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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Appleton'fj <"ift Book? for 1831.
I. OCR 8AVI0UR W ITH THE PROPHETS AND
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2 EVENINGS AT DONALDSON MANOR. By Ma?
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THE FUNCTION AND PLACE ?F CONSCIENCE
IN RELATION TO Til E LAWS OF MEN. A Ser?
mon for the Times. By Thuodori: Pakkkk .Minister
of the XXYHIih Congregational Church in Boston.?
Boston : Crosbv \ Nichols. New-York Krauels \. Co
-Ivo. pp. 40.
Not at all a mealy-mouthed Discourse, hut
rather a stream of red-hot lava from the volcanic
soul of the well known author. It takes the most
stringent views of the supremacy of individua1
convictions over the decrees of legal conventions'
How far such ideal personal freedom is reconcilea
ble with social order, as now constituted, Mr.
Parker does not undertake to show, nor does he
attempt to expound the laws of n superior organ
ization, which shall harmonize the claims of both.
TIk-sum total of his ethical theory is expressed
as follows:
For clearness s sake, the natural and person
al obligation to keep the law of God as my Con
science declares it, 1 will call Duty ; the conven?
tional and official obligation to comply with some
custom, keep some statute, or serve some
special interest, 1 will call Business. Here then
are two things?my natural and personal duty,
my conventional anil official business. Which of
the two shall give way to the other,?personal du?
ty or oilieial business ! Let it be remembered
that I am a MAN first of all, und all else that I am
is but a modification of my manhood, which makes
me a clergyman, a fishenu&n, or a statesman ; but
the clergy, the fish, and the stale are not to strip
mo of my manhood. They are valuable in so fat
as they serve my manhood, not as it serves them.
Jdy otlieisil business :.s clergyman, fisherman, or
statesman is always beneath my personal duty as
Hiavi. in case of anv confii? t between the two.
theaai'.ir&i duty ought to pre-* ail and carry the day
befose the official business: for the natural duty
represents the permanent law ol God, the nbso.
lute right. Justice the balance-point of all inte?
rests, while tho official business represents only
the transient conventions of men. some partial
intenest; and beside die man who owes the per?
sonal duty is immortal, while the officer who per
.forms the official business is but tor a time. At
death the mail is to be tried by the Justice of God,
Jor the deeds done, and eharai-ter attained, for his
natural duty, bus he does not enter the next life
as a clergyman with his surplice and prayer Inxik.
or a fisherman with his angles ami net. nor yet as
a statesman with his franking privileges and title
ofHonorable and Member of Congross. The offi?
cer dks, of a vote or a fever. The man lives for
ever. From the relation between a man and his
occupation it is plain, in tteneral. that all conven
t ionai and oilieial business is to be overruled by
iiatura). personal duty. This is the great circle,
silraviii by God and discovered by Conscience,
s of Carthag
nil otlicia! bt
I t<
comroanas mm toten men 01 mo iuim- wuu-s m
their creed, of '.'rent truths not in it: commands
him to inform his audience with new virtue, to
represent all of religion he can attain, to undo the
heavy burdens of popular sin, private or national,
Excellence, popular or odious, he is to commend
by its own name, to stimulate men to all noble?
ness of character and life, whether it please or
offend. This is his duty, however uncomfortable,
unpopular, against his desire, and conflicting with
his iuiim tiinte interests ami plans of life. Which
shall he do? his oilieial business, and pimp and
pander to the public lust, with base compliance
sen ing the popular idols, which here are Money
and llespei l ability, or shallhe serve his God? That
is the question. If the man considers himself
substantially a man. and accidentally a clereymon,
that tl
that the common use Of it makes the thrivii
tliriftj. the rich less wealthy, the poor mist
the sound sick, and the sane mad ; that it
hundreds to the .jail, thousands to the alms !
and millions to poverty ami shame, prodnc
amount of suffering, wretchedness, and si
yond the power of man to picture or con
Then my natural duty as man is very
imperative. Shall I sacrifice my manhood to mo?
ney .'?the integrity of my consciousness to my
?.?ions by rum-selling? That is the question. And
my answer will depend on the fact whether 1 am
more a man, or more a rum-seller. Suppose f
compromise the matter, and draw n line, .some?
where between my natural duty as man. and my
offit ial business as rum-seller, and for every three
cents that I make by iniquity, give ono cent to
the American Tract Society, or the Hoard of For?
eign Missions, or the Unitarian Association, or the
excellent Society for promoting the Gospel among
the Indians iami others! in North America. That
docs not help the matter: business is not satis
lied, though I draw the line never so near to mo?
ney, nor Conscience, unless the line comes up to
duty.
I am a citizen and the State says "You must
obej all the laws made by the proper authorities;
that is your official business!'' Suppose it is a
law adverse t? the nntural law of God, and the
convictions of my own Conscience, and I plead
that in abatement of my obligation to keep the
law; the State says "obey it, none the less, or
we will hang you. Itcliginn is an excellent thing
in every matter except politics, there it seems
to make men mad.'' Shall 1 keep the tlie com
I maudmcntof tuen, or the law of my God ?
