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Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
A NEW Work FOR Mission scuooLs.-says

the New York Tribune:
An interesting idea in the training of the
children of poor people is being introduced
at some of the mission schools for girls in
this city. A practical difficulty has often
been encountered in the past by those
engaged in this class of benevolent work.
1t has been the lack of useful industry to
teach to the children, which should be of
such character that the practice of it
would benefit them physically and finan-
cially, and elevate and sustain their minds
and spirits. Sewing has been, and is,
largely taught at the mission schools, and
proves of service to great many struggling
people; but all the world knows of the
painfully small compensation paid for
sewing and the protracted and exhausting
nature of the labors of those who strive to
earn living by it. Those who know of
the experience of sewing women can tell
tales which make the heart sick. The
new idea is to train the children of the
poor scientifically in housekeeping duties !;
that is, how to spread the table elegantly
how to clear it and dispose Of the dishes,
and how to care for the furniture, and so
on, and to give them such thorough drill
in these arts that the children will become
competent housekeepers. 1t is already
found that the new idea for mission work
is useful. 1t not only infuses a new ele-
ment of order and comfort into the homes
of the poor people whose children are thus
trained, great gain by itself, but it enables
the girls to obtain better paying and more
satisfactory employment and in homes
where a personal interest is taken in their
welfare. This Kitchen Garden, as it is
called, is attracting considerable attention
among the benevolent, and permission has
already been obtained to teach it in the
Far West among the Indians.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

POSITIVE RESULTs.-There are numerous
remedies that cure sometimes and become
trusted as useful, but none have ever
proved so effectual--cured so many and
such remarkable cases-as DR.. Ayers medi-
cines.
The Cherry Pectoral has restored great
numbers of patients who were believed to
be hopelessly affected with consumption.
Ague Cure breaks up chills and fever
quickly and surely.
Ayers Compound Extracts of Sarsaparilla
eradicates scrofula and impurities of the
blood, cleanses the system and restore it to
vigorous health. By its timely use many
troublesome disorders that cause a decline
of health are expelled or cured.
Ayers Pills and their effects are too we'll
known every where to require any com.
mendation from us here.-Scranton (Pa.)
Times.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

The GovERNEss AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
When Mrs. Hayes arrived in Washington
from Ohio, Miss Virginia Peyton, hig ghly
educated young lady of twenty and grand
daughter of the late Bishop Johns, of
Virginia, living near Washington, de-
termined, being teacher by profession, to
apply for that position to the Presidents
children. She had no influential friends
and so determined without letters or re-
concentrations to apply in person. So
one morning she went to the White House
and inquired for Mrs. Hayes. The Presi.
dents wife received her very kindly, and
hearing her business promised after long
conversation to make inquiries and COM
municate with her forthwith. The result
of her inquiries was so favorable that the
young lady was engaged as governess for
her children at a handsome salary.-Stan,-
ton Va.) VindicatW.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

A DELINQUENT MINIsTER.-In the East
Hanover Presbytery, at Petersburg, Va, on
Friday last, the case of Rev. E. T. Baird,
secretary of the Publication Society, charged
with the appropriation of $4,000 of the
funds of the society to his own use, was
taken up. A statement was read from Dr.
Baird, in which he confessed that he had
used the money of the society in certain
secular enterprises, expecting to be able to
replace it, but was unable to do so. A re-
solution was unanimously adopted deposing
DR.. Baird from the ministry and suspending
him from the communion of the church.
The Richmond Dispatch states that the
police authorities of that city have taken
Dr. Baird's case in hand and are giving it
careful consideration, and says it is believed
he will be arrested to answer the charge OF
embezzlement.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

ANNA DICEINsoN'S RIYAL.-Miss Helen
Potter appeared Monday night in the
"Star Course Entertainment" in Philadel
phia, in which she gave readings and i'm
personations among others, Miss Dickinson
in the d" Crown of Thorns." The Philadel-
phia Press says:
Just before the time for the impersona-
ton of Anna Dickinson in the Grown of
ThOrns " Miss Potter and her manager, T..
B. Pugh, were each handed long kilograms
from Miss Dickinson notifying both parties
that if such a representation should be at
tempted it would result in a suit for in
fringement on the copyright. A moment
afterwards Miss Dickinson's slawyerappeared
with writ of injunction, and endeavored
to down breaks" on the performance.
Mr.. Pugh Immediately summoned his
counsel, and being advised to 60 on with
the entertainment, the curtain was rung
up, and Miss Dickinson, or rather her per-
senator, Miss Potter, appeared and acted
the loveletter and subsequent quarrel
scene in imitation Of Miss Dickinson. Miss
Potter had promised that this should be in
no sense a caricature, and it was not. Every
peculiarity of Miss Dickinson's acting in
" Anne Boleyn was the counterpart of
Miss DIS style and the applause with which
it was greeted was as much a reception of
Anna Dickinson as a demonstration of ap-
proval for Miss Potter.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

