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Anecdote of Napoleon and the
LADIES.
Dr. Baird, in a late lecture at St. Louis,
related an amusing anecdote of Napoleon
le Grande and the ladies who attended his
first grand reception ball at the Tuilleries.
The old nobility had departed, and every?
thing was new. The invited guests were
mostly military officers and their wives.
Some two thousand ladies were present.
When supper-time came, they of course,’
took precedence of the gentlemen. A
Question arose, who had the right to go
The great dining-hall was thrown
opbn, admitting them, and the doors were
thensclosed, and the officers of the palace
found'd; impossible to open them. The
dißpute\among the ladies grew warm.
One lady\said the right was hers, as her
husband was a great general; but she
soon found that others maintained, on the
one ground or the other, that their claims
were greater. Meanwhile the officers could
not get the doors open, and in consterna
tion one of them hastened to the First
* Consul, and asked him how they should
settle the question of precedence. “ O,”
says Bonaparte, “ nothing is easier; tell
them that the eldest is to go first!” The
officer reported to the ladies the First
Consul’s decision, and instantly they all
fell back! This gave the officers an op
portunity to gie.t the doors open, when, to
their astonishment, none of the ladies were
willing to go first. After standing in that
ridiculous position for a moment, they be
gan to laugh heartily 1 at their own folly,
and all marched into the dining-hall with
out delay. This, said Dr. Baird, is one of
the thousand and one stories they tell in
Paris of the “ Great Napoleon,” to illus
trate the readiness of his wit.
Last Things.
The last words of the Old Testament are
a fearful threatening: —“ Lest I come and
smite the earth with a curse.”
The last words of the New Testament
are a benediction: —“The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.—
Amen.”
The last words of Christ before his as
cension are a glorious promise:—“ Lo, I
am with you always, even unto the end
of the world. Amen.”
Often the wicked despise the last offer
of mercy made them more than any
preaching they ever heard. When I have
seen friends wiping away the clammy
sweat from the brow of a dying man who
had long rejected salvation, or moistening
liis lips with a little water, I have often
trembled lest it should.be the last mercy
he should ever receive.
It seldom happens that the last thing
done by one who has led a wicked life, is
to repent and turn to God.
The last words of sinners often teach
the very lesson which they refuse to learn.
•—Banner and Advocate.
William Wirt and Tom Corwin.
It is said that Tom Corwin, as he is fa
miliarly called, was once trying a case in
which he was opposed to the late Mr.
Wirt, when the latter tried a somewhat
novel made of discrediting the evidence
of Mr. Corwin’s chief witness, on whose
accuracy and discrimination everything
turned, by showing that he was a person
of astonishing credulity.
Wirt. —Have you read Robinson Cru
soe?
Witness. —Yes.
Wirt.—Do you believe it all ?
Witness. —Well, yes, Squire; I don’t
know but what I do.
The same answer was returned as to
Gulliver’s Travels and several other works
of fiction, Corwin all the while fidgeting
and getting hot. Presently Mr. Wirt,
considering the man entirely flattened out,
resigned him with a bland smile.
Mr. Corwin said he bad only one ques
tion to ask, and put it:—
Mr. Corwin. —Have you read Wirt’s
Life of Patrick Henry ?
Witness. —Yes.
Corwin. —Do you believe it all ?
Witness. —Why, no, Squire; I can’t go
that.
|^°A correspondent of the True Union
speaks out the following Baptist language
in a place where it is needed:
We are exhorted to “ contend earnestly
for the faith once delivered to the saints,”
and as a Baptist, I have uttered, and do
still nbb°r. my solemn protest against an
r departure from the primi
tive mode of does vio
lence to the feelings of large numbers in
the Christian church. If you had been
• present Mr. Editor and could have justi
fied the scene, as a Baptist, then I thank
God, that 1 differ from you a whole wide
Hemisphere in opinion.
With no unkind or unchristian feelings
whatever arising from this matter, nor
any disposition to indulge in personal in
vective with the above affirmations, the
subject is dismissed with a respectful
“adieu.” ‘ Veritas.
