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32 WEEKLY BECEIPTS. Subscribers will observe the figures on the label with which their papers are addressed. These figures show the Whole Number or date to which the subscription is paid. When a new payment is made, the figure* will be changed at once, so that the label is a weekly receipt in full for the time which each subscriber has paid. Another item of value is this: The post-office law provides for sonding manuscript and proof-sheets at less than letter rates. If put in packages, unsealed, such matter will be sent at the following rates: Not over 4 oz. in weight, 2 cents; over 4 oz. snd not over 8, 4 cents; over 8 oz. and not over 12,6 cents, By notifying your post-master of the character of the matter, it may be sent at above rates, which will be to many an item worth saving. No other writing bnt manuscript copy can thus he sent Jw the ® lit! ton. The Chicken’s Mistake. A little downy chicken one day Asked leave to go on the water, Where she saw a duck with her brood at play, Swimming and splashing about her. Indeed, she began to peep and cry, When her mother wouldn’t let her : “If the ducks can swim there, why can’t I? Are they any bigger or better ? ” Then the old hen answered, “ Listen to me, And hush your foolish talking; Just look at your feet, and you will see They were only made for walking.” But chicky wistfully eyed the brook, And didn’t half bclievo her; For she seemed to say, by a knowing look, “Such stories couldn’t deceive her.” And as her mother was scratching the ground, She muttered lower and lower, “ I know I can go there and not be drowned, And so I think I’ll show her.” Then she made a plunge where the stream was deep, And saw too late her blunder; For she hadn’t hardly time to peep Till her foolish head went under. And now I hope her fate will show The child my story reading, That those who are older sometimes know What you will do well in heeding; That each content in his place should dwell, And envy not his brother ; And any part that is acted well Is just as good as another. For we all have our proper sphere below, And this is a truth worth knowing; You will come to grief if you try to go Where you never were made for going ! .Phceie Cary. No One Sees Me. * How often children do naughty things be cause they think no one sees them. 1 once knew a party of little girls who were playing together in a pleasant garden, when suddenly one of them spied a beautiful bunch of grapes hanging upon a vine which grew’ on a neighbor’s grounds. “ Oh, what lovely grapes !” cried the child. “ 1 wish I had them. There are so many grapes on the vine, surely one bunch will never be missed.’" “ Why, Mary,” said a little companion named Jane, “you would not think of touch ing them, lam sure. It would make your father very angry, if he should even hear you speak of such a thing.” Mary glanced timidly around, as though the very thought of hex father's anger had fright ened her. Then she said, boldly : “ I don’t care! He will never know about it. No one sees me, and I mustaM will have that bunch of grapes.” So the willful girl climbed upon a low shed at the foot of the garden, and putting her hand through the delicate lattice-work upon the top of the fence, seized upon the grapes. Hardly had she done so, when her little hand was roughly seized, and a gruff voice on the other side of the wall, cried— “ John, bring me a knife ! I have found a hand here among my grapes, and I am going to cut it off so that it may never come here again.” . It was the very man who owned the grape vine, and who chanced to be walking in the garden at the moment. When Mary heard these words, her heart almost stopped beating from fright, and she uttered such a scream that the gentleman was startled and released her hand. Mary snatched it away quickly enough, and ran screaming into the house. When the other girls followed her, they were almost as much frightened as she was, for they had heard the gentleman tell his ser vant to go for a police officer. All their pleasure was ended for that day. They dared not play, but sat listening for the officer’s step, every moment expecting to hear his voice at the door asking for them. He did not come, for the gentleman only meant to give them a lesson which they would not soon forget, and he had not sent for the officer at all. Butin their fear,they betrayed the whole matter to Mary’s parents, and Mary was obliged to go and confess her fault to the gentleman, and ask him to forgive her. All this trouble came from Mary’s forget ting just one little text. It was this— “ Thou, God, seest me!" If children would only keep this ever in mind, they would never be tempted to sin by the thought, “ No one will ever know,” for they would know that the eye of God is upon them always, and that He will permit no wicked action to prosper. Obedience; or, What Charlie Did. Turning into a certain street, I saw a com pany of boys playing very earnestly, and ev idently enjoying themselves greatly. One I noticed in particular, who seemed to be the leader of their sports; and just as I came up with them he was proposing anew game, and giving instructions in regard to it. His whole heart seemed to be in the thing. At this moment a window was thrown open in the house I was passing, and a sweet, gentle voice called : “ Charlie, your father wants you.” The window at once closed, and that moth er, as I took her to be, immediately withdrew, without even stopping to see whether Charlie heard. The boy was so busy that I doubted if that quiet voice would reach his ear. But it seemed she knew better than 1. The words hardly escaped her lips, when every thing was drop ped; the l>oys were left at play, and Charlie was soon within doors, where, of course, I could not follow him. “ A fine fellow that,” thought I; “he will make his mark in the world. If a man would govern others, he must learn to obey; and surely Charlie has learned to obey.” Yes, boys, that is the way. Prompt, cheer ful obedience is what you are to render pa rents and teachers. Do not wait to be spoken to a second time, but run at the first call. A Child-Poet. —That was a beautiful idea in the mind of the little girl, who, on behold ing a rose bush where, on the topmost stem, the oldest rose was falling, while below and around it three beautiful crimson buds were just unfolding their charms, at once and art lesslyexclaimed to her brother: “See, Wil lie, those littla buds have just awakened in time to kiss their mother before she dies.” THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, 61, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1867. Motives of Giving. Here is a little fellow at the breakfast table. His father says: “John, you know your teacher tells you you must deny yourself in order to present an acceptable offering to the missionary cause; now, what do you think of doing I” ; “1 have made up my mind, father; I won’t eat salt mackerel for breakfast.” “I am glad, my child, that_you are willing to deny yourself any thing for Jesus’ sake. Why do you select that?” “ Oh, father, I am not at all fond of it, is very easy to give it up, and besides, we don’t very often have it!” The children appreciate the illustration and smile. Oh! how many boys and girls are very willing to give to Christ what costs them nothing! But Christ is not ready to accept such offerings. But here is a little girl whose father has promised her anew sled, to slide down the hill when the w inter and the snow have come. She attends the missionary meeting. Her heart is set on fire with love to the cause of missions as she hears of the great destitution in the land; of the many little brothers and sisters who have never heard of Jesus. So she says to her father : “ Father, it is not the time for snow yet. Will you give me the two dollars, instead of the sled? 1 don’t want the sled.” “What! not to slide down hill on the smooth, white snow ?” “ No, father, I want to give it to the mis sionary, to buy books.” The blessed Saviour looks ffi<wn on this act of self-denial, and says: “My dear little daughter, inasmuch as ye did it unto these, ye did it unto me;” and he looks down upon the mackerel boy, but does not notice him, to commend him at all. We must give up something that we love, for Christ’s sake— must deny ourselves, if we want our gifts to be acceptable. “Brighting all it Can.” The day had been dark and gloomy, when suddenly toward night, the clouds broke, and the sun’s rays streamed through, shedding a flood of golden light upon the whole country. A sweet voice at the window called out in joy ful tones: “ Look ! oh, look, papa ! the sun’s brighting all it can.” “ Brighting all it can ? so it is,” answered papa ; “ and you can be like the sun, if you choose.” “ How, papa ? tell me how.” “ By looking happy, and smiling on us all day ; and never letting any tearful rain come into the blue of those eyes; only be happy and good : that is all.” The next day, the music of the child’s voice filled our ears from sunrise to dark ; the little heart seemed full of light and love; and when asked why she was so happy, the answer came laughingly, “ Why ! don’t you see, papa, I’m the sun ? I’m brighting all I can !” “ And filling the house with sunshine and joy,” answered papa. Can not little children be like the sun every day—brightening all they can ? Try it, chil dren.— Child at Home. m diwitg ail (farm. Mothers. George Channing always cherished the ten derest love for the humble mother that bore him. So soon as his resources would permit, he made ample provision for her support ; and for years after he entered parliament, and even when a foreign ambassador, he wrote her a weekly epistle, breathing the kindliest affec tion. Though he could never elevate her tastes and associations above the connections of her youth, he used to throw aside the cares of of fice, that he might visit her and the humble cousins with whom she dwelt at Bath, and there, when in the zenith of his fame, would walk out with his plebeian relatives, and re ceive the homage of his lordly visitants at that fashionable place of resort, in their com pany. This makes him a nobleman. He de lighted in literary pursuits—was a brilliant essayest, and wrote Latin and English verses with much grace and beauty. Lamartine, in his “ Voyage in Orient ,” touchingly adverts to his mother’s teaching. “ My mother,” says he, “ had received from her mother a handsome Bible of Boyoumount, from which "she taught me to read when I was young. This Bible had engravings of sacred subjects on nearly every page. When I had read a page with tolerable correctness, my mother allowed me to see a picture; and