netrg,
Suffering.
'BOX THE atliNtAle f O i r TURMAN.
Trial, when it weighs severely,
Stamps the Saviour's image clearly
On the heart of all his friends;
La the frame his hands have moulded,
is a future life unfolded,
Thtough the suffering which he sends
Suffering curbs our wayward passions,
Childlike tempera in us fashions,
And our will to his subdues ;
Thus his hand, so soft and healing,
Each discordant power and feeling
By a blessed change renews.
Buffering keeps the thoughts compacted,
That the soul be not distracted
By the world's beguiling art;
2 T is like some angelic warder,
Ever keeping sacred order
In this chamber of the heart.
Suffering tunes the heart's emotion
To eternity's devotion,
And awakes a fond desire
For the land where psalms are ringing,
And with palms, the martyrs singing
Sweetly to the harpers' choir.
Suffering gives our faith assurance,
Makes us patient in endurance;
Suffering, who is worth thy pains!
Here they call thee only torment—
There they call thee a preferment,
Which not every one attains.
Though in health, with powers unwasted
And with willing hearts, we hasted
To take up our Saviour's cross;
If through trial our good Master
Should refine these powers the faster,
What good Christian counts it loss ?
In the depths of its distresses,
Eaoh true heart the closer presses
To his heart with ardent love;
Ever longing, ever crying,
0 conform me to thy dying,
That I live with thee above!
Sighs and tears at last are over;
Breaking through its fleshly cover,
Soars the soul to light away.
Who, while here below, can measure
That deep sea of heavenly pleaaure,
Spreading there so bright for aye I
Day by day, 0 Jesus! nearer,
Show that bliss to me, and clearer,
Till my latest hour I see.
Then, my weary striving ended,
May my spirit be attended
Ily bright angels, home to thee!
Nittrarg Niko.
A TREATISE ON REGENERATION. By E. C.
Wines, D.D. 16m0., pp, 115. Philadelphia:
Presbyterian Board of Publication
We are much pleased with the present treatise.
It is orthodox in sentiment; clear, concise and
forcible in style: and admirable in arrangement.
Under the general subject, the following topics
are specifically considered : Nature of Regenera
tion; Instantaneousness of Regeneration; Ne
cessity of Regeneration; The Author of Regen
eration; The Instrument of Regeneration; Fruits
and Evidences of Regeneration.
THE PRODIGAL BON. By Rev. George S. Mott,
Pastor of the Preibyterian church at Newton,
N. J. 16m0., pp. 143. Philadelphia: Pres
byterian Board.-
The author modestly says in bis Introduction:
This little book makes no pretensions to learn
ing. It is not a dissertation, nor a commentary,
nor reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal
Son. It is simply *magnifying of the life
sketch of man's career, which our Saviour drew.
It is an enlargement of the picture of sin and
redemption as portrayed in the Parable. We
have not gone outside the narrative, but have
endeavored to weave everything about its leading
threads."
This unpretending but extremely interesting
and instructive book may be advantageously
read by all. To the circumstances of the young,
and especially of young men deprived of the
safeguards and restraints of home, it is pecu
liarly adapted. We would be pleased to see a
copy in the hands of all such. It may prove,
under God, the means of preserving many from
dissipation and ruin; and may be blessed to the
recovery of many who have wandered far from
holiness and virtue.
THE THOUGHTS OF THE EMPEROR M.
AURELIUS ANTONIN US. Translated by
George Long. IGmo., pp. 310 . Boston :
Ticknor 4 Fields. .For sale by Henry Miner,
Fifth Street, Pittsburgh
M. Aurelius Antoninus ruled over the Roman
Empire from A. D. 103 to A. D. 180. Few
princes of either ancient or modern times have
attained a higher or more deserved celebrity
than Antoninns. lie was noted for the amiable
qualities of his nature and the moral rectitude of
his life. • He administered with wisdom and en
ergy the affairs of his government; and his dis
interested regard for the welfare of his subjects
so won upon their love that, immediately after
his death, the Roman Senate and people, with
out waiting for the customary decree, voted him
a god by acclamation. His ethical writings
were moreover so highly esteemed as to gain for
him the title of Philosopher. His persecution of
the Christians, so inconsistent with the charac
teristic benevolence and clemency of Antoninus,
is attributable partly to his pagan devotion and
partly to the influence of the stoic philosophers
of his ()Curt, who were offended by the superior
purity
,of the Christian doctrines. This blot on
the memory of one so kind and so exemplary in
morals, shows well the deep-rooted antagonism
of the unrenewed heart to the God-honoring re
ligion of the Bible.
The volume before us contains, along with a
translation of the moral meditations and precepts
of the imperial philosopher, an interesting
sketch of his life, and a valuable dissertation on
the Stoic Philosophy—the purest of all unin
spired systems, and that which Antoninus em
braced.and inculcated.
SOUNDINGS FROM THE ATLANTIC. By Oli
ver Wendell Rams. 16m0.,19. 468. Boston :
Ticknor j• Fields. For sale in Pittsburgh by
Henry Miner.
When Mr. Holmes touches on matters per
taining to evangelical religion, he usually does
violence to the feelings of devoted Christians.
When-helreate of other topics, he seldom fails
to fascinate and charm by the magic power of
his pen. In the present collection we have a
variety of attractive articles. Several belong
,strictly to the department of wfl and humor. In
a few the scientific element predominates. One
is a reprint of the already famous description of
the Great Organ of Boston. The concluding ar
ticle is full of the impassioned eloquence of the
enthusiastic patriot.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for Deminber,
comes to us with an interesting table of contents.
