Q 'Y 1 . ex pressed, concerning the sinner's v ,:s with so encouraging and assur , , i -ss upon his efforts, as are found ~: a e, ~, tit :, „ l on. It is a gem of such gresee n . l',,ll.„,,ealeat for saints and sinners to eon. ,'' : to do good on earth, while life lasts, , 3 tp trichly deserves to appear all the l'' :t I''! it o'ver, is letters of gold.--LT. .31. S. littlieruit Observer.. Varieties. mc b r ig Vision, the smallest craft that err ote mpted to cross the ocean, sailed , "tly for Liverpool. The dimensions of c „ e l are: length of keel 15 feet; hr'oth of beam, 4 feet inche s ; depth of hot 6 inches; tonnage, A. I I see ms that ostriches are being domes re it ed ou the Cape of Good Hope. At the „,,,,i c neiam Agricultural Show, Mr. Van to s aid that be had many ostriches run on his place ; he had formerly got £1 1 „ r t;lou each year, but now he got £lO to 1 .1) sterling. He considered that every tol e ostrich was worth £2O sterling a year. lit the year 1830 there were only seventy J` uall told, in what was then known as chicago. In 1835 Chicago was incorpo. Ne d into a city, and then its onward and evraordinary progress commenced. In 1z , 40 the population had increased to 4,853. I t n ew numbers not far from 170,000. The wool clip of the country for the pres ent FCBSoa is not expected to be more than tw obirds of last year's yield. Less grain than usual was fed in the West owing to it: cost, and the sheep entered on the in poor condition. Thousands per iFte,((from cold in the Winter, and thou sands more from sickness in the Spring. A treat Through Railroad Route to St. Lou is —The last rail of the,Atlantio and Great Western road was laid at Dayton, Ohio, on the 20th ult. The line is now finished, sal a broad gauge connection established between the Hudson and the Mississippi. They will shortly open it for regular lima- Des , when passenger and freight trains will run through direct from Long Dock, Jer sey City, to St. Louis. Spools!! Grass, which is now largely used in papermaking, has of late been extensive ly imported into England. Large ware homes are being erected on the banks of the Tyne for its stowage. It is brought into the Tyne by vessels engaged in the Spanish home trade, which bring for re turn cargoes at a very low price, and is sent by railway to different parts of the country, Slr Macdonald Stephenson has projected ft comprehensive system ot'railways in China. n application has already been made for permission to build a line of 75 miles, from Shanghai to Soochow. The East India railways, constructed by English capital and influence, are a success, and it is an gored that the prospect in China is, in some respects, superior, inasmuch as the Chinese are much the most enterprising people, Historical Bale or Cotton,—Whon the steamer Lexington, was burnt in Long Island Sound, January 13, 1840, David Crowley, second mate, was saved on a bale of cotton, upon which he drifted two days and nights, and finally went ashore at Riv erhead, L. I. This bale of cotton Mr. Crowley has preserved with religious care until the present time, but'the price of the staple today has brought out the sacred relic for sale. It is of remarkable quality, and the three hundred pound bale is worth from four to Eve hundred dollars. Cheap Telegraphing,—A new telegraph Company has commenced sending messages_ between Liverpool and Manchester, Eng land, at 12 cents each, and it proposes to adopt this low charge for messages between any two places, without regard to distanoe, as its lines are extended. The telegraph companies having lines between our prin cipal cities make enormous profits, and it only needs the efforts of some public-spirit ed capitalists to bring down the oharges to a fraction of the present rates. One of the most singnlar religious move. ments outside of the Cheistian world, is the spreading of Mohammedanism in Africa. It has long been known that the negro tribes in the interior of Afrioalad since the be ginning of the present century been gained over to a large extent to the Mohammedan creed. But we now learn that the Islam is even malting some inroads upon ter ritory which has been. hitherto regarded as secure for Christianity. On the west coast of Africa they have progelyted many of the liberated Africans, and are now ex tending on the coast toward the southern hemisphere. Extraordinary Timber,—A lot of choice timber, such as we sometimes " read of," but seldom see, has been lying at the Mich igan Central dock, Detroit, awaiting ,ship ment. It is principally black walnut, and was out in the vicinity of Dowagiao. One of the sticks is 67 inches square s and a number of others are very nearly equal in size. Owing to the formidable size of the trees, wood-choppers long hesitated about " going in," but finally, under the temptation, we suppose, of the " high price of gold," the monarchs of the forest were laid low. They afford a fair example of what Michigan can do in the way of native productions. Printed Butterflics.—Lithographio prints of butterflies, colored after nature, are very lifelike. Some of the American artists are getting up lithographed specimens of these r( flying flowers," which look so natu ral that people have undertaken to pick them off the paper or pasteboard on which they are printed. But a London publisher has gone one step ahead of our butterfly mongers. Lie has issued a book illustrated with real butterflies. They are flattened out on the page like a crow on a barn door, with bodies, wings, antenna), and even the downy dust of their pinions, all in good or der, and the original brilliant colors nn - dinned. Some subtile paste or glue fas teas them tight to the page, and a varnish preserves all the delicacy of their hue. At first sight they would be taken for marvel lous imitations of the real inseots, and it is only by a reference to the preface of the hook that the reader learns that the butter flies are the genuine articles. Encouragement of Immigration,—A bill was recently -passed by Congress which provides for the appointment of a Com missioner,of Immigration by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to be under the Secretary o 1 State and have a salary of $2,500. His duty shall be to collect full and reliable information in re gard to soil, climate, mineral resources and agricultural products ; rates of wages and prices of labor in the different parts of the- United States, and also the means of com munication and the wants of the agricultu ral, manufacturing and other industrial interests of the United States, and to dis seminate such information throughout Eu rope in a concise and popular form. The bill also