A New Yorker Arrested on Suspic
lON OF BEING AN ABOLITIONIST.
A man named Mcllwee, from the State
of Kew York, was arrested on Sunday
night week, at Lynchburg, Ya., on sus
picion of being an Abolitionist. He had
been staying at the Hopkins Hotel for
near three months, ostensibly engaged in
no business whatever. During his tem
porary absence on Saturday his trunk was
opened and “ letters of an incendiary char
acter and grossly defamatory” were found
i in it. Thelaet Lynchburg Virginian says
k c f inm : “On the night of his arrest, he
returned to the Hotel, entirely un
ionscious of the evidence that had accumu
lated against him in his brief absence. —
He was promptly apprehended and placed
in jail for trial, which will occur on Thurs
day. The matter will be thoroughly in
vestigated, and his temerity meet, its just
reward. We would warn the people of
the country against all strolling Yankee
peddlers, and other suspicious characters,
no matter from where they hail.”
High-handed Affair.
In the Religious Herald of October 23d,
1856, the following is recorded:
Our city readers are aware of the fact
that protracted meetings have been in
progress at two of the Baptist Churches
in Richmond, for several weeks, and that
a large number of persons of both sexes
have been induced to become “ professors
of religion.” Among the converts are
three young ladies, who have been reared
in the Roman Catholic faith. Two of
them were immersed some days ago, and
the third, who is an orphan, was immersed
on Sunday night. The Irish friends of
the latter, on learning of her intention to
become a Protestant, resorted to the most
scandalous measures to prevent the con
summation of her resolve. They first sent
for her to attend a meeting of her
lie friends, and in their presence make a
recantation of her profession of Protest
ism ; but, being fully determined upon
the course she had marked out for herself,
the summons was of course disregarded.
On Sunday night she proceeded to the
Second Baptist church, to prepare for the
rite of Baptism, and while thus engaged,
a party of Irish—men and women —made
their appearance in front of the church.
A small number of them entered the
doors, and seated themselves on the front
pews, uttering the most violent threats
against the young lady. The attention of
the pastor, Dr. Howell, having been call
ed to these intruders, he summoned sev
eral of the male members of the congre
gation to the vicinity of the pulpit, and it
was determined, on consultation, to have
them ejected from the church, unless they
would consent to depart quietly. The
efforts to induce them to withdraw met
with a blustering opposition, but finally
prevailed, and the champions of papacy
retired, still avowing their determination
to be revenged on the young lady for ab
juring the religion of her deceased par
ents. Quiet being restored, the services
were proceeded with, and the ordinance
of baptism administered to the young la
dy, who had been the object of such un
scrupulous annoyance.
We learn that two of the Irish women
connected with the above outrage, called
at the residence of the family with whom
the object of their persecution resides, and
demanded an interview, no doubt design
ing to remove her by main force ; but we
are glad to have it in our power to state
that they were repulsed and warned to
keep away from the premises.
Bashful IYEen.
BT MRS. DENISON.
We never yet saw a geuinely bashful
man who was not the soul of honor.—
Though such may blush and stammer, and
shrug their shoulders awkwardly, unable
to throw forth, with ease, the thoughts
that they would express, yet commend
them to us for friends.
There are fine touches in their charac
ters that time will mellow and bring out,
perceptions as delicate as the faintest tint
is to the unfoulding rose; and their
thoughts are none the less refined and
beautiful, although they do not flow with
the impetuosity of the shallow streamlet.
We are astonished that such men are
not appreciated; that ladies with really
good hearts and cultivated intellects will
reward the gallant Sir Mustachio Brain
less with smiles and attention, because he
can fold a shawl gracefully and bandy
compliments with Parisian elegance, while
they will not condescend to look upon the
worthiest man who feels for them a rev
erence so great that every mute glance is
worship.
The man who.is bashful in the presence
of ladies is their defender when the loose
tongue of the slanderer would defame; it
is not he who boasts of conquest, or dares
to talk glibly of failings that exist in imag
ination alone; his cheek -will blush with
resentment, his eye flash with anger, to
hear the name of women coupled with a
coarse oath; and yet he who would die
to defend them is least honored by the
majority of our sex. t
Who ever heard of a bashful libertine ?
