he said with tremulous, but distinct utterance, "I rise to ask the prayers of Christians, also to read a hymn-wishing it may be sungthat expresses fully my present feelings. It is this: People of the living God, I have sought the world around, Paths of sin and sorrow trod, Peace and comfort nowhere found. Now to you my spirit turns, Turns, a fugitive unblest; Brethren, where your altar burns, There receive me into rest. Restless I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave, Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave. We remembered his subsequent consecration to a life-work of usefulness, his views of the great guilt incurred by withholding the Bible from the enslaved, and inflicting upon them nameless wrongs, physical and moral. We remembered the anguish of spirit caused by his early, cruel death, and then, what God had wrought all along down the years since that beloved brother joined the army of martyrs, of whom the world was not worthy. How nobly did the surviving brother wear the falling mantle of Elijah, till he, too, was called to go up higher. It was no marvel that ere the will of God was quite plain, he should have exclaimed, "I must throw off this sickness, I must go back to Washington and see my emancipation bill through." But his work was done, and well done. In the midst of the great conflict, the Master saw fit to remove him from a high position of earthly influence to a higher service. Who can doubt that, from the Christian's home in glory,' he will yet look down with joy unspeakable upon the breaking of the last fetter from the bondman whom he so long remembered here "as bound with them." When the elder brother sealed his testimony with his blood, and the survivor, alone with the dead, made the solemn covenant, never to forsake the cause which had cost that precious life, there were many to denounce and few to applaud. Now, less than thirty years have passed, and there are hundreds of thousands imperiling their lives to crush the rebellion, born of slavery, preserve the life of the nation, and remove the cause so long its bane and blight. Truly "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." AT HOME IN HEAVEN. THE following letter cannot fail to interest the kind friends of the Home who watch the history of those to whom our Institution so often bridges the dark moral chasm, introducing them to Christian training here, and then to a home in heaven. The precious youth, whose death is recorded below, had become eminently fitted for a life of usefulness. The kind guardians who have spared no pains in her education, and whose bright hopes for her earthly future have been so soon blighted, have our heartfelt sympathies. Very different has been the termination of that young life, from what it might have been but for their parental care. Their full recompeuse of reward was not to come here, but all down the ages-for the dear one is not lost, but gone before. We rejoice in the precious consolation afforded by the death-scene and the comforting as surance it that their labor had not been gave in vain in the Lord. Manchester, March 17th, 1864. My Dear Mrs. Bennett,-It becomes my painful duty to announce the death of our precious charge, Armanella Wilson, who winged her way to the spirit-land on the 7th of this month. I have attempted to write you before, but have found myself wholly unfitted for the task by long fatigue, and sorrow for the early departure of the loved one. Truly, she has been a soft, pleasant light in our dwelling, in the church, and in the community. Beloved in life and sincerely mourned in death, notwithstanding we all feel that our loss was her eternal gain. Ella, for this was her familiar name, you will remember, lost her father by death, when very young, and afterwards, her only brother, James, on whom her young heart was fully set; his death, and the circumstances attending it, was a life-long trial to her. On account of protracted sickness, etc., in her mother's family, she was given to the ladies of the Guardian Society, in the fall of 1848, where I saw and became interested in her, so much so, as to decide to take her home with me to Vermont, within half an hour after I first saw her, having her cheerful consent. She was not During all these years, Ella passed through the various stages of instruction in the family, in the village school, and in the Burr Seminary, until she became well qualified for a useful and respectable station in life. only respected but was a general favorite among her young companions and acquaintances. Though modest and retiring, she was remarkably firm in her principles, and had a ready and keen perception and discrimination of right and wrong in matters of conscience, no one could induce her to swerve. This was particularly the case after she had covenanted to be the Lord's. From that time down to the day of her death, she maintained a very correct, Christian