any imputations of indirect treadhery or disloyalty toward the nation, or any indi vidual having, like myself, an important trust; whether I have, or have not, been faithful, as a subordinate, to those placed over me, giving them heartily, and to the best of my capacity, all the support in my power; and whether I have or have not failed, through unworthy personal motives, to go to the aid of, or send reinforcements to, my brother Commanders. That this subject of my alleged treachery or disloyalty may be fully inquired into, I beg that all officers, soldiers or civilians, who know, or think they know, of any act of mine liable to .the cbarge in question, be allowed and invited to make it known to the Court. I also beg that the proceedings of the Court may be open and free to the press from day to day. I have the honor, to be, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, (Signed) luvirsz MoDowErm, Conag. Third Army Corps, Army of Virginia. Clerical Failures. Dr. >Rhetoric was always changing; he was:a man ot,dispraportionate power; with a fine person and a thrilling voice. He had passages in his discourses which would altuoat start the, house from its ,foundation. Bat his taste was incorrect; if be often nit, he sometimes missed; and his great impediment was, that somehow his very eloquence created a craving he could not satisfy ; he had, at last, to compare himself to Noah's dove, who left the ark to find no rest ,for the sole of her foot. The Rev. Indiscreet was his pupil; I watched him from the first, and never did a preach er so disappoint me. He began •by imita ting Dr. Rhetoric, and, as Dr: Johnson had clearly proved that no man ever became great by imitation, I set 'him down as a. failme. But no; Indiscreet survived hia' imitations, soared above them ; had every quality for a permanent preacher, so fares sermonizing is concerned; but, alas ! failed for.waut of common-sense. He was always moving: Wigan I always sincerely pitied; for he had short settlements - without any great causc.. Sometio - w or other, he always made the impression that he was a great man, and in a few years the people allays found out that, he was not so great a man as they thought him. They were indignant, and rose at once to revenge their own mistake on their fugitive. victim. He went to auother vineyard to make the same impres slow and to find the setae treatment. Sen sitive was killed by gossips, busybodies, and talebearers, Oh ! if he could have put on the shield of indifference—but he did not wholly ,make himself. ‘Vantvvell 'tried to please everybody, and ended in pleasing noi,e, not evenhimself. Rov, Flzish had a most pleasing and patile,tie voice, and might have spoken for pars with ain't ) if he mink:have _hued, anything to say ; but he died a pastoral death, smothered in his own previous pop ularity. Wrongliead had a short career, because he never could put two ideas to gether. His sermons genera ly consisted of one idea, which be would repeat over about seven thousand times, with astonish ing variety of language. He would en deavor to make the bantling pass for a new baby by putting on a new slip; but when the audience found it out, they dismissed him and his bantling together. But the most melancholy example of the temporary was my dear _friend, Mr. Prim. Prim was a good scholar, a man of common sense, a diligent worker, and a true- Chris tian ; and yet he was slow to find a settle ment, and never could keep what he had slowly found. What was the matter? Dr. Franklin makes poor Richard say, " A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail." Prim was obstructed by little im pediments, and which he knew to be little at.the time. Nobody must speak to him going to meeting; no one•must intrude on particular hours; if he had a call for set tlement, he must put in some vexatious condition.; they must have a new bell, or change the lamps or the bymn-books. His manner was always precise, and his very laugh was ungenial. In bort, he was a rose-bush full of verdure, flower, and fragrance; but you could not touch him but some hidden brier would scratch your fingers, and repel your friendship. He fell a victim to little briers.