The anomaly was never seen. Ease and
elegance are his requisites; upon his lips
sit flattery, ready to pay court alike to
blue eyes and black; he his never non
plussed, he never blushes. For a glance
lie is in raptures; for a word he would
professedly lay down his life. Yet it is
he who fills our vile city dens with wrecks
of female purity; it is he who profanes
the holy name of mother; desolates the
shrine where domestic happiness is thron
ed ; ruins the heart that trusts in him;
pollutes the very air he breathes—all un-
der the ipask of a gentleman.
Ladies, a word in your ear: have you
lovers, and would you possess a worthy
husband ? Choose him whose delicacy of
deportment whose sense of your worth,
leads him to stand aloof, while others
crowd around you. If he blushes, stam
mers even at your approach, consider
them so many signs ‘of exalted opinion of
vour sex. If he is retiring and modest,
let not a thousand fortunes weigh him
down in the balance, for, depend upon it,
with him your life will be happier with
poverty than with many another sur
rounded by the splendor of palaceSi
|sir*Strive to enter in at the strait gate.
THEE CHEISTIAF INDE X.
Singular but True Statement.
There is a lady in this county, eighty
two years of age, who has had twenty-one
children. Two of her daughters also re
side in thjp county. One of them, the
wife of Mr. Wm. Faircloth, has had six
teen children, fourteen of whom are now
living. The other, the wife’ of Mr. Matth
ew Faircloth, has had twenty-three child
ren, eighteen of whom are now living—
nine sons and nine daughters. These la
dies are in the prime of life, with every
prospect of an increasing family. Anoth
er sister, Mrs. Parker, recently died
in Scriven county, at the age of (thirty
eight years, who had twenty-five clildren.
The children of the Madams Faircloth,
were all bom in *this county. —Albany
Patriot.
Kosciusko’s Horse.
This polish general, so celebrated for
his devotion to the independence of his
country, wished to send some boi ties of
fine wine to his friends. He charged a
young man named Zelker to ta le the
horse he himself generally rode. Un hi!
return from his excursion, the you rig man
declared that he would never rile tint
horse again unless the General I,QKvx ra
his purse “for,” said he, “as ot&PjjbyLa
poor person
and askajdpr charity:, the >rse stag
refuses to go on until his rider
alms; so that, having no moneyjf bjfihe,
I had to pretend to give somethin 8o as
to prevail upon hinrto continue his route.”
To Preachers.
I have found the following rules to be
of much service to. my self, and respectful
ly suggest to my brethren in the ministry
the propriety of testing their merit's. 1.
Resolve to be brief, as this is an age of
telegraphs and stenography. 2. Be point
ed ; never preach all around your text
without hitting it. 3. State your propo
sitions plainly, but do not stop long to
particularize. 4. Avoid long introduc
tions, but plunge into your sennon like"a
swimmer into cold water. 5, Condense;
make sure that you have an idea, and
then speak it right out, in the plainest,
shortest possible terms. 6. Avoid all
high-flown language ; quote no Hebrew
nor Greek; aim to be simply a preacher.
7. Be honest enough to own that you do
avail yourself of help from any source.—
But, in using helps, be sure you never
make stilts of them, when your own legs
are far better. 8. Expect the Father’s
blessing; you are his servant, and can do
nothing without it. 9. Stop when you
are done. Among the many rules given
the preacher, I have found it convenient
to adopt the above, as being such as were
profitable to me. And now, my brother,
if they will do you any good, you are wel
come to them. — Oeorge G- Bancroft.
Woman—Utah.