I A law was once enacted by K ing Pharaoh for
the destruction of the Israelites in ISgvpt; it was
j the official business of all citizens to aid in their
destruction: "Pharaoh charged all his people
saying, even' son thai is born ye shall cast into
I the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.''
It was tho business of even Egyptian who found
I a Hebrew boy to throw him into'the Nile,?if he
I refusi d, he offended against the peace ami dignity
of the kingdom of Egypt, and the form of law
in such ease made and provided. But if he
obeyed he murdered a man. Which should be
obeyed, the Lord Phnroah, orthe Lord God 1 That
was the question. I made no doubt that the
priests of Osiris, Onis, Apis, Isis, and the judges,
and the justices of the peace and quorum, and the
members of Congress of I hat time said, "Keep
the kind's commandment, oh ye that worship tie
Crocodile ami fear the vat ?>?? ye shall nor sleep in
a whole -skin an K.nuor!" So said every thing
that lovcth and maketh a lie.
Mr. i'nrkei then comes to the main subject of
his Discourse, which is the application of bis
doctrine of Duty to the Fugitive Slave Law ;
Last winter a law for the capture of fugitive
slaves was introduced into the Sonate of the Uni?
ted States of America : the Senator whoso ably
represents the opinions and wishes of the con?
trolling men of this city, proposed to support that
bill, "with all its provisions to the fullest extent;"
that, bill, with various alterations, some for the
better, others for the worse, bus become a law?it
received the vote of the representative from Bos?
ton, who was SOl sent there. 1 hope, for the pur?
pose of voting Ibr it. Thai law allows the slave
bolder, or his agent, to come here, anil by summa?
ry process seize a fugitive slave, and, without the
formality of a trial by jury, to carry him back to
eternal bondage. The law makes it the oilieial
business ol certain magistrates to aid in enslaving
a man ; it empowers them to call out force enough
to overcome any resistance which may be offered,
to summon the bystanders to aid in that work.
It provides a punishment lor any one who shall
aid and abet, directly and indirectly, and harbor
or conceal the man who is seeking to obtain his
natural and unalienable right of fife, liberty and
his natural pursuits of happiness. He may be
lined a thousand dollars, imprisonment for six
months, and be liable to a civil action for a thou?
sand dollars more! This law is not tobe laid to
the charge of the slaveholders of the South alone;
its most effective supporters are northern men;
Boston is more to be blamed for it than Charles?
ton or Savannah, for nearly a thousand persons of
this city and neighborhood, most of them men of
influence through money if by no other means,
addressed a letter of thanks to a distinguished
man who had volunteered to support that infamous
bill, telling him that he had "convinced the tin
dt standing and touched the conscience of the na?
tion. 1 A man falls low when he consents to be a
slave, and is spurned for his lack of manhood; to
cons,nt to be a catcher of fugitive slaves is to fall
lower yet; but to consent to be a defenderof a slave
catchet?it is seldom that human nature is base
enough tor that. But such examples are found in
this city ! This is now the law of the land, it is
ite the law and
is your official
when legally
linn. Does the
e natural duty
the obligation
.ml contiunally
tot hate him. to
C yes to defend
legal but by all
wet
an a
Mere is still stronger taugnage ;
Lei us look a|little at our duty under this law.
[f a man falls into the water and is in danger of
drowning, it is the natural duty of the bt slanders
to aid in pulling him out, even at the risk o
ting their garments. We should think a
coward who could swim ami would not
drowning uirl tin' fear of spoiliug his coat. He
would be indictable at common law If a troop
? of wolves or tigers were about in seize a man.
and devour him, and you and I could help him, it
would be our duty to du so, even to peril our own
limbs and life ibr ihat purpose. If a man under?
takes to murder or steal a man, it is the duty of
the b\ slanders to help their brother who is in peril.
mil
gat
resist bim as eentl) as I know bow, bnt with such
j ami alarm the town : I wilhserve as head, as foot,
men who will go "with me, with no weapons hut
their hand.-, in this work. I will do it as readily
him from the teeth of a wolf, or suatch him from
the hands of a murderer. What is a tine of a
thousand dollars, and a jailing of six months, tn
the liberty of a man ' Mv money perish with me,
i! it stand between mo and the eternal 1 tw of
God. 1 tru.-t there are manly men enough in this
house to seenre the freedom of every fugitive
slave in Boston, without breaking a limb or rend
One thiiiR mote 1 think is very plain, that the
r??i,;..,. |,?| the same natural ridit to defend
his right'to life, and if I were the fugitive, and
could escape in no other way, I would kill him
mnsketo from myPt!ac"'?nit8is high? tinia this
was said. What grasshoppers we are before
the law of men; what Goliaths against the law of
j God! What capitalist heeds your law of usury
I when he can get illegal interest? How many
Banks are content with six percent, when money
is scarce ? Did you never hear of a merchant
[ evading the duties of the Custom-House ?' When
a man's liberty is concerned?we must, keep the
law, must we'! betray the wanderer, and expose
the outcast ?