plac ing the book upon her knees, she explained the subject to me, as a recompense for my progress. She was tender and affectionate by nature, and the impressiveness and love still resound in my heart, after that voice has, alas ! been long mute.” Charles Lamb says in a letter to Coleridge : “ I am wedded, Coleridge, to the fortunes of my sister and my poor old father. Oh, my friend ! I think sometimes could I recall the days that are past, which among them should I choose? Not those ‘ merrier days,’ not the ‘ pleasant days of hope,’ not ‘ those wander ings with a fair-haired maid,’ which 1 have so often and so feelingly regretted, but the days, Coleridge, of a mother's fondness for her schoolboy. What would I give to call her back to,earth for one day, on my knees to ask her pardon for all those little asperities of temper which, from time to time, have given her gentle spirit pain ! And the day, my friend, I trust will come ; th re will be ‘time enough ’ for kind offices of love, if ‘ Heaven’s eternal years’be ours. Hereafter her meek spirit shall not reproach me. Oh, my friend, cultivate the filial feelings! and let no man think himself released from the kind ‘ chari ties ’ of relationship; these shall give him peace at last; these are the best foundation for every species of benevoVence. I rejoice to hear, by certain channels, that you, my friend, are reconciled with all your relations. ’Tis the most kindly and natural species of love, and we have ail the associated train of early feelings to secure its strength and per petuity.” A Flaw in it. . “ See that there is no flaw in it,” said Mr. Holly to his son, as he was about to go to the village store to purchase a scythe with which to lay low the glories of the meadow on the following day. It happened that the scythe selected, though of the finest steel, had a flaw in it, which caused an opening in the edge, which rendered it useless as an instrument for mowing. Mr. Salmon happened to be present when the scythe gave out. He came for the pur pose of getting Mr. Holly to agree to superin tend a Sabbath school, which it was proposed to establish in a very intemperate and de praved part of the township. Mr. Holly sug gested that Mr. Hemphill was a much more suitable man for the purpose. “He has,” said he, “ a superior mind, and is well edu cated, and is a sincere Christian, and loves to do good.” “ That is all true,” said Mr. Salmon, “ but he has one great defect. There is a flaw in his temper, and one can never tell when it will open. Your son was mowing along very well till the flaw opened and put an end to his mowing. So Hemphill often does very well for a long time, and then some little thing will put him out of patience and out of temper, and destroy for a time, his power of doing good. There will be a great need of patience in our new enterprise.” “ May be a flaw will be found in my reli gion,” said Mr. Holly. “ You know how to get it taken out.” “ Well, I can do as George did with his scythe. 1 will work as long as 1 can.” “As thy day is, so shall thy strength be.” So saying, Mr. Salmon went his way. “ I never heard,” said Mr. Holt, Mr. Hol ly’s hired man, “of a flaw in the temper be fore. Speaking in the same way, I may say that I saw a man this morning who had a flaw in his conscience.” “ Did it stop him from doing wrong ?” “ Not exactly. He was paying a woman for some chickens he had bought from her. He paid her the right sum, but she dropped a bill without perceiving it. He then dropped several bills on purpose, and, while gathering them up, he took the one the woman had dropped, and was going off with it.” “ Did you let him go ?” “I did n"t, though at first I thought it was none of my business. But I couldn’t see the poor woman cheated, so I called his attention to the matter, and intimated that he would be doing the fair thing by giving the woman her money. I reckon a flaw in the conscience is worse than a flaw in a scythe.” Every professor of religion should see that his religion is sound—that there is no flaw in it.— Dr. Alden. Don’t Speak Twice. So we say to parents in the management of their household— Never speak twice ; that is, in requiring any thing to be done. A parent should but seldom give a child, or any mem ber of his household, a direct command. The wish may, mostly, be put in the form of a request, a question, or a suggestion. Obedi ence then will be intelligent and cheerful. Yours, finding their judgment, good sense, and devotedness to you honored, will feel happy, will cultivate those excellences of character and will serve you with increasing zeal and attachment. But, whenever you have given a decided expression of your desire, never allow your self to repeat it; that is, have your authority so well established and so highly respected that the first full intimation from you of what you would have done will be followed by an instant obedience. Such a state of things is practicable. W e have seen it so. It is so in all the best regu lated families. It is so consistently with the most easy and sweet intercourse between pa rents and children, employers and employed. And how happy is the household where it is so! The man who would so govern must know how to control his own spirit; he must never make an unreasonable demand ; he must es tablish this order early; and he must have every one to feel a pleasure in obedience. Wise parents easily bring their children to such a state of emotion ; and hired help who will not thus comply with household order, no one is obliged to retain. God has made the man master in his house, and holds him responsible for all who abide there.