The publishers of this attractive Monthly an
nounce thitt t 'speo4l arrangements have been
made with Browning, Hawthorne, Longfellow,
Agassiz, Mrs. Stowe, and other popular writers,
with a view to making the next volume more
than usually interesting and valuable.
THE RUSSIAN BALL ; or, THE ADVENTURES
or Mtss CLEmrairtuA SHODDY. A Humerous
Description in Verse. By a New-York Editor.
New-York : Carlton. For sale by Henry Miner,
Pittsburgh.
This short burlesque poem contains some cap
ital hits and sensible suggestions.
tte tong.
" Be Courteous." •
" How funny 1" said Junius Ware, put
ting down his Testament. " I didn't sup
pose God cared anything about our being
polite. I thought he wanted us to be good,
and no matter about the rest."
" Being good is first of all," said his
mother, "and it is better to be rough-in
manner, with an honest heart, than to be a
perfect gentleman outside, and selfish and
dishonest inside. But whoever obeys all
Christ's words connot help being good and
polite also."
Junius trotted his foot without speaking,
for a few minutes, as he always did when
he was thinking, then he spoke out quick
and heartily:
"Well, rve made up my mind now to
try to be courteous' all the time. I will
begin this very minute, and if I- forget I.
want you should say Le c,' low, so no one
will notice it but me."
Junius did not forget all the morning.
He said " excuse me," so pleasantly, when
he stepped on Aunt Joanna's dress, that
she was appeased, and did not make the
remark she had on. her mind about boys be
ing nuisances. He laid his puzzle cheer
fully• down when it was almost right, to
look after his grandmother's spectacles, and
he did not show any impatience when, after
a long, tiresome search they were discover
ed to have been all the time in their proper
place, astride of the good old lady's nose;
and he gave his brother Simon the first
chance at flying his new kite when, as ev
ery boy knows, a new kite is worth twice
as much as an old one.
" I won it ! I won it fairly, and any boy
will tell you so !" shouted Barty Cole, who,
making a mistake in counting, stopped
when he reached the fourth, instead of the
fifth maple tree, which was the goal.
"I don't think so 1" returned Junius, in
some heat. "You didn't touch, the goal at
all, and I'll leave it to any boy in school if
that is fair winning."
Barty, who was not quite an honorable
boy, grew very red and angry.
"Do you mean to say I tic f I tell you
I won in the race ! I touched the fourth
maple before you did, and if I hadn't blun
dered I should have been at the next tree
long hefOre you were there."
• Barty Cole!" began Junius.
Then he stopped, for the name, remind
ing him of its initials, also reminded him
of his text. So he went on in a different
tone.
" Well, I s'pose you would, Barty; you
always could beat me at running,"
This good-natured concession, so entire
ly unexpected, restored Barty's fair weath
er temper at once, and the two boys pro
ceeded pleasantly to school.
" - Skilful," said the teacher to the head
boy in the spelling class.
Now Junius was the head boy but one,
and it would of course be very gratifying
to have the head boy miss. So, though it
was neither courteous nor honest, Junius,
RS the boy hesitated, by the dear and dumb
alphabet, which was very fashionable in
their school, twisted out the letters on his
fingers, with only one middle 1.
" S-k-i-l-f-u-1," spelled Carlos, who was
looking directly at Junius's hand.
"Not right. The next," said the teach
er.
So of course Junius went above him.
But as he went, his conscience accused him,
and he stepped quickly back again, raising
his hand for permission to speak.
" Well, what is it, Junius ?" asked the
teacher.
" 0, Miss Ford ! I oughtn't to take my
place, for Carlos might not have spelled
wrong, only I fooled him this way," he re
plied, twisting about his fingers again.
Miss Ford looked shocked at hearing of
this deception, but she was so happy to
find Junius ready to acknowledge his fault,
and show himself willing to make amends
for it, that on the whole she was more glad
than sorry.
But Carlos's eyes brightened, for he had
BO set his heart on wearing home the medal
that night for his sick little sister to see,!
When Junius went home to dinner, he
rushed in hungry and noisy, after the man
ner of schoolboys.
" Why can't children learn to be quiet
in the house ?" asked Aunt Joanna, who
was inclined to fault-finding.
Junius vented the ill humor which his
aunt's word's aroused, on Janey's black rag ,
baby, which was monopolizing with its un
promising figure, the shelf which belonged
to his - books. Me threw it half across the
room, saying :
" There, you hateful old thing ! See
if yeti will get upon my shelf again I"
His mother picked up the offending doll.
" B. O. D., Black Cotton'Doll," said she
in a musing tone. " You don't learn ab
breviations this term, do you, Juney ?"
" Why, mother, you don't mean to say
we ought to be polite to rag babies, do
you ?" burst out Junius.
" There is nothing said about excluding
them in the command, is there r asked
Mrs.. Ware.
" I suppose, then, the next thing, you
will say I ought to be courteous to the
chairs and tables," exclaimed Junius.
" Certainly, I think so. If the chairs
and tables do not - suffer when treated im
politely, the person who treats them so
does. We can't do anybody or anything a
wrong without injuring ourselves in the
same degree."
Junius was too astonished and absorbed
in thought to speak, but he peeled his po
tato and broke his bread at the dinner table
with as much careful consideration as though
they had nerves, and were capable of sen•
sation. •
When the children went home from
school that night, Johnny M'Gee persisted
in walking in the middle of the dusty road,
and scuffing along with his bare feet in such
a way that he raised a thick cloud of dust,
which fell upon the white pantalets and
aprons of the girls.