Mormonism, we conceive, is necessarily
ephemeral. Its social forms contain in
themselves the ee'eds of dissolution ; and
it must perish because it has not enough
of healthy life to put on other and better
forms. In heathen or Mohomedan lands,
where a brighter phase of society has nev
er shone on woman, she may grovel to
polygamy through centuries of darkness
and shame. But such is not the case with
the female population of Utah. They
have seen their sex in the position for
which God designed and nature fitted it;
the position, that is, of the household’s
sole mistress—the one wife and one moth
er, sitting in the family as its pure and
honored centre. That idea once stamped
upon the soul, can never be altogether
erased; and we do not believe that poly
gamy can stand firm against the current
of womanly instinct chafing upon it year
after year. There are signs even now
that this great, gross wrong totters on its
base. Witness the following statements
made by a mormon elder in a recent ser
mon :
1 “We have women here who like any
thing but the celestial law of God; and if
they could break asunder the cable of the
church of Christ, there is scarcely a moth
er in Israel but would do it this day. And
they talk it to their husbands, and to their
neighbors, and say they have not seen a
week’s happiness since they became ac
quainted with that law, or since their hus
bands took a second wife. They want to
break up the Church of God; to break
from their husbands and from their fami
ly connections.” — Watchman & Beflec
tor.
Artificial Prooious
Avery curious and interesting
was presented to the French Academy of
Science, a short time since, by an ingeni
ous mechanician, Monsieur Gaudin, on
the result of many years’ experiments hav
ing for its object the production of artifi
cial precious stones. After twenty years’
labor, Monseur Gaudin has succeeded in
fabricating imitations of jewels so perfect
as to deceive the most practised eye. The
imitations of the ruby, the most precious
of all stones, has reached a rare degree of
beauty and utility; for it is preferred by
competent watch-makers as pivots for
watches to the real ruby, being equally
durable and much harder. Monsieur
Gaudin hopes and expects to be able to
produce the ruby and sapphire of a suffi
cient size to be used in the manufacture
of chronometers and clocks. There are a
great many shops in Paris devoted entire
ly to the sale of false jewels, the widows
of which present as brilliant appearance
as those of the most magnificent oijeutiers.
The rarest designs and elegant mountings
are copied in the imitations. The price
of each of the stones prepared by Monsieur
Gaudin will not exceed one franc. .He
will thus enable the trade of Paris to offer
their customers beautiful ornaments at a
wonderfully cheap rate.— Paris Letter .
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shall be obtained. And the public are assured that no
labor will be spared to give them a periodical of the
highest literary and religious merit.
Should the proprietor fail to obtain the specified
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do subscribe, promptly to return their subscription
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aid in establishing a work so much needed.—
The North teems with sheets, scattered far and wide,
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A specimen number will be issued as soon as it can
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Ministers generally, of the different denominations to
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PRIVATE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES.
EATONTON, GEORGIA.
THE exercises of this School will be resumed on the
first Monday in January, next.
4,Awmbesvf pupils limited.
pL ■*?,’ pbf utmrn| includbig usual course ot
English studies, Languages, Music, Drawing, Painting
and embroidery of every variety, $125.00 —half in ad
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The School is provided with anew and extensive Ap
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charge is made for the use of Pianos. Pens, ink, paper,
slates, slate-pencils, &c., supplied gratis.
Kooks, Drawing, Painting and Embroidery materials
and sheet music, at the usual rates.
Board sl2 per Month.
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J a nuary 6th, 1857—ts
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HffilPChurches and Choirs supplied with HYMN and
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Jan. 21, 1857—ts
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
1857.
The Spring Term commences Monday, January 12 th.
Commencement mil be held on Wednesday , July 22 d.
Faculty.
GEO. Y. BROWNE, President.
P. LOUD, Natural Sciences.
J. R. SEALS, Music.
REV. C. W. STEVENS, Belles Lettres.
THE Trustees announce with much satisfaction that
they have a Faculty of experienced and laborious
officers; and that they will be assisted by ladies who
are well qualified to teach, especially in the department
of languages and in the School of Design.
M’ddle Manvers, a native of Paris, beside French,
will teach Vocal Music, in whieh she greatly excels.
Located in the midst of a refined and Christian com
munity; in a healthful and accessible neighborhood;
presenting every facility for imparting an accomplished
education, the Georgia Female College relies confident
ly upon the public for the patronage it deserves.
Catalogues, containing further information, may be
obtained by applying to either of the officers.
THOS. J. BURNEY,
Nov. 20 —ts Sec'y. Board Trustees.