creates a Superintendent of Im migration at New-York, at a salary of $ 2 , 0 00, who shall aid persons arriving from foreign countries in finding homes and work. Temporal Power of the Pope 'ft is assert ed that vast numbers .among the better ed ucated of the Catholic clergy in France and Italy, are not merely opposed to the temi o ral power of the Pope, but regard the dog ma of the Immaculate Conception with scarcely concealed contempt. They also feel the necessity of harmonizing theolOgy with Poienoe, and consider forced Celibacy as a hinderance rather than an aid to holi ness of life. Scientific. A Process has been invented by the Messrs. Davies, of Dayton, Ohio, by which flax can be manufactured into a substance which they call erolin, or wool•flax. The fibre thus prepared can be mixed with wool, in the proportion of 25 or 30 per cent., for the manufacture of mixed goods, thus taking the place of cotton. It can be worked with and exactly like wool, without interfering with the fulling .or felting of the cloth, while its presence in the fabric an only be detected by experts. It gives * strength and firmness to the cloth, and adds, it is supposed, to its wearing quali ties. The operation of preparing the flax is very simple. Power of a Bird's Song,—When we bear the song of a soaring lark, we may be sure that the entire atmosphere between us and the bird is filled with pulses, or undula tions, or waves, as theY . are often called, produced by the little songster's organ of voice. This organ is a vibrating instru ment, resembling, in principle, the reed of a clarionet. Let us suppose .that we hear the song of a lark, elevated to a height of five hundred feet in the air. Before this is possible the bird must have agitated a sphere of air one thousand feet in diameter —that is to say, it must- have communi cated to seventeen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight tons of air a motion suffi ciently intense to be appreciated by our organs of hearing.— Tyndall's Glaciers of the Alps. Restoring Old Paintings: Professor Pet tenkoler, of Munich, has patented the fol lowing method of restoring old and cracked oil paintings. The picture is exposed in a flat case, lined with metal, to an atmos phere saturated with vapor of alcohol at the ordinary temperature, which vapor is absorbed by the resinous particles of the picture to the point of saturation. The different separated molecules thus "reac quire cohesion with each other, and the op tical effect of the original is restored solely by self-action, the picture not getting touched at all." Other substances besides alcohol, such as wood-naphtha, ether, out phurie and other acids, turpentine, petro leum, benzine, etc., may be used. The Flora of lastralia.—Dr. Murry, who accompanied Mr. Howett's expedition as medical officer, has brought back specimens of timber representing seventeen species of trees, the most peculiar of which have re ceived the name of the cork-tree and the orange-tree. The fruit of the latter in outward appearance is not unlike a small orange, but it has a pungent flavor, which rendrs it disagreeable to Europeans, being something between a watermelon and cay enne pepper. The collection of timber, made with great labor, has been sent to Dr. Muller for examination. A cure for the whooping cough is an nounced in France of rather a singular character. It is the inhaling for a iew moments the vapor given off by the lime which has been used in the 'purification of coal gas. • . Dr. Benoist, of Nieuville, (Vienne,) France, says that inflammations on the body are fed" and aggravated by contact with the air. He paints the inflamed sores in erysipelas and other diseases with collo dion, by which means recovery is soon brought about. In boring for salt water at Peoria, Illi nois, some interesting observations were made. The drill has reached the depth of 770 feet.. At 120 feet, a five-foot seam of coal was found; at 207, salt water; at 255, another stratum of coal three feet in thick ness; at 317, more salt water, of about the strength of ocean water ; at 734, a large stream of water impregnated with sulphur. This water flows upward with such force as to lift the heavy weights attached to the drill, and discharging 75,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. It has been carried in pipes sixty-five feet above the surface, and it is thought'can be applied to mechan ical purposes. ll new era in portraiture is predicted from the discovery of Mr. Swan, who pre sents a solid life-like likeness of any one, inclosed in a cube of crystal. The effect Of the new process is to exhibit the subject of the portraiture with life-like verisimili tude, and in natural relief. You talternp amtill case, and look through what appears to be a little window, and there stands or sits before you, in a pleasantly-lighted chamber, a marvellous effigy of a lady or gentleman. as the case may be. The projection of the nose, the moulding of the lips, and all the gradations of contour, are as distinct as if an able sculptor had exercised his skill; but the hair and the flesh are of their proper tint, and the whole thing has a sin gularly vital and comfortable look. In. deed, were it not for the reduction in size, it would be difficult to avoid the belief that an actual man or woman, in ordinary dress, and with characteristic expression, was presented to your eye. The Swan system is about to be introduoe4 into the United States. I thin varnishing of collodion is said to give astonishing brilliancy to photographs. It should be known to photographers that American petroleum will answer as a sol vent for India-rubber, as well as benzoic, and that it costs less than half the amount. Preventing Inernslation.—ln some recent experiments with a Wrought iron boiler, it was found that a bundle of tangled iron wire had such a strong attraction for the earthy and saline deposits in the water, as to, keep the boiler practically clean. The wire on beiog removed was always covered with a thick crust. It would be interest ing to know exactly what 'produces those results. • The 7-$0 Government Loan. Many of the advantages of this loan are ap parent on their face, but there are others that will be best understood after consideration. Among them there are, ITS ABSOLUTES SEOURITT.