AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MELIORATING THE CONDITION OF THE JEWS. The Thirtieth Annual Report of this Society opens with expressions of gratitude, that every department of the work has been highly prospered. There has been a sympathetic response from the christian community, embracing all denominations, to applications for pecuniary assistance, more cordial and widely extended than ever before. The whole amount received by the Treasurer, with the balance on hand at the close of the last year, is $13,269. The gospel has been preached to the Jews in different parts of the United States more extensively than in former years. There have been in the field, during a greater part of the year, nine regular missionaries and from five to seven colporteurs, including four students, all of whom are converted Jews. Their labors have been gladly received, and have not been without visible and valuable results. The London, the British, the Church of Scotland, and the Free Church Associations, have extended their operations and entered upon new fields. They every where meet with success in preaching the gospel and bringing Israelites to Christ. An indication of the prosperity of the Jewish cause in connection with the operation of this Society, is the steady increase of the subscription list of the JEWISH CHRONICLE, which has more than doubled in three years. Society's office in the Bible House, New York. Treasurer, William Libbey, Esq.,; Rev. E. R. McGregor, Editor of Chronicle. JUST PUBLISHED. A BOOK OF PLANS FOR CHURCHES AND PARSONAGES, Published under the direction of the Central Committee appointed by the General Congregational Convention, October, 1852, comprising designs by Upjohn, Downing, Renwick, Wheeler, Wells, Austin, Stone, Cleveland, Backus, Reeve. DANIEL BURGESS, & Co. Publishers, 60 John Street, New-York. We also publish the following EDUCATIONAL WORKS, Used extensively in the United States: ROSWELL C. SMITH'S SERIES OF GEOGRAPHIES. ROSWELL C. SMITH'S SERIES OF ARITHMETICS AND KEYS. ASA SMITH'S SERIES OF ASTRONOMIES. ARNOLD'S ARITHMETIC, FRENCH AND ENGLISH. GUERNSEY'S UNITED STATES, JUVENILE AND ADVANCED. D. B. TOWER'S SERIES OF READERS AND SPELLER. D. B. TOWER'S GRAMMAR. D. B. TOWER'S ALGEBRA AND KEY. IRA MAYHEW'S BOOK-KEEPING, KEY AND BLANKS. IRA MAYHEW'S POPULAR EDUCATION. ACKERMAN'S NATURAL HISTORY. CLAGGETT'S AMERICAN EXPOSITOR. CLAGGETT'S ELOCUTION MADE EASY. VAUGHAN'S SPELLER, DEFINER AND READER, IN TWO PARTS. The attention of Booksellers, Merchants, Teachers and Purchasers, is respectfuly invited to our Stock of BOOKS AND STATIONERY, Which we sell at the lowest market rates. DANIEL BURGESS, & CO. SPECIAL NOTICE TO MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. A NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS AND TUNES, PREPARED BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER, ADAPTED FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP IN ALL EVANGELICAL CHURCHES. A. S. BARNES & CO. NO. 51 JOHN STREET, NEW-YORK, Will publish in the month of May a collection of about Eleven Hundred Hymns: including Standard Hymns hitherto used in Evangelical Churches, and Hymns for all the uses which the present enterprises of the Church require. Hymns of Christ have been sought for with special diligence-Hymns for Revivals for personal private use-for Temperance, Liberty, Missions, &c.-have been collected to a greater extent than is usual in current collections. THE WORK WILL BE ISSUED IN TWO FORMS. 1. AS A BOOK OF HYMNS AND TUNES.-About two hundred Tunes, comprising the best Revival Melodies, and the most treasured and favorite standard tunes, together with new music for unusual metres-will be selected, arranged and adapted by H. E. MATTHEWS and JOHN ZUNDEL. By this arrangement it is hoped that Congregational Singing may be promoted, and that a manual may also be supplied for family use. The work in this form will be about the size of pulpit editions of the ordinary collections of Psalms and Hymns, a size which common use has proved to be the most convenient. 2. The work will be published in a smaller form without the Music for the convenience of those who desire the Hymns simply. The best Psalms of Dr. Watts will be found in the collection. The Publishers propose to furnish a copy for examination to each Pastor who applies without charge. The work is now in rapid progress, and will be issued, it is believed, early in the month of May, 1854. A. S. BARNES & Co., PUBLISHERS, No. 51 John Street New-York. A. S. BARNES & CO. PUBLISH CHRISTIAN MELODIES-A selection of 350 Hymns, and 75 Choice old Tunes, designed for social and private Worship-in the Conference Meeting School Room and the Family, edited by Rev. Dr. Cheever, for the Hymns, and J. E. Sweetzer for the Tunes. Price 37 1-2 cents retail, $25 