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l?EDICATTO'V OK WA8HWGTO!? STKEET <7ftAS*Hrl?. Sermon Mivfrrd by Rev. Wm. T. Capers, Pastor. COLUMBIA, B. C., AUGUST 12, 186?. .'For mino house shall he culled nu boase of prayer for all people." Isaiah. Ivi., 7. Once more, ?lear friends, wc are assembler! in our own house of wor? ship-our apiritnal homo-nour tho graves and monuments of the depart? ed whom -wo loved-the blessed ones who died in the Lord; within the same sacred enclosure, if not on tho same spot, where some of you wor? shipped God, Sabbath after Sabbath, for thirty-four years; where noble christian men and women, tho fathers, tho mothers, the councillors and guides of some of you confessing Christ, feasted upon heavenly manna and gathered strength for the duties, armor for the conflicts and balm for the wounds of this life; where the anointed servants of the Saviour, the pul]>it giants of the days of the church's growth and prosperty, tho days of revival and rejoicing, led thc devotions of great congregations; the spot, hard by, -where stood the old plain brick building erected in *3t and burned in 'Co. O, what hal? lowed memories awake, what sweet, what glorious visions appear, as wt sit in the now chapel and look nj io ii the r::ins of the old church! McPherson is in the pulpit preaching v. iih power, or the sermon is over and Kennedy mingles with the mourner at tho :dtar, singing for thom "Five bleeding wounds tie bears, receivet < alvary."' Penitt nts believe and Heaven come! down to earth. The walls that havi been scorched by lire and torn down, echoed rapturous anthems and re fleeted tho music of Heaveu; (foi Heaven's music is tho beating oi loving hearts.) music, responsive t< the g iud discourses of Soulo. and Piuice. and Andrew; the splendid flights of Bascom; tho overwhelming eloquence of good men, "full of iaitli and the Holy Ghost;" and, permi! mc to add, the seiaphio spirit of yoni own Bishop)-I say your own Bishop, for he was your pastor when thet\ made him Bishop -belaid the corner stone of the church in '31. and yoi are the guardians of his grave. Om venerable brother, who is with us to div to give us his prayers and hi: blessing, was pastor in '23 and '21, before the present incumbent wre born, and 1 sec in the congregation now, some who were active {Beinber! of the church, zealous Sunday Schoo teachers, t'uirty-fivo years ago. (ba bless you, boioved brethren, honor.', fathers and mothers! May you Ii vi to see a uoble building take the plac? of the one destroyed-live to see i crowded with devout worshipper, and tho baptism of lire once ne-n descending from on high. May you children's children, after tho manne of their parents, there pay tiiei vo ws tu tho Lord Almighty, in t!i< presence of his people, to the end o time. Our God, our Jesus, is the sam yesterday, to-d?y and forever. TU eternal throne is unmoved-the inti nito Father is unchanged-th ascended Saviour still intercede. wearing our nat uris ut the right hat) of i bi l. making a perpetual appcf to tho justice and morey, tin- tint and compassion of (rod, on behalf c tho penitent-the spirit of grace sti strives and pleads with man to creal him anew m Christ Jesus. We ar not orphans nor forsaken, brethren THO abuse of liberty, ulan's divin endowment, has brought disordt and misery, wrong und crime, int this fallen world-but (rod reign He defends, supports, guides an bl esses Iiis people, making the thon of their path below bloom into rose converting crosses into crown, lossi into heavenly investments, prisons t palaces, poverty to plenty, grief 1 joy, defeat to triumph, death to lil' .? 