—NearIy all active credits are now based on Government securities. Banks of issue and Savings banks hold them in large quantities—in many oases more than the entire amount of their capitals—and they hold them as thb very best and strongest investment they could possibly make. If it were possible to contemplate the financial failure of the Gov ernment, no bank would be any better or safer. Savings banks that allow their depositors but five per cent. can only pay interest or principal in greenbanks or notes of State banks. Banks of issue and discount cannot ask or get anything better than Government paper in -payment of customers' notes, and they prefer it to all other, for they are compelled to redeem their own notes in that paper as the circulating medium next to specie in value, By the issue of this loan the 11. S. Treasury becomes a Savings bank for ale people. There are none stronger—none more solvent, and not one that pays so liberally for the use of money. You may deposit fifty dollars or fifty thousand. The more you put in, the more you will aid and strengthen the Government, and the more valuable will be the remaining currency of the country. Ire 'LIBERAL INTIMEST.--The general rate of interest is six per cent., payable annually. This is" seven and three-tenths, payable semi annually. if you lend on mortgage, there must be a searching of titles, lawyers' fees, stamp du ties and delays, and you will finally have re turned to you only the same kind of money you would receive from ihe Government, and less of it. If you invest in this loan, you have no trouble. If there is no National bank at hand, any banker will obtain it for you without charge, and pay you the interest coupon at the end of six months as a most convenient form of remit tance to his pity: correspondent. If you wish to borrow ninety °ante an the dollar upon it, you have the highest security in the market to do it From the N. Y. Examiner PRESBYTERIAN BANNER-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1864. with. If you wish to sell, it will bring within a fraction of cost and interest, at any moment. It will be very handy to have in the house. ITS CONVERTIBILITY INTO A SIX PER CENT. BOND.—llere comes an advantage that must not be lost sight of. At the expiration of three Years a holder of the notes of the 7-30 loan has the option of accepting payment in full or of funding his notes in a six per cent. gold interest bond, the principal payable in not less than five nor more than twenty years from its date as the Government may elect. For six months past, these bonds have ranged at an average premium of about eight per cent. in the New-York mar ket, and have sold at 109 to-day (July 28). Be fore the war, U. S. six per cent. stocks Sold at a much higher rate—aud were once bought up by the U. S. Treasury under special sot of Con gress at a premium of not less than twenty per cent. There is no doubt that this option of con version is worth at least two or three per cent. per annum to the subscriber to the loan, thus increasing the actual rate of interest to about ten per cent. Notes of the same class issued three years ago, are now selling at .a premium that fully proves the correctness of this state ment. The Secretary of the Treasury has been told that he must buy money at the highest rate-ne cessary to command it ;" that he should sell hie obligations "for what they would bring," so ae to lead the market ; but the Secretary will do no such thing. If Shylock bought bonds at 90 in August, he would demand a concession of an other ten per cent. in September, and twenty in October, until lie would finally offer to lend only the interest and keep the principal. If Govern ment securities are worth' anything, they are richly worth all their face calls for in gold, and the country.is not so poor in spirit or in purse as to submit to any_such !sacrifices as Shylook demands. There is but a limited supply of money seeking investment at any time, and the Government offers- to pay liberally for its use. At the rate . of seven and three-tenths per cent. per annum, to say nothing of the collateral ad vantages, it is the strongest borrower in the mar ket, and every feeling of. interest, as well as patriotism and duty,.should induce our readers to invest in its loans. Presbyterial; The PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON will hold an adjourned meeting in the Middle Tus carora Presbyterian church on Thursday, Aug ust llth, at 11 o'clock A. M. Carriages will meet the members coming by railroad, at Perryville, on Wednesday afternoon, and convey them to the place, of meeting. ROBERT IIAbIILL, Stated Clerk. Current Stb3s. The War.—Our war news last week closed with the exciting rumor of the return of the rebels down the Valley of the Shenandoah, and of their alleged successes in battle with the Union forces. Further details show that the first reports were greatly exaggerated. It would appear that on Saturday, July 23, the rebels who had been for some time remaining tol erably quiet at Winchester, having been, as is supposed, reinforced from Richmond, advanced upon the Union forces in the vicinity, which were under command of Gen. Crooks. Our cav alry fell back, under pressure of superior num bers, upon the main army, which prepared for action. Early on Sunday morning, July 24, a general engagement commenced, about •two miles from Bunker Hill, toward Winchester. The engage ment lasted till dark, our men being pressed slowly back, but fighting manfully every step of the way. In eaoh new position assumed by our forces, the overwhelming numbers of the enemy enabled them to threaten our flank, and com pelled us to retire anew, which was effected however in good order. n one grand charge, the rebels for a time threw our line into confu sion, and captured a number of prisoners and a few guns; but our troops soon recovered from their disorder, and re-formed the line. The re sult of the engagement was, that our troops were driven bank to within six miles of Martinsburg. In this day's fight Col. Mulligan met with the wound of which he has since died. His remains have been lei-warded to Chicago. The report of the death of Gene. Averill and Kelly was un. founded. On Monday, July 25, the rebels continued their advance, our forces still contesting the way,' and retiring so slowly that all the trains and stores were safely removed. About noon the en emy succeeded in reaobing and occupying Mar tinsburg. For several suceee ling days the re spective positions seem-to have remained with but little change, skirmishing and scouting going on, but to general engagement taking place. On Friday, July 29, a body of rebels crossed the Potomac at Falling Waters, attaeked Ave rill's forces, and pressed them back to Hagers town. Another body, crossing at another ford, made a detour around AverilPs men, reaching Chambersburg, Pa., at 3 A. M., Saturday, July 80, and soon reduced two-thirds of that beautiful town to ashes; turning out three thousand per sons, homeless and many of them penniless, their little all having perished in the flames. The news was telegraphed throughout the State that 60,900 rebels were at Chambersburg, and a gen eral panic was imminent.