Mr. Parker thus discourses uf the conflict be?
tween the rights of Conscience and the obligation
j of political obedience :
It seems to mo very strange that men so mis
! understand the rights of Conscience and their
obligations to obey their country. Not long ago,
nn eminent man taunted oue of his opponents,
telling him he hud better adhere to the " higher
law." The newspapers echoed the sneer, as if
I there were no law higher than the Constitution.
Latterly, the Democratic party, even more com?
pletely than the Whig party, seems to have for
! gotten that there is any law higher than the Con
I stitntion, any rights above vested rights. An em
I inent theologian of New-England, who has hither?
to done good and erent service in his profession,
grinding off the barb of Calvinism, wrote a book
in defense of slave-catching, on "Conscience and
the Constitution," a book which not only sins
against the sense of the righteous in being wick?
ed, but against the worldliness of the world in
being weak; and ho puts the official business of
keeping " a compact" far before the natural duty
of keeping a Conscience void of offense, and
I serving God. Hut sUpposeforty thieves assemble
on Fire Island, and make a compact to rob every
! vessel wrecked on their const, ami reduce the snr
vivers to bondage. Suppose I am born among
! that brotherhood of pirates, nm 1 morally bound
! o keep that compact, or to perform any function
; which grows out of it .' Nay, 1 am morally hound
I to violate the compact, to keep the pirates from
j their plunder and their prey. Instead of lorty
! thieves on fire Island, suppose twenty ni?lioiei
of men in the United States make a compact fco
enslave every sixth man?the dark men?am I
morally bound to heed that compact, or to per?
form any function which grows out of it ! Nay,
I am morally bound to violate the compact', in
every way that is just and wise. The very men
who make such n compact are morally discharged
from it as soon as they see it is wrong, Tho forty
.lews who hound themselves by wicked oat ! to
killPnul before they broke their fast were they
morally bound to keep their word .' Nay. ru.Orallv
bound to break it.
I will tell you a portion of the story of a Fu?
gitive Slave whom 1 have known. I will call his
name Joseph, though he was in worse than
j Egyptian bondage. II.'whs "owned by a no
I tonotts gambler, and once ran away, but was re
j taken. His master proceeded to punish him for
I that crime, took him to a chamber, locked the
door and lighted a lire ; he then beat the slave
severely. After that, he put I he branding-iron in,
took a knife?I ant not telling what took piaee in
Algiers, but in Alabama?and proceeded to cut
off the ears of his victim ! The owner's wife,
j alarmed at the shrieks of the sufferer, beat down
the door with a sledge-hammer, and prevented
that catastrophe. Afterward, two slaves of this
gambler, for stealing their master's s
beaten so that they died of the s
"Minister" came to the funeral, told the others
that those were wicked slaves, who deserved
I their fate ; that they would never "
general resurrection, and were q(
buried ' Accordingly, their bodies '
into a hole and left there. Josepl
again ; he came to Boston ; wns sin
man whose charity never fails: he
w.-re
in the
tirown
away
my house, and often has worshipped here with
us. Shall I take that man and deliver him up !
do it ?? with alacrity ."' Shall I sutler that gam?
bler to carry his prey from this city ! Will yoa
allow it?thong!- all the laws and constitutions of
men give the commandment! God do so unto us
This we need continually to remember : That
nothing in the world without is so sacred as the
eternal law of Cod ; oi the world within nothing
is more venerable than our own Conscience?the
I permanent, everlasting oracle of God. The Urim
and Thummim were but Jewish and Egyptian
toys on the breastplate of the Hebrew priest :
the Delphic oracle was but a subtle cheat, but
this is the true Shekinah and presence of God in
your heart: as this
-" pronounces lastlv on each deed.
Uf so much tamo in heaven expect your meed,''
If] am consciously and continually false to this,
it is oi no avail that I seem loyal to all beside: 1
I make the light that is in me darkness and how
great is that darkness! The center of mvmnn.
:h, br
hi ,iow into me. a ceaseless tide, tilling with hie
?> me and new the little creeklets of my humble
ml. I shall be .me with Cod?feel His delight
me and mine in Him, and ail inv mortal life run
or ?ith life divine and bless mankind; Let men
ihorme, yea. scourge and crucify, angels are at
md : ye>. tiie Father is with me!
It will be seen that this Discourse breathes the
try, non jnnng. Puritanic spirit of a man who
>s risen above all considerations of wordly and
?roporary expediency, and has made up bis mind
> realize the idea of abstract justice., without re
i i.atl
i PII
j discuss the relation fit spiritual causes to puys
f ical effects, with especial reference to the mvste
! rions developments at llochester, Bridgeport and
j spiritual science iu America, " whose mission is
I to herald the dawn of the world's great Sabbath
; of liberty and light,'' and bespeaks their attention
; to the remarkable phenomena which it sets forth
I as new- utterances from a superior sphere.