1 in cruds, ria luc?s." "Through night to light: And though mortal eyes Creation's face a pall of horror wear; Ciood cheer! good cheer! The gloom midnight rhea; Theil ?hall a sun-rise follow mild and i.,i "Through storm to calm: And though 1; thunder-car The rumbling tempest drive through ear and st.;., Cood cheer: good cheer! The clonu ni war Tolls that a blessed healing hour is nigh 'Through ?ro3t tospnng: And thought biting blast o! Uurua Htit?i ii nature's juicy veins, Cond elli erl good cheer! When wine wrath is past Soft, p ureiunng spring breathes sweet "Tor ?ugh woe to joy: And though at inn thou weep, Ami though tho midnight find th.-?- \?v< '-..wi cheer'. ,r0od cheer! The shep!)" '?.vet, ?heep: b- sign thee io the watchful Father's wi' . .!??. >ugh death to liff! \nd through tl val?? of tears. And through this thistle-field o! 1 P.^eetnl To tho great supper, ii, that world ?h< Vost rs Of Miss unfading, cloudless know end." Ry the expression "mino house m tn. text, wo understand a place peculiar divine manifestation. 1'. remember that the patriarch, Juco br.vmg left his father's tent, at Bm sheba,, .Did journeying to dista Parian aram, to his mother's fallu af the close of tho first dny's tra> collected a few stones and. ntaced I them "oil tile gfWfand, that he might recline against them and sleep in the open air end beneath tho twinkling ! stars, and there he beheld the ladder resting on tho earth and reaching to I Heaven, and the angels of God as j rending and descending upon it-a vision significant and sublime-and Jacob awaked out of bis sleep und said: "Surely tho Lord is in this pince aud I knew it not. " And he was afraid, nud said: "How dreadful is this plae*?l This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gute of Heaven." The house of God and tho gate of Heaven is the place where mau commune? with his Maker; where the guilty, pleading tho merits of the guiltless, depending on the peace-speaking blood of atonement, clinging to tho Redeemer's cross, obtain mercy and exult in the liberty of the children of God; where the burdened soul, the tempest-tossed spirit, the perplexed, tempted be? liever eries to the Father, implore? his aid, his presence, his blessing. There the way-worn pilgrim finds his rest, the pince of tho divine mani? festation, the ladder reaching to the throne on high, the ministry of angels, the house of God and tho gab? of Heaven. Solemn temples, gorgeous cathedrals, stately struc? tures resounding with organs aud anthems and chantings, beautiful with paintings and rilled with a "dim religious light," aro not the only places where the Lord dwells and meets his people. These may br employed to uphold a vast system <>i superstition by charming tho senses, delighting the imagination at the ex? pense aud to the injury of the intel? lect and tho conscience-by giving t< priests and martyr.-, and saints tin. homage that is due to God alone. Pur Lord cannot be localized, bulli in and confined to particular en? closures. Tho lone wanderer 1'nub Hie gate of Heaven in the solitude ol the wilderness-thu bouse of God where a stone pillows his wea:y head. Thus saith the Lord: "The Heaver is my throne and the earth is my footstool; where ia tho house t! at yt build unto me. und whore is tin junee of my rc3t?" Thus saith tin high and lofty oae that iuhnbitotl eternity, whose mime is holy: "1 elwell in the high and holy place with him. also, that is of a contrit? and humble spirit.'" Divine ennui presence knows nothing of journey ?ni?s, of local transitens. Farabov? angelic seats enthroned, and dwelling with the lowly and thc loving in tin dust. Immensity is his temple. Th. earth on which the Saviour sull'ered on which the Lamb of (.Jod wa: slain, with ali its mouidaius and sea: ami plains, i > a consecrated cathe dral-a place of divine manifesta Hon-a hons?: t.f the Lort!. Angel: from above witnessed its dedieatioi amids! the expiring agonies ot th? Son. the darkening heaven--, th? trembling earth, the temples rendiii. vail, the bursting rocks and the open ing graves. "Where