• Later details give the number of rebels who burned Chambersburg (we blush to record it) as only two hundred and eight. At last accounts they were rapidly retreating, Gen Averill in pursuit. The news from the Army of the Potomac is less cheering than was anticipated. On •Saturday morning, July 80, the attention of the enemy having been previously distracted by feints on the North side of the James, a mine was sprung under one of the forts constituting the defences of Petersburg. Through the gap thus made, and under oover of .a terrific blaze of artilrery, our men charged the rebel works, carried the ruins of the fort, parts of the line on each side, and of the second line beyond. All promised well, until the colored troops, who were ordered to move forward to the right of the fort, after ad vancing in good order as, far , as the first line, quailed under the galling fire of the enemy, the greater portion becoming utterly demoralized, and after being rallied again and again, fell back in utter confusion. The enemy, taking advantage of our confu sion, assumed the offensive, but were repeatedly and severely repulsed. At last, in a vigorous charge, they regained all the ground we had taken, and the respective positions are the same as before the attack.. Both aides have no doubt lost heavily in this fruitless struggle, though definite details have not yet been received. The successes of Gen. Sherman, up to Satur day, July 23, were mentioned last week. Sev eral feeble efforts of Gen. Hood, on subsequent days, to renew the assault upon Sherman's lines, were easily repulsed. A late dispatch states that on Wednesday, July 27, a large rebel force was hurled against our lines, with a loss to the rebels reported at 4,000. The report requires confirmation. Gen. Howard has been appointed to the command made vacant by the death of Gen. McPherson. General ---Goveonor Curtin, by his proelama.. tion, dated August Ist, has called upon the members of the Legislature of the State to con vene at Harrisburg, on Tueis lay next, 9th inst., in extra session, for the purpose of adopting measures to make the. military power of the Commonwealth immediately available, for State and National defense. The Nevada-Constitutional Convention has ad journed, after passing an ordinance submitting its work to the people. It is believed the prop. osition to erect the territory into a State will be again defeated. • The distance from Chattanooga to Atlanta is one hundred and thirty-four miles; from Atlan ta to Macon, where many of our prisoners are confined, is one hundred and three miles. Our siege guns have again opened on Fort Sumpter, in consequence of the plainly visible rebel activity in repairing it. The bOmbardment is the heaviest of any the Fort has suffered dur ing the last eight months. Foreign.—The latest foreign arrivals bring but few items of interest. The negotiations for peaee between Denmark, Austria, and Prussia, will take place at Vienna. France is represented as being opposed to the admission of Denmark into the German Confed eracy, as calculated to disturb the balance; of pqwer. Hostilities on land and sea were to be temporarily suspended. Sweden has commenced the construction of three Monitors. The attention of the British Parliament has been directed to the Cuban slava-trade, and to the relations of England with Brazil. Yotal A Generous Corporalion --The Pennsylva nia Railroad Company, which has so often been the recipient of a liberal amount of censure, is certainly entitled to praise for its munificent ap propriation of $50.000 for the education of des titute orphan children of Pennsylvania soldiers and sailors. Children under the age of fifteen, of soldiers, residents of Pennsylvania, who hem died of wounds or disease in the service of the 'United States, such children also at the time of application being residents of Pennsylvania, and dependent upon charity or an indigent mother for support, will be the beneficiaries of this fund. The Company has also 'presented the Christian Commission the sum of $5,000, thus doing itself honor, and showing a just appreciation of this noble charity. These and other generous dona tions are evidences of the liberal spirit with which the affairs of this gigantic) Company are conducted. We trust the example will not be without its influence. Pittsburgh Defenoes.---The excitement at tendant upon the report of the destruction of Chambersbnrg was naturally very high in Pitts burgh. Meetings of prominent citizens .were held on Sunday and Monday, to consult upon the proper measures to be. adopted, Gen. Row ley, who actively engaged in the effort to secure organization, issued an order requesting a gen eral suspension of business. The request was only partially complied with, and on Monday evening was withdrawn. On Sunday evening, Maj. Gen. Couch arrived. from Harrisburg, and on Monday issued an order for the enrollment of all citizens capable of bearing arms, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. Guns were hauled out to some of the fortifications on the surrounding hills. By !Tuesday all apprehen sions of further trouble from the invaders had subsided, and the citizens resumed their wonted occupations. The Five Hundred Thousand Can.—Our citizens have been exerting themselves in some wards and townships with most commendable energy, to fill up their tespeotive quotas under the President's late call for five hundred thou sand men.. The hope is entertained that in many districts the required number will be raised in time 'to avoid the draft. If any additional in centive were needed, to urge forward the work of recruiting our exhausted ranks, the rebels have supplied argument ,by their recent incur sion upon our Soil. Surely if our lethargy can be disturbed at all, it must be broken by the presence of the enemy thundering at our very doors. The Pittsburgh Gazette.—Our enterprising neighbor has, at a very considerable expense, and with a commendable desire to increase its facilities for supplying the public promptly with the latest intelligence, purchassed and set up one of Roe's celebrated four cylinder presses, capa ble, as we are informed, of throwing of ten thousand sheets in an- hour. Last week the Gazette commenced printing from this mammoth machine, whose wonderful evolutions cannot fail to elicit the admiration of the beholder. The - et-ea - Hui of this press, the only one of the kind in the city, is an evidence both of the business enterprise of the Gazette, and of the prosperity which has crowned the efforts of its editors and publishers. Real Estate and General.Agency.