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The Supernatural; V. Theziniiishin the Eastern Seas; VI. The Legend Jdrs. Oliphant's Life of Edward ; VIII. Thif-MauSolnum at Halicarnassns; IX. Home and Abros4 X. :'..rotio4ezte of Savoy"; The Alllllli4llo Re4olittion. The intelligent reader will find must of these Arlirles in a high d.„‘gree iniervting and in structive. And even the concluding paper, though iu some respects a good deal provoking, Is well worthy of perusal. We can at least say that the following paragraph evinces good sense in the reviewer: "We are inolined to believe that Lord Palmerston's policy has been hitherto right—that at this moment the acknowledgment of the South as a nation would of itself effect very little, and might cause to England 'evils greater than those whichlt would remove." furttcfoung. [From the Watchman sod Reflector.) . Witte, the Drummer-Boy. " He was a brave little soul," said the sergeant of the 19th, as he hastily dashed a few' tears away. "His father was our cap tain, and Willie never flinched in the thick est of the battle. Right on, fighting as' hard as the, hardest, for he bad thrown away his drum and caught up somebody's ogun, which he had hardly, the strength to:parry, cheering and deadly in earnest, he fought till he fell. We, thought he was wounded but slightly, but we had to hasten forward and leave him there, in God's name.. We were too sorely pressed to stop for any one. His father was wounded, too.", So there:slept little. Willie. For him waited no fond.mother's kiss; or if it did,' this world% would never see it stamped upon brow or, lip. As the face of a sleep ing angel, so sweetly serene did his face shine. Willie was only fourteen, and small of his age at that. A slight form, delicate features, and epee 'as blue and sunny as the' sky, marked Willie's face. It was very touehing.to,'see him. the day after he Was' brought in, so meek, so wan, so patient;` and to hear his little story, told with the weak, and , failing strength of ebbing life. " Well, roy dear little fellow," said ; the visitor, compassionatinghis weakness, "so you were woundedin that dreadful battle," " YeS'ru--and they went; right On—and left me They had to—because they were fiohting you see. But I "couldn't move my leg. I got on—one arm—and dragged myself,off—to a tree, and that was only a few steps off. So I laid there—till dark— and I wanted water—so mueb—that I cried, I, couldn't help it. My leg began to ache, and it was bleeding. I thought of poor father—and wondered if lie was dead, and then I was so weak—that it seemed as if I must cry for that toot I did'nt want to be left there in the dark—with all the men dead about me. It seemed—as if they were looking at me—and the wounded men— they were all over the field, and they groaned, and shouted like crazy people. " Pretty soon it got dark—but I eouldfl"t sleep. I wanted water = so bad. But no body came to give me water, or anything. I felt mighty bad there, 'speCially when the cannon stopped. 0 1 how I wished I could see. But I couldn't—and I couldn't stop the groaning. I guess I was a little out of my head, for I thought I was kneel ing down once saying my prayers, and I seemed to be in, mother's room, and there were three candles burning. Well, I be lieve I slept sometimes—that night—but when morning came—l was so dry that I couldn't move my tongue—and I thought I was dying. " Presently a man came along—a rebel soldier. I thought he was going to kill me. He swore at me and called me a Yankee brat. I asked,him for some water—and he slapped his canteen, and told' me to drinl: if I could get it. Then he went away and began pulling off the clothes from our poor dead soldiers. He stripped ever so many. By-and-by, after he had gone, there came ° another rebel soldier. I begged him to t give me some 16ter—he was good and gave me a drink out of his canteen. 0, it did I taste so nice !" and the poor little sufferer smacked his lips as if yet tasting the deli ciousness of that battlefield draught. I " But he took away my gun," continued Willie, " and asked me if I wasn't sorry " I'd been fivhtint , acraitist the confederates. I was glad I'd drank the water becausp. was very weak, and if he'd asked me be ! fore—l don't know—l don't think I should, but I was so dry I mjgh,t have said yes. But I told him no—that we were in the right, and they were wrong and must be beaten. It seemed to make him mad, and 0 , he began to swear. So when he found out father was captain, he told me that he was dead, and that he killed him. That made me cry. Then he put his hands in my pockets, and turned me over to get my money—though it hurt me so bad! It made me scream,•but he didn't care. Re took ten dollars and some change. I'd been saving it to send on to mother to keep for me—but the