I Jn the opinion of the writer, tho fasts in the
? ease have already been presented to the public
with sufficient clearness to produce reasonable
the stricte
not sntisfi
of the well-regulated intellect. We must extend
our views beyond the sphere of the souses, and
study tho invisible laws on which the harmonies
of the Universe are founded, or are liable to
become the dupes of superstition and the victims
of skepticism.
Applying these principles to the strange mani?
festations which have recently excited so much
public attention, the author proceeds to consider
the various theories by which it has been attempt?
ed to explain them, und then proposes the solu?
tion of the problem, which he believes is alone
warranted by the facts.
The agents, in his opinion, which most power?
fully affect the body are all invisible. Reasoning
from analogy, if the most remarkable organic ef?
fects are thus produced, and the conditions of the
body determined by causes of which the senses
take no cognisance, we may infer that mind may
also be acted on by the spheres oi invisible life
and thought. This, indeed. litis been the prevail
ing sentiment in every age. until the utterances of
the spirit were checked by the dominant action
of Materialism. If man once held communion
with departed souls, it is not probable that the in?
tercourse would cease. "God and Heaven are
inspired liurds were i\
medium of sensation, in fins mnuner, cioulitl
the treasures oi immortal thought ure exposei
of a higher wot Id still speak to man. If, then,
iterest
iperior
tistruc
that these phenomena emanate from invisible
spiritual beings who act through some imponder?
able earthly medium. With rcsrard to the mode
their p
Tit
enn
Men
' gaged in the investigation, in" ^*4ic.'?ud'.?kcp
, not failed to institute every ordeal afforded by the
i resources oi science and art, tiil sensible and can
; did men, everywhere, have been forced Co abandon
: all idea of tracing the mysterious phenomena to
' persons, who were threatened with the loss of
j reputation and the dearest earthly interests, have
; been vindicated; their characters are seen to be
j untarnished ley alleged acts of fraud and hypocrisy;
j while foul suspicion is left at lust to sting the heart
I that did gender it. .As the phenomena exhibit in
telligence?often of a higher order?-they can be re?
ferred to none but an intelligent source. Any by.
j pothesis thut ascribes them to any of the forms or
i conditions of material existence, presumes that an
; effect may be superior to its cause, which is im
I possible. The persons attended by this mystcri
i eis presence are unconscious ol any part in its
I strange revealnients, anil are only passive wit
i nesses i<< a class of tacts and phenomena which
j they can neither control nor explain. That they
have no direct agency in their occurrence is evi?
dent from several considerations, which may be
comprehended in a brief recapitulation: I. No
such agency can be discovered. ~. The intelli?
gence displayed is above the sphere of human
thought und comprehension. -I The exhibitions of
power?occurring us they do without any organic
? >r other visible medium?transcend the efforts of
mortals.
1 begin by premising that all power has its ori?
gin in mind ; and as no one but an Atheist will be
inclined to dispute the position, ! shall not stop to
fortify it by any show of argument. In the pro?
duction of physical effects mind acts, either through
organic instruments or, by a direct power over im?
ponderable agents. The human rnind usually
manifests its powers through the bodily organs,
and persons whose limited sphere of thought ami
action seldom calls them to contemplate the pow?
er of mind except in wielding the implements of
toil. or. iu other words, its more sensible displays,
are liable to conclude that it is thus restricted in
its modes oi manifestation. Bur. they lose sight of
a(J tb< so grander exhibitions of power and wisdom
iu which wo recognize che presence of Deity. All
gross material lorais are pervaded bv certain im
ponderable agents over which the mind has a di
The writer has demonstrated bv a variety ol
facts and experiments, not detailed i:i thin connec?
tion, that what is usually denominated the nervous
fluid of animal bodies, is electriirity, and time the
same is evolved from allpartsof the system where
there is either chemical or mechanical action. It
should be observed in tranritu that, this vita! elec?
trical medium is the a?'ent on which sensation de?
pends, and the proximate cause of all muscular
power and motion. I shall now appeal to faces to
prove that the human mind has this direct power,
not only over die vital electricity of the holy in
which it is enshrined, but over the same agent in
other bodies.
The facts illustrative of this point are numerous
? iiit conclusive, but in this citation only a few need
be given. We may learn how great a power the
mind has over the electro-nervous circulation, by
Che effect of any sadden meucal agitation, [n
tense love, violent hate. fear, jealousy, or anypow
erful impulse, will instantly interrupt the equilib?
rium ol the circulation. The mental disturbance
produces a corresponding physical derangement
if the individual is influenced more bythoci"hj
t^an feeling, the unbalanced tide of the eirciia
tion ?ill 1> 'K ly to flow to the brain, prodo ling a
strange ci rebral excitcmi t.t and a flushed count<
natu u. I: tho person be characterized by blind
and unreasoning passion, the torrent may rash to
the heart, leaving the visage pale and causing an
accelerated arterial action. Not only a moment
arv functional derangement is thus ..reduced, but
ponderable elements ot the system.