--Wo call the attention of our readers to the card of S. Cuthbert & Sons, in this week's paper. Those who have occasion for the services of such an agency, will find this firm reliable and efficient.. The New National Tax Law, with complete alphabetical summary. Dime edition. Official copy. A most convenient manual.' For sale by John P. Hunt, Fifth Street. Pittsburgh Market. CORRECTED WSEILLY 1 , 08 TIM 'PRESBYTERIAN BANNER, EY LITTLE .15 Tanana, WEELREALE GREETER, 112 -RED 114 SzoonrE STREET.] WEDNESDAY, August 3. FLOUR'—Market dull, without any change eines our lot EM! BACON—Stock large, and a dull market; to the local trade some lots of small Inferior selling at reduced prices: BUTTER—SaIes of 801 l ai 4.0@15c.; Fresh Print, in mar ket, 500. . . I^oo3--18@20r,., by the bbl. HAY—Sales at $40.00 to $50.00 per ton, according to the quantity. GRAIN—Oats.: sales of 100 bushels at $1.05, from More. Rye: a sale of 250 bushels at $1.45. A.ITLES-143.50(0 t. 60, according to quality and order. • GROCORIES—Syrup3 are selling is renal lots at from $l.lO io $1.35, for the various brands. N. 0. bfoineses, $l.lO to $1.35, according to quality. Sugar: choice N. 0. held firmly at 25%(:02634.1. Island Sugars are w0rth23%@253.4c. Crushed: L.,verlogs, 3k.; Granulated, 32c.; A Coffee, 31%.; B Coffee, 30%. Coffee: sales in a small way at 60 to 66c., the latter for strictly choice; a Bale of 5 bags La,guy ra at 54c. i,` arritlY. On the sth inst., at the residence of A. Pat terson, Esq., in Mercer, Pa., by Rev. Wm. M. Robinson, Mr. A. E. M'KEAN, of West Spring field, Erie County, to Miss MARY Krern, near West Greenville, Mercer County: On July 3d, by Rev. Robert R. Moore, Mr. CHARLES Nnwooma to Mies ANNE ILEn, both of Shelby, Ohio. In McKeesport; Pa.. July 19, at the residence of the bride's parents, .by Rev. -R.. F. Wilson, Mr. L. D. Wu.aus, of Pittsburgh, to Miss Mtwara A. Oz./&r, of McKeesport. bittag. DIED—In Miffiin Tp., Allegheny Co., Pa. July 24th, 1864, ANNA MAR[A, daughter of James and Emma Watson, aged 16 months. DlED—February 27th, 1864, Mrs. JANE IL, wife of Jeremiah M. Wilson, of Elizabeth Tp., Allegheny County, Pa., in her 64th year. The deceased was born near North Washing ton, Westmoreland County, Pa. At an early age she became a member of the Presbyterian church of Polk Run. After marriage, she con nected herself with the U. P. church of Bethes da, with her husband, where she was a worthy member, and took an active part in Sabbath School and Missionary Society. For several months before her death she was almost entirely cofined to bed. Although her affliction was great, she was never heard to murmur, but was always patient and submissive to God's will. She was an affectionate wife, a,sympathizing friend, and died in boil* of a happy immortal ity. As her flesh and heart failed, God appeared to be her strength and portion forever. May the surviving husband and friends be comforted with the reflection that what is their loss is her gain. DIED—At his residence, in Milford Township, Juniata County, Pa., May 7th, 1864, Mr.'DAVID ALEXANDER, aged 75 years. Mr. Alexander was a Ruling Elder in the Lower Tusoarora congregation for thirty years. lie was in early life admitted to membership in the church, and was a strict follower of his Lord and Master. He continued faithful to the end, and at last fell asleep in. Jesus. As a father he was kind and affectionate, and he leaves a family to mourn his loss. His end was peace. DlED=.Tune 19th, in Emory Hospital, Wash ington, D. C. of wounds received near Gaines' Hill, Va., JA:MES SLOAN BAIRD, son of James Baird, of Derry Tp., Westmoreland County, Pa., in the 29th year of his age. He was one of that noble patriot band who have twice offered their lives for the salvation of their country, having recently reenlisted for an other term of three years. After his brief fur lough, he cheerfully left, a second time, the en dearments of a happy home, to bare his breast for a cause which, with his whole soul, he had embraced as the cause of law, of freedom, and of right. He bad fought on many bloody fields, both in the present and former campaigns, and remained unhurt; but fell at last under the deadly aim of a rebel sharpshooter, while stooping down to administer medicine to a sick companion, a few rods in the rear of their rifle pits. He was more than a patriot: he was a Chris tian—a true soldier of the Cross. He had been for more than six years a consistent member of the Presbyterian-church in Blairsville, and died in the blessed hope of glorious immortality. DYED—Near Slatelick, Armstrong County, Pa., June 10th. 1864, Mrs. ELIZABETH, wife of Wm. Kiikadden, in her 67th year. • She was: a child of the covenant. Dedicated by pious pafents to the service of God in her childhood, she grew up to reverence her father's and her mother's God. 'Early in life oho made a public profession of faith in Christ under the ministry of Rev. John Redick, loug the faithful pastor of Slateliak church. Her subsequent life was one of unostentatious love for the wor. ship of God, and for the assemblies of the saints. Eight daughters rose up to call her blessed, and to confess their mother's Saviour as theirs, four of whom.proceded her to the better inheritance. As the result of paralysis, the last year of her life was one of great suffering, as well as bodily and mental infirmity. And still, while oblivious to the world around her in most things, then was one Name, the mention of which always lighted her face with smile—and hope in that Name, suffused her cheeks with tears of joy. Such were the beautiful expressions of ber faith in an unseen Saviour, a few days before she fell asleep, and when a palsied tongue re fused any longer to echo the deep emotions of the heart. "Them. that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." DlED—Otuthe fah day of July, 1864, at the house of her uncle John and aunt Sarah Nelson, near Annapolis, Ohio, Miss ISABEL SPROUL, in the 23d year of her age. The deceased was moch endeared to her uncle and aunt, by whom she was raised. She was also endeared to the church, to her family, and to all who knew her. • She was one _of those modest, gentle Christians one must always ad mire ; was not inactive, but faithful and exem plary, and devoted to the Church and to the benevolent interests of Zion. She was intelli gent, and One of those marks that death loves to aim at, as he flings abroad his arrows ; and all who 'knew her beet, loved her most. A large circle of fond friends and acquaintances mourn her death, but not