old rebel got it. So I laid there'tlie next. day, hungry almost starving, and then some, kind per son took me off the field." The dear little fellow'! Whose, eyes would not moisten at the recital of such a tale? And then to feel that in all proba bility his wound was a mortal one ! it taxed the strongest nerves. "Are you sorry you went ?" asked some One, '‘‘ No ma'am," was the quick, firm re sponse. " I'd ike to get well so as to go' again—that is, if my father Would letine. ' " And where is your father ?" " He's in another hospital, wounded too. But they say he'll get' well. 0, I ao hope so—l want to see him." • The poor little drumther-boy ! destined 'never to look upon the face of father or mother in this world again. The next day he was better, his spirits were high, his cheeks flushed; the next day worse, and so he hegan to decline. Once he was hearth , repeating the Lord's Prayer very earnestly. "That's'the prayer your mother taught you," I said. - Yes'm—i wish I could see my mother. Pre got a letter from her; don't you want to read it ?" He.put his little trembling hands under the pillow, and handed me a well-written sheet. Let me transcribe the letter : "My noble little son ;—They tell. me, you are wounded and in the hospital; that your father is wounded also. 0, how I wish I could come on and see you, but I cannot. Your little brother• is only two weeks old, and I am not able to be with you. 0, my dear little boy I when I heard how brave you had been, it . made me cry for joy. If I had heard, you had run away and was frightened, it would have made me feel bad, but I should have said you, were -only a child. lint, Ana as you .ware, am so proud of you that you didn't flinch and give the foe a 'chance to fire at your back. That would have been dreadlnl. "I am very lonesome without 'my hus band and my little boy, but I have given them to the country, and though I may lose them, yet I shall feel that all is right. I do hope God will grant that,,you. may both live. Your ' grandmother feels - very bad; and keeps talking all the time about her little Willierloy.—bm little g baby,' as. she, PRESBYTERIAN 14ANNER.--SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1862. always calls you. I hope you will collie back home, for her sake. " dear boy, beep up a good heart. I ' hope before Summer comes again this dreadful war will be over. Then you can plant the garden and tend to your little ap ple-trees, that seem to miss Willie. Per haps you may have to walk with crutches for a long time, but you may not need them ' at all—l trust not. Don't forget yobr prayers, Willie. You have always been a good little boy to me, Willie, and though you left me so young, (you are fourteen, now; a whole year since you first started, and six months since I saw you last,) I am almost certain that you remember the in structions of your mother, and have not let bad soldiers or bad men have influence over you. You told me in your last that the soldiers swore dreadfully. 0, dear Willie! uever hear without reproving them. Some times they will listen to a little' b - orliie you. Say your prayers always to your Father in heaven, and he :will keep you safe in temptation. - " Now, dear Willie, good night. It is getting quite late, and your brother wants me. I wish you could see him. lam go ing to call him Judson, if your' father consents. I hope, if' it is allowable, both you atid'yetr father may come home, sand then I can nurse you with grandmother's help. Grandmother says, she vvould cod le up,' her,boy„ and so she would—,spoil . him, I suppose. " Your father wrote me.. yesterday. He says he is very comfortable, and ,hears 'a good report from you: "Be kind to your nurses';. they have to vvork'very . hard,' be deprived of - 'their rest, and stibmit , 'to.' a great many inconve= niendes. What 'they do under the doctor's orders will be for theilest,"though it 'may cause you what you would call needless t euffering." . I transcribe the whole of this' letter he catise •it was the last poor little Willie ever read. After I had finished it I 'handed 'it back, with the remark that his another was a good ` woman - " I bet she is," he 'responded, ,with a 'boy's eharaeteriatic fervor. ' 7 ' 've , got her :miniature;` would - you like to see it?" Of course I assented ;:.and,, after another diving under his pillow, the ease was forth coming: - A mild; •and emotherly- face-- 'could I give it a higher compliment?