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RETAIL GR0CERS.
SPICER g. SHARPE,
354 Main ST., Mageyney Block.
Fresh Arrivals New Goods!

New Shaker Preserves and JelIies-l00 cases
New canned Tomatoes and Peaches;
New Edam Cheese; New Pineapple Cheese;
New Young America and Factory Cheese;
New Piekles-au sizes-very fine;
New Maekerel-Mess and No. New Goldfish.
Choice Teas; Coleman's Mustard;
Cross * Biackwel's Pickles;
Cox Il Cooper's Gelatine;
French Mustard; Worcestershire Sauce;
Fresh Crackers-a good variety.
We are receiving, daily, large additions to
our stock, and sell as low as any house in the
city. We keep the best quality of every
thing In Our line. Give US a call.
ocI SPlCER x HARPE-
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EPART ARRIVE.
Day Express. city time--.4:0O am. 2;l5 am.
Night Express, city time-.245 pm. I'D am.
Ticket offices No. 81 - Main street and al
Depot, head Of Main street.
Sleeping Car attached to Night Express
Train, which goes through to Nashville, via
Nashville and northwestern Railroad, with
out change.
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Chance for Making Money.
an C0ST AND CARRIAeE.

I'VE are desisOus of closing our business at
w Batesvtlle, on the Mississippi and Ten
nessse Railroad. To any one wishing to COM
well aelaafed sinck % NJ Gondn
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The Treasury made great hase TO get
out its public debt statement, with a view
20 influence New York and otter cleo
tons Of Tuesday. 1t is very Plausible,
a5ut Will NOT hold good as will be- clearly
proven even by the Secretary's fOrthcOm-
Eng annual report. On this day, il aceor-
dance with previous practice, ths cohdi-
tlOn Of the Treasury is made aP b. that
report, and the public debt On t9-day is
compared with the previous yea. The
result shows that during abe last twelve
month the public debt has decreased but
q trihe less than fifiy-six millions, and
and yet tO-day's statement claims that,
even since this administration cane into
power, eight months ago, the deDt has
been reduced sixty-four millions q dol
lars. Any one having any dOnbt7 ct N.
can compare tO-day's statement of the to-
Iaf debt less the cash la the Treasury with
thes6miiar statement made on page II of
the finance report Of 1868. But in tO-day's
statement 81, 600, 600 Of Pacific Railroad
bonds, issued nv the Government, and
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ONLY ONE

Hair Dye has been proved poisonless. Prot.
chiffon, whose reputation as an analytical
chemist gives his statements the weight OF
authority, announces that
CristadOro's Excelsior Dye
Has been Subjected to the proper tests in his
laboratory, and results show it to be
ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS,
AS well as admirably adapted to the purposes
for which Il is designed. This Is important.
as the public has Just been warned, by We
leading scientific organs, against
THIRTY DEADLY DYES
Now before the public.
CRISTADORO'S HAIRPRESERVATIVE, as
a Dressing, acts like a charm on the Hair after
Dyeing. Try y,
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Nashville R. R. Co. Lessees.

MEEPHIs. TENN, October 10, 1859.
ON and aifer this date, all Freights Tor this
~ road, except Cotton, will be received at
the Navy Yard Warehouse, foot Of Market
Delivery Of Freights, as heretofore, at head
Of Main street.
A, a. PAToN, 9. ;. 4. oe2o
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
GROCERS AND COTTON FACTORS
OFFICE OF W. c. WEAR & CO.,
GrOcers and Commission Merchants,
No. 3 Towards Row,

MEMPHIS, Tenn, October Is, 1859.
have this day sold our stock Of
~ Groceries to Mr.. l. W. MILLER, who viii
do business at theSQme stand, and to whom
We request our patrons TO entrust their Gus
tom, as we can endorse him as being in every
way worthy OF their confidence and patron
age our books viii be found with Mr.. W. ID.
Stratton, No. % Lee Block, who is charged
with the settlement o. our business.
W. Il. WEAR & co.
Referring to the above, I would say to my
friends and customers of the house OF W. G.
Wear & Co., that l will be at the old stand,
and hope, by close attention to their interest,
to merit a liberal share of their patronage.
Mr.. Abb NJ. Harwell will continue in charge
OF the Cotton Department of the house.
Oc2l l.. W. MILLER.
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Memphis and Ohio Railroad,