her loss. She is gone before, swishes, as we trust, entered upon an eternal reward, in that good land where God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. - Dear, lovely, gentle Bell, thou art gone to the grave, and I am left to weep sad and lonely; my. heartstrings break as I see your gentle, lovely smiles no more. I. P. ... DlED—June 24th, 1864, at the residence of .her mother, near Brownsville, Pa., LIZZIE A. THORNTON, aged 16 years and S months. • " Whom the gods love die young," wrote a Seathen poet. Although ages have glided away since then, death still loves to steal our bright est, fairest ones; and it is well he should take those to whom our hearts cling most fondly, that, those hearts may the more surely follow them to that heaven, where we may behold them, love them, and claim them ours again. Very slowly and tenderly the earthly taber nacle was taken down. She was so sweetly pa tient and uncomplaining through six months of illness, that, although we saw the light fading daily from her eyes, we could not think she was Passing away. She had always been a gentle, loving child; but we knew that nothing but faith in a crucified Saviour could support the soul through the "Valley of the Shadow of Death." Feeling this, her mother sought to know the ground of her hope. She seemed to be looking unto Jesus—expressed a wish to live only that she might profess his name and glorify him in life; but sweetly acquiesced in his will, saying it was "better to be with . Christ." Stricken hearts must mourn; but if those hearts are raised nearer to God upon this cross —the lives of those who loved her more fully consezrated to his service—Lizzie will not have lived or died in vain. - "Do you mourn when another star Shines out from the glittering sky ? Do .you weep when the noise of war And the rage of conflicts die ? • Then why should your tears roll down, And your hearts with grief be riven, For another gem in the Saviour's crown, And another soul in heaven." DIED—May 26th, 1864, of typhoid pneumonia, at the residence of her grandmother. in New Con cord, Muskingum Co., U., Miss MARY L. SNOD GRASS, aged 19 years and 19 days. Her rernsins were brought home and interred in Croes Roads burying ground, Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pa. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." DlED—June 26th, Mrs. JANE HOLLIDAY, wife of Jacob L. Slent2, Esq., of Pittsburgh, Pa., in the 48th year of her age. The deceased,was a member of the First Pres byterian church of this city, into which she came a few years since as a stranger, but soon found a large circle of loving friends who ap preciated her worth and now mourn her loss. tier last illness and death furnished a most cheering illustration of the blessedness of the Christian's hope, and of the sustaining power of Divine grace under severe and protracted suffer ing. Her affliction had continued with more or less violence for a number of years, but it was so` sanctified to the good of her soul that she had the most distinct and happy realization of the Divine presence and favor. In the earlier part of her sickness, when , she began to see that her departure was not far distant, she was greatly troubled at the thought of leaving her family, and, occasionally, at the anticipation of the pain and struggle of the dying hour; but as her end drew near she was so wonderfully sup ported that all these distressing apprehensions entirely vanished. She met death not only calmly, but joyfully and triumphantly. Turn ing to her minister she smiled beautifully, as if the light of heaven was breaking upon her soul, and said : "All is peace; my fears are all gone ; Jesus is near to me, he is precious to my soul— oh ! I cannot tell how precious ; I feel that I am saved, not because there is any goad in me—oh! no, I am all sin, all weakness, all unworthiness— but Jesus is all sufficient; he has done all, and I. a poor sinner, am saved by his merit." She then called her family around her and said: "Jesus is more precious to me than husband and children. I can leave all that is dear to me on earth for my precious Saviour. I commit them to his hands, and now I can leave them, trusting that Jesus will do better for them than I could if my life were spared." She spoke most tenderly to her husband, of how bard it was to part with him ; of her earnest desire that he might find an interest in the same Saviour; of her wish that he would set an example to the children when she was gone, and always be found with them in the " pew" upon the Sab bath day.. She called her sans, and asked her minister to make special prayer for them—espe cially for her absent son, whom she bad given to the service of his country, and who is now ex posed to the perils of the battle and the tempta tions of the camp. Thus she died—humbly and trustfully re posing upon Jesus, and committing her beloved family to his care, in the hope that he would gather and reunite them a happy family around the throne of God. "Blessed are the dead which die in the . Lord." 8. oursnzaT 0... L. CUTHBERT B. B. CUTHBERT • Oft CUTHBERT Sr. SONSI Rea! Estate and General Agents, For the purchase and sale of Real Estate, Collection. of Rents, Tam:mance, Repairs, &e., d.e. tar Office, No. 61 BLittRET STREET, Pittsburgh. augS-a NEW BOOKS The Presbyterian Board of Publication, 821 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. HEAVENLY HYMNS FOR HEAVY HEARTS. Com piled for the B.erd of Publication. 12mo. pp. 216. Price 65 cents. A collection of poetry from various sources, and contain ing many gems. TEE TRITE PENITENT PORTRAYED. In a Practical Xxposith n of the Fifty-first Psalm To which. is added THE DOCTRINE Or REPENTANCE , as declared in Acta avii: 3s. By E. 0. Wines, DX.. author of "A Treatise on Re, generation." "Adam and Christ," &c. Small 12aie, pp. 110. Price 50 cents. A lucid and impreedve exhibi ion of repentance, present ed in the simple and interesting form of expositions. HINTS VOR PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS. By the Rev. Thanne Scott, D.D., author of a "Commentary on the kc. 320 o, pp. 82. Price 2 cents. THE COINS OP THE BIBLE, AND ITS MONEY TERMS. By James ROM Snowden, A.H. 18mo, pp. 72. Price 20 and 25 cents. The author of thissworh, (Mond Snowden, was for many years Director of the United States Mint, and is perfectly familiar with the subject upon which he writes. BIBLE LESSONS ON PALBSTIND. By the Rev. Wm. P. Breed, D.D. 18mo, pp. 182. Price 20 cents. A valuable Question Book•for the use of Bible Classes. Please address orders to WINTIIRAR BARORNT, DmSuess Correspondent tetv2l J. WHEELER &. WILSON'S HIGHEST PREMIUM SZlAtttle IYUCHINZS* With New Improvements Aar. WARRANTED THREE TEARS.