deportment, carrying with her a consciousness of the solemnity of her covenant vows, and endeavoring to maintain consistency between her conduct and her profession. * * * * For some time after the first alarming symptoms in her case, we hoped she might re cover; but the hemorrhage returned. The fatal symptoms of consumption took fast hold of her, and she gradually sunk under it, looking it steadily in the face. She would always meet her physician with a sweet smile, when she knew he could do nothing for her but to palliate her sufferings. She submitted with patient fortitude and cheerful resignation to the will of her Heavenly Father-was very thoughtful of the fatigue of those who had the care of her, and particularly solicitous for me, even to the last. In a thousand ways the symmetry and beauty of her character shone out clear and bright. But time and nerve fail to do more than to give you some faint idea of her last day while this side the river of death. It was the first Sabbath morning in March. For weeks she had been able to converse but very little, and then not above a whisper much of the time, particularly for the last week. Observing unmistakable signs of approaching dissolution, I asked her if she knew it was communion Sabbath? She replied, Yes, she did. I asked, if she knew it would be her last day, whether she would feel sorry? No, was her emphatic reply. Would she feel pleased? Yes! I then asked if she could send some little messages to her class and the Sabbath-school? and remarked, it might be blessed to the conversion of some; but said, "Do not tire yourself, but if you can, send but one word." She waited a moment, then said faintly, in a whisper, bidding me listen! listen! "I want to have all my young companions and all the members of the Sabbath-school, particularly my young companions, to 'Remember now their Creator in the days of their youth,' and to prepare to meet me in heaven. I want," she added, "all who are Christians to live nearer to Jesus, and to prepare to meet me in heaven; and I want to send my love to my teachers," speaking the names of the superintendent and the teacher in her Bible-class, "tell them to live near to Jesus, and prepare to meet me in heaven." She then asked the prayers of the church. I remarked to her that if it was possible for her, when she came to die, to give us some token, ever so faint or slight, by which we might know that all was well with her, it would gratify us. She nodded assent, and no more was said about it. At this time, her coughing was very frequent and wearying. She could not speak above a whisper, and we did not know but the vocal organs were destroyed. In the afternoon of the same day, I asked her if she had a message to send to a very dear friend who would expect it. She then mentioned her Pilgrim's Progress, which she wished me to give to him, as a dying gift, telling him it had been a very precious book to her. She had read it much when alone, and particularly Sunday afternoons. She thought he would prize it. She then continned to give away her books and things of value to her, including her wardrobe, in a remarkably appropriate manner, stating, though faintly and in a low whisper, her reasons for each gift. That night I was to lie on the sofa, and a lady of experience was to sit by her bed, and I was to assist when wanted; three others were in the chambers above. Between one and two o'clock in the morning, I had been helping to adjust her pillows, given her a little lemonade, and laid myself down again upon the sofa; not more than ten minutes had elapsed before the dear one called out in a loud and clear tone of voice, "Now, now! Come, come! Now come!" I sprang to her side, taking her hand and kissing it tenderly, inquired, "What is it, my child?" She looked up and called upon the name of God, repeating it louder and clearer as if she saw Him of whom she spake, so loud indeed that all in the house heard her and prepared to come to her bed-side. I then whispered, "Speak of Jesus;" which in a moment she repeated, "Jesus, precious Jesus, I love my precious Saviour, more and more precious, more and more precious." Then turning her eyes beaming with love to me she said, "I love you more and more, I love Mr. Anderson more and more; I have always loved him." She then called by name each one loud and clear. "They are all coming soon," I said. She then looked toward heaven and exclaimed, with a voice sweet as a heaven-toned instrument, and with a countenance indescribably radiant and beautiful, "Blessed Jesus! Precious Saviour! more and more I love Him." Then she called upon me to pray-to praise Him. I fell upon my knees before her bed, but I could only praise the Lord for what I saw and heard. She joined right in, repeating my words, and adding, Glory! glory! Mr. Anderson entered just then. She turned her eyes towards him, and with a voice loud and strong, said, I love Then the you, I have always