For further Information we would refer to
Mr.. w. j. Smitn, with Menken Bros. Mem
Phts, Tenn, or to US at Batesyille.
sell WALKER & STAMFORD.
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Weak Back, Pains of the Side, o fthe Hips,
ALLCOeKs POROUS PLAsTERs.

"~GAINsrOwN, ALA, Nov. =. 1868.
. " MEsSRs. THOS. ALLCOCR & Co.: During an
extensive practice OF ten years 1 have been a
frequent witness Not the magical qualities OF
your Porous PlaSteTs. / can certify that they
are all o claim for them.
ODE +. C~ANPBELL, MD"
DR.. Myer, Of savannah, Ca, says they are
the best mechanical supporters for weak mus
cles ever discovered: that by their warming
properties they bring power and health, IN
III the strength Of the muscles are entirely
restored that he knows a case where ALI
cocks Plasttrs cured n gentleman OF a weak
spine; that he daily prescTiOeS them in his
practice, with the happiest results.
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From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
We advise persons having diseased hair

to use Professor Christy's celebrated Hair
Lotto. It is put up in a bottle and box. La
dies who once use Lotto discard every other
preparation for the Hair, as u Is the best
dressing FOR the Hair in the world. The LO-
tio never fails 20 remove the worst gases Of
Dandrun, and restore gray and bleached Hair
to its natural color.
For sale By druggists; sample bottles sent
10 any address in the United States by express
for 81. PROF. CHRISrY & CO,
No. III Chestnut street. Philadelphia, Pa.
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CONTINENTA
INSURANCE COMPANY.
= IT II M r MT
or CONDITION OF THE
CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
or THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1869.

The name Of this Company Is the CONT
MENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY ineor-
poratsd in lS52, and located in the city of
The capital OF said Company, actu-
ally paid up in cash. is--.-.---S 10000 90
The surplus, on the LIST day Of July,
5000 %
Total amt Of capital and surplus, 2,252,0sO IS
ASSETS.
L. Amt Of cash in 81.
Nicholas Nat'uaI Bank St0S.GIO 81
Amount of cash in Office G.tSl u2-SIH7 81
. BY the company- 275oO 90
being first lien OF record on uniu-
numbered real estate worth at
least S~2,07j,j7O. and on which there
IS less than one years Interest
due and owing interest at ! p: 81 1850 90
4. Loans on stocks and bonds Of the
United States. and of institutions
Incorporated by the State OfNew
York, payable on demand, tthe
market value Ofsecurities pledged
being SOD. Interest at : p. Ct 343. 100 90
). Stocks and bonds OF the United
States and OF the States OF New
York. tennessee and NirgiL-ia,a and
Institutions Incorporated by the
state of New York, owned bF the
74s,5sO 90
g. Interest actually due and unpaid H,S4 s.
7. Premiums due and unsolicited
on policies T,E4 81
;. Rents accrued $50 %
|
Total assets 32,@O IS
LIABILITIES.
/. Losses incurred and in process OF
adjustment, and losses reported
on which no action has been ta-
ken $500 90
. Dividends on capital and scrip
declared and due and unpaid. $3.50 OS
B. Dividends on scrip ordered, re-
deemed and yet unclaimed----..--.- $3.50 %
|
!. Total amt OF losses, claims and
liabilities sg4,OO6 S
Sworn to by
GEO. T HOPE President.
B. G. TOWNSEND, Sec'y, a. D.
Approved by
q. ". BLACKBURN, COmpt'r OF Tenn.
S. R. CLARKE & CO., Ag'ts.,
IS KnickerbOcker Building,
Madison street, Memphis Tennessee.
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MERCANTILE AGENCY.
a CARD.