two or ihre: aro mot to gether, in my name, th TO am ? ii tho midst. On the ?leek of tin storm-tossed ship, iii the prison a Phillippi, in tho upper chambo where the disciples meet, in thc- housi of the centurion, Gornelivis, th Lord n wop ta the servicies of 1(> deemed aud bestows upon them tin riches of his grace. Tho light tba shone above Thc mercy soat, botweei tho wings ol the cherubim, nov shines in every believers soul "What! kuow ye not that your bod; i* the temple of the Holy Ghos which is in you, which ye have o (Jod. ami ye are not your own? i'<> ye are bought with a price, therefor glorify God in your body und ia you spirit, which arc (j ?d's." Tell us uo of a restricted r -ligion, a confine? spirit, l?o not imitators of tho au clent Tyrian.?, who chained their go to Iiis altar. Away with the narro? notion, thc presumptuous idea, tim thc river of lifo can only flow MI tb little trenches of your ecclesiastic:! gardens. "Where tho spirit of li: Lord is, there is liberty.'' The Lori looketh at tho heart, and nov/ h cominan de th all men, everywhere, t repent, and dec?an ? of every ?.lat? ?n earth, where sinners s< t h Saviour, whether it. be in the chain ber of affliction, where a few arc nu to read the word ol life and pray, u a breezy hill-top, or a pleasant grovi ur the market place, ?>r thc high v. av or in a chapel, church or cathedra' . Mine house shall bc called an hons of prayer for all people." "Whei ever tho Bible is devoutly read, an the Gospel preached; wherevi r th prayer of faith ascends and the ; :u ri Goo ??I :i broken he^ri i.) o?Voreil -..nely God in Christ Ls thor.-." Tl? Apostle intimates that uot only i every individual believer but ever particular church a living tempi? Its members, -"a-s living stones, ar built np a spiritual house, un hoi priesthood, to offer up spiritual sa< ri fices acceptable to God by J? *n Christ." And must we not believ that when they meei, in this capacit the gnat Lord of the temple him.se' nomes among them? ls he not her to-day? here to murk the character < >ur service, th . degreo of our d< roredness! O. let us believe it, an "all before him in spirit, eoufcssiti ?ur simpleness; our preference f? icm po ra I prosperity and present eas ;o the trial of our faith; ami the di: 'ipline, the :.h..rp. the fiery dise >line, which should consume on vorldliness; which infinite wisdoi ippoints iijr our purification an spiritual enlargement; which infinit ovo permits for our permanent n.' vantage, cur growth, ia gram, and progress in the life divine.. ,. - Now that we are present beioro the Lord, let ? ivory heart adore him; let every spirit pant for purity and send forth heavenly aspirations, and we ?hall feel that our tittie chapel is his house and that we are now "heirs of Clod and joint heirs with our Lord Jesus Christ; if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glori? fied together." My brethren, the tempest has swept over us. God was not in the blast. "Twas hut tho whirlwind of his breath, Aui.ouut.uig danger, wreck and ?**>?t.h." The mountains have been shaken by an earthquake "'Twas but the rolling of his car, The trampling of his steeds from far." j A devouring lire luis consumed our I hornes and our sanctuary I "Twa s but thc terror of his eye, ; That lightened through the troubled nky." Now, humbled soul, chastened, trusting, adoring spirit, ILsten, and hear the voice, so still and small, speaking of peace, of love! It ii God who speaks. ''Ob! it is a father's voice That bids th? trembling earth rejoice." "For mine house shall be called ur house of prayer." Not a honst where prayers are said or intone? I with the faces of priests and peoph ?directed to the altar, as though th? i Lord was in that spot alone; not ? ! house decorated to charm thu eye, with windows beautiful with all tin. I hues of the rainbow, and