—re turned my curious gaze. In it I read all the devotion . that could suffer, aye, die for the objects of its love, and the almost idol atry of that love. " Have you any sisters ?" I asked. A tiny case , from under the same hiding place answered me. In it was the 'beauti ful child-face of a sweet little girl, some four or five Summers old. " But hew did you keep these through the fight ?" ,I I asked. "0, I did n't do that. I left them with somebody, and did n't expect to see them again ; but she brought them'here for me to look at." " Well, Willie, I lrope you remernbeis what your mother says about prayer." " Yes'm, I always pray—everybody ought to pray, well or sick,' he said, sighing wearily, as he finished. "0, if I could only see my mother !" "Perhaps you will, soon, Willie!' [orrictst COPY.] HEADQUARTERS or THE ARMY, Washington, D.C., Nov. 23, 1862. To this .Gen. klalleck returned the fol lowing reply : WASHINGTON, August 6, 1862. To Major- General Jr Cid lan, Command &c., Berkley, Va.: GENERAL :—Your telegram of yesterday was *received this•morning, and I imme diately telegraphed a brief reply, prom ising to write you more fully by mail. You, General, certainly couldt not have been more pained .at receiving , my order than I was at the necessity of issuing it. I was advised by a high official; in whose judgment I had great confidence, to make the order immediately on my arrival here, but I determined not to do so until I could learn your wishes from a personal inter view; and even after the interview I tried every means. in my power to avoid with drawing your army, and delayed my deci sion-as long"as 'I dared to delay it. I as sure you, G:eneral, that it was not a hasty and inconsiderate act, but one that caused me more anxious thoughts than any other of my life ; but, after a full and mature consideration of the pros and cons, I was reluctantly forced ,to the conclusion that the order must be issuea ; there was to my mind no alternative. Allow me to to,, a; , few..-of the,facts of, the. case. You and your, officers, at our interview, estimated the enemy's forces at•and around Richmond at fixiclAtj men. Since then, j A S V E EC you and others report that they have re- UTZ OF FAYETTE OCIIINTY, ceived, and are now receiving, large rein- 411010-IVPMILie• - 257 - g , euumMoss forcements from the South. Gen. Pope's i • PITTSBURGH, P.A. Kir Office, S. E. Corner of Fourth and Grant ,streets. army, now covering Washington, is only 40,000::Your effective force is only about octiAn 90,000. You are thirty miles from Rich- 1862. JIP-Lll-31 1 [4311-4 1862. mond, and Gen. Pope is eighty or ninety. I• - With the enemy directly between you,ADVERTI SEMENT. '424 ready to fall with his, superior numbers upon one 'or the other, as he may elect, W IT E . lt & 00.1 neither can reinforce the -other. In the smEssc'Rvr° case of Such an attack if Gen. Pope's army , GEORGE R. WRITE & CO. lie diininished to reinforce ydu, Washing- No-25 Fifth Street, Pittsburgh Pa ton, Maryland and Pennsylvania would be nave now in store a full and complete ss left uncovered and exposed; and if your stock. of IiBW GOODS, comprising all force should be reduced to strengthen - the , Rarities of this Season's Importa- Pope, you would be too weak to even hold lion in Dress Goods, Fancy Silks, Btu • the osition ou now o broideries, Gloves, Hosiery, Laces, p y ccupy, • should the Skirts, Shawls, Curtains, Housekeeping enemy turn round and attack you in . full asosii,etc. force. In other word:4, the old army of the In our DOMESTIC GOODS will' be • Potomac is split in two parts, with the en- found a fine assortment of Flannels, tire force Of' the enemy 'directly between plain and barred of all colors; buena. fug Balmoral Skirts, Blankets, all sizes them, and they cannot be, united by land• and gem* ; together with Muslim without exposing both to destruction; and and Prints in all varieties. yet they must be united: To send Pope's SHAWLS, SACQDES, 3 AND forces by water to the Peninsula is, under pre- MANTILLAS, in every style and price. sent circumstances, a military impossibility. To this department we would call the special attention of those living away The only alternative is to send the forces froni the city. Devoting one large room on the Peninsula to some point by water, to the exclusive of Monks, Bay Fredericksburg, where the two armies . Shawls, and Curtains, we "can always can be united. Let me now allude toaome saiW a greater variety in a short space ' of the objections which you hive urged. of time, than can be found in the city E; You say that to withdraw from the present sepialr WHiTE OR R-irt C ' position will cause the ,certain demoraliza tion of the army, which- is now in excel lent ' discipline and condition. I'vannot understand why a simple changeof posi- Correipondenen Between Generals Hailed and tion to a new and by no means distant base, 11l will demoralize an army in excellent disci . . [opnor A L cor r .] pline, unless officers themselves assist• in BERKLEY, Va., August 4th, 12 M. the demoralization ' which lam satisfied they,wil,not. Your,chauge of front from To .ilfajP. r- General Ralleck, Commander in- Chief : .yeur eXtreine