—BiWiotheea Sacra. Number of Words is Actual Use. It is a curious _thing that, with some 125,000 English words, people can get on with very lew. 'Mr. D'Orsey, a philologist of ability, records that a country clergyman in England told him that some of the la borers in his parish had not 360 words in their vocabulary. On the average, the children of persons with ordinary educa tion do not use more than 200 words, until the age of ten. Max Muller says:" A well educated person in England, who has been at a public school and at the Univer sity, who reads his Bible, his Sbakespeaie, the Times, and all the books of Mudie's Library, (1. e. nineteen-twentieths of all the books published in England,) seldom uses more than 3,000 or 4,000 words in actual con versation. Accurate thinkers and close rea soners, who avoid vague and general expres sions, and, wait till they find the word that exactly fits their meaning, employ a larger stock ; and eloquent speakers may rise to ,a command of 10,000. Shakespeare, who displayed a greater variety of expression than probably any writer in any language; produced all his plays with about 15,000 words. Milton's works are built, up with 8,000 and the Old Testament says all that it has t 3 say with 5,642 words."—Press. How to. Preserve Eggs, The following is said to be an infallible method of preserving eggs fresh and sound for any required length of time. House keepers would do well to give it a trial : To 3 gallons of water add 1 pint quick lime and 1 pint salt, and stir till well mixed and dissolved. No care is needed in putting in the eggs, as they will always settle right end up it. just dropped lightly into the ves sel. None but those perfectly sound will sink. Those which float should he-taken out, for, although they may be good enough for immediate use, they are not entirely sound. It is not important whether the eggs he all placed in the vessel at once or at different times; and they can be taken 'out as they are needed. . The. Simple Secret. Twenty , clerks in a store. Twenty hands in a printing-office. Twenty young men in a village. All want to get along in the world, and all expect to do so. 'One of the clerks will rise to be a partner and make a fortune. One of the compositors will own a newspaper and become an influential and prosperous citizen.. m One of the appren tices will become aster. builder. One of the villagers Will get a handsome farm and live like a patriarch. But which is des tined to be the lucky individual? Lucky_? There is no luck about it. The thing is almost as certain as the Rule of Three. The young fellow who will distance his competitors is he who masters his busi ness, who preserves his integrity, who lives clearly and purely, who never gets into debt, who gains friends by deserving them, and puts his money into a- saving bank. There are some ways to fortune which look shorter than this dusty old highway. But the staunch men of the community, the men' who achieve something really worth having, good fortune, good name, and a serene old age, all go tii.k road. —= MASON Si El AM LT V'S 17 E )DEONS, • at MO, $lO% $76, $6O, and $l5, received and for sate by YuIIN 61:' Wood Street. myl3-ly ICK ER LNG ANOS.-TIWO . superb 7 octane CMCKERING PIANOS, received and for sale by JOLLY H. MELLOR, 81 Wood Street. my 13.13, SPRING STYLES FOR Gentlemen's• Garments, In great' variety; embracing in pert, a large and wail se. tented stock of. Fancy French and English CASSINIERES AND COATINCS • Together with as fine an assortment or Black and Colored ,CLOTHS AND VESTINGS, as the manufactories of EttrOpe can products, 'which are adapted to the wants of gentlemen of taste, who appreciate style and Auality in clothing. SAMUEL GRAY & SON, • rast.r7o-1v Nn, 10 PIGS Rt„ Pit-W.lllth. 