Imrninf candles, and smoking incense, ghostly processions of white-robe* clergymen and choristers, and : service constructed to occupy ih< imagination and strike the senses uot a house for aristoeruiic Pharisee; to proclaim their nu rits in: not : I house for fashion an i folly, vanity and pride, to patron:/..! tor purpose of display and camel gratification not a house for the cultivation o literary taste and thc enjoyment o intellectual pleasures; not a bouse fo theatrical exhibitions, or the Iii timph:'- of art. or of eloquence mer Imiiiau eloquence-uot a house f? the glorification <.!' man's philosophy or the nation's greatness; r.ui a hon; for solemn behavior morely, I'M graceful devotional ?.ttitmios: n.-; house fo? the ?ovii o? g??d?i;u wi,?lour the power, the lotter wi th on tho spirit: but n house where t!> sin mr, like the 1'ii i ii'eau r>f th parable, may p rosen! tu God ;> humble, broken heart, punting fe pardon and the favor nf [Ieavei where the congregation feel win they say to tue omniscient I mr. where penitence, faith and h ?ve kne? at the feet uf Jesu* like Mary, ?tn lean upon bia breast like John, weep like poor Peter; where the w ort dependent soul seeks ao l lind il stay and solace, fountain <.:' iii and joy, where it renews il.-, strengt waiting upon the Lord, that it ma "mount up with wings as eagles, ra and not be wearied, walk and nt fain!." A he ase ol prayer, for ;.. oa.r services lend to prayer. W read the word .>.' t ! xl. we sing. ? preach, that our souls tutiysoar ?bo> the world. :uu_v breathe celestia! : ; may be wrapt in dames of h?v. . "*f< ho that d Wellet lt in love dwellcth : Cod. and God ?ti him." What . .?.?; e?- I.??i ibe i>.. il'n i. tom to (.<... resuming the alt it ade of d?pendons adoration ami trust? Tb? believe) prayer i-, mort1 than thc presenting ? petitions for benefits dosi rod; it praise, it is submission, it ;s worshii lt is the child leaning up? n nv loving bis luther, as well as teliij him lt is tr. uih!es and asking for ?'av- .;. Its necessity arises, ne? morel;, fro our neetl of divine support and pr tection, but mir need of eouformi: to the will and image of lie- eterna Communing with God. appearing: His presence, contemplating ii majesty and mercy, !.!.* nustilli purity, his lovingness, weare ubangi more and more into iii, ?mai; Prayer, in tile sense of asking he from Heaven, is an in-linet of ti son!, feebleness, dependente mn call un em- ublc lo help. Meu mr propose metaphysical objections prayer, but these are nil blown nwt l>\ tempest- ol' misfortune and tl appro.-. !: of danger. The sceptic, a calm, falls on his knees and cri. - God when tho -.torre is mgm There was never found, on this wii world, a race <.;' humati beings!!, Gi.I not pray. Ves. uiy brethren, \ eau pray, we must pray to our omi present, almighty Father. As bru; gives strength to' the body, - - pntv supports the sou!. Houses of worship ate indispe sabl?: to the progress < ? religi?n christian communities. Wit ho them thc Sab. alb would be sad desecrated, and h >w could theGosi be regularly preached and tho sad meats administered? In m.ion ai association there i. strength, and " ireiu sharpeneta ir. n, no dolli countenance, o', a mau his friend I'ions emotions arc communion! from one to another, and tho inii once of public worship tells np private charactt r. The grout good Judge Halo, one of Englam nobles! sons, once ri marked that found tile work of tie week go w according as lin- Sa! batu lu?d b. kept well. "For n* one ! tralee of eagle's wings sends her t diing a !