loved you. other ladies of the family and those loved ones who had come in to pass the night with us, each, in their turn, were addressed in words of love, to some, giving special charge to live nearer to Jesus and prepare to meet her in heaven. Soon, as if being done with earthly objects, she turned her eyes upwards and in the sweetest, unearthly tones of voice and with a radiance of countenance surpassing all description, she addressed her Saviour in words of adoration and love. Then came the death-struggle; her thin hands were clenched, pressing her chest, her lips compressed as if stifling the last enemy and her countenance growing more radiant all the time. When her lips were again loosed, she whispered the name of Jesus, precious Saviour, more and more precious. Sing, she said, sing. I sang, "Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly." two verses; she kept quiet. She then gazed into the face of each of us, first at one and then the other, Mr. Anderson and myself, with her sweet, loving eyes. Then looking up, she broke out in a half whisper, "Angels! angels! angels!" fainter and fainter; then I said, "Our dear child will soon be an angel herself," she whispered, "I am a sinner, I am a sinner." "Yes," I replied, "but Jesus' blood, cleanseth from all sin." "Amen," she said in a loud, clear voice again, "Amen," several times fainter and fainter, one short breath, without a struggle and all was still. We thought she was gone, Mr. Anderson said, "If you know me, press my hand," all said, "See they move;" there was a distinct pressure of both our hands but not a breath or movement else. She was indeed silent, but much of the same radiance of expression of the features and the eye remained. We felt we could not touch that lifeless form or handle it-it was too sacred. After a long time we concluded we must lay her out, but we were so impressed with what we saw, we felt that heaven had come down in that room. We kept her until Wednesday; strange to tell, her countenance or features still retained the impress of that heavenly vision. All who saw her exclaimed "How beautiful!" "They never saw so lovely a corpse." But we had to take the last look and carry her to the village church-yard, where she wished to be laid. In the spring we shall plant lilies of the valley on her grave, and soon a suitable monument. Alas, alas for ourselves, but we mourn not as those without hope. C. M. ANDERSON. The following notice, written by her pastor, is from a Manchester paper. Died, in Manchester, Monday morning, half past 2, March 7th, ELLA WILSON, adopted child of Rev. James Anderson, aged 21 years. The early death of this young lady, beloved for her gentleness, sincerity and true devotion, has produced peculiar sadness in the circle of her friends. All that knew her loved her, for her native grace of character, her intelligent and quick perception and love of right, her cheerful modesty and her winning Christian piety. But in her happy, triumphant departure, in the full hope and scriptural view of immortal life, this sadness is mingled with saered joy; believing as they may, "without a shade of doubt," that her death is her eternal gain. Patient and uncomplaining during her long and somewhat distressing sickness, she ever manifested entire confidence in the will of God, and died in the full and beautiful triumph of the Christian's faith. "She has passed away, and on her lips a smile TRANSLATION FROM MARTIAL. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. HOUSE COMMITTEE'S REPORT FOR FEBRUARY. Wednesday, February 3d. Commenced the duties of the month with an application from a respectable American woman to take some of her children for a brief season, till she became able to provide for them. On inquiry, we found her to be the widow of a soldier who had died in camp near New Orleans, leaving her with five children; and aside from this fact, her pale, sad face, with an air of refinement that spoke of better days, elicited our sympathy. Admitted her three older boys, as requested. What a sad instance of the desolation caused by this fearful war, though it is but one of thousands of similar cases! May God comfort the sorrowing ones that mourn the loss of departed friends, and grant that the cry of these aching hearts may find acceptance with Him who is the Hearer and Answerer of prayer. Soon after, a woman came in, who represented herself as being an Irish Protestant, and whose husband had died some years since. She stated that she had five children and was very needy, and also that she was a member of Mr. Stevenson's church. As there was some appearance of plausibility about her story, we referred the case to Mrs. M., who visited her, and from whom we afterwards learned that she was a very intemperate woman, her neighbors testifying that she often sold the clothing and food given her for liquor. Mrs. M. also drew from her the fact that she had not attended a