— North- Western Presbyterian. Rotation of Crops. The physiology of plants is such, says the Rural New Yorker, that scarcely any two of them take from the ground or the atmosphere the same kind of nutriment in equal propor tions. Hence, it follows that in continuous cropping, of the same product, much of the productive power of the soil and of the fer tilizers combined with it is lost, or remains inert. This loss may be retrieved by a judi cious system of rotation, by which means all the elements of growth are brought into suc cessive action and rendered available for farm products. Perhaps the order of the crops is not of special importance. One might begin a sys tem with roots; follow with cereals, peas, and beans, and then pasture or meadow, ac cording to the tastes or necessities of the farmer. Some lands will do well in pasture for a series of years. So of the meadow ; but as a general rule, the best results are attained by changes every three or four years at the most. If oftener made, the chances of remu neration are believed to be improved, while the soil is relieved from the thousand noxious plants which impair its vitality without re turning any thing of value by way of recom pense. Effect of Ashes and Plaster. Mr. N. N. Martin sends the Rural New Yorker the following account of the produce of a seven-acre lot for a period of eight years. When he bought the field it had been plowed continually for seventeen years. Soil, stiff clay loam. He seeded with clover, and sowed, the first year, half a ton of plaster, and harvested four bushels of clover seed per acre. The second year he used half a ton of plaster and the same amount of unleached ashes, and got five bushels of seed per acre. The third year he used half a ton equal parts ashes and plaster, and the yield was four bush els per acre. The sod was then turned over in the fall, and the fourth year planted with corn and potatoes, on which ashes and plaster were used, and a good crop realized. The fifth year forty-eight bushels of oats per acre were taken from the field without using any fertilizer; the sixth year twenty-one bushels of wheat per acre, without any manurial ap plication. It was then seeded with clover, which, after the wheal came off, was top dressed with ashes, and the result was a very heavy crop of clover the two succeeding years. Strawberry Raising. A strawberry grower writes to the Ottowa Republican concerning his success in the cul ture of this fruit. In April, 1865, he planted an acre of Wilson’s Albany Seedling on bot tom land, on which corn had been grown for twenty years. It was plowed and harrowed once, and no manure applied. The plants were set in rows five feet apart, and two feet distant in the rows. Lines of dwarf pears and York cabbage were cultivated between the plauts. The strawberry plants commenced fruiting on the sth of June last, and continued till the 30th, when the berry business was “ played out.” The result was the sale of 180 bushels from the acre of ground, besides what was consumed by the family, for an aggre gate of $731 20 ; paid for picking, $59 12; leaving as the net proceeds of the acre, $662 07. On the approach of winter, the plants were lightly covered with straw. After de ducting liberally for the cost of plants, and setting them out, and other incidentals, this result would seem to indicate a very hand some profit on the investment. The Best Variety of Potatoes. The Rural New Yorker says: “ White peach bloom potatoes are one of the best vari eties for market or yield. They are hardy, produce well, and are not liable to rot. They take the lead in the New York market in the spring, as they are good keepers. They re quire to be planted early, and they will then be the very last to ripen. The vines grow rank, and they will not bear crowding. The tubers run a great deal in the hill, which makes the digging slower, more laborious and costly than almost any other variety.” Weddings. —Our young friends—and old ones too—who are anxious to learn how many weddings a married couple may lawfully have, will be pleased to know that one year after marriage comes the paper wedding; five years after marriage, the wooden wedding; ten years, the tin wedding; twenty-five years, th« silver wedding ; fifty years, the golden wed ding; and seventy-five years, the diamond wedding. (Sbituarg. JEWEL.—Died, in Oglethorpe county, G»., Dec. 28th, 1566, in the 65th year of her age, Mrs. Rebecca Jewel, wife of James Jewel. She was for many years a con sistent member of the Baptist church. Another circle on earthtitfiJiroken; another glorified spirit has entered Heaven! God saw fit grievously to afflict her ere she was called hence; but Jesus was with her as she passed through the valley of death, and her faith failed not. We shall never meet her again on earth; but may we all mingle with that happy throng in that purer clime where death and sorrow never come! RHODES.