iight at Hanover Court House to'. your present position was over t hi rty Your.telcgram of last -evening isyceeived. miles, but I have not heard that it demor 7 I mat confess that it la's caused me the alized your iroops, notwithstanding the se greatest pain I ever experienced, for I am vote losses they sustained in effecting it. convinced that the order to withdraw this. A new base on the 'Rappahannock, •at army to Acquia Creek will prove disastrous Fredericksburg, brings .you within sixty in the extreme to our cause. I fear it will miles of Richmond, and secures a reinforce be a fatal blow. Several days are neceasary ment of forty or fifty thousand fresh and to complete the preparations for so im- disciplined troops. The change with such portant a movement as this, and while they advantages will, I think, if properly repro are in progress, I beg that careful consid- stinted to your army, encourage rather than eration may be given my statement. This“ demoralize your troops. Moreover, you army is now in excellent .condition; we yourself suggested that a junction might hold a clebouche on both banks of the be effected at Yorktown, but that, a flank James River, so that we are free to act in l march - across the Peninsula would be more any direction, and with the assistance bf the hazardous than to retire to Fortress Monroe. gunboats, 1 consider our communications You will remember that Yorktown is two as now secure, or three-miles further from Richmond than We -are.otweity-flve , miles from Rib& I Fredericksburg is. Besidea, the latter is " I hope so, ma'am." "'His sweet resignation, plaintive glance and voice made- my eyes fill again. I yearned to .take him• in 'my arms, -to my heart, and tell him‘that I would be to him as a mother—the dear little drummer-boy! On the folloWing day an alarming change had taken place in Willie. He - lay with eyes partially closed and labored breathing. His leg. was frightfully swol len, and even now the doctors were debating whether it would not be best to take off the limb before there was any fatal alteration in, the. strength of the patient. Everybody seemed interested in the child's recovery ; they all loved the little drummer-boy He waked up while I stood there. His lip grieved. I-bent down and heard him whisper," f do n't went them to cut it off." I soothd him as best I could, took my seat by his side, and began to fan him. Once in a while I repeated a little text of Scrip ture, which I thought 'he might have learned at Sabbath School, and he seemed to be pleased and to brighten up, as if they were familiar and well-remembered passa ges. At length he fen asleep again. The surgeons came up, and one of them whis peaed-that they-had decided , notio , attempt the amputation-4t would be in either case, so bad' was the wound and so reduced his strength, certain death. I thought of the sick father in the hos pital—l thought of the sick but hopeful mother at home, and my heart ached. Well, the veins grew bluer' and mere rigid on the forehead of the' little drummer-boy; the eyes, under their, falling laehes, duller and darker. He, was going very fast, the' octor said. When he awoke be " babbled of green fields," and his last intelligible words were, " Mother, kiss me." Need - Ladd that I bent over the sweet little forehead,- now so pile, with the moist rings of yellow hair clinging to it, as bib love to :the dear ones at home, and pressed a fond, a lin= gering kiss there, or that the salt tears dropped upon the fair locks?'l 'think not. _ So there he laid in his last, long, dream less sleep, to be forgotten by mother, father and country, never: Fin. deathless as eter nity is ehe memory of all our gallant dead, whether =the - mound - beneath which they sleep be six feet long or four. Heaven holds the soul eflittte,-Willief,the drummer boy of thel9th. For. him 'theigarden at home will''never blossom, or the trees that "seemed to miss him" yield their fruit. But the trees that grow in the garden of the Lord, they shall Shed healing halms - for him throughout all ages. M. A. D. ' t l(.-isreittito - oi, mond, and are not likely to meet the enemy in force sufficient to fight a battle, until we have reached fifteen to eighteen miles, which bring us, practically, within ten miles of Richmond. .Our largest line of land transportation would be from this point twenty-five miles, but, with the aid of the gunboats, we can supply the army by water during its advance, certainly, to within twelve miles of Richmond. At Aquia Creek, we would be seventy-five miles from Richmond, with land transpor tation all the way. From hereto Fortress Monroe is a march of about seventy miles —for I regard it as impracticable to with draw the army and its material, except by land. The result of the movement would thus be to march 135 miles to reach