^Sti WILLIAM SUMNER & CO., AGENTS, 27 F►fth Street, mar 9.& PITTSBURGH, PA WEBER'S PIANOS. CARD TO THE PUBLIC. The subscriber has the Outwore to announce that be has been appointed the Bole agent for Pittsburgh and vicinity for the sale of WESER'S (New-York) PIANOS. These instruments, though comparatively unknown here, have had a long and favorable reputation in the E astern Cities, and their merits have enlisted from some of our best artists a hearty acknowledgment of their excellen t quali ties. A Choice Assottment of WABER'S PIANO may DOW be seen at the Warerooms o the subscriber, to which the attention of the public is in Tired. Illustrated Catalogue furnished on application. CHAS. C. MELLOR, aug3.A. Bl Woon &mixer, Panamint:. D. St 11. W. SMITH'S AMERICAN ORGANS, The best and meet beautiful instruments for the famill made in the world. SEND FOR OtROULABB. Also, the BOARDMAN, GROG & 00.'8 PIIiM4 -0 0-7 1 COPTEMS3 Wholesale Agency. Address ell orders, SIBERIA OTT, anB-2t-eow • 148 Broadway, New-York. PROPOSALS FOR LOAN. TIVILLSITOX DEPearkurry, July 26,1864 Notice is hereby given that subscriptions Will be received by the Treasurer of the United States, the several Assistant Treasurers and designated fiepositarias, and by the National Banks designated and qualified as Depositaries and /luau eta' Agents, for Treasury Notes payable three years from Augtuit 16,1861, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent. per annum, Vat semi-annual coupons attached, payable in lawfal money. Tame notes will be convertible at the option of the holder at maturity, into six per cent. gold bearing bonds, redeems. able after five and payable twenty years from August 15, 1867. The Notes will bs issued is denom'nations of fifty, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand, and five thoueand dollars, and will te issued in blank, or payable to order, as may be directed by the enbacribers. All subscriptions must be for fifty dollars, or some multi pie of fifty dollars. Duplicate certificatee will be Issued for all deposits. The party depositing must endorse upon the original certificate the denomination of notes required, and whether they are to be issued in blanker payable to order. When so endorsed It must be left with the officer receiving the deposit, to be forwarded to this Department. ' The notes will be transmitted to the owners free of trans• portation charges as soon after the receipt of the original Certificates of Deposit as they can be prepared. Interest will be allowed to August lb on all deposits made made prior to that date, and will be paid by the Depart ment upon receipt of the original certificates. As the notes draw interest from August 15, pnloas mak - ing deposits subsequent to that date must pity the interest accrued from date of note to date of deposit. • Parties depositing twenty-five thousand dollars and up waras for these notes at any one time will be allowed a com mission of one-quarter of one per cent.; which will be paid by this Department upon the receipt of a bill for the ameaitt, certified to by the officer with whom the deposit was made. No fled uctiona for commiesion.a must be made from the deposits. Officers receiving deposits will see that the proper endorse ments aro made upon the original certificates. Ali ahem authorized. to receive deposits are requested to give to applicants ail desired information, and afford every facility for making subscriptions. W. P. FESSENDEN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED' by the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSBURGH, THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSBURGH, PA.• FOURTH NATIONAL BANS OF PITTSBURGH, PA„ FIRST NATIONAL BANG OF ALLEGHENY, PA, and all • RBSPEOTABtE BANKS AND BANKERS throughout the country will doubtlees AFFORD FACILITIES TO SUBSCRIBERS ang3-2t R. B. NORRIS, tiIEtiCHANT TAILOR, AND DEALER TN GENTLEMEN'•S FURNISHING GOODS, NO. 79 FEDERAL STREET, mytB•u ALLEGHENY PA. THEOLOGIC AL SEMINARY OF THE NORTH-WEST. The next Term will open in the now Seminary building, with the usual Lecture, THURSDAY, September lst, at 3 P. M. Students are requested to be present at that time, ready for matriculation and study. The several departments of instruction are all wall filled. Spacious and well-furniehed rooms are provided for an dante, with boarding in the Seminary, at 3250 per week. The advantages, new offered by this Limitation are sur passed by no other: while it presents unequalled attractions to students who desire to labor in the great West. The Seminary is located in North Chicago, corner of Hal stead Street and Fullerton Avenne,, and is approached by taking the "City Limits" car at Mark Street bridge and riding to Belden or Fullerton Avenue. Students, on arriving; can report at the bookstore of W. G. Holmts, N 0.1.70 South Clark Street, or at the counting room of Howe & Robbins, 148 South-Water Street. Further information to - be hat by addressing either of the Professors, Rev. WILLIS LORD, Rev. L. J. El.U.Eiri, D.D., Rev. CHARLES ELuoTT, D.D. . W. W. HeatsHA, Chairman - Executive Committee. El= D . APPLETON 84 CO., 443 and 445 Broadway, New-York, HAVE JEST FIIBLISIIED The New INTERNAL REVENUE LAW, Approved Jnne 80. 1664, WV/II COPIOUS MARGINAL REFERENCES, A COMPLETE ANALYTICAL INDEX, AND TABLES OF TAXATION. COMPILID BY HORA.CE E DRESSER. Paper Covers, 50 cents. Cloth, 5100. D. A. it CO. ALSO PUBLISH: NEW EDITION, Collins's Voyage Down the Amoor. OVERLAND EXPLORATIONS IN SIBERIA:, NORTHERN ASIA AND THE GIBBAT AlllOO It raven COUNTRY. Incidental Notices of Manchooria, Mongolia, Kantsclmtka and Japan, with M*p and Plan of an Overland Telegraph Around the World, • via Behring's Strait and Asiaticatunala to Europe. By Major PERRY Ma/. COLLINS, Commercial Agent of the United States of America for the Amoor River, .Asiatic Russia. One vol., ISmo, pp. 476. Price mon. Copies mailed on receipt of price. D APPLETON & CO. ji2.7-2t 443 and 445 Broadway, New.iork. NEW MUSLC BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS. Ready this Week. THE SONG-GARDEN—Second Book. By LOWELL MASON, Mus. Dr. Containing a large number and great variety of new Songs, with the Elements of Musical Notation, and numerous Ex amples, Exercise., Rounds, etc. TUE SONG GARDEN, in the preparation of which Dr. Mason has been some years engaged, is designed to include a series of three books, progressively arranged; and adapted to echools of all grades, as well as families. Each book will be complete in itself, 00 that either may be used without the ahem In other departments of instruction great