0 AN 5.,-PERSONS W TO . obtain Loans. upon Born and Mortgages. will find it to tiled . . Interest to call at the office of G. g. BATHS, Butler St., near Allen, Lawrenceville, Jy-243-13, F- A M i 14, 41 WEX111111310. 41 11C3E31611311EX111S AND serWholesale , and.Retail.o - D. - WII4I.I4IVISi. 1.1,4 B.MITRFIELD STREET, Nearly Opposite . the r CitaOns Zouse, rips-Ty piTTSBURcH PA. LA:WRENC E VILLE. INSURANCE AGENCY, of the LYCOMlisal COUNTY MUTT& I.I3B I GRANON COMPANY, Of the Borough 'of Money, Pa., continue to insure against limit or damage by fire. Capita], $2.439,3011.01. The billies of this Company since its organization, 22 years, has been .but fi1160,848. JAB. , RANKIN, Preirt. Jetifttl3. Bowies; Sec'y. REFERENORS : Capt. James Irvin, Mich, Itl'Cullaugh, Kay Jahn NHL:mean, D. S. Williams, Esq., Ratet Wightman, Esq., • James afOlure, James Kearney, Esq. G. S. PATES, Ag't, 011ies—sistiar St., near Allan. Laiv , ranftvili. Ivla-tv AZEL TO. BROTHERS NEW YORK' PlANOS.—Another supply or tho large Be en Octane- R08,131!,(104.,. Pianos, from. Hazelnut :Brothers, N . rk Yo, juit rewired and for sale by rnyita+Ty E= JOHN EftlfilretHA 6i w ow* • 9110 IHC 3110 Vrobpterian Nanntr, WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, Published at I"I'T.TS33TI II . OI- X - X , BY UV. DAVID WOW. 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DAVID NIrKINNEY, PRESBY TERIANBANNER, PITTSBURGH, PA. N W R ob.ITI'S, For Soldiers and Sailors, JUST ISSUEDLBr The Presbyterian Board of Publication, Noi 821 Chestnut Street„ - :Philadelphia;: : A RECIIIIITING SONG.. Printed on Stiff .oard. Price. 50 cents per 100 net. THE CONVERTED •SAILOR. Tract No. 226: Byllos Rey. Charles. J. +Jones, Pastor of.the blariners' Churclt, Now. York.' 4 panes. • • WIIURR AMR ME ER NINE 7:-. ?Prima No. 23p.- An Address to Persons Recovered from s ickness- 8 Page'''. AM I SOLDIER? AND EXAMPLES Or CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS. 4 wigs& --4 , /i 6 0:7-;- THE SOLDIER'S P OOKET-BOOR. In Englih. man - . Each 5 cents. , and Ger- ''- - JUST AS I AM. On Card. SO cents per Inn. TWELVE' mute. TRACTS FOR SOLDIERS. In a -Peckage: Price 10 THE SOLDIER'S LIBRARY. Seventy Volumes. Pilee $15:00. ' , ' • ' Anda variety of Tracts, suitable for dierrihatian in the Army and Navy: Mute address orders to • WIIITI TI t OP - RIARGSNT, ! ' Rtisiness gorrespondent, 821.Chentant'Stvest, Philadelphia, ,;Ehe 'PreBhYte ibt l2" l"...tr ilo°k . Jii-4 pRokuRTY A.lqD LOTS POS. SALE. . . _ .- .. . A brick dwelling, pleasrietly situated o n . Bellefonte Street. A brick dwelling. pleasantly situated; on. Prospea- Street. A brick dwelling, pleasantly situated on Water Street. Also, two triune dwellings. Oivisantly situateelon the Greens. burg two 01 tbe. A Tacna( wall. .The Above property-le very desirable , and will be sold on liberal terms. Also. for sale, from 10 to 15 acres of fine-Gardening Land, 14 miles front Pittsburgh, in IndiarmT?wnship. 13nIlding Lots tall 61804' and p ri c e s l ibeuit.' .. For terms, Ao., apply at the Real Mate, and 'lnsurance Office of ' ' -' - ikkillF Bl,slllieu,Albut, tat. ...,..... 44.1.F.1011"% 4.13,264 - JOHN A. RENSIIAI4 - , Family Grocer and Tea Dealer, Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and that be bas recently removed to the new and spacioo., UMW, - Corner of Liberty and Hand Streets, (Alm , doors above his old stand,) And baying largely increased his stock by recent porch now offers to the public the most extensive and compl e t k , sortment to be found in this city, of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Teas, Spices. Pickles and Sauces. Preserved Fruits in great variety, Fish. p r ; B e ef, besides an assortment of Domestic articles; thus constituting a Housekeeper's Empotie,„ t most all articles that are useful or necessary for the all may be purchased at reasonable prices. oar WHOLESALE AND RETAIL —& - (1, Catalogues containing an extended list of my sleek nig' had by mail, if desired. Oar. Liberty a j n ° d Tl Fl N an A d . St it y l .! N rilt l L A o, 7C f: ;h ap7-ly SAPONIFIER, CONC ENTRA - T — ' LYE. FAMILY' SOAP MAKER. Made by the PeribIIYIVILIIIII Salt Manufactnring patty." The only genuine and patented article. 