church-service in eleven years; and when urged to give up her children, she replied that when she did so they would go away over her dead body. Friday, February 5th. A lady called to-day to inquire if we could do anything for a woman in the employ of her sister. She came some time since with her husband from Ireland, and prior to leaving endeavored to get her marriage-certificate from their priest who had married them, remembering that "they were very particular about such things in America." She could not get it, however, and five months after they came here her husband died from the effects of drinking cold water while overheated. Now a stranger in a strange land and anticipating a season of sickness and trial, where can she go, what can shẻ do, for the work at which she is now engaged taxes her strength too severely. Went with some visitors from Brooklyn over the Institution; and closed the day's duties by making a personal inspection of the building from basement to garret with our new matron. 10th. Several applications to-day from women who represented themselves as widows with large families, and were very eloquent in their appeals for assistance, which probably arose from their state of partial intoxication. Since our last day here, three of our Home children have been removed by the silent reaper, Death, taken, we trust, to bloom more perfectly in the paradise above. Went to-day with three ladies over the building. They had heard of the Home, but knew nothing of it practically. They seemed much interested, especially in the nurseries. One of the ladies seemed very desirous to take a child for her invalid sister in Illinois, but found that the little one whose face had won her heart, was here but temporarily. Friday, Feb. 12th. Found this to be a very quiet day, varied by applications from widows and domestics. Visited to-day the Home school and Ind. School No. 1, and as we watched the happy faces of those, once the "children of poverty and crime," we wished that the friends far and near, who had contributed of this world's good, could see them, and were able to note the contrast between past and present. Surely it would prove an additional inducement to the faint heart and weary hand to labor on while the working time lasts. This afternoon, we learned of an event out of our usual routine-a juvenile party to be given to the Home children at the suggestion of the matron. This being a special occasion all the children were allowed to participate, but hereafter the conditions of their attendance will be "good behavior" and a cheerful compliance with all the rules. Wednesday, 17th. A Mrs. C. came in today who has had for three months past, a sick daughter. She begged tearfully for a pair of stockings for her child, stating that they lived in a damp, cold basement room; we made up a small package for her, thankful that in the extreme inclemency of this weather we are able to do a little for the suffering poor. Friday, 19th. A very quiet day. Looked in the Committee Room at the busy workers, preparing garments and work for the children of our Industrial Schools. Few outside of this circle know of the labor and care connected with providing and preparing this work, of the ingenuity often necessary in cutting and remaking an old garment, and, in short, making the most of a little. Will not some of our friends come in and help us, by giving of their leisure time, and to such as will bestow clothing or material for it, what more can we say, than to repeat the promise, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me." In the afternoon, the principal of Ind. School No. 2 came in, with a beautiful boy, two years of age, whom she had that day rescued from an abode of squalid poverty. Poor little fellow he had had nothing to eat for nearly two days, and but one garment on, when she found him. Soon after, we saw him, clothed in a new suit, and happy as innocent childhood can be. Wednesday, 24th. Received, to-day, two additional olive plants into our Home familyone, an infant-boy, five months old—the other, a little girl of seven months. The former was brought in by his aunt, who stated that her sister had died at his birth, and of his father nothing had been known for some time; but, from what had since been learned, was supposed to be dead. And, though she would willingly keep this little one, bequeathed by her dying sister, yet her husband's earnings were scarcely sufficient for their own family of five children. The other babe was brought to us by a friend in a neighboring city, who had befriended the mother in her time of need. Will not some parents, from whose home has vanished the prattle and sunshine of childhood, take these tender little ones to their hearts, and thus not only bestow, but also receive blessings. Friday, 26th. Heard this morning of a painful case-a father, mother and three young children-once happy and united, now divided, probably