Some remarkable statements were made
respecting our public domain at the last
days session of the National Academy of
Sciences. Most people retain the belief
that there are plenty of good lands not yet
appropriated in the far West. 1t will
probably cause surprise that Major Powell
estimates the quantity Of unsold lands fit
for poor mans homestead as not enough
to make a good-sized county. The great
plains are not available for ordinary ag
riculture. The suggestion that the Indians
should be set at the business of herding
cattle on the plains has met with favor
from many thoughtful students of the
Indian problem. The proposed plan has
the merit of disposing of the problem with
out killing the Indians; and the nation
will certainly not be the loser if both the
savages and the sagebrush can be utilized.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

COMMON SENSE. A philosophic writer de
fines common sense as a resultant of mind
force; that is to say, that an individual
who is observant, and stores up the ideas
of others and his own experience, and con-
centrated them to practical purpose in a
single force which acts without confusion,
possesses what is known as common sense.
Measured by this standard how many are
eminently devoid of common sense.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

The widow of General Stonewall Jackson
denies the correctness of the report of an
interview between her and correspondent
of the Philadelphia Times, and complains of
the deception practiced on her by re-
porter who paid her a private visit, and
who not only divulged, but exaggerated
and misrepresented what passed in private
conversation on the occasion.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

The Methodist newspaper has been asked
why it "paid no attention to Lent and
Passion Week. and it answers: GAS to
Lent, we regard fasting (for religious
purposesl as piece of heathenism. Moth.
ing about the life of our Lord is more con.
splcuous than His practical rebuke, by the
whole tenor of His life and words, of fasting
religion. AT time when religion consisted
OF fasting, or pretending to fast, He alone
dld not fast, and He nowhere commands
lasting. His forty days temptation was
not fast, but an uplifting into a region
where food is not needed. After the forty
days were ended, then began He to be an
hungered.'"
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

l have used Shrner's Balsamic Cough
Syrup in my family for ten years for coughs,
colds, Group and bronchitis it is the best
remedy extant for the above named
diseases. A. GRIMES, Gettysburg, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
IL THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE IS.
In the matter of Hamilton & Cummins BankruptS
A warrant in Bankruptcy has been issued by said
Court against the estate of Isaac d. Hamilton and
William A. Cummins, trading under the firm name
and style of Hamilton e. Cummins. of the county of
Kent and State of Delaware in said District, who have
been duly adjudged Bankupts upon petitions of their
creditors, and the payment of any debts and the de-
livery Of any property belonging to said Bankrups to
them to their use and the transfer of any property
by them are forbidden by law. A. meeting of the
creditors of said Bankrupts to prove their debts and
choose more Assignees of their estate will be
held at Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at Will
mingtOn. in said District, on the DIST day of May,
A. d. 1871 at 10 o'clock, A. NJ at the office of Levi G..
Bird, Esq. N. L. 9Th and King SITS, Register in
Bankruptcy, Of said District.
JOHN NJ DUNN.
may 2-St US Marshal for said district
IN THE MATTER OF HAMILTON &
CUMMINS, BANKRUPTS.
All creditors desiring to prove their claims in order
to share in any dividends may do so by calling upon
the undersigned, at his Office, Room No. 4, Court
House, Dover. -
RICHARD HARRINGTON,
may 2-3t Attorney for PetitiOning Creditors
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

a large rubber factory at Naugatuck,
Conn.,, is manufacturing artificial rubber
for fish bait, which are said to be very sue
cessful,
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