11,•w,,' t Counterfeits! Buyers and sellers of the bogus arm], xit be prosecuted. For sale by all Druggists and r r . Prices reduced to snit the times. rift-21-1v HARTUPEE & CO., COEN= OE WEST AND,SHOE7 STREETS, PrMTBURG PA Stearn' Engines, Machinery, and Castings. Also, of STILLS, TANKS; and all other apparstm , for r , ftning Oils. on ty ME'ReIIANTSI _HOTEL, 46 North Fourth Streei, PHILADELPHIA. O. M'ILIBREN & SON, Propriet o r s . Inoro-tr ITIDE,OIL'AND LEATHER S'Po R k; D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS, No. 31 South Third Street, BETWEEN MAEUEST ANT, CHESTNUT STREETS, P IMAZELP TIT Have for Sale SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER HUMS, CA Dal TA AND PATNA KIPS, TANNERS' OIL, egt—, AT THE LOWEST PRICES AND UPON THE BEST TERMS. All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, far rkit iiighest 'nark , price will be given in cash. 01 talun t it exchange for D .es. Leather stored free at charge, and he l. oricommission. Liberal Cash Advances made on Leather ConslzrrO ' to JOHN D. APCORD JAMES d. Itintr'llrAIL1 0 31 1 11 31 : 110 4IC ILO " s MAIVVPACrEgtEIIS AND DEALERS 124 - Hats,' Caps, and Straw Goods, -WHOLESALE -AND RETAIL, 1 , 31 RW . OOd. S.truct, Pittsburgh, Have now on hand for Spring sales, as large and complet r av assortment of Gdods as can he found in any of the Eastrrs cities, consisting of Fur, Silk, and. Wool Hatt, of every style and quality; CAPS of every quality arta lat. t fashions; Pabst .Leal, Straw, Leghorn, and Panama HATS - Straw 'and Silk BONNETS, etc.; etc. Persons wishit.g purchase ether by Wholesale or Retail, will find it to their a.tvatotaw , to eau Alifi ovArnina nag atnet 'aria 1, TO 'INVALIDS. Do Not Despair, Until . You Have Tried the THE .RITTSBURRIII,WATER CURE ESTABLIRDIENT is delightfully`situated on the banks of the Ohio, fro stiles West of the city: .We have treated many hundred ease:: .41 nearly every kind of disease, and can refer to patients all over the country whom we have restored to health, after everything else bedfailed. The following are among- the dheases we hare trmt,...l successfully : .INCIPIENT: CONSUMPTION, Asthma, Bronchitis, ermel, , , Scrotbla, every , form of Skin Disease, Dyspepsia, Lie. r oni plaint, Constipation of theitOwels. Spinal Irritation, IN+.ortb, gin, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Nervousness, all Diseases of' tic Reproductive Organs, Diabetes. Dropsy, &c., &c. PHILADELPHIA. TO FEMALES suffering with diseases peculiar tkr th”ir sex; we - appeat vrlth cOnfidence, as we rarely fail to eihrt cures in those cases. We not only cure you of your disease, but we entirely re. move from your,gyatem the had effects of the poleettotngrugt you have taken.. . -• ' OUR CURE is °pert' to you. Come to us and we sill is due-time. send you' borne healthy, and fit for life's dudes Terms:moderate. Send for a Circular, to W. N. 11.311BLETON. 31. D., Box 1.304. Pittsburgh. Ps 11) L' I B R ARIES The AmericaLiSunday School Union FO,R.DISTRIBUTION, . The Igo - Stindai Salami Libraries for distribution as per legacy in =WM of the late ,OKARLES` BREWER, will be ready tor - delivery ,on and after July 10th. 1860. The Sunda.y,SchOols- entitled to these Libraries are those established in Allegheny County, Pa., since &larch alfft, Applicants will be required to subscribe to statement gti ing name, location, and date of organization of the Selma ; name and Post Office .address of Superintendent: average number of teachers and,scholars on attendance, and amount then contributed for support of