" Don't do so, Johnny !" said they.
But Johnny only scuffed the more.
" Here, you Johnny 111.'Gee Stop that!"
shouted Junius, who had fallen behind at
the head of the lane to finish a marble and
knife trade with Erin Trape.
The cloud which enveloped Johnny grew
denser at this resolute command.
Without any more words, Junius seized
him by the collar, and pulling him out of
the road, with a ieeided shake, threw him
upon the grass.
Johnny was up like a flash, and spit full
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1863
in Junius' face, like a little . Irish wildfire
as be was.
Instead of resenting this indiguj i ty,
Junius suddenly remembering his, text,
stopped, and quietly wiping his face, said,
" Excuse me for being so rough, Johnny.
If you were impolite, it was no reason why
I should be."
Johnny's mouth fell open in sheer aston
ishment, and his quick Irish nature feeling
another impulse, he stood an instant, sheep
ishly gazing at the children, then started
on a fast run, and was over the hills out of
sight in an instant.
As he disappeared at the brow of the
hill, Jim Coney, a negro idiot, appeared in
his place, coming toward the children. He
bad decked his ragged straw hat with some
rooster feathers, tied a strip of bright cali
co about his waist, and with a mutton stalk
for a cane, was strutting along acting the
dandy to the best of his foolish ability.
The children set up a shout of laughter
when they saw him, in which Junius . was
at first disposed to join ; but recollecting
his text he said to, himself, gc If we ought
to be courteous to, rag babies, we certainly
ought to black Jim."
At that instant poor idiot Jim stepped
on a rolling stone, and slipping, fell head
long.
Like a frightened baby, he began to cry
loudly.
" Alia, Jim I Pride , must have a fall!
Hear him blubber l"-shouted the children.
But 'Junius ran and helped him up,
brushing the dirt from his clothes, and try
ing to comfort him.
His example made Susan Ells open her
dinner basket, and - give him a piece of
ainmerbreed which was left over from her
hincheon.
. Idiot Jim was delighted out of his fright
and tears by the sight of it, and the chil
dren were happier.
Thus one little act of courtesy called out
another, and so it will always be, for on•
other people, as well as on ourselves, every
thing we do has-its influence.
Junius found it so. Because he tried to
treat others politely, they-were much more
likely to treat him so.
And because the Spirit which helpeth
our infirmities helped his earnest endeavors
to be courteous in heart, it 'grew con
tinually easier for him to be always cour
teous in action.—Congregationalist.
Oh I George Hays, just look here I."
said little Madge Morrell. "The old gray
cat just jumped through this window, and
broke cousin Alice's beautiful rose gerani
um. Oh I isn't it too bad? How angry
Alice will be I"
"My sister don't get angry at such
things, Miss Madge. I never saw her
angry but once in my life, and that was
when some boys worried a poor little kitten
almost to death."
" But this is so very proking, Georgie.
Anybody would be anoTy."
" It is really too bad, but you see if Alice
does not try to Make the best of it."
Pretty soon the young lady entered the
room, her sunny lace beaming with the
bright spi it which reigned within. She
was humming a sweet morning song, but
she paused abruptly before her beautiful,
ruined geranium.
"Ah ! who has done this 7" she ex
claimed.
" That ugly, old cat broke it, cousin
Alice; I saw her myself," said little Madge.
" Poor puss, she did not know what mis
chief she was doing. It was the very pet
of all my flowers. But come, little cousin,
don't look so long-faced; we must try and
make the best of it."
" I don't think.there is much best to this,
Alice."
"Oh, yes I it is not nearly as bad as it
might have been. The fine stalk is not in
jured, and it will soon send forth new
shoots. This large broken branch will be
lovely in bouquets. Let us arrange , a little
one for mother's room. We will place
this cluster of scarlet blossoms in a -wine
glass, and you may run out into the garden,
and gather a few snow-drops to put around
it. There, was there ever anything more
beautiful Now, we will set the wine.
glass in this little saucer, and place some
geranium leaves around the edge, with a
few snow-drops mixed among them. Mother
will admire it, she loves flowers so much.
Now, little one, don't you think there is
a bright Side to this affair ? lam not sure
but pussy did us a favor by giving us so
much pleasure from such an unexpected
source."
"I think you have found the.bright side,
Alice, though I am sure I never should.. I
almost wanted 'the old cat to be killed."
"Never be angry at a poor unreasoning
animal, my child. CUltivate a more noble,
elevated disposition, and leditn to control
yourself even in the smallest matters that
might disturb the quiet'of your mind. It
is only by such self-control that you can
ever arrive at true womanhood. Look for
the bright side even of your disappoint
ments and troubles. By such a course you
will make for yourself a welcome every
where, and your
_own happiness will be in
creased a thousaridfold."
.11 isallautrats.
A London Night Refuge and Ragged School.
BY THE REV. J. WEIR, D. p
On a recent Sabbath evening. I visited
Field Lane Ragged-School, which, with its
night refuges for the homeless, has, for
years been crowned with special blessing.