THE undersigned hereby respectfully no
L THY their subscribers and the merchant
OF Memphis, generally, hat they nave ap
pointed Mr.. W. G. MATTHEWS manager o
their Branch at this point. Mr.: Matthews
experience and acquaintance with the bust
ness in other localities will guarantee to sub
scribers strict, thorough and prompt attenHon
10 their wants.
Especial attention viii be given to the col
lection of past due claims, or the address of
carefully selected Attorneys will be furnish-
ed where parties prefer doing their own cor
~respondence.
A Reference Book, containing the names
and commercial rating of nearly every busi-
ness man in the United States and British
Provinces lover 60n,OU0 names,) is issued semi
annually-JanIary and July-for the use Of
subscribers; the ratings based upon the eiab-
crate details which their office records fnrn-
fish, are by far the most reliable and carefully
made of any work of the kind.
This agency was originally established /
1871. 1t has branches in every important city
in the United States and Canada, and also in
London, England, and IT'S large and CONSTANT
Iy growing influence, Notwithstanding many
efforts TO initiate Il by others, Is the best evil
denoe hat can be given OF its equitable prin-
ciples and its useful operations. 1t Is, en-
phatiealiy, designed for the promotion and
protection Of trade"
Terms Of subscription Will be made known
on application to the office, corner Main and
Madison streets. r g. DUN q CO..
MEMPHIS. october I. 1853. ee7
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In Remote Statements of Untold Value.

N htIIUIt StIIItHltlIS OF UnIUIu value,
Food make blood; blood makes the body.
If the blood be pure, the body is healthy. So
If We are not in health, we know some iTnpu-
rites are lurking about which must be re-
moved, and the sOOner the better.
BrOgtdTefh'S Pills reBi0re all from NE system
tChich nature needs no longer.
The wonderful cures effected by Brandreth's
Pills have arrested the attention Of enlight-
ened physicians. Upwards of fve thousand
now use them IN their daily practice, and
two hundred have given their written testi-
mOnY as TO their innocence and value, as
cleanSers of the bowels aud blood.
Their untold alu is 10 those living in set
Element where doctors can only be had at
great expense. For if you are sick, you
have only 10 take one OrmOred doses OF Brand
reth's Pills 10 get cured. Fun directions are
with each box. Sold by all druggists.
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COTTON.

The inquiry this morning was active.
The general disposition among buyers
was TO axe Middlings at 24Ac, mt sales
were fair up to noon, when the sale Of
premium Cotton attracted every one to
the Hall Of the Chamber of Commerce for
an hour or SO.
The tenor of the New York dispatches,
and the decline in that market, almost
put a stop TO operations here, and our
market closed dull and nominal at 2414c
for Middlings. The days sales viii foot
up about 1900 bales, and consisted in part
Of the following: D bales Good Ordina-
~, 23ssc;76, so, 100, 81, 30, 80, 81, 10, 4 and
% Low Middlings, at 2Ic; Al, 90 and 3
Strict Low Middlings, 241sc; 20, 100, lG2,
Il, Is, 5, S, 20 and 100 Middlings, at 2414c;
AZ do, q 3-l6c; 10 and l23 do, 249Sc; 10
Bright Middlings, 245se; 20, 5 and 4Strict
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Bachelors Hair Dye.-This splendid Hair Dye
IS the best in the world; the only true and
perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, i-nstantane-
Gus; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints;
remedies the III effects OF bad Dyes; invigo-
rates and leaves the Hair soft and beautiful,
BLACK or BROWN. Sold by all Druggists and
Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchel-
or's Wis Factory, No. 10 Bond street, n. Y,
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GIFT ENTERPRISE.
{ DISTRIBUTION
BY the Metropolitan Gift Co.
CASH GIFTSTO THE AMOUNT Of $500, 600