Hut the agency of mitid, in causing electrical
disturbances, is not restricted to the body, but
extends toother organic forms, and to nnorgan
iu silent
he heart,
?trieal dis
Ulind, anil
to
tame wild beasts, and to subdno tbetr enemies.?
it is strikingly displayed in the electrical excite?
ment that occasionally runs through and pervades
a vast multitude, when some inspired genius thus
moves, as bv a simile inimilse. the heart of thou
its. and
?es. It
s cit congenial souls km
yield to the intangible
rild, joyous or terrible.
ivisible depths of
The pamphlet closes with an answer to various
objections that may be urged against the views
which it presents, treating them with calmness
ami dignity, but disposing of them in a very ef?
fectual manser. Whoever wishes to know the
grounds ou which the mysterious sounds in ques?
tion are referred to a spiritual source, shouldgnot
fail to make himself acquainted with the exposi?
tions and reasonings of this writer. The work
does credit to his freedom and fairness of mind,
his deep religions convictions, his power of philo?
sophical investigation, and his sympathy with the
progressive spirit of the age. It cannot but com?
mand a wide circulation among those interested
in this sphere of thought, and will serve to remove
many prejudices and to prepare the way for en?
lightened convictions.
THE STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA. Passed at the First
Session of tho Legislature : Begun the 15th iluy of De.
cember, 1849, and ended the 22u day of April, 1850, at
the City of San .lose: with an Appendix and Index.
Sun .lose: J. Winchester, State Punter.
We have here a handsomely printed but most
unshapely volume of 4.82 pages, (the fashion of it
being inexorably prescribed in the aei ordering it
to be printed)?which would be deemed a favor?
able .specimen of haw Printing any where, 'and i:;
certainly good for California. If the laws are
drawn as lucidly as they are printed, evil-doers in
J California will have no excuse for their misdeeds
in the ambiguity ol the statutes. We trust the
stale Printer of California will receive due credit
for his w ork?and not be obliged to give any.
1 j We have received from T. B. Peterson,
Philadelphia. " adventures in africa," by
.Major W. Cornwaj.m? Harris, (?.' vols. Pvo. pp.
210, 3?2,) nil interesting book of travels, which has
passed through ten editions in London, contain?
ing a good deal of curious information : " Ten
Thousand a Yeah,-' the popular and spirited
novel by Wahren, (8vo. pp. -Li-',) complete in
one volume; "Arthur O'Leakv," by Chari.es
j Leveu i ?' The Ikon Mask.'' Ly Du.? is- ; ? HORACE
Templeton," and ?? Valentine Vox,"?all in a
; convenient form for railroad reading, for which
j they are particularly adapted.
I ;/ '? The New York Register of Medii ine
' iNii Pit woi.w y," No. :i, comes promptly to hand
j with more than its usual variety of interesting
matter. It contains a very independent article on
I the M. dical schools of New-York, ami on the ne
, nessity of a higher order of Medical acquirements;
I (Bedford A Co. No. '-' Astor House.)
D
WATER CURE.
R.SHEW'S WATKR-CL'RK INSTI?
TUTION,comer Twelfth-it, and University-place.
myStf
WATER-CURE.?Dr. T. L. NICH
OLS and Mrs. M. S. GOVE NICHOLS, H7 West.
Twenty-second-SL third house from Sbcth-avenue. Con
Btiit.-'iions from 1U to 2. Patients received lor Roan! or
Day Treatment, or visited at their residences, od lmos*
A/VATKR-ri' R E 1 MST IT L7T E?CIT Y
v " and COUNTRY.?Dr. TRALL receives Patient?
si the commodious City esoibllshment, 15 Laight-st. and at
Ovster Bav, L. I. Communication daily between these
pi. ce8 bv steamboat ami railroud. General Practice attend?
ed to. Consultations $5. 07 Ira*
0]
.RANGE MOUNTAIN VVATER
~J C?RE.-Dr. CARL LORENZ has luce.led Dr.
Meeker in the Medical Direction of this Insdtudoo. The
establishment in situated in South-Orange, hs^x County.
New.Jers.-v. one hour's ride from the City, by Morns and
Essex Railway Visitors take the e erry-boal at the tool of
Cortland-st af 8 A.M. Private Batlis are attached to most
of the Patients' rooms. **M
DANCING.