per hundred. Clergymen, Teachers, and Music Committees, who desire a copy for examination, will each be furnished with a copy upon application to the publishers. A. S. B. & CO. ALSO PUBLISH SABBATH SCHOOL GEMS OF MUSIC AND POETRY, By J. & A. CRUIKSHANK. A selection of over 160 Sabbath School Hymns, adapted to the music of over 80 of the most delightful Tunes that could be selected for children to sing. This Book has already become a favorite with thousands of children, who sing from it not only in the Sunday School-but every time they raise their "tuneful voices" during the week. Price of the Book, 25 cents. Superintendents, and Leaders of Music in Sabbath Schools, who wish to examine this work, will be furnished with a copy gratis, upon application to the Publishers, A. S. BARNES & CO. THE GREAT Piano and Music Establishment. HORACE WATERS, 333 BROADWAY. The Best Pianos in the World. T. GILBERT & CO'S., celebrated Pianos, with Iron Frames and Circular Scales, are acknowledged by artists and the public to be the best. Their beauty of tone and solidity of construction have long stamped them as the best in the world. HORACE WATERS, Sole Agent. THE EOLIAN PATENT. T. GILBERT & CO., are the owners of this much-admired Æolian, which gives to the Piano the beautiful tones of the Organ and Flute. It is needless to add that, being the owners, they can supply the public with Eolian Pianos at prices less than any other house. HORACE WATERS, Sole Agent. GILBERT'S BOUDOIR PIANOS. These Pianos are admirably adapted for small rooms, and are acknowledged by the public to be equal, if not superior, to Collard & Collard's Boudoirs (of London), which have hitherto carried the palm. HORACE WATERS, Sole Agent. PIANOS. SECOND-HAND Nearly equal to new, from the best manufactories, at great bargains, from $40 to $150. MELODEONS. S. D. & H. W. SMITH'S celebrated Melodeons are tuned in the equal temperament, the harmony being as good in the remote keys as it is in the common-the only Melodeons so tuned, and unquestionably the best, (in corroboration of which statement please see N. Y. Musical Review for October). HORACE WATERS, Sole Agent. MARTIN'S GUITARS AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, NEW MUSIC FOR THE MONTH. The Katy-Did Song." by Thomas Baker. Didst ever ask the insect tattler what Katy really did to make such a stir in the world, and give occasion for its everlasting song of Katy-Did? No! Well, we have, and here is its answer. Price Rosa May. by F. Buckley.. Joanna Snow. by L. V. H. Crosby lien.... JUST PUBLISHED. The Columbian Glee Book. by I. B. Wood- .25 cts. 25 cts. .25 cts. .25 cts .25 cts. Ingraham. a new National Song, by A .25 cts. Guardian Spirits, Baker, words by Sim- 25 cts. .25 cts. 25 cts. .25 cts. Give Me a Kiss.. .50 cts. The Hungarian's Lament, Baker,. Do. With brilliant variations by Oscar the World, Words by Fitz James .25 cts. Captain Charlotte, Polka [with a beautitul Vignette],. . .50 cts. The great Song of the day. "Little Katy N. B.-Schools and Teachers supplied on the most liberal terms. Parties sending 5 dollars, will receive the same in Music, with five popular piecesGratis." Less than a dollar send postage stamps. In all cases music will be sent free of Postage " HORACE WATERS, 333 Broadway, N. Y. PROSPECTUS OF THE INDEPENDENT. Volume Sixth.-1854. This well-known and widely-circulated journal, conducted by Pastors of Congregational churches in New-York and vicinity, has nearly completed its fifth year. In addition to the regular editorial corps, Rev. G. B. CHEEVER, D. D., (C.) Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER, (*), Mrs. HARRIET E. BEECHER STOWE (H. E. B. S.), Rev. C. L. BRACE (C. L.) and "MINNIE MYRTLE," (M. M.), are stated contributors, engaged to write weekly, and will be assisted by most able Correspondents at home and abroad, who will do all in their power to make this journal an interesting RELIGIOUS and FAMILY PAPER. The Editors are, in truth, "independent," having full and sole control of the columns of the paper. TERMS-Two Dollars per annum, if paid strictly in advance. Clergymen and Postmasters are authorized Agents, and are solicited to engage in the work of extending our circulation,-Fifty Cents commission on each new subscriber will be allowed them. Any person wishing to subscribe, will please enclose in an envelope TWO DOLLARS, and address, Publisher of the Independent, No. 10 Spruce St., New-York, prepaying postage, and money so sent will be considered at our risk. Subscriptions forwarded before the 1st of January next, will entitle subscribers to the remaining numbers of the present volume, free of charge. The paper will be sent in exchange for one year to any newspaper or monthly periodical that will publish this Prospectus, including this notice. NEW-YORK, Dec. 1st, 1853. |