In that large upper room, so 'clean and well
ventilated, and under blazing jets of gas, I
found 300 of both sexes, in twenty-three
distinct classes, each presided over by an
able and faithful teacher, and the whole
under theAlirection of Mr. Mountstephen,
the indefatigable Superintendent. Here
were a large number of Men, who, penni
less and starving, had previously come to
find a night's shelter in the male refuge
underneath. Some of them had once been
prosperous,and respectable ; know, through
the vicissitudes of business, or by prodigal
-waste and riot, brought very low. Here
too was a large number of young women,
one class a bright exception to the rest,
composed of girls now in service, Who were
formerly trained in the Westßtreet Refuge,
and are permitted by their mistresses to
come here, and, under a lady-teacher, to
study the Bible. In another part of the
room were those of the present, occupants
of West Street Refuge who are being pre
pared for service also. The rest of the SOO
were made up of wild-looking lads—the
" pariahs " and "wild Arabs of the city"—
and of boys and girls gathered out of the
courts and alleys of the neighborhood
around.
At Field Lane there are day-schools for
boys, girls, and infants; night-schools for
boys in situations ; refuge secular evening
schools for men and boys; elder girls and
boys' industrial classes; girls' night-schools;
a penny bank; a mothers' class; a sorv-
Make the Best it.
ant's training room ; a special relief fund ;
a school missionary ; prayer-meetings; a
Lord's-day evening service for parents;
young men's, elder boys', and cadgers'
classes; a maternal society; a refuge men
and boys' class; ladies' clothing society;
and a Sunday morning ragged-church ser
vice. The committee haVe established a
fundamental rule, that "noproject or bus
iness whatever be undertaken until it has
been submitted in humble prayer before the
throne of grace." During the last year the
male refuge admitted 6,537 persons, who
received 25,550 lodgings and 64,450 oaves
of bread. Here the holy Scriptures are
read by the master, and supplications of
fered on their behalf: every morning and
evening. The Refuge has exercised a
moral influence On many; they are no
longer, outcasts. It is a beacon light, warn
ing against the shoals of ignorance and
'crime to the Saviour and Lord of all. By
these means 233 were sent into situa
tions; 181 obtained work; 54 sent to re
formatories and refuges; 41 restored to
friends; 25 have enlisted in the army; 106
have entered the royal navy and the mer
chant service—total 640.
When the Lord's-day evening work was
about to close with a short address to this
motley congregation, a sweet hymn was
sung, which, froth such lips, might well
stir the heart to its, depths, and fill the
eyes with tears. And thus ran the strain
Far .
Far from these narrow scenes of night,
Unbounded glories rise,
And realms _of infinite delight,
Unseen by mortal eyes.
There pain and sickness never come,
And griefs no more complain;
And all who reach that peaceful home,
With Jesus ever reign.
No cloud.thoso happy regions know,
Forever blight', and fair
For-sin, the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there.
Far distant land, could now our eyes
But half thy charms explore,
How would.our spirits long to rise,
And dwell on earth no more. .
Ohanay the heavenly vision fire
.Our•hearts with,ardent love,
Till wings of faith and strong desire
Bear every.thought above.
Personal. Appearance of Edmund Burke
When Burke came forward, as his custom
was; to the middle of the House of Com
mons to speak, the first peculiarity which
caught the eye of the spectator, was the
glasses which he almost constantly wore 'in
the dayS of his celebrity. He was tall and
noble looking, with a decidedly prepossess
ing appearance ; by no means smart in his
*dress, yet possessing a personal dignity the
tailor could not have given him. He seemed
full of thought and .care: and the firm lines
about the mouth, the strong jaw, and the
severe glance of the dark eye, spoke of
many an inward battle which, was known to
no human observer. The head was solid
and intense, rather than heavy and massive,
high rather than broad, and tolerably prom
inent ; fuller, one would say at first sight,
of the reasoning than of the imagining
power. His nose, which was straight as if
it had been cat after e bevel, opened out
into - two powerful nostrils, made apparently
only to sneer. Altogether he looked like a
great man, with a great lesson to read to
men, more than like a gentle one sent into
the world to please. He spoke with a de
cided Hibernian accent, even although he
leg the country early in life. But it is to
be remarked that men of genius hardly
ever lose the tongue of their youth. He
had -a voice of great compass, and he never
required to hesitate for words. They came
quick and vehement, frequently almost be
yond. the power of utterance. As he spoke,
his head rose and fell; now it swung, and
anon it oscillated from side to- side of his
body, moved by the intense nervous action
of his frame. Young Gillray, the foremost
of English caricaturists, sketches Burke
in various postures and attitudes. One of
the, most characteristic of these represents
him as - rapt in the delivery of some splen
did oration, with his hands clenched and
his arms raised directlyover his head, his
whole body the picture of living energy.—
North British, Review.
Daniel Webster said : " Small is the said
that is required to patronize a newspaper,
and amply repaid is its patron, I care not
how humble and unpretending the Gazette
he takes. It is scarcely possible to fill a
sheet without putting in it something that
is worth the subsoription price. I well re.
member what a marked difference there was
between those who had access to some good
newspapers and those who had not. Other
things being equal, the first were always
superior to the last in debate, composition,
and general intelligence."
Agricultural.
Feeding and lilanagentent of Cows.
The following suggestions in relation to
the feeding and management of Dairy
Cows are taken from Dr. Jenning's lately
published book entitled "Cattle and their
Diseases :" '
No branch of dairy farming can compare
in importance with the management of
cows. The highest success will depend up
on it, whatever breed be selected, and what
ever amount of care- and attention be giv
en to the points 'of the animals; for expe
rience will show that very little milk comes
out of the bag that is not first put into the
throat. It is poor economy, therefore, to
attempt to keep too many cows for the
amount of. feed one, has; for it will gener
ally be found that one good cow well bred
and well fed Will yield - as much as two or
dinary cows kept in the ordinary way;
while a saving is effected both in room and
labor required, and in the risks on the cap
ital invested.