DANCING.?A LLEN DODWORTH,
respectfully infonns his friends and the public, that ihe
CLASS for WEDNESDAY i SATURDAY EVENINGS,
at 7 o'clock, is complete, that he cannot receive any more pu
pils at present, except those who understand Quadrutes,
and wish to leursi the more modern dances, such as the Pol?
ka Scfaaueshct, Waltz, Mazurka Bolero, Polka Quadrilles,
ic ice . c?i enter at 8 o'clock for Tuesday and Friday, or
Wednesday and Saturdays. On Fridav Evening Nov. M
a New Claris will commence at 7 o'clock Ibr Quadrille Danc?
ing, which, like the other classes, will pass from that to the
newer dances. Gentlemen desirous of joniin;.' will please
make early application.
C lasse? ibr Ladies and Children at 3 o'clock on Tuesdays
and Saturdays. On Saturday, at 2 o'clock, for those who
can attend but once a week. ALLEN DODWORTH,
o!9 2w" 44., Eroome, near Broadway.
HARRUAUD'S ROOMS, 20 White
, , "'v^1','.-'" CHARRUAUD and OOILVIE and M-?.
A^ LANNAi. respectfully inform their patrons, and those
Xr ^S,?1;'1 K Putn>1 :-:h,'m- their DANCING aud
WAJ/TZING CLASSES wttl commence on the 22d and
23d ol October. Days of instruction: Tuesdays and Satur?
days at 7} o'clock, evening, for gentlemen; Wednesdays
and Saturdays at U}. noon, for misses and masters: at i\
afternoon, lor ladles, misses and masters. TheMATINEEs
DAS ANTES, exclusively for parents and oupils, every
fourth Friday, at 31 afternoon. 01 each month diir.ii" the sea?
son. PRIVATE LESSONS can be had nr. any onoccBpied
hour riurinjr die day. A1J Die NEW FASHIONABLE
DANl ES will he tui'nrht. aud strict attention paid io pi.uuV
deportment. For terms, ttc apply at Mr. C.'s. iO U mk ex
every day a' 1 o'clock, afternoon, and at his rooms :n Wed
nesday and Saturday. oj ime^.
?ROOKLYN DANCING ACADEMY
fJF.C. SCHAFFERW Private Dancnur and Waltzing
Academy, Iranklm Buildings, near ?io comer of Oraime
and Fulton sis. Brooklyn. Days of tuition, Wednesday
and 'Saturday afternoons, at 3 o'clock and at 71 P &
Far farther particulars apply as above, on dav? oftultion'
oral Mr.i srinnletu-e, near the euruer of Classen and
[NSTR?CTION.
V Jf??NG LADY (a Germah) who
I m.rbb prodocethe I., ?; ol refweticesasaTKAl i 1Klt. Li
i!i >i'i:t.r ?l engaging In. r services c: some Scb *>:. to t. ach
i er oativ? language, an.i ? ould Rice tu Increaae the numV-r
i f iv r privaie'paptts. Her term* arv vrrv mole-rats in
i.uire (it ibe Kev. Mr. NBA N DER, 16 i Bowery, nl lw?'
A LGER INSTITUTE -The Principal
J- m, rtbia Institution, Bev. E W. ANDREWS, w '.
town on Friday, Nov. [, and will be happy to nie t ????? n,.
rcnls who muy w.sh to place their ton* in the above Iruui.
tutkm, at the Book (lore of M. H. Newman .V C> in
Bro< dw ay, I etween the noon of m A.M. ami 2 P.M.
The following gentlemen rorutitutcibe Board oflnatract
or.*, reside in the fanalv with the scholars, and are exclu?
sively devoted id the Intrrcat* id'the School.
Rev. e. W. ANDREWS. M. A. Principal
JAMES SEDGWICK, M A; Associate Principal.
A. FROL1CK, (of Paris) Tescher of French and German
LEV I U. De MARTI, Teacher of Spanish.
R. THEISS, (of Germany) Teacher of Music. o3l 2t?
ff^ERMAN LANU?AGETAUGHT IN
VP eveNLNG CLASSES.?Mr. HARDTER, Protestor
ol the German Langnage, and Diivctor of ttie St. Matthew?'
Academy, takes the opportunity of informing hi* inen.lt
and the pub ic in general, that be will resume hi* Evening
Classes on MONDAY. Get at, at the Si Matthews' Aea
The Junior Classes anno commence ?i 4* ana t> o'cioc*,
and the Senior at < j and o'clock. Terms tier quarter.
For turther particulars apply u? Mr llARDTER, be
rween 12 and Lor ? and -. o'clock, at die Academy, i-r
Walker-St, near Broadway.
Htjertnca ? James Si.ni t us. Union TheoL Seminary.
S. F. Worth. Teacher?7? Broadway.
Ti.os. S. Hastincs, <il Aninv-sL
Wilson PHaa.vEa.40 Renwick^t.
Geo. Bush. 16 Howard-st oil tvr
rNSTTTUIOiN for PAINTING and
Js IHt.WS I NO. 493 Broadway, next door to the American
Art Union. The Subscriber lespecttully annoimcea to hu
Friends and the Public that he Intends giving a new course
,': Lessons at his Drawing Academy) also n-i Evening
Class from ' to !' o'clock.in Drawing and Painting of ail
Ends?Portraits, Figures, Landscapes, Ornaments and
Figures after the Models of Plaster of the celebrated Prof.