<? way on through the air, tho imptt' which a well-spent Sabbath gives sensibly felt thronghout all the wool? The soul s graces cannot deve] without daily prayer, frequent int? ?elise with Heaven, anil our Snbbe services in the sanctuary, looking Lb A good of ? dhers a:; we'll a& out o\ benefit, ate acceptable to God. 1 "And when the day of Pentecost was Jhflly come, they were all,-with one' accord, in ono place," and tho 'descending spirit filled'th? houso. Translating thc word" prayer, in the text, worship, lot us briefly con? sider the religious services established by Jesus, himself, aud observed by tue Apostolic Church. The blessed Saviour said to the woman of Sama? ria: "The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall wor? ship tho Father in spirit and in truth." Our Lord, in his example and precepts, prescribed tho parts of worship. Ile was baptised. He I went into the synagogue of Naza . rcth on a certain Sabbath-day, as his i custom was, and read in (hepeople ant ! of the. Word of God. He devoted ! much of his time to extemporaneous .prayer, and gave t."> his disciples the for/unfa which tho Christian repeats from his cradle to his grave, lit: j preached the Gospel, now in thc ! temple, now in a synagogue, now on j a mountain, now using a boat os hie ' pulpit, the audience listening on th? shore -everywhere he taught his doc . trine-:. He instituted tho sacrament ! of thc Lord's Supjter- - and, lastly ' just before our glorious Master wen , out to deliver himself t<> ?halli, ht 1 und Iiis apostles .?tn-j a hymn to 1 gcther. In tin; Acts ??i' the Apostles, \v< , learn that they recognized these si: ' parts nf public worship. Tiley bap I tized- -they read thc Script m e. i they prayed both privately aud ii company they delivered discourse : on religion-they celebrate?! th ! Lord's Supper- -they sang tho praise; 1 of God in hymns and spiritual songs lt il si rilling fart, that thc Y.'omili] o? tho Church of Christ, and that o the. .lowish Tempi??, ai:.I that o[ th synagogue*, after taking out of ihen what w.'i simply typical of a fut,ir Messiah, va- sahsmniiuily identical !':!;>. ism took the place of circum cisi?n; the Loni's Supper, ol' th Passover. A bon' tiffy years after th --'h ot' St. John, 'justin Marty liv??il This hr..i ?>f the fathers an earliest of < 'hr: ???.ru v. ?*i?- ...-'.. give-; bri'-r account of the t- vov 1 purist the religious worship t?f . ?. origin! Church ..: (.'brist. ::i wi.' ?' tim act < singing is tb,; only one e. tin; st parts <-.-,! a o! i.-ii--! by the Savio'' omitte<i. L'his isnot prooi that sitij ?ag \V:?S nt?! ss purr of the worshij but simply an omission, for Plin writing'ttl t'roj of thu Christian disliin-uy states thai they met t< ??ethel inid snug hymns. I'iiey ha in? id tar. no crucifix, no incense, i burning cusidlos stud absurd imit. tio:?: of aa abolished ceremonia Tl:e:r \%ors'uip was simple, spiritu an 1 s'i!i??:u' . free, earnest and h'-ai felt. There is dang? r. my fri. ads. i the introduction of man r forms im oro public worship ll. has been wt sai.l.' by an eloquent ano pioi divine of Scotland: -*It is in ti naturi: ..?' a religion of maw/ fon. to degenerate into nue of fi.rai Hy engrossing the iittention id ti tht -I :'r. ?ii li is'h curt, ami prov,' pernicious to t.r'.ie piety as a sup? abiiudaueo ot leaves to th-; pla whust: sap is spout on feeding ti l< .if. t.. the detriment of th- rm ami p. rhap . s.:-m?: churches might ' hanolitt .1 by a fr? vi use of tim kui with which the garden? r prim? > aw; tho Hush ?if green wood io ir.erea the crop ?.f fruit." Kati! error, rtib.inkc thc forms of religion for i ligioii! Sad delusion, t" cni:c;::u i beautiful, iivine. beaming features t!:-- r'[ea\. nly angel with the drupe of human :.?,t-? :::?<l earthlv fan? The chi] 1 that, liqhtlv clad, bro- til the fr.-e air, heeomes vigorous ai hardy. The eundidtites ior houov the Olymp:?; gaums Luid aside ali > ?. rfluoiis . ^veringa, all e:.. timberi ndK'?. S.i I.-t our rob 'ion, ,wemen b.-red with man;, form-, breathe ! bound along the path to ll--av "n. make in-r not like a gaudy pat: ...I (Insight r <..'