forever. The father, partially under the influence of strong drink, sent a fellow being into eternity, and is now incarcerated for the crime. The mother is a common inebriate, and has often sent her children out to beg, or what is worse, to buy rum for her. Mrs. B. went down to the Prison with a friend and obtained from the wretched father, his signature to the document rendering the children legally ours. More forlorn specimens of humanity, we do not often see. Another application to-day from a sorrowful, pale-faced widow, who has a mother eighty years of age and three children to care for. Her husband died from sunstroke last summer, leaving her almost penniless. Mrs. M. found her to be worthy of aid, made up a bundle for her from the almost empty shelves of our Dorcas-room; and our own eyes moistened as we saw the gush of grateful tears and heard her "I trusted in God and He say, has not forgotten me." Finished our day's duties by another inspection of the building, and found things generally in good order-in many respects quite an improvement over the first week of the month. In conclusion, the House Committee gratefully acknowledged their indebtedness to our excellent visitor, for, to novices like ourselves, her mature experience and kind suggestions have been invaluable, and our earnest prayer is that she may long be spared to continue her ministrations of kindness and material aid among the needy and suffering. In reviewing the labors of the month, your Committee have noticed with pain, the apparent increase of intemperance among the applicants. Why indeed is this? Alas, is it not greatly on the increase among all classes of society, and fearfully so among females? Let us, as Christian women, set our faces and our influence more firmly against the swelling tide of intemperance; will it not be worth the effort, if perchance we are able to save but one fellowbeing from a drunkard's life and from its doom hereafter? Would that all were earnestly engaged in the blessed work of "turning many to righteousness," thus preparing to "shine as the stars forever and ever." UNHAPPY HOMES.-"What, doctor, do you think is the chief source of supply for the victims of the great social evil of large cities ?" "Unhappy homes," was the instinctive reply. A distinguished judge once said, at the close of a long life, that most of all the male criminals brought before him, were found on investigation to have made the first steps towards ruin between the ages of eight and sixteen. Putting all these things togther, the inference may be safely drawn, that a large share of the unhappiness and crime in the world arises from the character of parental management, its failure to be of a kind to make home the happiest place in the world for the child. If children are indulged too much, they soon begin to feel the least restraint, the slightest opposition to their wishes an intolerable burden, and their spirits chafe like a caged tiger. Too much restraint, on the other hand, an incessant fault-finding, an everlasting laying down of rules and regulations, intemperate chidings, altogether disproportioned to the offence; a habitual rehearsal of the faults of children to all visitors indiscriminately, and ruthless reprovals in the presence of others, their friends and playmates-each and all of these barbarities, as they may be very properly termed, have the very natural effect to sour the young heart, to make it feel as if the parent, who ought to be the best friend, is really the greatest tormentor; then a feeling of defiance and des peration succeeds, and by degrees the settled purpose is formed of seeking means to escape from a control which has now grown up to be considered arbitrary and tyrannical to a degree not to be borne another hour; and often, in a fit of passion, a step is taken which can never be recalled. There are in London 50,000 professional thieves, 1,600 children trained to crime, 15,000 low gamblers, 5,000 receivers of stolen goods, and 150,000 men and women getting their living disreputably. Add 25,000 beggars, and an idea may be farmed of the dark side of London life. ACKNOWDEDGMENTS of DONATIONS to the Home for the Friendless, from March 10th to March 25th, 1864. ($20 entitles the Donor to a Life membership, and a copy of the A. & G. for life.) HOME. N. H.-Mrs Sally Holt 40c, other Friends, Greenfield 1 10... Vt.-Gratia, Fairfax. J. T. and Mrs M. P. Howard, Holland.. A Friend, Bridport... Mrs L. A. Austin, Orwell.. Mass.-Mrs J. Warren 2 08, Mrs J. Seymour, Mrs J. Mrs H. Johnson, Plainville. 1 50 1.00 2.00 1 00 5.00 15 00 1 13 25 Mrs Mary Steer, Hamilton. Mrs S. W. Chaney 40c, her Louie 10c, Pulaski. Mrs S. Angel, Rome.. Mrs F. McClure, Franklinville. Mrs E. Holmes, Mrs A. Gilbert, Mrs F. Shepard, Mrs L. Whitney $1, Mrs L. Janes, Mrs Isabella H., Collected by Martha Buck, Fairfield.. Mr Claflin, Sing Sing.. 8 24 28888 188 200 50 225 3.00 50 3.50 1 00 50 6 65 1 50 8.00 3.00 1 00 515 Cal.