An animal, to' be fully fed and satisfied,
requires a quantity offood in proportion to
its live weight. .Ne feed is complete that
does not contain a sufficient amount of nu
tritive elements; hay for example, being
more nutritive than straw, and grains than
roots. The food, too, must possess a bulk
sufficient to fill Up to a certain degree the or
gans of digestion of the stomach; and to
receive the full benefit of its food, the ani
mal must be wholly satisfied—since, if the
stomach is not sufficiently distended, the
food cannot be properly digested, and of
course many of 'the nutritive principles
which it contains cannot be properly assim
ilated. An animal regularly fed, eats till
it is satisfied, and .no more than is requisite.
A part 'of the nutritive elements in hay
and other forage plants is needed to keep
an animalun its feet—that is, to keep up
its condition—and• if the nutrition of its
food is insufficient for this, the weight de
creases, and if it is 'More than sufficient,
the weight iner - ases, or elks this excess is
consumed in the production of milk or in
labor. About one-sixtieth of their live
weight in hay, or its equivalent, will keep
horned cattle on their feet; but in order to
be completely nourished, they require about
one-thirtieth - in dry substances, and four
thirtieths in water, or other liquid con
tained in their food. The excess of nutri
tive food over and above what is necessary
to sustain life will go, in mulch cows, gen
erally to the production of milk, or the
growth of the flutus, but not in all cows to
an equal extent; the tendency to the se
cretion of milk being more developed in
some cows than in others.
We keep too much stock for the quanti
ty of good and nutritious food which we
have for it; and the consepience is, that
cows are, in' nine cases out of ten, poorly
Wintered, and come out in the. Spring
weakened, if not, indeed, positively dis
eased, and a long time is required to bring
them into a condition to yield a generous.
quantity of milk.
Keep the cows constantly in good condi
tion, ought therefore to be the motto of ev
ery dairy farmer. It is the great secret of
success; and the difference between suc
cess and failure turns upon it. Cows in
milk require more food in proportion' to
their size and weight, than either oxen or
young cattle.
In, order to keep cows in milk well and
economically, regularity is . next in import
ance to a full supply of wholesome and nu
tricious food. The animal stomach is a
very nice chronometer, .and it is of the ut.
most importance to observe regular hours
in feeding, cleaning, and milking. TO:is
is a point, also in which very many farm
ers are at, fault—feeding whenever it hap
pens to be convenient. The cattle are thus
kept in a restless condition, constantly ex
pecting food when the keeper enters the
barn; while, if regular hours are strictly
adhered to l they knew exactly when they
are to be bed, and they rest quietly till the
time arrives.
Covering Manure.
The Springfield Republican reports the
discussion of farmers at a late session of
the Connecticut River Harvest Club, at
which one of the Granite State farmers
present said he ploughed under coarse
manures, and harrowed in the finer. The
depth of ploughing, should depend upon
the quantity of manure, just as the quart
tity of meal regulates the quantity of swill.
People who do not measure are apt to mis
judge in the depth of ploughing, and think
they plough deeper than they really do.
Nelson Burroughs of Gill, thought lit
tie benefit was derived the first year from
manure buried eight inches deep. His
largest crops were obtained by harrowing
in manure. He don't plough as deep as
formerly.
T. 3. Field, of Northfield, spoke of two
experiments where light land was subsoil
ed with injury, and thought manure buried
eight inches, deep was seldom heard from.
President s Severance, of Greenfield,
thought the.roots of crops rim Beeper than
is generally supposed. He had measured
corn roots that ran down twelve, thirteen,
and fifteen inches deep. Broom corn usu
ally roots deeper than corn. A piece of
clayey loam, subsoiled by him fifteen years
ago, has ever since borne two good crops of
grass per annum.
Phineas Stedman, of Chicopee, said he
harrowed in manure chiefly, and plowed in
long manure, about five inches deep. He
thought the shallow ploughing of turf
would give a larger crop than deep plough
ing, but it would be more difficult to hoe..
Messrs. Lyman and Purple, both of
Northfield, said they ploughed six to seven
inch - es deep, used the Michigan plough,
and manured on top more than formerly.
If manure needed covering as on old land,
they would plough it with one horse, going
the same way as for the main ploughing,
to prevent starting up the turf. They
liked manuring in the hill.
FORM OF A DEVISE OR BEQUEST
. TO ANY OF TIM
BOARDS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHORE.
The State laws differ so much that no one
form will answer in all the States, but in every
case it, is essential to give the RIGHT CORPORATE
The oldest Board was originally called the
Board of Missions, but is now inoorporatcd un
der the laws of Pennsylvania under title of
44 The Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions
of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America."
Of the Board of Education the corporate
name is, " The Trustees of the. Board of Educa
tion of the Prezbyteriak Church in the United States
of ,4merica."
The Board of Foreign Missions is incorporated
under the laws of New-YOrk, under the style of
" The Board of Foreign Mission., of the Presbyte
rian Church in the United States of America."
The Board of Publication is incorporated un
der the laws of Pennsylvania under the style of
" The Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Pub
lication."