A chance to draw any of the above Prizes
for sc. Tickets describing Prizes are seated IN
Envelopes and well mixed. On receipt OF 3c
a Sealed Ticket is drawn without choice and
sent by mail 10 any address. The prize named
upon Il will be delivered TO the ucket-holder
on payment OF one Dollar. Prizes are imme-
diately sent TO any address by express or re-
turn mall.
You will know what your Prise is before
YOU pay for it. ABV Prize exchanged yUr an
Other 81 same uolge. No blanks. Our patrons
can depend ON fair dealing.
RFFFRENCEs.-We select the following nom
many who have lately drawn Valuable Prizes
n Kindly permitted us to publish them:
Andrew J. BhT1s, Chicago, Sl0,0O; Miss Clara
\. Walker, Ballfnorb, Piano, 500; James NJ.
Matthews, Detroit, 5000; John I. Andrews,
savannah, $500; Miss Agnes simmons,
Charleston, Piano, $500. We publish no
names without permission.
OPISIONs OF X PRESs.-"The firm Is relia-
bic, and deserve their success, "-Heekty 1f7b-
une, Mus. 1--WE know them 70 be q fair
dealing hrm."-N. y. Herald, 1qg ~. "a
hiend of ours drew a $50 prize, which was
promptly IeceiVed."-Dday Meas, Julte5 i
send for circular. Liberal Inducements 10
agents. Satisfaction guaranteed. Every
package of sealed envelopes contains one
CASH GIFT. Six Tickets for 81; ID for -; 81 for
IS; no for SIS, AuletterS should be addressed
to HARPER. WILSON & CO.,
ocS 1ZR bFoadSasG eE York.
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THE PRIZE COTTON.

VITO Raised it-HhO Entered Il, and Who
Bought tits Sale and the Prices Real
ized-4 Large 4tteHddnce.
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Memuhis and Charleston Railroad.

ARRIVE. DEPART. I
Mail Train -.....--....- $50 pm. l2;I5 pm
EA pEt>N lIsiu. soU pun. AAsuy PIN
Junction Accommodation SIS am. 7;30 pm
S0merVille Accommodation g:i5 AIN. 4 40 pm
Takes effect Monday, 18th.
W. }. Ross, Gent Supt.
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STOVES, ETC.
CHARTER OAK STOVE
CATECHISM

Quesiion.-who made the first Charter Oak
Stove?
ARsrer.-G. F. FiIIey, OF 81. Louis.
Q-When was 10 first nader
A.-In the year 1882.
Q.-Are they good stoves?
A-Ihe " best In the world"
Q-How are they made?
A.-FrOm the best quality OF Iron.
Q.-Who says they are good Stoyes7
A-Al those that use thsmf
Q-HOw many were sold in 1852
A.-There were l3.5E sold.
Q.-How many ont Of that number failed
Mot one.
WHO seils the genuine Charter Oak Ia
Memphls7
Al. n ScHABEL6 CO., 2z ALAINST.
Q.-Are there imitation stoves fthat name2
AYES; plenty of them.
Q.-How can purchasers tell the genuine?
A.-By seeing the name OF @. +. F1ley on
each Stove,
Q.-How should parties order them7
A.-Tell your merchant to get Fiiley's.
Q.-DOes J. F. SciIABEL & Co. ave a good
stockS
A-Yes; lhey sell them at Wholesale and Re
tail, and keep TIN WARE, CASTINGS, ETC., IN
good supply.
E. j. r. SCHABEL & CO.,
NO. 227 MAIN STREET. MEMPHIS.
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INSURANCE.
INTERNATION'
Insurance Company.
= II II II M II NJ II
OF coSDIrIoS or THE
International Ins. Co.
Or THE-
CITY OF NEW YORK,
ON THE ETDgT D4vou rrrrv 1oeo
ON THE FIRST DAY OF July, 1869