-Mrs Geo. D. Jewett, Fobestown...... Collected in the S. School, Northville.. Collected by Mary A. E. Ball, Palermo. Jennie and her little Laura and Towney, Brooklyn. Pa 50c, Ma 25c, Uncle Thomas 25c Maggie and Martha Brewster 10c, Phebe Haviland 05c, Collected by Isabella Brewster who gives 35c, Dykemans..... Mrs M. A. Graves 44c, Duane Ross 25c, Maria Ross 20c, Edwin and Velma Ross 20c, Benita and Della Ross 10c, Lizzie Norris 10c, Minnie 06 and M. P. D. 05, Newport... Ohio.-Sophia Day, Sheffield... Collected by Myra Stooksbury, East Fairfield.. Ill.-Mrs E. Latham and Jennie 20c, Edwin Mighell 25c, Julia Mighell 10c, Plano..... Ind.-Harry and Charlie Winans, little boys in H. 5 00 10.00 1 00 Minn.-Georgie and Libbie, Minneapolis. CLOTHING, PROVISIONS, &c., received from Vt.-North Clarendon, package of clothing from Mrs Wm. Conn. -Greenfield, 2 sacks and one bed-quilt from Rachel Meriden, quilt from Mrs Johnson. N. Y.-Syracuse, pck'ge of clothing from Mrs P. S. Darrow. McLeon, box of clotning and dried apples from Mrs D. H. Maltby and friends. Humphrey & Great Valley, bbl. of clothing and provisions from friends. Roxbury, bbl. of quilts, clothing and fruit from friends. Great Eaton, box of clothing from the scholars of the M. E. Sabbath-school. Vienna, package of clothing from Mrs Wheelock in which was a quilt pieced by little girls, North Bay, also articles of clothing from Mrs Paddock Stockbridge, bbl. of clothing and provisions from Mrs G. Carver. N. Y. City.-Oranges from Alfred Edwards. 18 yds. of calico and 12 knit woolen stockings from Mrs R. M. Buchanan. Package of clothing from Mrs Stiles. 63 Readers from Kiggins and Kellogg, 200 pictures from N. Currier for Industrial School, per Mrs E. Starr. 2 packages of clothing from Mrs Barker. JUVENILE DONATIONS_have been received from Rowenna D., Josie H., and Lizzie A. Rowley; Annie & Josie; Emma C. Powell; Ella Tayntor; Helen Tayntor; A. Hart; S. Augusta Sperry; Lettie Darrow; Mary Darrow, Mary Lawrence, Ada Hantoon & Ella Judd. OUR readers especially those in the West-who wish to surround their homes with the beautiful, and fill their gardens with valuable fruit, would do well to send for the Illustrated Catalogue issued by H. B. Lum, Sandusky, O.; it contains useful hints on the cultivation of flowers, &c. and is sent free on application to him. Those in the neighborhood of the City, and elsewhere, will find John Vanderbilt's establishment one of the best and most reliable in the country, for the purchase of Agricultural Implements, Seeds, &c. Important Legacies have been lost to the Home through informality. It is therefore earnestly requested of those who design to benefit the Institution by giving it a place in their last Will and Testament, that they would use the following: FORM OF A BEQUEST. I give and bequeath to the American Female Guardian Society, incorporated by the Legislature of New York, in the year 1849, the sum ofs- to be applied for the Benefit of the Home for the Friendless, or to other charitable uses of said Society. The Will should be attested by three witnesses, who should write against their names, their place of residence, and state that they signed the instrument at the request of the testator. and in the presence of the testator and each other, and that the testator declared to them that it was his or her last Will and Testament. Aims of the Am. Female Guardian Society. 1st. The Society aims to rescue from degradation, physical and moral, the children of want, homelessness and sorrow, wherever found, who may be committed to the Society in accordance with its Charter, and after a suitable probation in their institution, to learn to what they are best adapted, &c., to secure for them permanent country homes in Christian families. 2d. To reach as many as possible of this same exposed class of children, who, though prevented by surrounding circumstances, from becoming Home beneficiaries as inmates, may, nevertheless, be withdrawn from the education of the city street, taught habits of industry and propriety of conduct, the knowledge of the Bible, &c., and surrounded by influences that may be protective and saving. (Several hundred of this class receive food, raiment, instruction and watch-care through the agency of the Society.) 3d. To afford a place and means of protection for destitute respectable young women, without employment, friends or home, and within the age and circumstances of temptation. 4th. To aid and encourage destitute American widows with small children, to avoid a separation as long as practicable, by furnishing apparel, bedding, etc., at discretion; securing remunerative employment as far as it may be obtained, and also to admonish the unwary of the moral pitfalls that often abound in the pathway of the lowly. 