The Board of Church Extension of the Gen
eral Assembly is not incorporated, but the fol
lowing form of bequest, it is supposed, would be
I bequeatlr to my executors the sum of
dollars, in trust, to pay over the same in
after my decease, to the person who, when the
same shall be payable, shall act as Treasurer of
the Board of Church Extension of the General As
serrably of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, located in the City of St. LOW.),
igiSZOUri, to be applied to the uses and purposes
of said Board, and under its directions, and the
receipt, of the said Treasurer shall be a full
and legal acquittance of my said executors for
the same.
When real estate or other property is given, let
it be particularly deseribed.
RESOLUTIONS OF TT-IR GENERAL 'ASSEM
BLY IN REGARD TO COLLECTIONS.
WHEREAS, Many of our churches do not • con„
tribute to our benevolent enterprises, and where
as, it is desirable, to test the power of simultal
neous effort ; and whereas, an emergency has
arisen, requiring the coiiperation of all our
churches to save our Boards from serious em
barrassment ; therefore,
Resolved, I. That this Assembly earnestly re
quest all our churchns that have no fixed times
for the purpose, to take up annual collections as
follows, viz.:
For the BOARD ON DOMESTIC MISSIONS
OR the FIRST SABRA= or NOVEMBER.
For - the BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS on
the Flesr SABBATEE of jANITABIE: •
For the BOARD OF EDUCATION on the
FIST SABBATH OF MARCH.
For.the COLPORTAGE FUND of the BOARD
OF PUBLICATION on the FIRST SABBATH or
MAy. .
For the BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION
On the FIRST SABBATH OF RIM
For the DISABLED MINISTERS' FUND on
the FIRST SABBATH OF SEPTEMBER.
.Resolved, 2. That when the annual collections
cannot be taken up on the days above designated,
it be recommended to take them up as soon
thereafter as possible.
-
THE HOKE AND FOREIGN RECORD.
By order of the. General Assembly, the
publication, of the llama and Foreign Readrd
in the quarto or newspaper" form Will cease
with the December number. It - will from
thence be printed only in the octavo, or
pamphlet form, which will be advantageous to
those who annually bind it in a volume. The
matters it presents have a permanent interest.
It is our duty, as Christians, to know what, as a
Church, we are doing now ; and, if preserved, it
will be a valuable record of the progress of the
Church to succeeding generations.
The change,presents a favorable opportunity
for pastors and others interested in the welfare
of the people, to make anew effort to circulate
the Record among them. it is now several years
,since any considerable accession has been:,mode
to the list of subscribers, and it is thought that
In many churches there are numbers recently
added, who know nothing of the existence of
this periodical. It, is hoped that the action
theof
the Assembly will meet the approval of
Church, which could be shown in no better way
than by a great increase of subscribers.
THE HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Is the organ of the Boards of Domestic Missions,
Education, Foreign Missions, Publication, and
the Board of Church Extension, and is issued
monthly, at Fifty Cents a year for a single copy.
Tankages to churches, for any number of copies,
at 25 cents per copy. Payment in advance.
Address, Mr. Peter Walker, 821 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia."
POSTAOII.—The postage of the .1.10772 able For
eign Record is one cent each paper, payquer
terly in advance, at the office of delivery. But
packages to one address are liable to one cent for
each four ounces • contained in them, payable
quarterly in advance..
Packages of the Home and Foreign Record are
delivered, free of charge, in New-York, Balti
more, Louisville, Cincinnati, Wheeling and Pitts
burgh.
AN OrrEa.—Any
. missionary, colporteur, or
other person, procuring new subscribers'to the
Record at 60 cents each, shall be entitled to 20
per cent, for each such subscription procured
and prepaid.
JIEW
:I, usbgterian Naintat
WEEKLY' NEWSP A 'PER,
Published at
m.iTiTism3vp,c3.mm,
BY
IiEV. DAVID WKINAttY.
TMIS Ift
LARGE -RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPER
PRINTED ON
EXCELLENT PAPER,
AND IN
SUPERIOR STYLE
IT CONTAINS
JlEtlLlLita3rlisis3Lost
on all the leading topics of the day, both Religious and Sea
nlar. All the various subjects that present themselves for
coMsideration, and that are worthy the attention of intelli
gent and Christian people, are discussed_ from the Christian
etand-pifint, and in the comprehensive spirit of Christian
charity and enlarged benevolence.
From the beginning of our present National troubles, this
paper, while allying itself with no political party, has taken
high and fearless ground in favor of the Constitution and the
regularly ordained Government, and of the preservation of
the integrity of the 'Union. Its utterances have been firm
and decided, and they will continue to be such until the
spirit of rebellion has been entirely quenched, and our Gov
ernment once more firmly establiihed. -
OM •
European Correspondence
is unsurpassed by any otber American journal, in breadth of
view, reliability, and general usefulness. It is a complete
history of the progress of affairs in Bumps, that is inval
uable.
TICE
EASTERN SUMMARY
givos a complete view or business, opinion, religions con
ceme, and matters and things in general, in
NEW-ENGLAND,
NEW-YORK, AND
This is a feature found in no other religious newspaper, and
makes the Banner a most valuable repository' for infOrMa
tion concerning those places, to all readers.
Among our
CONTRIBUTORS
are some of the beet newspaper writers in , the Church.
We also have
OCCASIONAL. CORRESPONDENTS
in all parte of the lan&
The Compendium of
Domestic and Foreign News
is prepared with much care and labor. And must now the
news in the daily papers is often so uncertain and contra
dictory that the Weekly papers can give 14 far the most I*.
liable news for the public, Since the opportunity for sifting
and correction iscallcrwed.
Linder the head of
PERSONAL,
the most interesting incidents connected with IndividnaLe of
note, whether dead or living, are published.