GONG WEST AND COMING BACK.-Some
time siuce large number Of persons from
Washington and Frederick counties, Mary
land, and contiguous counties in Pennsyl-
vania went West, prospecting fornew homes.
Several of them have returned without
discovering any location better than their
old homes-or even half so good. One of
the diSgusted has returned and given the
IIagerstown Mail description of his
pilgrimage to Northern Illinois. He says
"Of course the land is very rich and as
fiat as table. The principal crop is corn.
The climate is almost too cold for wheat,
although considerable sprirg wheat is
raised. Almost the only way farmers can
get along is by converting their grain into
hogs and cattle, which is pretty generally
done. Land is as valuable as it is here.
Those persons who are we'll off, as a rule,
owe it to the increase of the value of their
farms. The top has been reached now, and
the people are selling their property and
moving to the cheaper lands farther West.
Nearly all the farm houses are exceedingly
mean and unhomelike. No fine barns and
generally no trees; only small weather
boarded affairs, looking something like q
pelican in the wilderness. l observed the
general prevalence of the disgusting prac
tice of piling up stable manure around the
houses to keep the wind from blowing NJ
under the floors.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
DISSOLUTION.

The eo-partnership heretofore existing between
Joseph " Hoffecker and John II. Hofecker under the
firm name of Hohecker Brother isthis day dissolved
by mutual consent. The manufacture Of canned
goods will be continued by John II. Hofecker who Is
duy authorized to settle the business of the late firm.
JOS. " HOFFECKER.
JOHN II. H0FFECKER.
SMYRNA MAY 1st 1877.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
MARRIAGES.

RRY-DICKsoN-April 26th, by Rev. W. M
Warner, Mr. John s. Maberry. OF Kent county, Nd.
and Miss Annie Dickson, of Kent county, Del.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

DEATH OF PARsON BRowNLow.- William
g. Brownlow, journalist and politician Of
some note, died last Sunday at his home in
Knoxville, Tenn, after a long illness. lie
was born in Wythc county, Va, in 1905,
and learned the trade of carpenter In
1926 he entered the Methodist ministry,
and labored for ten years as an itinerant
minister. In 1887 he became editor of the
Knoxville Wing, a political paper, where
he achieved the reputation of violent
partizan but trenchant writer. He strong
ly opposed secession, and in December,
1861, was arrested for treason against the
Confederacy, and detained until 1862
when he was sent within the union lines
In 1854 he returned to Tennessee, of which
he became Governor in 1864; and in 1865
he was elected to a seat in the United
States Senate, where he was chiefly con.
spicuous for his unforgiving course towards
those who had taken part on the Con
federate side during the war. At the time
Of his death Mr.. Brownlow was the politi
cal editor of the Knoxville Chronicle, :
republican paper.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
ELECTION. .

The Stockholders of this Institution are hereby
notified that the Annual Election for nine Directors
TO serve the ensuing year, will be held at their Bank
ing House, in Smyrna, ON Thursday, the 3rd day of
May next between the hours of and o'clock P. NJ.
BY order, w. NJ. BELL Cashier.
BANK OF SMYRNA, April 18th, lS77-3w
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
RESOURCES.

STATE OF DELAWARE, COUNTY OF KENT IS:
l. n. +. Wilds, Cashier of the abOve-namcd bank do
soemnly that the above statement is to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
y. +. WILDS Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of
April, 1877.
sc. WILDs, Notary Public
CORRECT-AtteSt:
W. W. TSCHUDY, !
j. b. COOPER, Directors
JOHN II. HOFFECKER,
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PRINCE HAMBIETON

eA ThisthOrOughhrcad IIamblct0nian Stallion
GaTSSa Will make the Season in Kent COuutiv
NA~ Delaware, as follows: Every ohtcr ,yCcl!
tzAG4- at Dover, and every other week ut Home
on the farm Of Rev. j. ). Willis, hear Magnolia be-
ginning Monday April gth, at Dover. Monday, April
10th at Home, and on lii. remainder Of the season
TERMS OF INSURANCE.-Onc Mar So; Two Mares
S23O each; Three or more, 2n each. 80 C1uts cash
to the Groom in each case.
Single service cash Services Dy season To- be aI for
at the end thereof; insurance when the Marci, asccr
tanned to be with foal. Persons parting with "a mare
before She is asCcrtainCd 10 be with fal Will be held
Tor the insurance. - cents to the groom in each case
PRINCE HAMBLETON is 5 years old was bred Lv
Nj. Meeker of Westport, Conn. His sire the famous
Wlns0w horse, otherwise Ieung IIambct0nian Val
tccs Ir0tting RcgiStcr) his dam by sherman Morgan
Young HamblCtOnian, who sold for $1,000 was
sired by Rysdykcs lIahblCtnnan the greatest trot-
ting sire known; his dam thorough bred mare l,v
son OF Henry. fhus it Will be that Prince Ham
bletOn combines i'll choice style the running with
tine trOtting elements. He is beautiful brown fun
l13 hands in height weighs 100 pounds and for
beauty style and dOciy, is unsurpassed by any horse
III the country. Though never specially trained for
the track, yet he made last fall over the New Haven
Course record of 2.5l The number Of sir,.s per
horse trotting in 23D during the year $50 was iG2
Not per cent of these sired than one performer
OF all who sired more than one, two-,CVcnths are
Hamblconians; of all who sired more than three all
are observation-disclosures and his son
Volunteer having sired five each
feb 2S-''m WM II. HICKEY, Agent
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
FOR RENT.