h name OF the Company is the -~INTERSA-
TIOSAL ASSURANCE CoNPANY." Il is ioea-
ted IN the City Of New York.
h amount OF Its capital stock s----sj00,0 600
h amount Of capital stock paid up Is 500,00
The Assets OF the Company are as follows:
Cash on hand or in the hands OF
agents or other persons- 81, 80 80
Real estate unincumbered . None.
Bonds owned by the Company, to-wit:
U. ). $50 bonds, par value $685. 500
". =. 1910 bonds, par value 10000
u. & per CT. 80 year bonds 2Ij,0O
New York County bonds $500
Virginia state bonds---..- 3T,lO0
Alabama state ~bonds----.- HOO
sso4, 100
Market S9SS. % o.
Loaned on mortgage. being the
first lien on u~niucumbered real
estate, worth double the amount
5000 90
Debts otherwise ecured---..- 22,,f0O 90
Debts for premiums---~-.---.. 1898 II
All other securities 1861 ~
Total assets 81 -200.s4 30
LIABILITIES.
due or not due TO or
other credifOfs- None.
Losses adjusted and due--.-. None.
Losses adjusted and moi due--- LEO 81
Losses unadjusted and losses in sus-
pense waiting for further roof. 1851 u
All other claims against the Comply 4,@I 81
Total sI8s, 1896 >
The greatest amount insured in any one
risk. s30,O0-
The greatest amount allowed by the rules
OF the Company to be insured in any one
city, town or village, and the greatest amount
allowed to be insured in any one blOck-no
arbitrary rule. Are governed entirely by a
prudent regard for the character Of the risk.
sworn 10 by GEO. W. SAVAGE, Pres't.
WA. ]. HUGHES, Secretary.
Approved by @. W BLACKBURNE,
Comptroller Of Tennessee.
S. r. CLARKE & CO., Agents,
Knickerbocker Building, Madison street,
Oc10 MEMPHIS. TENN.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-12-22

/ MR.. HERBERT SPENCER uses this phrase
/ to express a fact in natural history. In
] proportion to the rapidity Of multiplica-
J ton among animals and plants it be-
comes impossible for the majority of in
dividuals to live. Among a great num-
| Der, some will be more highly favored
/ than others by having an organization
/ better fitted to their surroundings.
A selective process is constantly going
/ on by which the best specimens, all
! things considered, are preserved the
! sest must perish. There Is not much pro
4 UisiOB IN nature fO7' WEAKNESS.
Many circumstances combine to deter
mine which shall survive and which
not. IN the animal kingdom, a more
[ vigorous constitution, an adequate SUD
! ply of nutritlve food, care during help
Iessness, &c, will give an advantage
over those not having them. In the veg
etable world, thinner integument that
would help to sprOUt at an earlier time.
a requisite amOUntO of light and heat and
moisture, freedom from insect depFeda-
tions, &c, would tend to preserve some,
and the want Of these, or one Of them,
to plant would prove fatal to it; 50
that, all things considered, the indfvid-
uals best adapted to their surroundings
are preserved. 1t is possible to trace
the operation of the law among men.
for the weak, sickly, half-fed, die SOON
est, leaving the world to the stronger
and consequently healthier class. If
one were curious enough to inquire, he
would find that all trades and Occupa-
tons that men engage in, from the very
nature of things, tend to assert and Sc
lect-sOme for higher and some for low
eT grades. Let us see how it is with col
legea.
Out of one hundred students that en-
ter college, not fifty will remain to grad
uate. From the beginning of the Fresh
man year to the close of the Senior,
there is a gradual lessening of numbers.
We can point out some Of the reasons
why all animals and plants do not grow
to maturity: can good reasons be given
for the failure of so many to complete
50 good work as was begun
4 good college Is a powerful selecfivs
agency. 1t exists for mind training.
but this requires of OnewhO would avail
himself of it, n selfdCniaI, q subOrIi-
nation of the likes and dislikeS 10 which
every one Is prone, and Il degree of an
plfCatfOn, that no one can know until
he has tried it. The end to be attained
is remote, and the tolls are burdensOme
and oppressive; these tend to discOur-
agement. The offsets are, 7ufhOrfflf, that
keeps, a student in college whether
he will or nOty ride-mOrtiiieatiOns at
the th0ught Of failure; ambition to ex-
eel} and a faith in the methods, that the
future will he the better for the trial Of
patience and endurance. 1t is the old
seed falling in various places. In the
good soil it will spring up and bring
forth a hundred fold. The best will
the work they began, while
the eOwardly, the lazy, the loOse-think-
ing, the aimless and the faithless will
fall out-will abandon the GOOD nttemnt.
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A Grear salt Mine.