RABUN & SMITH,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. Rabun. | W. H. Smith.
Savannah, July 10, 1856—28—ts
J. J. PEARCE,
Warehouse & Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.
OTILL continues the business in the well-known ex-
O tensive Brick Warehouse on Campbell street, be
tween Bones & Brown’s Hardware Store and L. Hop
kins.
Feeling thankful to my friends and the public for
their liberal patronage heretofore, I respectfully ask a
continuance of the same.
Cash Advances, Bagging, Rope and Family Supplies,
£oy'Wfl’*lad tn euatamara ma usual
Sept 18—6 m J. J. PEARCE.
BOSTICK & KEIN,
WHOLESLE & RETAIL DEALERS
IN STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS!
Macon, January Ist, 1857. ts
GILHAM & ASKIN,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
REYNOLDS STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
POSSESSING every facility, will devote their per
sonal and undivided attention to the Storage and
Sale of Cotton and other produce consigned to their
care, and to the purchase of Bagging , Rope and Fami
ly Supplies.
Commission for selling Cotton—2s cts. per bale.
§%TCash Advances made on Produce in Store.
T. A. Gilham, of Oglethorpe | F. E. Askin, Talliaferro.
Aug. 7—32—ts
T. J. THRELKELP”
COMMISSION MERCHANT, THIRD STREET,
Opposite Messrs. Hardeman St Sparks.
THE. undersigned has located permanently in the
city of Macon, as Commission Merchant. He will
receive up Country Produce on Consignment, purchase
Cotton on order, and transact any business committed
to his charge with prompt attention. His long expe
rience in the purchase of Cotton will, he trusts, enable
him to give entire satisfaction.
Reference—Gakmany & Champion, Savannah.
January 6 —ts
Sherwood’s Notes on the
NEW TESTAMENT.
FOR SALE by Dr. Turpin, Augusta; V. Sandford
Greenesboro, and Rev. J. H. Campbell, Griffin.
IKSP'AIso at the Index Office.
Jan. 14,1857—8 m.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
PENFIELD, GREENE CO..GA.
Faculty.
PROFESSORS:
COLLEGE.
S. P. SANFORD, A. M., Chairman—Mathematics.
J. E. WILLET, A. M., Chem. and Natural Philosophy.
H. H. TUCKER, A. M., Belles Lettres.
U. W. WISE, A. M., Greek and Latin Languages.
WILLIAM G. WOODFIN, A. 8., Modern Languages.
Theological Seminary.
■ - ■ Ecclesiastical History and
Biblical Literature.
WM. WILLIAMS, A. M., Systematic and Pastoral
Theology.
Academy.
J. L. ANDREWS, Principal.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this- University are
A Theological Course of three years designed for those
who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry;
A Collegiate Course of four years, equal to that of
other Colleges in the country;
A Scientific Course of three years, including, with
some additions, all the Studies of the Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course , including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.
ADMISSION.
The regular time for the admission of Students, Is at
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiate Course
must sustain satisfactory examinations on Geography;
A rithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Caesar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Reader ; and must be at least fourteen yours of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
must sustain satisfactory examinations on Geography;
Arithmetic; English. Grammar; Simple Equations in
Algebra ; and two books in Geometry ; and must be at
least sixteen years of age.
EXPENSES.
Tuition Feees. Spring Term. Fall Term.
In Theological Seminary. .. Nothing. Nothing.
In College $25 00 sls 00
Scientific Course 25 00 15 00
In Academy—
Preparatory Class 26 00 16 00
Second Class 20 00 12 00
Third Class 15 00 9 00
Elementary Class..lo 00 6 00
Room Rent. ..; 6 00 4 00
Contingent Expenses 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will be received as full payment for the
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses of the
year.
The price of Board in the village is sl2 per month
of washing, room rent, and fuel $3.
COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIONS.
The Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
in July.
There are two Vacations, dividing the year into two
terms, as follows:
First Term —From last Wednesday in August to De
cember 16tli.
Winter Vacation —From December 15th to Februa
ry Ist.
Second Term —From first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation —From Commencement to last
Wednesday in August. S. LANDRUM,
Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
January *7.