ST0REHOUsE AND DWELLING, corner Commerce
jan 17-tf ROBT. DENNEY.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

Cards and Circulars neatly printed at
this office.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
FOR n Zen U.

ASHORE HOUSE on Main Street. Apply to
feb 7-tf s. r. MASON.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL BANK,
AT SMYRNA,
KENT COUNTY.

In the State of Delaware, at the close of business
April 14th, 1877.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

DUBLIC NOTICE.
| Notice Is hereby given that the time to take out
licences under the act entitled "An taxing manu-
facturers and for other purposes for the year 1877
will be the first day of June next.
WILLIAM A. MOORE,
ma Pot Clerk of the Peace in and for Kent county
BEAUTIFUL CORAL RUBBER TEETH-S50 90 to SS
ID per set-gudrdRtCed. Impression in the morning
teeth in the afternoon. Nitrous oxide gas for pain
less extraction so cents per TOOTH Old sets repaired
equal to new. Perfect satisfaction given. COLLEGE
-514 Pine Street. Philadelphia, Pa. aug 16-1y
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02
FOR RE ~ r.

The COAL AND LUMBER YARD occupied by
VanGasken Il Cats, with a building suitable for
manufacturing purposes.
Jan. %, 1S77.-tf GEO. DAVIS.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-02

SMYRNA, May list, 1871,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
l. 90 X III E Il e!
LOOK HERE!
BARGAINS BARGAINS !

IHAYE just received large stock of
L Furniture purchased for cash. ! am able
to sell to suit the times. Having been
forced to obtain larger Warerooms, may
now be found next door to Barnhart's
Book Store. SO come along with your
cash if you want to save money: have In
stock large number of Chamber SUITS
ranging from $40; also Parlor Suits; So
fas from IS upward; Center Tables from
$2.5O upward; Marble Top Center Tables
from $3.50 up; Parlor Chairs per set sS,oo
up; Rockers of all styles from 81 up.
DINING ROOM FURNITURE,
Dining Tables from $3.50 up; Extension
Dining Tables $500 up; Chairs per set
81. 80 up; Safe from $500 up; Sideboards
from s., 90 up; Bedsteads Of all styles and
prices from 81 LOO up; Wardrobes from sl2
I'D ;Washstands ST. up; Towelracks from
81 cts. up Hat racks from $l.OO up; Camp
Chairs, Cradles, Cribs, Trundle Beds, and
in fact everything which may be wanted
in the furniture line; also Children's
Carriages, Doll Carriages, Boys Wagons,
Hobby Horses, Parlor Brackets, &c.
u. j. LATIMER.
Sept, 6, 1876. u
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
x.,R.crs FROM VARIOUS LETTERS.

~ had no appetite; Holloway's fili'
gave Inc hearty one" .,
"Your Pills are marvellous"
~ send for another box, and keep then
in the house"
"Dr. Holloway has cured my headache
that was chronic"
II cave one of your Pills 70 my babe for
cholera morbus. The dear little thing got
we'll i'll day" ,,
..My nausea Of morning is now cured.
"Your box of Holloway's Ointmen;
cured me of noises in the head. rubbed
some of your Ointment behind the ears
a nd the noise has left"
..Send me two boxes, l want one for a
poor family" O.
II enclose a dollar, your price Is 20
cents, butt medicine TO me Is worth .
dollar" mn,
..Send me five boxes Of your Pills"
.I.et me have three boxes ofyoui rms
by return mail, for Chills and Fever.
have over 200 such Testimonials as
these, but want Of space compels me 10
conclude,
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5bcpberostown Register,
Is PUBLISHED WEEKLY