5th. To use the Press to enlist the Public mind in behalf of the several classes and objects above named. The "Home," since it was established in 1847, has sheltered, fed and clothed, temporarily, many thousand children and adults. It is sustained by charitable contributions, and is constantly needing donations of money, clothing, provisions, &c. POSTAGE ON THIS PAPER. BY the new law, the postage on single copies of the 4. & G. is now six cents a quarter, payable in advance, in all parts of the United States. A package of four copies, which weighs 4 ounces, sent to *one address, is subject to no more postage than a single copy, according to Instruction 36, which Postmasters will please see. From 5 to 8 copies, to one address, 12 cents a quarter. From 9 to 12 do do 18 do do and so on, at the rate of 6 cents a quarter for every 4 ounces or fraction thereof. In order to receive the paper at the lowest rate of postage, it is necessary to take them, not singly, but at least 4 copies; and so of clubs, they should be made up, if possible, of 8, 12, 16, 20 and so on. As an inducement to those who now receive it singly, to make up a small club of four or eight, the Ex. Com. propose to put the subscription price for four copies, to one address, at 75 cents a year, and for eight copies, in the same way at 60 cents a year. Twelve copies, and over, will be at the rate of 50c. a year. At offices where there are several single subscribers receiving it to their separate addresses, by their uniting together and having it in one package, to one address, it will materially reduce the postage on each. The postage must be paid in advance, either quarterly or yearly, at the office where received. POSTMASTERS and others, desiring papers to be discontinued, will please send the name of the P. O. as well as of the subscriber. The names cannot be put on papers taken in clubs, without subjecting each paper to full postage of 24c a year, and entailing a large additional expense on the publishers TO DONORS.-Small Packages, sent to the City by private hand, may be left at either of the following places: North Bro's and Gillett, Com. Merchants, Domestic Cotton Goods, &c., &c., 12 Murray St. Jas. O. Bennett, Commission Merchant, 30 Whitehall St. Will our friends, in sending on renewals of Clubs, always state in whose name they were taken, during 1863. The omission to do so, causes much confusion on our books. NOTICE. THE carrier of this paper, Mr. JOHN E. LINE, is authorized to receive subscriptions to the ADVOCATE AND GUARDIAN and also donations to the A. F. G. Soc. and Home for the Friendless. Only Prize Medal, awarded to MARSH & CO., by the In dustrial Exhibition of all Nations, for their New PATENT RADICAL CURE TRUSS. Reference, as to its superiority, to Profs. Willard Parker, John M. Carnochan and Valentine Mott. An extensive List of names of mercantile and other gentlemen, cured by this Truss, may be seen at the office. Surgical and Anatomical Mechanicians, Inventors and Manufacturers of all kinds of instruments for Physical Deformities. Silk and Cotton Elastic Stockings and Knee Caps for the radical cure of Varicose Veins. Also a new style of Suspensory Bandages and Suspender Shoulder Braces. Open from 7 A. M. till 9 P. M. MARSH & CO., No. 2 Vesey Street, (ASTOR HOUSE,) NEW YORK. No connection with any other Truss Office of the same 692,4 name. 1 EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE, Mrs. Stone,-I read the Advocate, and the descriptions there given of sorrowful hearts and destitute homes, roused my sympathies to action. I have collected the small sum of three dollars which you will please accept, to be used by the Committee to comfort some needy persons as they see fit. I am eleven years old, and live in the country. We have had cold, stormy weather, so I have not been able to send more. When it comes warm I will try again. I often think of the poor children while sitting by our warm fire. MYRA S. Omaha Mission, March 4, 1864. My dear Madam,-My S. School teacher, Mrs. P., having told me about the Home and lent me some of the papers to read, I wish to have it so much that my father has given me this dollar to send to you for a copy of the Advocate and Guardian. My father is an Omaha chief, and has been to New York and has seen the Home, which I think must be something like our Mission, with kind ladies teaching little children the way to love Jesus. SUSETTE LA F. With an annual donation. My heart did leap for joy when I read of the $20,000 gift lately received by your Society; I was glad for you and with you, and my first thought was, the little mites will be needed just as much, and no doubt will be just as thankfully received as before. May the Lord of the harvest prosper you yet more abundantly. C. C. Card. I was recently agreeably surprised by receiving a certificate of life-membership from the A. F. G. Society. May the blessing of God rest upon those kind friends in Colebrook, who have thus not only conferred a favor upon me, but also upon the aforesaid noble institution. I. J. BRIGGS. North