. vanity, admir by st depraved 'usie. in??rn for i feathers ami ihn i v sb M for ; brightness tit her eve, the bloom her che? iv nn?l the native ?juce. grace with which she moves. ?Mi! i friends, ii a church is isabel ?tev.it to ( 'lo ist 1 Mpi i. ? i into his \ i spirit -ii the m. nib rs meet on t Lor i'- io worship the Most i?i "i : spirit und in truth"- h ti. hons?? of worship is to them a hoi of prayer -of heart-felt services a Divim! manifestation if their so ha? .-; before Ibo Lord- if. li?c-- : primitive Christians, th.-v "sing w Hie pirit an.l the understand also," ve respect to ibo .sentin? :.-, Well a-^ the melody of the song charity abound*- if everv mein strives to do ai! the good he can. s the inijuirv, --What is doing for y hef , f the poor?" calls imth li ral donations nan visiis t i -.viii]).!! li tin" lionats- SiS and the vigil . made before the impiivy -if thev continually striving to do sonnet h t.- Strengthen and build up the chu in the I'onununitv, and thu s t.. vance Ibo cause of the Redo ino tl:::*' church is holy, r.po.'dolic, ('ii thin; ti.?- Lord ?iwelis in tin ir un? making i very Sabbath a pen tee? ned the unbelieving, beholding ti unity and their happiness, cont thai "the L ?rd is in them of it trot Some soi ms are ncoessurv. W'ii there is unity of the spirit, sue liturgy ns Mi. Wesley prepared our church, assists the worshipp? mil, insten?! <d I o< ing the plssce < living faith, -rit: a ii f-xprr-'iou. 1! ?...it. : l?. without foro - r.ltogetl than to substitute nnif^r. ?ty of T. ?hip for unity ot the spirit. Ijet otrr J houso of worship ever be u house of prayer-of reul worship-and then, j though tho building be plain and the congregation impoverished, we can rejoice in thought of the countenance of our faithful Li ord, and say, with our father iu God, John Wesley: "Thc best of all Is, (rod is iriiJi us." A house of prayer for oil people. Heard the invitations of the Word of God: "IT<?, every ono that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ho thal I hath no money: come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk, j without money and without price." "Seek yo the Lord while he may l>e found, call yo upon him while lie is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the righteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto ; the Lord, and ho will h ive mercy | t upon him, und to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." These I from the Old Testament. Now let us i [ look into thc New. Hear the blessed j [ Jesus, oh. yo suffering, homeless, ! ! weary people of Columbia, hear the i sweet words of incarnate love: "Come j unto me, all ye that labor and are ': heavy lad"!:, and f w ill give you rest." | "If ye tie n, being evil, know how to | give good gifts unto your children, bow much more sha'l your Heavenly Lather give the Holy Spirit to them that ask bim." "Go ye into all the I ! world, and preach .he Gospel to every i ?creature." Hear P.'Ter: "God is no respecter of persons; but in every na-1 . tiou he that teareth him and worketh ? righteousness is accepted with him." j fleur lae great Apostle: 'Tor the love of Christ eonstraineth us, be causo wc Liu-, judge, that if one died for all. then were all demi, and that I he died for all, that they which live; should rot henceforth live unto ' themselves, but unto loin which 1 died f-.r them and rose ugain." , Hear St. John: "If any man sin, we' have :-n advocate with the Father, I Jesus Christ thc righteous; and he is j the propitiation ba* our sin.-; and not foi our:; o?:i;, . Imf also for thc sins of j tho v. li Ie world." And now turn to: tie lust ehapbT, almost the last sen-I t. ace of the blessed Ibbie, "And the I pirit 'inii Li" bride say, Come. And ; 1 Jet bim thal heareth ?av. Come. And j les bini that is athirst come. And; u ? ?? >/. n ii!, let bim take the water I .?