—Died, of Djspsy, at his residence near Crawfordville, Ga., on theslst of January, 1867, Johu Rhodes, Sr., in the 73d year of his age. He had lived an humble’and useful member of the Baptist church more than forty years. He was a fond father. It was his great concern to see 1 his children do well; and he had the satisfaction of seeing them all set tled around him, and members of the church. His hos pitality was almost unlimittfH; and it afforded him much pleasure to have his numerous friends partake thereof and feel at home in his house. In his death, the com munity has lost a valuable and much respected citizen, the chui ch one of the oldest and most useful members, and his family a venerated and much-loved husband and father. But their loss is his eternal gain. During the last year of his life he suffered much, but bore it with patience and resignation, irehas ceased to suffer, and eutered into rest. He lived in the fear and service of God, and died in hope of eternal life. “ Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their‘works do follow them.? WALKER.—Died, at the residence of F. M. Walker, in Conecuh county, Ala., Dec. 13th, 1886, his father, Levi L. Walker, in the triumph of faith. He was born in Washington county, G&. Oct. 1,1815, married Elizabeth Simmonif in Baldwin county, Ga., who was a faithful companion and devoted Christian, aud still survives her husband. He settled in Putnam county, Ga., iu 1818, and infß2o was baptized into the fellowship of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church. Some time afterwards moved to Upson county, Ga. While there he lived an exemplary Christian. Thence he moved to .Talbot county, united with the Prov idence Church; aud in a short while was one of the number who constituted Union Church, and was or dained one of its deacons in «529. He soon became fa miliar with the duties of his which seemed to be the pride ot his life; and aft.# many years of useful la bor for the Master’s cause m-wat vicinity, he moved to Tallapoosa county, Ala., wheA he continued his earnest zeal for the Lord. From Tallapoosa he moved to Macon county, Ala., and in a short whd® moved with his son to Conecuh county, Ala., where, U* consequence of age and being worn by disease, he, with his aged companion, made their home with their eldest son: so that he devo ted his last days entirely to the service of his Master. He, unlike the most of men, had laid his in Heaven; and one had to be in his company but- a few minutes to learn that all he thought of or cared for was to do his Lord’s bidding; also, unlike most men, he seemed to care nothing for thd riches or honors of this world ; he spent his time and means in doing good. While others were making to .themselves a god ot this world, he would be found hun4ng up the poor and dis tressed, relieving them with his own means, or calling upon others to help him to apply the healing balm to the needy souls around him. For several months previous to his death he was unable to attend church. Though weak iu body, his mind was active, and he never seemed more delighted than when visited by his brethren, to talk of the church, and devise means for promoting the cause of Christ and building uj> the church; and at last, when he saw that his departure was nigh, he called around his bed his family and friends, took each by the hand and bade them farewell, telling them not to grieve for him, for he knew he was going to be “ happy, happy, happy 1 ” After imparting a blessing upon some of his grand-children, he quietly and calmly yielded up his spirit. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” S. M. Medical. A COUGH, -A COLD, OR A SORE 1 THRO A T ANARUS, Requires immediate attention, and should be piecked. If Allowed to Continue IRRITATIOn|I)FTHE LUNGS, | A Permanen\ Throat Disease, Or Cos sumption, 18 OFTEN !HE RESULT. h |^ BROWN' 8 BRONCHI. 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It has been patented, and the proprietor claims for it, as it has been pronounced [the formula having been shown, as it will be to any regular graduate] by the most eminent of the Medical Faculty, THE BEST COMPOUND EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. EDWARD WILDER, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, MARBLE FRONT, 215 MAIN STREET, Sole Proprietor, Louisville Kentucky. For Sale, Wholesale and Retail, by RED WINE & FOX, Corner Whitehall and Alabama Streets, Atlanta, Ga. oct 25—6m234:6. Periodical Literature. rpilE HOME MONTHLY FOR 1867. The Publishers of THE HOME MONTHLY desire to express tbeir appreciation of the manner in which their efforts to establish in the South a first-class Literary and Religious Periodical, have been sustained by the reading public. The second volume commences Janua ry, 1867. To sustain and increase the public apprecia tion of the Magazine, the publishers will not relax in their efforts to make it worthy of being received into everv Southern home. 