a point, now only 25 miles distant, and to deprive ourselves entirely of the powerful aids of the gunboats and water transporta tion. Add to this the certain demoraliza tion' of thewhich ... W6llld reviie the terrible depressing effect upon. the people of the North, and the strong `probability' that it would influence foreign powers to recognize our `adversaries; and these `ap pear to me sufficient reasons to make it my , iniperative-duty to urge, in the strong est terms afforded 11 our language, that 'this oider•May be ireaciuded ; encl.:that' far from :recalling„:this army, it be promptly reinforced, to, make it resume the offensive. ; It may be saidnthere are no reinforcements' available; I point to Gen. BUrnside's forces" --to those of, Gen. Pope. It was not) necessary :to, maintain a-strict. defence in front of Washington and Harper's :Ferry. +I To thoseTortions of the army of thnWest, not required 'for a strict defebse there. Here,*directlY in front of "thiS army, is the ; heart of, the Rebellion. It ishere that all Our resources should be collected to strike }the-blow which will' determine the fate of =this natiOn. - All points .. of secondary .portance elsewhere, should be abandoned, 'and every available man brought here. A decided victory here and the military : strength of the rebellion is crushed. It, matters not what partial' reverses we may meet with elsewhere, here is the true .de fence of Washington. It is .here on the bank:of the :James river' that the fate 'of the Union should be decided. lam clear in my convictions of right L—strong in the consciousness that I have, ever been, and ; ; am still, actuated solely-by the ,love of country ; knowing that no ambitious or ' ,selfisli motives have 'influenced me from the commencement of this: war.; „ l do now what I never did in my life before—l en treat that this order may bn,reseinded. If 7 my counsel does not prevail, I will, with a sad heart, obey your : orders to the, utmost of my power; devoting to the movement— one of the utmost delicacy and 'difficilty, whatever skill I'May possess, whatever the result may be; and may God grant that 1 : am mistaken in. my forebodings. I shall:; at.least have.the internal satisfaction that I have written 'and spoken frankly, and have sought tndo the best in my power to arrest disaster from my country. [Signed,] Gxo. B. M'CLxr,Litsr, Major-General. between Washington and Richmond, and covers Washington from any attack by the enemy. The political effect of the with drawal may at first be unfavorable, but I think the public are beginning to under stand its necessity, and that they will have much more confidence in a united army than in its separate fragments; but you will reply, "why not reinforce me here, so that 1 can strike Richmond from my pres ent position ?" To do this you said at our interview that you required fifty thousand additional troops. I told you that it was impossible to give you so many. You finally thought you would have some chance of success with twenty thousand, but ~,you afterwards telegraphed to _me that you would require thirty-five thousand, as the enemy was being largely reinforced. If your estimate of the enemy's strength was correct, your requisition was perfectly rea sonable, but it was utterly impossible to fill it until new troops could be enlisted and organized,. which • would require several weeks. To keep your army in its present position until it could be 'so reinforced would almost destroy it in that climate. The, months of August and September are almost fatal to the whites who live on that part of James river, and even after you got the reinfbrcements asked for, you, admitted that you must reduce Fert ; Dar ling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means cer,tain ,that the reduction .of ,the; would not : require- consider able 'tiMe—perhaps as much as those at Yorktown. This delay might not only be fatal to the health ofyou army, but in the meantime Ge,n.,-Pope's , forces would be ex posed to the heavy =blows of'the 'enemy; without the slightest' hOpe'of assistance from you. In'regard to the demoralizing effect of a withdrawal from the Peninsula. to the Rap pahannock, I' must remark that a large number of your highest' officers-indeed, a majority of those whose, opinions have been reported to me—are decidedly in favor of the movement:. Even several of those who originally advocated the line .of-the`Penin sula; now advise its abandonment I have not inquired and do knot desire to know, by ;whose -advise.or• for what rea sons the Army of the Potomac < was sepa rated into two parts, with 'the enemy be tween them. I must take things as I find them. I find the _forces divided, and I wish to unite them. `OttlY - one feasible plan has been presented for doing - this. If you, or any one else, had presented a better one, I certainly should have adopted" it,but all of your plans require reinforcements, which it is impossible to give you. It is very.easy to ask for reinforcements; but it is not so easy to give them when you have no disposition of troops at your com mand. I have written, very, plainly, as I understand the case; and I hope you will give me credit for having considered the matter, although I may have arrived at different conclusions from your own. Very respectfully, your olf,t servant, (,Signed,]. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Chief. CHITRVII MUSIC BOOKS. Cythara• Jubilee; Diapason; Sabbath Bell; New ,Car., mina; Lute of" Zion; Asaph; Christian: Minstrel; Sacred Star; Thanksgiving, &o.; dm. SARBATH SCHOOL Num. Sabbath School Bell, No.'s 1 and Golden Chain GLEE BOOK'S. Oriental Glee Book"; New-Yerk , Glee'and Oliarihs 'Book Sopg Crown;. Young Tolle' Glee:Mook; Golden Wreath. Nightingale; TarEi's Harp. . . . For sale by JOHN H. MELLOR, 81 *nod Street ! ri, HEAP PIANOS AND MELODEONS. mi- , REAL BARGAINS. A Rosewood Chickering Piano, 6X octave, only twd yeartiold- , $2OO i A Rosewood °bickering ,Piano, 6X octave, very little worn 190 A Rosewood, 6X octave, Chiakering Piano,in first rate order ' ' 180 A splendid Rosewood 6% octave Piano, made by one of. the best Boston makers, a great bargain 175 i A Rosewood 6% octave upright Nail°, raade by Gilbert, , Boston 125 i A. Rosewood 6 octave Relict, Davis it Go. Piano, a very cheap instrument 335 A 'Mahogany 6 octave Piano, by Stodart, Worcester & i Dunham ' ' 120 ' A Mahogany, 6 octave Plano, New-York make 85 ' A Walnut Lease Plano, 6 octave 75 I' A Mahogony, 6 'octave, Loud Piano, in good order ''4s A Mahogorty,'s% octave Plano 26 a 5 a a 20 . 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In consequence of our giving our , attention to this kidd of stork, to the exclusion of dress and fancy goods, we can guarantee our prices and;styles to be the =strayers ble in the market. we. ate able to g ive 2.l perfect Lltr m E ti N dne G ti D on fl , D be r ngi the mat Es. talished Linen Store in the city. and having been for more than twenty years regular important from some oft t beet manufacturers in Ireland. We offer, also, a large stock of FLANNELS AND . NILISONS of the best , qualities to be obtained, and at the very lowest prices. • Alsodilankete„ , Quilte, Shootings, Tickinge, Damask Table Cloths, and Neptune, Towelli cgs, Jilapere, Huckabliclut Table and' — Plenii Covers, Damaske and Moreans,:pla'e and 'Muslin Curtains, Dimities, Furniture' Chintzes," Window Shadings, &a, &c. JOHN F. CPWRLL & SON, S. W. corner of Chestnut and Seventh Sts m).llo.tf ,Philsuialphims. FALL AND WINTER. CLOTHING-. H. SigagniE 31( j ar ARIE. 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SPRING STYLES FOR aentlearneasl3.- Gatrxtreixt-s;- In..great variety; embracing,„_ _;in part, a large and well cc ilected stock of Paucy, PreantrakatEnglitak CASSINI •ether with as Rae an assoitane-of Black and Colored "oILOTES AND YESTENGS, as the trianafactories of Eur o p e can produce, which Are - adapted to the wants of gentlemen of taste, who appreciapAstyllutidlrawty; Eamorl. GItAY No. le Fifth att...plukshorah. E DGES C 00_ L PRINCETON, N. J. • Intir." JAMES BIM . IL. BRIT: THOB4 W. OATTICIL: A. A., Tht,4,001 is designed to tun*h a; Eteroutilprepapatiti for Colege, or address tether of Re' theTrii' a bush: wapais.fe dew l. Per further Information, • serautm 30' 4SH) TO =LOAN 011,111,t8T , _ ..- *.-- CLASS 'btOilTiltiGNS,'- within' 9 theeounty or enjoining counties, for a term of years in arms ranging from $4OO to $15,000. Aledniersons in the city or country, having nnemployed,lllNted, COIL have. the same invested in first.alaseanlAESTXT.W.SHOTArrintior ems or more years. 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Liberal Cosh Advance@ made on Leather Constsrtd • to ER- JOHN D. WCORD JAMES S. M'CORD MIE:1111C41:103alialal WIE IC CIL" , MA NTIFACTFIRBR - A&11; DEALERS ix Hats; Caps, and Straw Goods, : 7 „WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 111 Wool Ittect, Pittsburgh, Have now on,band for Spring salesas law and complete an assortment of Goods as Call b found in any of the Eastern cities consisting of - Fur Silk .a,ud Wool Hats, of every style and qiiality; CAPS of every quality and latest fashions; Pam Liar - Btraw, Ilegborn, and Panama EATS; Straw and Silk BONNETS, etc., etc. Persons wishing to purchase aitherhrWholesale or Retail, will -find it to their 'flahrantstee ta and ..X/47/11 . emsr IrEtwk imarlft4 TO INVALIDS. Do Not Despair Votil You Have !Tried the ‘Watet,Qure. • TN& PITTSBURG.'" WATER CUBE ESTABLISHMENT is delightihtly situated on,the ; hanks - of the Ohio, ten miles West 'Willie city.' 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