And under the head of
VARIETIES
are given the results of Science, Travel, Discovery, Statisti
cal Information, ,to., of most value to the publim
While at the same thee most valuable
SELROTIONS
from books, magazines, and other newspapers, are given - for
the Ohristian, the parent, the man of literatareandlearnin
and for the children;
Nor are the
CUING OF THE GARDEN AND VIE FAIN
forgotten; but much of the Information_ needed far both is
regularly presented . .
01103EXIll3rnil
Thin paper leittratehed at the low rate of $1.50 per an
anm, when paid in advanpe; with an -additional copy to
the person getting up a fliub, of Twenty. $2.00 at the end
of three months. $2.50 at the end of the year; ': 6O cents
extra when delivered by Carrier.
Addreos
REV. DAVID MI:KINNEY,
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.
PITTSBUROR, Yd
A''EST BRANCH .. HIGH SCHOOL
• • - /tux AND FEMALE.
Duties reamed September Bth, 1862. The * aceemm
tions for BOARDING PUPILS are equal to any in the Eta
The comes of Instruction thorough. Pupils received at any
age preparatory.to entering the High School Masses.
TERMS—for Boarders WO per quarter.
For Oireulais, address . .
P. DamBATT MN°,
•5446.tf • = demey-Shtire, riycoriiing Co."P4
JOHN D . M'CORD ... . . ... ................... JAIIEF F . :
1 3911 r." 410110 311L11311ED tu r .
NAZTUFACTUBERS .A. 17) DEA LE s p,
Kato, Caps, and Straw eoOda,
WHOLE6ALE AND RETAIL,
;1 Wood Street, Pittshllt,,
Here now on hand for Spring sales, as largy. a ,„ 3
assortment of Goods as can be found le any
cities, consisting of
Fur, Silk, and Wool
of every style and quality; CAPS of even ford _ s
fashions; Palm Leaf, Straw, Leghorn, and 1 , ,,,„`„ =
Straw, and Silk BONNETS, etc., etc.
'purchase either by Wholesale or Retail, 'Ain
. nfaub En roll atnri ergr.o.ir.
HIDE, OIL AND LEATHER g'fb
D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS,
No. 31 South Third Street,
BETWU Nan= AND CHESTNUT Etrancre, Punkt, -
Have for Sale
SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER ittogF c ,
TA AND PATNA RIPS, TANNERS' OIL ,
' TEE LOWEST PRICES AND UPON
THE BEST TERMS,
Ari r All kinds of Leather in the rough wantet
rice ,ysn ar t a i,
thebigheet marke , Ita.
exchange for fh.,,ea. Leather stored free of cher,
• 8":1,
on corannesion.
Liberal Cash Advances made on Leather Con s! .
1A7r24.
ENTLENENSS CLOTIIiNc
FOR
FALL AND WINTJp
CLOTHS, CASSESIERES, VESTINGtz, and crliatc,o.
IbiGS, will be found at
riSAIE3P3IO3IENC.9 4
Tailoring Establisluneot,
NO. 84 WYLIE STREET, PITTSURGII pj
marl 1-7 y
E R GI- 1J S () N & c 4,
Book and Job Printers,
84 FIFIG - STRE ET
SBUR , GAZETTE Brun t ,
PITTGH, PA,
every description of Printing executed u,,g,
SHORT NOTICE.
POST Orrxes Bob, 801. nn,-.
'rim BOARD OF COLPORT - -AG
E
JOHN A. RENSHAW'S NEW 131111.01}P
No. .37. Hand Street,
- PITTSBURGH, PA.
Have just added to their stock a good assortment of ry
We hooks, of recent issue; by Martien , Carter, arld
few of which are the following:
Christian Self-Culture.
Solitude 'Sweetened ..............................
Theßidden ....................................... .........
The Old Horseshoe
Beyond the .....
Robert Reclaimed ................................. ........ .....
Woman and her Saviour
.....
Last Days of our Lord's Passion .................................
Life Scenes from Mission Fields
The Young Christian Merchant
.The Wicket Gate; or, A Short Narrative of
Life
The Mother and her - Work.—
Calls to the Saviour
The Pilgrim Path ; or, Interesting Experience of C!iri
Hans
The Children's Picture 800 k....
Also, all the late issues of the Board of Pati cat k..
large assortment of Sabbath School Books.
JOHN CULBERTSON, Lanark.
LIBR'ARIES
OF
The Mediu" Sundiy School Unlit -
FOR DISTRIBUTION.
The Sid Sunday School Libraries for distribution a
legacy in 'Will of the late CHARLES BREWER, 'i . :1 . :3
ready for delivery on and after July 10th, 1860.
The Sunday Schools entitled to these Libraries are ti,
established in Allegheny County, Pa, since March
1860.
"Applicants will be required to subscribe to statement
ing name, location, and date of organization of the icr
name and Post alike address of Superintendent: .11 ,, r,
number of teachers and scholars in attendance. and ate
then contributed for support of School.
Reasonable evidence, by amount of contributiere see
exvise, of the permanence of the School will be required.
Apply to Y. 11. EATON.
Of BATON, MACH= & C...
51%,+.11' Fifth At.. Pitt.*,r7l-
WHEELER & WILSON'S
Improved Family
tww,EAr4 scastgEksztf,
ARE STILL OFFERED AT
LAST YEAR'S PRICES.
Upwards of 110,000 of these celebrated machines are rue
in successful operation.
23,000 SOLD DURING THE PAST FEAR.