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A discount of twenty per cent, will be allowed to clubs of four or more persons. Thus, four copies of Blackwood, or of one Review, will be sent to one address for sl2 80. Four copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood, for S4B 00, and so on. POSTAGE. When sent by mail, the Postage to any part of the United States will be but Twenty-four Cents a year for “ Blackwood,” and but Eight Cents a year for each of the Reviews. PREMIUMS TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. New Subscribers to any two of the above periodicals for 1867 will be entitled to receive gratis, anyone of the Four Reviews for 1866. New Subscribers to all five of the Periodicals for 1867 may receive, gratis, Blackwood or any two of the “ Four Reviews” for 1866. These premiums will be allowed on all new subscrip tions received before April 1, 1867. Subscribers may also obtain back numbers at the fol lowing reduced rates, viz: The North British from January, 1863, to December, 1866, inclusive; the Edinburgh and the Westminister from April, 1864, to December, 1866, inclusive, and the London Quarterly for the years 1865 and 1866, at the rate of $1 50 a year for each or any Review; also Black wood for 1866, for $2 50. Neither premiums to Subscribers, nor discount to Clubs, nor reduced prices for back numbers, can be allowed, unless the money is remitted direct to the Pub lishers. No premiums can be given to Clubs. THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., 38 Walker Street, N. Y. The L. S. PUB. CO. also publish the FARMER’S GUIDE, by Henry Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the late J. P. Norton, of Yale College. 2 vols., Royal Octavo, 1600 pages, and numerous Engravings. Price $7 for the two volumes —by Mail, post paid, SB. dec 20 —2t gCOTFS MONTHLY MAGAZINE! SECOND YEARI THE OLDEST AND LAEGEST LITERARY MAGAZINE IN THE SOUTH ! The Proprietor of this popular Monthly will publish an edition of several thousand copies in January next, to meet the increasing demand for it in all portions the South and West. Its corps of contributors! ready large, and will be strengthened by the additioi OF SEVERAL EXCELLENT MALE AND FEMALE WRITERS. Besides the usual variety of original and selected Prose and Poetr}', there will be contained the admirable His tory of the War, entitled FIELD AND CAMP, By An Officer. Also, Arcadie: A Historical Romance of the 18th Century. Also, The Troyes and Metaphors of the Bible, As illustrated by Science. By A. Means, D. D., LL. D. Also a series of Articles on Life in the East, By Rev. R. A. Holland, of Kentucky, Now on a tour in Egypt and Palestine It will be elegantly embellished by steel plates, litho graphs, and wood cuts, prepared expressly for this pub lication, consisting of superb likenesses of Lee, Davis, Joe Johnson, Polk, Forrest, &c. Its quantity of reading matter will also be increased, so that it will contain nearly twice the amount of either Godey or Peterson. We shall also introduce a department of Wit and Humor, and occasional wood cut illustrations of South ern and Western Scenery. It will be perceived that this plan involves much ad ditional expense, and we invite the lovers of a sound and elevated Literature to rally to this enterprise. It has already received the highest enconiums of the press: let it now have material aid, and we promise a Maga zine equal to any ever before the American public. Terms: Single subscribers, $5; eleven copies, SSO; twenty-two copies, $100; and at the same rates for three and six months. Clergymen of all denominations, and Presidents and Professors of Colleges, will receive it at $4. The person who will send us the largest club of sub scribers, not less than 25, previous to March Ist, shall receive a premium of Fifty Dollars. Address W. J. SCOTT, Atlanta, Ga. The January number will be ready for mail by the 18th of December. jgp Will our exchanges give the above a few inser tions ? rjYHE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, A WEEKIY RELIGIOUS JOURNAL. The Recognised Organ of the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of North America. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IN CHARLOTTE, N. C. Terms of Subscription.—One year, $3 00; six months, $1 75 ; payable on receipt of the first number. No sub scription received for less time than six months. Subscribers desiring to have their Post Offices chang ed, will state both where their papers are now being sent, and where they would have them directed in future. For one month before each subscription expires, a pencil X mark on the margin will remind the subscriber to renew his subscription by an early remittance. Oct 11 WANTED. — 100 local and superannuat ed Ministers to engage in a Business easy and lu crative, and well adapted to their position. Those now engaged are clearing from SSO to $l5O per month. For particvlars, address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., oct 8—2328 Box 342 Atlanta, Ga. AMERICAN HOTEL, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Nearest House to the Passenger Depot. WHITE A WHITLOCK, Proprietors. Bryson & Wiley, Clerks . June 19—3 m Periodical Literature. rpEMPERANCF ADVOCATE. PROSPECTUS. Viewing the many aggravated evils with which strong drink is cursing the human family, I wish to labor to curtail its use. For this purpose I propose to a paper, to be called “The Temperance Advocate. It shall be the object of the Advocate to labor for the Temperauce cause alone. In doing this, it will seek not only to point out the many and various evils which strong drinK entails upon our race, but also to portray the blessings resulting from Temperance. I have been long receiving, from distinguished persons, in different States, encouragement to undertake such an enterprise with promises of their aid, if I would do so. I