School. Reasonable evidence. by amount of contributions and oth• erwise, of the permanence of the School will be required. Apply to P. 11. EATON, Of EATON, ItlianitOn & V;411. al Pitt..1.,7,4. ._s A-Difs 0 'N. me -AL FURNISHING UNDERTAKER, Ito. 60 Smithfield Stimet, keeps Constantly on hand a lam assortment Ready-Made Coffins, 'Metallic Cases, Shroubi, Am, of the latest Styles. Personal services in all cases whet' required, and no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion, and relieve the friends of the many unpleasant dati,s. necessarily% ccuttecteil ,sith the preparations for burial. at greatly. reduced prises. Romnsopen day and nicht. 11,arsei and flarristewirvirr*NP4. , Onnbiling' iha ACTIVIC " PRINCIPLE of ma. known Vaannamn Suarranana, in ouch a alarm ° " a ti irnitralt Tuzia EVFICIENeIf, and at the moot than randar: them Wally TO. az ADMINIgTERED, *aid Imo from than antgdonMot and often dangerous eta prodnood.by Ifornalfmga In the old form. 40, / ; Ay 4 09, a 440 of " C°Prier Pen a- and - .St. Clair Streets, Pittsburgh Pa. TOE L-A' R,G ES T COMMERCIAL School of the United States, With a patrtalage ~ nearly 3,000 iSTUDENTS. in lire years, from 31 States. and the only one which affords complete and reliable instruction „, all the following branches, viz.: Mt acANTILEI ' ll ' lmvi ' A CTEraills!, STEAMBOAT, RAILROAD, -"I' BANE BODIC:IMPING. rasa' PREMIUM -PLAIN. AND' Oartssnurrvi. PENMANSHIP; ALE C:, SURVEYING, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS S 35.00 GENERALLY. pays for a Cummercial Course • Students enter and n t'e a M E:o:r nw n i e u s i d t ia rae p i n e :bgu Y : U :e lk alB teu'lti°ll at batt:Priae. nfshBl.6p,Panrd area c ti l ti m f e :l B CO i lli ß .gT i v n ie esa ir 08ine'd'e?hrt square feet, contahiiiirri great variety of Writing. Lerterdls . rn E t u itl iq y hjug, in'',,ll°l7l424 BlNS 'eenta & i S l bi s l b TTl P , s .Pi tr' t t ts h l e m i r 'r g i rl it . 'l3 .: ” S *CON T I-11 ANDE ---- 11 ANos, AT tr s t $ 5O , sitA $74 cm% 1125 and4lso for sale by ini l3-1 Y aotiN staLcan, at Wood Street' $9O A DPLE-11EEO FIVE Opler for , -OLV I L I O c tave "SiglO .- -ILELODEUN t ninety,dollors. For sale by 1 4 18 13 4 - ' ZORN El" -L LOR Si Wood Street L _ • kl i i ri .4 vvajAzwit, LEb ' . .• Any. .Y. G. PERSMENG, AN., President. Best.- Susteined . \Doling° , in the State. ot 0 FOURTEEN TBAOMBRB. - 45. Attendance last year, - Bripriti brick buildings: 'The - rough and extensive C"'''' study. TELEGRA:PRING, 411 d. ORGAN MUSIC SPIVS -aIIRII4Y 1' ' FORTY DOI;LARR per 'term for Warding, licht, f.c . l ' tern[. commenbes,SEP.T.,a 2D. Setui to the President for a Catalague. ' _ M. SIMPSON. xtooll4nOt of Board of Trustees. For Brilliancy and Economy, SURPASSES ALL OTRER ILLUMINATING OILS no' in market.' `lt sMI bore Eitibmi of coal oil tamps, is P , T ; and for sate by fisatly sarboand fres-4m all .01;4511.8We odor. Manufacter a - , -MAOTEOWN, 114 7 Lionnyt Erneet. Pyrimerena W CHAPII.B2i J. N. "inn .. . ... .... .. .. WE S E CitA.P MAN, ReallrAPALge.:TitgaLtaCr i' ries iii; P Ar all t il .:Er a dl n s a he°4ll, veYancerN Will locate Lan Toi vad Warranta, ' , o,Soine patents, buy, sets, and rent lands and Preperly, pay,Taxes, take pty dero'"t,, make ontennveytinera; eititroirie tides' ‘ttend the,collestion ofdebts in Western Jowl and Nebnis"' SWIG N'' ,$ MASON BL. HA SSO :RAILMONIiThIB. nituA third supply of these elegant, nieful and cheap Etan a° :, ns received to-day. Teacher's, yalld Directors of singing m B ctrany invitaster.a, Lead ers of Choirl ihe Public "ner°lls' l'esPd and examine them, at the muss vvarer 'oats an oome of myttial. ' 1101111 WellirgAng'Bl. Wood Weft' Manufacturers of Water Cure. ebR- y a 1 TR.'S' BARBELL'S INDIAN VEGETABLE II NECTAR SUGAR DROPS, sal), pleasant and offectnel remedy be Warne, over d .dieopir'ere..' D. O. BARNES, i 202 Broadway. Bow York. ‘ 5-ly
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