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So will be charged. These terms will be
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ADVERTISEMENTS of one inch or less, for
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Larger ones in the same proportion. The
space OF one inch will constitute square.
A liberal deduction will be made from
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If the number of insertions be not mark
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will be published and charged according
Jo4 PRINTING will be executed with
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All Job Work aud Advertisements must
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To avoid any misunderstanding on the
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10 state DISTINCTLY that their privilege
only extends to their own immediate Dusl-
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No paper discontinued until all arrear-
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the editor.
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DR.. Townsend's OK.
ygenated Air will
purify the blood in
one-third the time
thatanyotherknown
remedy can. hy2
becausetoinhaleOx-
ygenated Airit goes
direct TO the Lungs
and passes through
the tissues and
comes in direct con-
tact with the blood
aa IL ia forced into
the Lungs by the ac-
ton OF the heart. All
theblood inOurveins
returns To the heart
every four minutes
il the blood Is good,
and forced from the
heart to tho lungs,
and the more Oxy-
gen you inhale Into
the lungs the more
you purifythe blood.
when Oxygen comes
IN contact with the
Impurities In the
blood IL carboniZes
and burns, causing
the blood II be heat
cd so that IL warns
evory part OF
the body, as 1t goes
on its revolutions
through the system.
II your blood is pure
you cannot be sick
We drive Mercury
and allotherimpt,ri-
ties out ofthe blood.
We guarantee TO pu-
rifythe bloodin one
third the timeof any
] othesknown remedy
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THE GREAT CAUSE
OF
HUMAN MISERY.

Just published in a Sealed Envelope.
Price six cents.
~.1I.H, a Lecture on the Nature,
As{s3 Treatment, and Radical cure
IEk@ of Seminal Weakness, or Sper-
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voluntary Emissions, Impotency, Merry
Gus Debility, and Impediments to Mar
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WELL, NJ. D., author Of the Green
Book" &c.
The world-renowned author, in this
admirable Lecture, clearly proves from
his own experience that the awful conse-
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removed without medicine, and without
dangerous surgical operations, bougics,
instruments, rings, or cordials; pointing
out Il mode Of cure at once certain and eff
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ter what his condition may be, may cure
himself chcaply, privately and radically.
sY- This lecture will prove boon to
thousands and thousands.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, TO
any address, OH receipt Of six cents, or
two postage stamps.
Address the publishers,
THE CULVERWELLM MEDICAL CO.,
IL Ann Street, New York,
Post Office Box, 1886.
Jan. Is. II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
FOX CUTANEOUS DISORDERS,

And all eruptions Of the skin, TINS Olnt,
ment is most Invaluable. IL does not neal
externally alone, but penetrates with tiie
most searching effects to tue very root OF
Inc evil.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
NOW is THE TIME
TO RUY.

HAVING been to the city and purchased
III stock of HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS, such as Coal Holds, Coal Shovels,
Gottae Mills, Bake Pans, Spoons, Ladies,
-. q e
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
DRUGS! DRUGS !

THE undersigned having purchased the
L Stock and Fixtures of his father, Or:
r. ?. Magruder, will carry on at the ola
stand on Main Street, Shepherdstown, w.
Va, first class Drug and Prescription
Store, where Will be found at all times the
purest Drugs, Chemicals and Spices. Pre-
scriptions and Family Receipts, carefully
prepared at all hours day or night. Pure
Wines and Liquors, guaranteed pure for
medical purposes. Fancy Goods OF all
kinds; Perfumery, Soaps. Tooth, Hair and
Nail Brushes. Would call special atten-
ton to my fine Cologne Water, which is
both delicate and lasting. All first-class
Patent Medicines warranted genuine. A
full supply of Paints, Oils and Varnishes,
also Paint Brushes, which will be sold
cheap for cash. A fine assortment OF To-
bacco, Segars and SNUFF. Best fire test
Coal Oil, Chimneys, Lamps, Burners,
Shades and Wicks. Warranted fresh ana
genuine Garden Seeds, and many other
goods belonging to a first class Drug trade.
The public patronage is respectfully So
licted.
r. L. MAGRUDER.
NIB. Night bell next door west Of store.
April 10, 1876.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
JAMES MYERS,
ZIG Avenue -.

This is to certify that l was discharged
fron the army with Chronic Diarrh'ra'
sul nave been cured by pr. Holloway :
piils WILSON HARVEY,
u Pitt Street.
NEW YORK, April Z, 1866.