can, therefore, assure the public that the Advocate will con tain the writings of the ablest pens in the land—the pens of eminent theologians, physicians, Ac. Among others, I hare the promise of articles from a distin guished physician, on the physiological effects of alco holic liquors on the human system. All these advanta ges, accompanied with the use of exchanges from all parts of America, if not of Europe, enable me to prom ise my readers one of the very best Temperance papers ever published in our country. It will be published semi-monthly at Gallatin, Tenn., and Franklin, Ky., at two dollars per year. As this is an individual enterprise, undertaken solely to benefit the human race, and one which looks to pat ronage alone for support, I hope and believe my many friends will redeem their promises to aid me in every possible way. I also ask trie ds of Temperance every where to forward subscribers’ names and money forth with, that 1 may get the paper out soon, and 1 pledge all my energies to make it eminently worthy of support. Address me at Gallatin, Tenn. janl7-3w T. E. RICHEY. rpHE LADIES’ HOME FOR 1867. Our paper is designed to be a Literary Weekly, devot ed to elegant Literature, scientific and practical Informa tion, the Arts and Sciences, Education, Agaiculture, and the latest political and foreign miscellany. Its object is three-foid. To encourage SOUTHERN AUTHORS; to furnish a first class paper to every family ; and, finally, to erect an elegant Home for the suffering and afflicted females of our country. Among its contributors will be found many of the ablest male and female writers in the country. That gifted lady, MRS. L. VIRGINIA FRENCH, of Tennessee, will have entire charge of the Literary Department. Novelettes, Tales, Sketches, Essays, Biog raphies, and Incidents of the War, will be found upon our pages. Neither pains nor expense will be spared to make The Ladies’ Home an able and elegant family journal, one of which our people may feel justly proud, a welcome visitor to every household. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Copy, one year $5 00 To Chibs of Ten subscribers, an extra copy will be sent gratis. Specimen copies sent free. ADVERTISING RATES. The Home will be enlarged during the second or third week in January 1867, to twelve pages, three of which will be left open to our advertising patroDS, upon the following terms: One square one month, with editorial notice.... $ 5 00 One square three months 12 00 One square six months 20 00 Address THOS. S. POWELL, Proprietor Ladies’ Home, janlo Atlanta. Georgia. Richmond eclectic magazine— RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY— To be published monthly, the first number in Octo her. This Periodical wili contain the choicest selections from the British Quarterlies, Monthlies, and other peri odicals of standard merit; thus presenting, in a cheap, convenient and attractive form, whatever is most wor thy of perusal and preservation in the entire field of for eign literature. Nothing sectarian will find a place in the religious de partment ; and while articles of a sectional character wili be excluded, at the same time nothing shall be in troduced which is out of harmony with the convictions and sentiments of Southern readers, with reference to the interests, rights and institutions of the States they inhabit. Each number will contain about 100 octavo pages, double columns, printed in clear type, on fine paper, with buff covers; the 6th and 12th numbers furnished with index and title page. Terms: 4 a year, in advance; $5, if payment is de ferred for six months; $6, if for a longer period. Subscribers sending their names may remit the mo ney by mail at the time, or on the receipt of the first number, as they may prefer. Orders are solicited promptly, and without waiting for agents. We offer to any who will act as agents the following terms: 1. For every five subscribers sent to us, the agent shall be entitled to a sixth copy for one year. 2. Any person sending names, and transmitting pay ment for the same, either before or when the first num ber is received, inay retain for each subscriber. When it is remembered that the field for the Eclectic Magazine embraces all classes and Christian denomina tions, and is almost wholly unoccupied in the Southern country, these terms present very liberal offers of re muneration to well qualified agents. MOSES D. HOGE. WILLIAM BROWN. Address—“ Richmond Eclectic Magazine,” Box 452, Richmond, Ya. The following gentlemen have kindly united in re commending the proposed publication: “ We believe that an Eclectic Magazine, which is neither sectional nor sectarian, but which will be a re pository of what is best in foreign periodicals, such as is described in the Prospectus of the editors, (in whose taste and judgment we have the highest confidence,) will supply a manifest want, and furnish our people with a healthful and instructive literature. “We trust that the proposed undertaking will meet with a general appreciation and patronage.” JAMES A. DUNCAN, Editor of Richmond Christian Advocate. D. S. DOGGETT, Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church. J. B. JETER, A. E. DICKINSON, Editors of Religious Herald. J. L. BURROWS, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. GEORGE WOODBRIDGE, Rector of Monumental Church, Richmond, Ya. C. MINNIGERODE, Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Richmond, Ya. WM. H. McGUFFEY, Prof, of Moral Philosophy, University of Ya. R. E. 