This Machine will STITCH, HEM, FELL, (KILT, BIM)
TICK, GATHER, CORD, and BRAID. It produces a
Stitch alike on both sides; is adapted to the Thicket asd
I Thinnest Fabric ; is
VERY SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION I
ELEGANT IN DESIGN AND FINISH, and has receind
.HIGHEST PREMIUMS
et all Fairs when exhibited; both in this Country and in Is
rope. It has obtained, by far, the largest sale, and is
Best Adapted to Family Use
of 'any Sewing Machine. .
Fen& InTsEcTioNs ne OPEIIATiNG GIVES Fins.
WARRANTEO TAREE YEARS.
AIIGF. Call and examine and receive a Circular of Testishr
vials.
WILLIAM SUMNER & CO.,
WESTERN AGENTS,
marll-13 , No. 27 Fifth Street. Pittsburgh.
PHILADELPHIA.
WILE CONSTITUTION OF TIE
Ja• UNITED STATES,
- AND
Union League Pledge,
In pamphlet form. Trice a cents. 8200 per hundred.
Single copies mailed, post-paid, e on receipt of price.
Address all orders to'
JOHN P. HUNT, Publisher,
s..mt leroasinnio nail , Fin), Atr.nt. Pittabnirien.
EDGEHILL SCHOOL,
PRINCETON, N. J
From their knowledge of Edgehill School, under - the care
of the Rev. Messrs. HUGHES and CATTELL, the under
signed cordially recommend this Institution as worthy of the
confidence and patronage of parents, who desire for their
sons a Sallool, where due attention is paid alike to the moral
and intellectual cultnie of the pupils.
JOHN MACLEAN, President of the . College.
STEPHEN ALEXANDER, Prof. of Natural Philosophy.
LYMAN H. ATWATER, Prof. of Moral Philosophy.
ARNOLD GITYOT, Prof. of Physical Geography.
G. MUSGRAVE GIGER, Professor of Latin.
JOHN T. DUFFIELD, Professor of Mathematics.
J. S. SCHENCK, Professor of Chemistry.
J. 11. MOILVAINE, Professor of Rhetoric.
H C. CAMERON, ProfFsor of Greek.
CHARLES HODGE,
A. T:EPGILL, ,
W. HENRY GREEN, •• Prof's in the Theological Berate'''.
JAMES C. MOFFAT,
C. W. HODGE,
J. M. MACDONALD, Pastor of First Presbyterian Chnrch.
JOSEPH. R. MANN, Pastor of Second " • "
For circulars, address either of the Principals.
REV. JAMES P. HUGHES, A.M.,
REV. THOMAS W. CATTELL, A.M.,
tnyt-ly Princeton, N. J.
WEINVITE 'THE ATTENTION OF
•
Housekeeping Dry Goods Store,
where may be found a large assortment of all kinds of bry
Goods, required in fitruishing a house, thus saving
trouble usually txperteneed In hunting . such articles, in V 3 ‘
Hone places. In consequence of our giving our attention re
this 'Under stock, to - the exclusion of dress and fancy
'we can guarantee our prices and styles to be the Meet Carom .
blein the-market.
- IN LINEN GOODS,
ur6 ere able to give perfect satisfaction,being the Weal e*
tub/I:shed Linen Store in the city, anhaving been for re to
than twenty years regular Importers from some of t tot
manufsoturers ha Ireland. We offer, also, a large stock of
FLANNELS AND MUSLINS,
of the beet _qualities to be obtained, and at the very lowa
prices. Also, Blankets, Quilts, Shootings, Tickings, Dal3lo
TableOlotin3, and Napkins,Towallings, Diapers, lineksbacts
Table and Piano Covers Damasks and Moreans, Lace RO
Muslin . Curtairte, Dimities, Furniture Chintzes WiniloF
Shadings, An., &c. JOHN Y. COWELL a SON.
S. W. corner of Cheatnntand Seventh SO ,
anaa.ti Pan.tt-tobi.
D GEWORTIi S E M 1 A A R V
ion
YOUNG. LADIES,
AT SEWICKLEY, presents the advantages of a delightfo!
and healthylocatiom entirely in the country ; a limited an ,
select number of pupils, forming a pleasant family excl,:
every desirable domestic comfort; the beet inflnencei 011
mannem and morals; with the most efficient and thoottO
instruction in
An the Branches of Education.
The extensive grounds embrace a pond for skating. in Whl °r *
Facilities for riding'on- horseback- are also provided.
. Rapp. V DE HAM and daughter have charge of the .1 ,-
partment of Music and French.
New pupils received in the order of their applicatiea ,, .
vacancies occur. A new &salon will commence on MeNnii ,
January 4th.
For a Circular, or personal interview, address the Win'
ripe', - REV. A. wiA,LIAMS. D.E..
feblB-ly . ^ • - Sewickleyville, ra•
pITTSBITRAGH FEMALE COLLEGE
- 1914. I. O. PlcssuiNG, D.D.., President.
Beit'SOstained College In the State.
NINETEEN TEAO/33SRS. Attendance last year, •,"
Superb brick buildings: Thorough and extensive conrse 3
study. TELSORAPRINI ft and ORGAN MUSIC taugilt
FORTY DOLLARS per terra for boarding, light, ko. .Print'
term commences MARCH 262 m. Send to the Presides
for a catalogue. M. SIMPSON,
atigllety President. of Board of Trusie
re 6-tf
I=lll
the public to the PVlTr...urbp,mkEtrA