/'.. ,i;i -nev" Here the rich! and the poo: meei together; the Lord ! i the maker of them all - is the /':./?? /. of tin in ali. "God hath made ' . rf i bl.1 all ned h .ms of men, that they should -ce? the Loid, if haply I they might feel after him and lind bini, tia nigh lu* he ::. >t far from every fuse of us." The German theolo u'ian, Thobsek. says that the Chris? tian, "with glorified vision, reads' upon i very human brow" the text jn;;t repeated, and "that inscription! ?n ike- evi ry human countenance sn-, en . We ..!!<. family. Despise j not you; humble brother, your poor i sister hroOier is the King of: (Hory, their nature is worn by TTim ! who i- al the right hand <.:" God, j once tito man of sorrows, now the I sovereign Lord <<t all. Yes, my i Iriiuids. the poorest ot tho poor may feel ai home in tho pla**c where Jesus answers prayer. Von ure. all richer1 than wa? your Master when Ho dwelt in our nature on the earth. Von all have belter abodes than the homeless I ?sti?ferer who ? aid, "Foxes have holes. . birds of the air have neats, but the j Sou of M:m hath not where to lay His j Thanks be to ( ?od, we have a house of player for oar people! Dear friends, let us do our duty, and we I willi?. :. h.dior, happier flock than wo were before tho calamities came nj ?i ns. J ?. !. t us b? a living church, slit ii. , In fore the world, rlaning by ouv bundill; . and eoucord, and lov? ing:!? i, and ?col. and patience, and e uiv.ge, and couatuuey. Let us be like the bird of the legend that, hov ering near the Cross, bore off a thorn -in : i.e. Saviour's crown, and ?lycd hi.? bosom with Hie blood, and from ! that time became the friend of man. ; Let us "It. iir ?a our ureas:*, whate'er the loss, ; The bb edilij; lila/, il: - f the Crocs; | Live ev? r wi .< ?i hiving miad. Sn f- ll.iwr.hsp wirb human kind;" and ia the darkest hour of o :r niglit- ; time her.' we shall soc m Heaven above ns the .?. vcr barning celestial light - of divine mer.-;, ind redeeming love;" and n.> '-huais can obscure th"v stars_ ART lr ? CI AL Leg's and Arms. THE SOUTHER*) lui m m \M\rm WT AV IL established s branch office r. rd I 1 mannlnc: rv at Columbia. K. C. i he improved AT'TOMATTO LEG AND Atliu manufactured by this company are :-3 IU" pa : I >i i.'. any lil lin' <%*">! Ki. nar ii ... I..iii-;i arc practical artill?is! lei? . . : inn maker* three of them wearing li ef ?l"-ir own mr?T!nfactsire. Our facilities are nnstirpansed. On work >Yu.irunted uno >.-ar. Cab and es? ..nie- uer s j.e. mle US er rid dress i> WM U.V. MARSHALL IU, - ..i ;?!!it li:.. r- folmnbia, s. c. i sices '.Indis m, Oa., Nashville. Tenn., Cfdumbia, S. (.'. May '.?7 :',nm oonth Carolina Manufactured WRAPPING PAPER, rn n .'. tV. Grady, Hr, ewi'ie 4 SUPERIOR ARTICLE, and at great tv ?\_ reduced price:?, th?: suanufactnri r bairns determined rc fsnnfcu a good arti ??!. :.t lower r.i tea than it cc. be imported from tho North, .inly 1? .INO. c. SKEOERS A co Kew Tonk Advertisements. STENHOUSE & MACAULAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, I7IOR the Mle of COTTON, COITUS* ? YARNS, SHEETINGS, Naval Store?, ?ic., md for the parchase ot Merchandize generally, 66 Pearl Streut, A'ew York. Consignments to UH from every pomt in thc South fully protected by insurance an soon as ah inned. Joly 14 ly J. K. STE NH O USE. ALLAN MACAULAY. SOUTHERN BANK NOTES'. SOUTHERN sEcomms ! Bought and ?old ou commission by LAWBESCE BROTHERS & (JO., BANKERS, AO. 16 WALL STltEET. KEW YOJtK. MONEY received ou deposit from ban kn, baakers, mei chanta and others. Or? ders in Gold, Government and other Secu? rities executed at thc regular Stock Ex? change by a member of the firm. Consign? ments ol Cotton solicited. '? April 8 DEWITT C. LAWRENCE. JOHN R. CECIL. CYHUH J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALHTEI?. JAMES CONNEBTS SONS IX KED STATES TYPE FOUNDRY ANO. PBJNTEB'S WABEHOVSEt NOS.