CHELDON, BLAKEMAN &, CO.,
No. 115 Nassau Street, will publish May Ist,
Grace Truman, or Love & Principle.
By Mrs. Sallie Rochester Ford, 1 vol. 12mo. Price
one dollar.
The following letters were received by Mrs. Ford
urging the publication of the volume:
■ FROM R. B. C. HOWELL, D. D.
“I have read with the deepest interest, the series of
articles head ‘ Grace Truman,’ by Mrs. Ford. If she
will carry it out as she has commenced, and then pub
lish it in a book, it will do great good, and be the most
popular work that has seen the light this many a day.”
FROM PROF. DRURY, COVINGTON.
“Will you not give us ‘Grace Truman’ in a book. *
* * I feel no hesitancy in saying that its publica
tion would be productive of much good.”
FROM PROF. FARNAM, GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
“Grace has been well said , and would make a reada
ble, and in my opinion, most useful book.”
FROM REV. MR. FARRAR, NATCHEZ, MISS.
“I do h.ope Mrs. Ford will give us ‘Grace Truman’in
book form. It has thus far, to my knowledge, done great
good in settling the minds of some, and, if published,
would be an elfective instrument in advancing the
cause of truth.”
FROM D. S. SNODGRASS, PASTOR, VICKSBURG, MISS.
“ ‘Grace Truman,’ by Mrs. Ford, is admirable. It
deserves a more compact form. Make it a book. It
will be very useful.”
Similar extracts might be made from a hundred Bap
tist Ministers.
JUST PUBLISHED.
LIFE PICTURES.
From a Pastor’s Note Book.
BY ROBERT TURNBULL, D. D.
Author of “ Genius of Scotland, ,J “ Christ of
History,” &c. 1 vol. 12mo. 342 pp.
Price One Dollar.
The author’s intention has been to develop, in a nat
ural, vivid way, by means of narratives, portraitures of
characters, conversations, letters, &c., the divine est 1 in
ner life.
The characters are real; such ns the author has met
in his extended observation and experience among all
classes of persons ; some of them of great intelligence
and worth, and others of an inquisitive, skeptical turn,
including Students, Lawyers, Merchants, literary char
acters, Mechanics and others.
Some of the “Life Pictures” are of young men re
claimed from Skepticism. These will be found to pos
sess a thrilling interest. Some of the sketches are of
characters remarkable for their gifts and graces. Those
of WILLIAM BENTLY, the baker boy, and HARVEY
MILLER, one of the noblest men that ever lived, will
be hailed with pleasure by all who ever knew them.
As it touches upon Harvard University, Theodore
Parker, and Boston Life, it will be read, we doubt not,
with great interest.
G RAC IE AMBER.
BY MRS. MARY A. DENISON.
Author of “Home Pictures,” “ What Not,”
“Carrie Hamilton,” &c. 1 vol. 12mo. Price
one dollar and twenty-five cents.
“A powerful, thrilling story, told with great skill and
effect, illustrating a great truth, and enforcing it so as
to make a profound impression. The heroine is a crea
ture whom we love, Jupe is an original, unique, and
extraordinary character, and the several parties intro
duced are managed with admirable tact. The book is
decidedly one of the very best works of fiction that our
lady writers have given to us in many years, and wo
shall be greatly surprised if it is not popular with the
reading community.”—lV. Y. Observer.
THE ROMAN - CATHOLIC ELEMENT
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
1 vol. 12ino. Price one dollar.
BY JUSTIN D. FULTON.
Mr. Fulton has directed the American mind into a
new channel of inquiry and discovery, and has laid
bare important truths which every patriotic and intelli
gent reader should carefully consider.
CHILDHOOD, ITS PROMISE AND
TRAINING. BY W. W. EVERTS, D. D.
1 vol. 12mo. Price $1
In Press, to be issued May Ist:
OLSHAUSEN’S COMMENTARIES—VOLUME 111.
Price, Two Dollars,
May 13, 1857, . 19—ts
Twenty-Five Witnesses of Paper Money; or, The Forger Convicted!!
MAT, 1857.