Dui uis of Paris, whose method wa* acknowledged as the
most excellent by the Academic des Arts in Pari?. Drawing
ami Painting from Nature. Painting in Miniature on Por?
celain en aquarelle, particularly pleasant and tilting lor
Ladies. Specimens of all the above, both of my own and
my ritpils' work, can be seen at my Studio. Pupils attended
at their own residences; For particulars, apply to
S. SCHUSTER,
e2t; iw* Professor of Drawing and Painting;.
Hl RS. NICHOLAS r A K ROLL'S
J.T1 BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL fur YOUNO LA?
DIES, 218 West Fourteenth st. between Eighth and Ninth
avenues.
The course of study in this Institution embraces English
in all its branches; and Kreuch as a spoken as wed,Ls a
written Language. Music, Drawing, Latin, German, Ital
lint and Spanish taught by competent professors.
KThe French department is under the charge of a Parisian
Lndy, experienced as a Teacher in Paris and in this city.
Dancing Classes, under the charge of hu approved teach?
er, will be formed early in November.
The next term commences Nov. 21. 02J 8t*
ILL'S ACADEM V A N I) ESSEX
SEMINARY Is situated in Essex, on tho beautiful
margin Ol the Connecticut, near the seaboard. For health
fulness oflocation and completeness of arrangements^ this
Institution is unrivalled. It combines the advantages of
both male and:Ibuude Seminary taught by a Joint (acuity,
while at the same lime, by ? peculiar adaptation of the
buildings of the Institute, the usual objection* to similar in.
stiiiitions are obviated. Bv this arrangement, parents can
here favor their sons and daughters nl the wme school, with
uverv facility for obtaining n thorough and accomplished
Bill .'alien Terms $200 a year, Fare from New-York City
by the splendid steamer Connecticut and other boats of the
line, 50 cents, For circulars, please apply to the Principal
orWM. H LYON it CO. 61 Cedar-st,
o21 lOteod ?> LUCIUS LYON, AJM. Principal.
/^(iirn.ANU'lMNSTITUTE.?A SE
V^LECT BOARDING SCHOOL for HOYS, at PEEK.
SKI I.I. N Y ?This Institution is situated on the Hudson. 4.5
miles from New-York, and is accessible by cars or boats.?
The sessions commence May I and Nov. 1. Circulars mav
be obtained oi'S. Raynor, Bowery; J. Miller, 441 Broad?
way: or by addressing the Principals.
Re.- GEO, PIIIPPEN, f i,l.I?,.ll,aJ,
018 lmcod* A. R. PIIIPPEN. jinmipaJ?.
11
ManSi< in-square female sem?
INARY, in Poughkeepsie. N. Y.?The Winter term
will commence on Thursday, Nov. 7. For catalogues or
particular information apply to the Principal or to any of the
Trustees. W. P. OIBBONS, M.D. Principal,
TRUSTEES?AI. I Myers. Ii. It. Hendrickson. S\ Con
land-st.i O. Stuyvesant,Second-av.j J. S. Gibbons, Ocean
Bank; R. A, Viirick. M.D.; E, Trivett, M.D.; A. J. Coibn.
ol63weod*
Td parents and (>ti i eIIsT^X
a geniiemnn, professor of the PIANO FORTE, hlely
arrived from Pari?, (France) is desirous of obtaining a situ?
ation us TEACH ER tu a private family, or in an institution
New-York, or in any other State. Satisfactory references
given. Address E. H. at tlds office. o26 2w*
T>OA RD I N (; SCHOOL fo7~ B<) YS at
JUnEW-CANAAN, Conn.?15 miles by Railro.nl from
New-York: DAVID S, ROCKWELL, Principal. Tin* la
one of the oldest Boarding Schools in the Stale. Particular
Information mav be obtained bv reference to his Circulars,
which may he find at the bookstore of Clarke Jt Austin,
Z05 Broad way, and of Mr. J; P. Ridnor, Art Union Building.
487 Broadway. Thu Circulars also contain the name* of
some of his numerous patrons und their places of business
und residences. o'i'i 2w*
TT? AST BROADWAY CLASSICAL
J A INSTITUTE.?The subscriber having succeeded Mr.
TRACY in IUb SCHOOL, offers to the old patrons and to
other- that mav favor him with their patronage, most de?
cidedly increased EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, infer),
or to none enjoyed in lliia city. For terms and other par?
ticulars Inquire at the Institute, 183 East Broadway.
Rev. U. .). DAVID, Principal,
oSO 3w* Successor of C. Tracy.
-iMlAOIIEK. - A Vmiim Lmly, who ha-*
-?- had several years experience in Teaching, wishes a
situation as TEACHER Ina SCHOOL, or as GOVERN?