Colebrook, Ct., Feb. 16th, 1864. DIED, at Richfield Springs, March 4th, of a lingering illness, Mrs. Sarah A. Loomis, aged forty-eight years. In her death the community has lost one of its most loved and respected members, the church a bright and shining light. She was truly a consistent Christian, though hers was that quiet, unobtrusive piety, teaching more powerfully by example than precept, yet all felt its influence. The old and the young alike found in her a warm, sympathizing friend whose very presence seemed to bring peace and joy-who always found the silver lining to every dark cloud. In the cause and interests of the Home she was deeply interested; though every labor of love or self-denial found her ready with a helping-hand. To us her death is a loss we deeply feel, but to herself, (to use her own words,) it is a glorious exchange. On whom will her mantle fall? For the Master called, and gladly she joined the "in numerable company" who All along the mighty ages, All adown the solemn time, Have taken up their homeward March to that serener clime, Where the watching, waiting angels Lead them from the shadows dim, To the brightness of His presence Who has called them unto Him. A SINGULAR AND AFFECTING INCIDENT. A CINCINNATTI paper says that some three years ago a household in the city of Covington was thrown into commotion by the sudden disappearance of a daughter twelve years of age. She was tracked to the ferry boat, but whether she had passed safely over or had been drowned was not discovered. Patient and anxious waiting brought no tidings of her. The frenzied and unhappy father, although in moderate circumstances, sought the newspaper offices, and advertized a reward of $1,000 to whoever should restore his missing child. All proved unavailing. Some time afterwards the corpse of a young lady was found in the river near Vevay, Indiana, and hearing of it he went there, but it was not his daughter. Time wore on, and no tidings came of the lost child. She was dead to them, but they could not visit her grave. About twelve months since the stricken family removed to Mexico and took up their abode in a country, foreign in language and customs, in features and in habits from that in which they had met with their great loss. It might wear away their thoughts from sadly ruminating on the past, and enable them, in a region devoted to religious duties, to look more hopefully toward the great future. There they still are. About a week since a steamer arriving from Memphis was crowded with passengers, who were upon the guards straining their eyes to gather into one look the multitudinous objects which throng the public landing. One, however, a young girl budding into womanhood, sought the outer rail and looked wistfully over the naked shore of Covington to where, hid away under a clump of trees, was the cottage of her early childhood, hoping in vain to see the curling smoke announce to her a warm welcome within. Quickly she passed over the ferry, where long since she had disappeared. No one noted or knew her and she went without interruption to the door of her father's house. It answered not her knock; weeds had grown up rank and rough where she had left flowers, and no signs of human life were to be found there. nurse. It was the turn now of the wayward child to weep, and when, by inquiry, she found how far and almost hopelessly she was separated from her parents, she began to feel desolate. Piqued at some chiding or some punishment of her mother, she had gone upon a steamboat, where a female passenger hired her as a After a little while the war broke out, stopping all intercourse with the South by the river, and, though she soon found that untried friends but seldom prove steadfast in trouble, and that the harshness of a parent is melting kindness beside that of a stranger, yet she was unable until lately to return. A kind lady of Covington has given shelter to the wanderer until her return is made known the parents. For the Advocate and Guardian, His sufferings, and His glories too. Soon shall those waters-broad and deep- Yet not one sigh and not one tear Shall have been heaved or shed in vain; ADVOCATE AND GUARDIAN. do TERMS.. S. M. $1 a year, [in advance] to Single Subscribers. Four copies, to one address, at the rate of 75c a year. Eight do do 60c do Twelve copies, [and over] to one address, 50c do Letters concerning the Advocate and Guardian, and those containing funds for the Society, should be addressed: MRS. SARAH A. STONE, 29 E. 29th Street, Box 4740. New York. Letters designed for publication, should be addressed to the Editress of the Advocate and Guardian, 29 E. 29th St., New York. Box 4740. Letters designed for the Board or Executive Committee, and Reports of Auxiliaries, address Corresponding Secretaries, A. F. G. Soc., 29 E. 29th St., New York. Box 4740. Advertisements. Only short ones are received-20c a line. [No. 692. April 16, 1864.] |