-28, 80 and 32 Centre street, (corner of Reade street, ) New York. The type on which this paper is printed is from tue above Foundry. Nov 1? WESTCHESTER HOUSE, Corner Broome Street awl Eotcery, A". )'. npHIS house, eapablo of accommodating 1. three hundred guests and kept on th? liuropean ulan, is centrally located, and near to all points. City car? pass the Hotel tn all the Ferrie?, Railroad Depots and places of Amusement every three minutes. Single Room?, ?1.00 per dav; double, ?00. .T. F. DARROW & CO., ' J aa l-l Iv iTrrpiietors. MUIR II T?ll S Some Soaps bum your lingers, S^mc your clothing;, and All melt )iko dew 1 efore a July sun. Th* Saxon de Terre Ces Dark Bro>r" WON'T DO EITKEK? On the contrary, it is Pleasant rn the hands. Harmless t-> vour clothing, and "STANDS LIKE A STONEWALL." ri^UIS article is made from a natural pro X duct, and is in every way superior to th'- ordinary Family Soaps. Beside? its superior cleansing qualities, it softens goods and hi ightciis colors without injury to either. C ue pound cnual to one and a half of ordinary soap. A saving of 60 per cent. Send for circulars. Sold by the trade <v>t" , a::,;. to- PRINCIPAL O?FICE. 32 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. M. B. STAFFORD, President. JnlyS_ _ _mw3nio _ '. .iq*, ec-3 w ? ~r*e . _" ~? i" ; j i. r o ^; Ill ? ' Er 2 1 1??T s i iY?t?c sig O? -S^g? 'P'S ? * c ? 2 ^5&s?l i ~ ^ ? -x '5 ^ ? French Medicines in Vogue ! wv GRIMAULT & CO., Chemist* to lt. I- E. Prince Napoleon. IO RUE RICHELIEU, PARIS. YO Molli-'COD LIVER OIL. Grimanlt's Syrup of Iodized Horse Hadisii. eti'RUP ii emp.oyed with the greatest ) ?.Ut-.-, ss, Li place of Cod Liver Oil, t.> which it is infinitely superior. It curen diseases of the chest, scrofula, lymphatic disorders, green sickness, muscular atony and lues of appetite, lt regenerates the constitution by purifying the blood, being thus Invaluable in the treatment <>f skin diseases, and is administered with the greatest efficacy to vonni; children, subject to humors, or obstruction ot the glaud.-. .Vb More Poverty of the Blood and Pale f.'omjtlexion. Dr. Leras' Phosphate of Iron. This new ferruginous medicine contains tho elements of tile blood and bones, ai. i iron in a liquid state, lt is different from all hitherto tillered to the public, is liquid, colorless and tasteless. It speodily curo? chi rosis, pains in the stomach, difficult digestion, dysmov.orrhcea, anemia. The majority of tho Academies of Medi? cine ot Paris recommend the Phosphate of Iron to Lidies of delicate constitution suf? fering from anemia, and al! other persons fatigued from over-anxiety, n?-rvouM emo? tions, nv. r-work, genera) debility and poor? ness ot bl.KM!; never caus?s constipation. \0 MOUE COXSCYPTIOX. Grimauli s Syrup oi' Hypoph.ospb.ate 0i Lime, Fer nil diseases of the chest. This nicdi i:in< ns invaluable; it is largely used at the brompton Hospital, in London, for con sumpti >n, and generally approved by the li ftding men in England and France. BET TEM THAN COPAIBA. Grimauit's Vegetable fil?tico Trijec tion and Capsules. Where all other medicines have failed. <lnpreparations will always cheeta cure, fin sc insure rapid and extraordinary erne >f severe recent and chronic eases of pri? ntie disease. Tiley are used in tho hospi .us of Pans by the celebrated Dr. Ricerd, iud are found greatly superior to all hitle r I known mineral remedies r.nd Copaiba ind Cubebs. The injection is used in re >ent, and capsules in the more chronic ?ases. - Grimauit's Brazilian Guaran?. For immediate cure of nervous head icho, neuralgia; vegetable substance; cn ircrf Inoffeneivo, of Brazilian origin. General Depot-In Paris, at GRL?AULl' ET CO., 15 Rue Richelieu; in New York, at POLGERA & VAN DER KT FFT, SO North ?Viiliaui strcor, an 1 nt every good chemist 's Aug 12