ESS In a Family. Pupils under fourteen years of age pre?
ferred. Would instruct in Music. French, Drawing and
Painting, and the usuid English branches, Satislactory
references given. Address AGNES, Tribune Office. o30 It*
ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL
J* A SCHOOL.?The subscriber having opened a School
In Tarrj-tow-n, on the Hudson River, wishes to take a few
boys into bis family in addition to those already engaged.
The School commences on the first .Monday in November.
Terms made known on application, by mall or otherwise, to
o29 2w? CLARENCE C. COOK.
ALADY of great experience ainl snc
ci-ss hi teaching the Piano-Forte and Singing,wishes
to increase the number of her pupils either at home or at
tlieirown residences. Terms moderate and unexceptlooa
blo references; to be given by addressing or calling on Mrs.
W, GRESHAM, 80 Barrow-st, near Bleecker. Ml 3t*
r\ M i E W I N TE R TER Mof thePOU< i H
J KEEPS IE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL will commence
on VVEDNESLAY. tho 6th of Nov._u3l 3t?
ALAD V ,,f skill ami exjicricncc in the
- art of Teaching, desires to be occupied one or two
hours in some Ladies School in New-York or its immediate
vicinity. She is versed in some of the " accomplishments."
Addri s ?? Mlnervu," Tribune Office. o303teod*
tl RENCH TAUGHT.?Mr. H A N S E n",
Ja lute student vritli Prof. Ampere In Paris, continues bis
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION In the French Language ami
Literature. EVENING CLASSES for yoUNO MER?
CHANTS, nt his lodgings, ?V7i Broadway. At homo be?
tween 5 and 6 o'clock. P.M. _>'?
BOARDING SCHOOL at the HIGH?
LANDS of the HUDSON*?The WINTER TERM
of the PEEKSKILL ACADEMY and BOARDING
SCHOOL for HOYS will begin Oct. 2?. A few new stu?
dents ciui he received to supply vacancies. Circulars, con?
taining term* and references, can be had on application to
the subscriber. ALBERT WELLS, Principal
pee?,k:il, Oct. 4. I8?0. o5 tNovl*
pH( IFESSOR A. BASSET'S PRI
J- V'ATE CLASSES In FRENCH and SPANISH are
OPENED at bis reaideuce, 364 Broadway, corner Franklin
?<?_ oil Dn
JVJ USIC.
E^MAN U EL BR A NDI ES.Iate of Vienna,
sl PROFESSOR of PIANO and SINGING, thoroughly
familiar with the English, French. Italian and Gorman lan?
guages, possessing a very expeditious method of Musical
Instruction, respectfully offers his services to the Public
and Schools of New-York and vicinity He is ready to re?
ceive Pupils either at hi* residence, 280 Houston-sL or tbelr
own. Term* moderate. Apply at 2!!0 HoUStOn-St. between
1 and 3 orb' and 7 o'clock, or at G. E. GOULD U CO.'S.
formerly Riley 4t Co.'* Music Store, 2S7 Broadway. Re?
erences, if required. oS ini*
FISK'S METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
?The proprietors, by reason of IMPROVEMENTS
In their w orks, being enabled to manufacture these Invalua?
ble cases MUCH CHEAPER than heretofore, and being
desirous of placing them within the reach of all, have estab?
lished the following rates for the different sizes, fimahad in
handsome bronze style?which are lower than good ma?
hogany coffins ure ordinarily furnished for:
2ft. 4iu....S'i 4U. Tin....813 ?Ruin.$25
2 10 .... 8 5 1 .... 18 61 3 .... 25
3 ti _In 5 ,; _ jj fi 6 .... 25
3 11 ....12 .5 11 .... 22
For Gold Bronzed or Ornamented Case*, an EXTRA
CHARGE is made, according to cost,
Attendance upon funerals and all pineral article* furnished.
If required. Saiee-ruoni. 401 Broadway. o4 bro*_
TO FAMILIES.?The Bubscriber re
-?- SpeetfuUy begs leavv to inform families that he I* now
fuliv prepare.] to *uppiv"tiiem with BEEF, VEAL, ML f
TON. LAMB and POULTRY, of the choicest .juality. Al?
so. Couutry-fed PORK, and SAUSAOESmanufacmredflat?
ly, by himself. Fresh VEGETABLES dl all kinds ui their
season. For past patronage the undersigned return* hi*
thanks, and desires a continuance of the some. All aruclej
supplied by him may be relied on a* of the best quality, aud
at the lowest rutea.
SEWELL V. DODGE, 238 Bleecker-st.
N. B.?Shop Butchers supplied on the most reasonable
terms. ' a253meod*_
L~?ST?A DEED, from Alhertllansom
to William S. LoveU; ?uppo*e<l to have been ie??
tlie table of the Hall of Records of this city about the 7th
ofOctober, in*L and from thence taken by austake. A Iih
eral reward will l>e paid for its return to (lie Office of tfc?
Register. oil 44*