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To news dealers, 80 cents per dozen. E. 0. HAILE, Eroprietor, Aug 2—ts Mobile, Ala Musical Instruments. MASON & HAMLIN, MANUFACTURERS OF CABINET ORGANS, ALSO PORTABLE ORGANS, ADAPTED TO SECULAR AND SACRED MUSIC ; FOR DRAWING-ROOMS, CHURCHES, SUNDAY, AND DAY-SCHOOLB, LODGES, AC., Uniting to a considerable extent the capacity of the Pi ano-Forte with that of the Pipe Organ, and costing much less than either. They occupy Utile space ; are elegant as furniture ; not liable to get out of order, and are securely boxed, so that they can be sent any where by ordinary freight routes, all ready for use. Poety Styles, plain oe elegant casks ; one to twelve stops ; Peices : $75, S9O, sllO, $125, $l3O, $l4O, $l5O, $l6O, $l7O, S2OO, $225, $250, SBOO, $425, SSOO, $550, S6OO AND UPWARDS. Circulars, with full particulars, and list with illustra tions of styles and prices, sent free to any address. The Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Obgans were introduced four years since, and are a great improvement upon the Melodeon, Harmonium, and other reed organs, greatly oxceiling them, especially in the excellent quality and variety of their tones); in power and quickness of action and capacity for expression. zyrerooms: 59# Broadway, NeV - ; 154 Tremont street, Boston Nov29-3teowA3tew Railroad Guide. _ Macon and Western Railroad. E. B. WALKER, Superintendent DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 6:65 A M Leave Atlanta 8:10 P M Arrive at Macon 1:80 P M Arrive at Macon 4:25 A M Western and Atlantic Railroad. CAMPBELL WALLACE, Superintendent. NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN—DAILY. Leave Atlanta 7:00 P M Arrive at. Chattanooga 4:00 A M Leave Chattanooga 4:80 P M Arrive at Atlanta 1 - 85 AM DAT PASSENGER TRAIN—DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Atlanta 8:50 A M Arrive at Chattanooga, 5:25 P M Leave Chattanooga 4:60 A M Arrive at Atlanta 1:15 P M DALTON ACCOMMODATION—DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Atlanta. 2:50 PM Arrive at Dalton 11:46 P M Leave Dalton ....... I:2SAM Arrive at Atlanta .... ... ...t 0:50 AM Georgia Railroad. E. W. COLE, Superintendent. DAY PASSKNGKH TRAIN—DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Atlanta 8:55 A M Atrive at Augusta 6:0) P M Leave Augusta 6:80 A M Arrive at Atlanta 6:00 P M NIGHT PASSENGER AND THROUGH MAIL TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 7:16 P M Arrive at Augusta 6:16 A M Leave Augusta 12:80 A M Arrive at Atlanta lu;4SAM Passengers for Mayfield, Washington, and Athens, Ga., must lake the Day Passenger Train. Atlanta and West Point Railroad. L. P. GRANT, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TR4IN—GOING OUT. Leave Atlanta 12:15 P M Arrive at West Point 5:30 P M DAT PASSENGER TRAIN —COMING IN. Leave West Point 8:40 A M Arrive at Atlanta 8:87 AM LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD. 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FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE AND BOOK Bindery removed to Alabama street, north side, near Whitehall.—ln addition to our already large quantity of printing materials, TWO NEW PRESSES and about FORTY different styles of NEW TYPE have been added; and we are now better prepared than ever to turn out work UNSURPASSED by an; office in the country, and can guarantee satisfaction ii all cases. Give us a trial. J, J. TOON, Feb. 3, 1866. Pronrietor. Declarations— $1.50 per quire, call at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. SUPERIOR AND NFERIOR COURT EXECU tions—sl.so per quire. For sate at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. BANKING, INSURANCE and MANUFACTURING Companies can have their Printing done to their satisfaction, by calling at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. Letter envelopes—superfine satin extra double thicl, cream laid envelopes, size 7 per thousand, $7, cash'price if. J. J. TOON, Atlanta. COMMISSIONS FOR INTERItOGATORIES-$1.50 per quire. For sale at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. Blank books, of every description, made to order, and ruled to any pattern desired. Newspapers, Magazines and Music bound, and old books re-bound. Apply at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. COST EXECUTIONS-$1.50 PER QUIRE. CALL at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. Business, visiting and wedding cards and Euvelopes. With Job Workmen of large ex perience, and taste unsurpassed in this department of the “ Art,” and stock in great variety, we are ready to execute work in this interesting branch with neatness and dispatch. Terms Cash. J. J. TOON, Proprietor Franklin Printing House. Record and docket books, haying an ample supply of Blank Book Paper of all sizes, and of the best quality, and a Ruling Machine newly rigged up, I am prepared to manufacture Blank Work in the best style and at short notice. J. J. TOON, Proprietor Franklin Printing House. Letters guardianship—si.so per quire For sale at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. Land deeds—printed in splendid style. 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