THE San Jose Patriot thus describes
the Humboldt salt mine, about eighty
miles northwest of Austin and not far
from the railroad line.
The surface of this salt plain looks
exactly like that of lake frozen over.
The salt is hard and smooth as ice.
When if not for fine PARTICLES which are
condensed from vapOrS arising from
beneath, and which cover the crystalline
salt to the depth of perhaps Oue-cighth
of an inch, it would make an excellent
skating rink at all times of the year,
except during the very infrequCnt Oc-
casiOns when covered with water. This
magnificent eNpanse of cryst8liZed salt
is no less thOn twelve miles i'm length
and twelve i'm width, without a break
or flaw, or one particle Of soil for the
greater portion Of that extent.
The stratum Of solid salt-we had al
most said ice, which 10 continually Sug-
gests to our minds about six or seven
inches thioS, under which comes q layer
of sticky singular looking mud, about
two feet thick, and under this again an
other stratum Of sold salt as hard as
quartz and transparent as glass, Of un-
known thickness to us. When we visit
ed the mine about four years ago, we
found a hole which had been sunk about
six feet into its lower layer Of salt, near
the edge Of the deposit, without going
through it.
In summer, this salt plain, glittering
and scintillation in the light of am al
most tropical sun, presents q most bril-
liant appearance. The frosty covering
Of the solid salt is as white as the driven
snow, while that portion, when exposed,
reflects dazzling priSmatie colOrs. OF
course there is salt enough i'm this i'm
mense deposit to supply the world for
untold ages. 1t Is semarkably pure,
being % per cent. salt, and five per
cent soda, purer than that we use for
our tables,
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CHRISTMAS.

a man then may behold
At Christmas in each hall
Good fires to curb the cold,
And meat for great and small.
The ncighbors were friendly hidden,
And all had welcome true,
The poor from the gates were not chidden,
When this old cap was new. OLD SONG
NOTHING in England exercises a more
delightful spell over my Imagination,
than the lingerings of the holiday Gus
toms and rural games of former times
They recall the pictures my fancy used
to draw in the May morning of life,
when as yet only knew the world
through books, and believed it to be all
that poets had painted 1t; and they
bring with them the flavor of those hon
est days of yore, in which, perhaps,
with equal fallacy, 1 am apt to think
the world was more hOmebred, social,
and joyous than at present. I regret to
say they are daily growing more and
more faint, being gradually worn away
by time, but still more Obliterated by
modern fashion. They resemble those
picturesque models of gothic architec-
ture, which we see crumbling in vari-
GUS parts of the country, partly dilapi-
dated by the waste of ages, and partly
lost in the additions and alterations of
latter days. Poetry, however, clings
with cherishing fondness about the
rural game and holiday rovel, from
which it has derived so many of its
themes-as the ivy winds its rich foli-
age about the gothic arch and moulder-
lug tower, gratefully repaying their sup
port, by clasping together their totter-
ing remains, and, as itwere, embalming
them in verdure.
OF all the old festivals, however, that
of Christmas awalens the strongest and
most heartfelt associations, There is a
tone of solemn and sacred feeling that
blends with our conviviality, and lifts
the spirit to Il state of halIowed and ele-
waited enjoyment. The services of the
church about this season are extremely
tender and inspiring They dwell on
the beautiful story Of the origin of our
faith, and the pastoral scenes that ac-
companicd its announcement They
increase in fervor and pathos