IlLti9o4- tags has been found to the use of series of books, but Ibis is believed to be the first regular series of school music books. THE BONG-GARDEN, FIRST BOOK, will contain elm ple, easy songs, such Re are adapted to beginners and younger scholare,velth Firer Steps in Musical Notation. THE SONG-GARDEN, SECOND ROOK, coatains songs more advanced, with the Elements of Music much more fully stated, and is adapted for schools generally. THB SONG-GARDEN, THIRD DOOR, will contain Songs, Duets, Trios, etc, of a still higher grade, with many Solfeggios and exercises for practice, and will especially meet the wants of Academies, High Schools, and advanced classee. The music of the SONG-GARDEN is quite new, scarcely any of it ever having been published in this country. A large portion of it has been selected with great care from the works of the best writers of this class of music in Eu rope. Most of the words, also, will be found to be new. It Is hoped there wilt be found a freshness and interest in both music and words which will prove very attractive to learners. THE SONG GARDEN, SEOOND BOOK, la now Texan containing 208 pp. mum, Svo. Price, $7 per dozen. To facilitate HI introduction we will send, postpaid, to any teacher a single copy far examination on receipt of silly canto. The FIRST BOOK and THIRD BOOK are in a forward state at preparation, and will be issued as soon u possible. Address MASON & HAMLIN, Boston i or, MASON BROTIfERSI y25-Bt-eaw DR. .1. R. SPEER, 196 Penn street, Pittsburgh, Ps. ra- rare epedal attention to all DISEASES OF THE EYE. a ay .3 B►. L. 11. DABBS, J? igi? 2P C St. 41 ,To SE Jr CP AL_iiiitar 3COM 'Tie 46 and 48 St. Clair Street, PITTSBURGH. WATER-COLOR MINIATURES Cartes de Visettes. LIFE-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS OR I YU AT; OIL , INDIA INK, ETC Photographs with Landscape and Fancy Backgrounds. IVORYTYPES. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, - GILT MARRS, AND Adapted to the PHOTOIRIPIIIO BUSINESS. zuylB-e Iry • KLEBER Sr, BRO., WE HAVE REMOVED TO 122 WOOD STREET- 122 SOLE ACENTS FOR ggni2.l4rWAß DR4l,lkrele AND Carhart's Melodeons and Ilarrnonlnms. MUSICAL MERCHANDISE OE EVERY DESCRIPTION. 122 WOOD STREET, four doors above FM, [OPPOSIST 'inn NATIONAL luars,] PITTSBURGH. NEW TRIMMING AND FURNISH ING HOUSE. Oar stock will be found the most oomnlete In the city embracing all the newest styles of TRIMMINGS In Chenille, Silk, Gimps; Bead and Bugle Trimmings; Bead and Rosette Buttons; Hosiery Gloves; Sine Embroideries; White G oods; Bonnet and Trimming Ribbons; Scotch Plaid Velvet and Silk Ribbons; Hoop Skirts, Balmoral Skirts; Morocco Bella ; Silk and Scotch Plaid Belt Lace Handkerchiefs; Ribbons; Point Lace Collars ; Valencia Collars; Maltese Collars and Cuffs ; Lace Sleeves ; Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods. NIOORHEAD, DENNISON & CO., ap643 81 MARKET STREET, PITTSBURGH DENTISTRY. -DR. C. SILL, N 0.240 PENN STREET, Pittsburgh, scum& to all brenchee of the Eeetal profeeakm: my la TESTIMONIALS DT FAVOR OF THE GROVER & BAKER SEINING MACIIINES. "I take pleasure In recommending it as every way rella. We." . Rev. Dr. LEAVITT, Editor New-York Independent. confess nayeelf delighted with your Sewing Machine." Der. Dr. STRICKLaND, Editor New-York Christian Advocate. "I have aged Grover & Baker for two years. Garments have been worn out without the giving of a stitch." Rev. GEO. WHIPPLE, New-York. "For several montlaiwe have. ruled drover & Baker's Sew ing Machine, and with pleasure testify to Its beautiful and elastic sewing, and its simplicity." GEO. P. 1510ERI8, Editor Some Amnia. "10 family has been most saticaterol in tis nee from the brat. It Is a family blessing." JAS. POLLOCK, Ex Governor of Pennsylvania. Office, No. 18 FIFTE STREET, Pittsburgh. A. F. OHATONEY, MS 30-A MASON & HAMLIN'S anxzwiut at a ar • • CAUTION. TO PURCHASERS. The wide demand for our CABINET ORGANS has LW , &teed dealers in some cases to advertise quite different t struments as CABINET ORGANS, and hi others to repre sent to purchasers that Harmoniums and other reed organs are the same thing. .Trus Is nor 'taus. The OXColletiOes of the CABINET ORGANS which have given them their high reputation, arise not merely from the superiority of their workmanship, but also, in large measure from 834811NTI&I.DIFTERZNCES IN 0011115E510- non, which being patented ar us, cannot be imitated by other mature. Prom these arise their better qualify and volume of tone, and capacity for expreadon. Every CABI NET ORGAN has upon its name board in full, the words, it MASON & BAILIN CABINET ORGAN." When a dealer represents any other instrument as a Othi lint Organ, it is usually a mere attempt to sell an inferior instrument on which he can make a larger profit. Prices of CABINET ORGANS, 595 to MO. Warerr: No. 274 Washington Street, Bea ton, MASON & a N. No. 7 Mercer Street, New-York, MASON BROTHER. . No. 81 Wood Street, Pittsbargb, CHAS. C. MELLOR.. Iy2o-r lIID - E,OIIL AND LEATHER*STOR E D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS. 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If you will but try it once, you never will be without it again: Manniactnred by the PENNSYLVANIA RUT MANIIPACTIIIM COMPAIL For sale, with full directionc, by all Drog2,i. elle and Groom. SOLDIERS' CLAIM AGENCY. W. & HALL PATTERSON, SOLICITORS OF CLAIMS AND PENSIONS, No. 144 Fourth St., Pittsburgh, Pax Of anirktrARBIVAILIArik. Pay and ae"i tlg,6? EFFERSON COLLEGE. The Board ofTrustees of Jefferson College will meet On TUESDAY, the Ed day of August. at le o'clock .4. M. The Annual Commencement will take place In Providence Rail, on WEDNESDAY, the 3d of Almost. JAMES N'ELILIrODUH, Sec'y of Board. 18.3 t Nt , w soNG. NEW BONG "DREAMING OF HOME." "DREAMING OF HOWL" "DREAMING OF HONE." The words ere beautiful, and the music easy •nd pretty. Everybody that sings should have it. PRICE 25 CENTS. Copies mailed on receipt of the price. CHAS. C. MELIiOR, 81 Wood Street, Pittsburgh. J722-a EDGEWORTH SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADrps, AT eIEWZOKI4EY, PA. The Pall Sreeion will open on the THIRD MONDAY IN SEPTMIWER. The lieet ad,eritairae are afforded, and et reasonable Mee. For terror, &U., send for a Circular. Addres, ItEV. A. WILLIAMS, jy2O. Siiwiekleyeille, Pa. B EAVER FEMALE S.F. 6 1INARY AB.A. will open ite Fall Term on MONDAY, the 29th AUgust, and close on THIPtI3DaY, the 22d of December, potird and Room for the term, $66.00. For full particulats wend for a catalogue. Address " ' 17 2 T ll, mrIVEN ifeirre; NANCY ARTIOLEB GENERAL AGENT ORGANDIE LAWNS, SILK MACULA-EL NEW SONG,
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