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40 WEEKLY RECEIPTS. Subscribers will observe the figures on the label with which their papers are addressed. These figures show the Whole Numbbb or date to which the subscription is paid. When a new payment Is made, the figures 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 sending 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. and not over 8,4 cents; over 8 oz. and not over 12,6 cents, By notifying yonr 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 but manuscript copy can thus be sent. J#* the Chilton. The Teacher Taught. A lady was teaching a class of ten bright boys in the Sunday school. They were at tentive and thoughtful, but none were Chris tians. The lesson was, “ Showing our love to Christ.” At its close the teacher asked her scholars, one by one, if they had done one thing for Christ during the week. As she questioned each, some, answered sadly, “ No,’ and others shook their heads in silence. “ Not one deed for Christ!” said-the teach er, and she looked sadly at the solemn, earnest faces. A thoughtful boy of thirteen, at her side, sat a while in silence. Perhaps he was think ing, “ I wonder if any one really loves Christ —if any one tries to please him ?” Suddenly he turned his large, expressive eyes upon his teacher, and said, respectfully, but earnestly : “ Miss M , have you done any thing for Christ?” The question was unexpected. Emotion crimsoned her cheek, and brought the tears to her eyes. At length she controlled herself aDd said, in broken accents: “ I hope so, John, but I know I have not done what I ought, or might have done for Him.” That question followed the teacher home. In her closet, upon her bed, she saw that in quiring gaze, and heard that earnest question, “ Have yon done any thing for Christ ?” It seemed as if Christ himself had asked her, “ What have you done for me?” Each day a voice repeated the question, and each Sabbath, as she carne before her class, an echo came, “What have you done, this week, for Christ?” Earnestly, prayerfully did she strive to heed the warning. More closely did she cling to the Saviour, and more faithfully labor to show those dear ones the way. Her prayerful la bors were blest; and now teacher and pupils rejoice together in a Saviour s love. The Melted Mountain. An old warrior, lying at the point of death, said to the missionary who stood at his side : “ O, l have been in great trouble this morn ing, but lam happy now. I sayv an immense mountain, with precipitous sides, up which 1 endeavoured to climb ; but when I had attain ed a considerable height, I lost my hold and fell to the bottom. Exhausted with perplexity and fatigue, I went to a distance and sat down to weep, and while weeping, I saw a drop of blood fall upon that mountain, and in a mo ment it was dissolved.” “ This was certainly a strange sight,” re marked the missionary ; “ what construction did you put upon it?” The dying, chieftain seemed astonished at the missionary’s question, and replied : “ That mountain was my sins, and the drop which fell upon it was one drop of the precious blood of Jesus, by which the mountain of my gult must be melted away 4 ” How striking is this illustration of the pow er of Christ’s blood ! One drop dissolves the mountain of a sinner’s guilt! O, blessed ef ficacious blood ! May it fall on my sins, and on my readers’ sins, and melt them away ! Reader, does your guilt rise like a raoun tain? Go to Christ. Trust in Him; His blood will dissolve it all, and enable you to sing: x Lord, what Heavenly wonders dwell In Thine atoning blood ! By this' are sinners saved from hell, And rebels brought to God.” « Fear Nothing but Sin.” A group had gathered around the couch of a dving mother. In an hour least expected the summons had come, bidding her depart to the spirit-land. She had but a moment to think—to say farewell to the loved ones of her household. Hastily calling them together, they were only in time to hear her dying message —“ Fear nothing but sin.” It was all that she could say. Upon the sound of the last word, the cord of life snapped, and “ she was not; for God took her.” The chil dren were motherless, but what a legacy she had left them ! In that single moment of her life she had given them advice of a priceless nature. Through all their days it might re main with them, and serve as a safe guide on life’s pilgrimage. Few indeed are they who improve their last moments as did that pious mother. Had she been permitted to speak for hours, she could not have said more, or more to the pur pose, than she said in that single moment. Surely, “Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” “You Never Told Me.” Will you come with me and see poor Clara ? Step softly, and with a solemn tread, for Death is here. Hark! how she moans. See how wildly she throws her arms, and how bloodshot is that once beautiful black eye. Hear her shriek, “ Father, mother, why didn’t you tell mel” “Tell you what, daughter?” asks the agonized father. “ Tell me there was a hell!” “ There is none, Clara, none for you ; God is merciful; there is no hell!” “ There is, there is ; I feel it; I know it; my feet are stepping into it; I am lost, lost, and you never told me /” So died a beautiful girl of eighteen sum mers, a child of irreligious parents, who had taught her all but the true wisdom; who, blindly making her their idol, were left to hear her dying reproaches and anguished cries. Shall our children ever confront us with the cry, “ You never told me ” ? “God Heard That.”— A little boy, not yet six years old, who had been with his fath er and mother to the country, after returning home in the evening, said to his mother, “Mother, Willie B swore !” He was asked, “ And what did you say ?” He replied, “ 1 said, God heard that!” What a reproof in these words ! Will not all the little boys and girls think of that when they are tempted to use ugly, vulgar words, or to swear? Remember, although your father and mother may not hear you, God hears it. Remember what God says in the third commandment: “ Thou shaft not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh Sis name in vain." Make a Good Beginning. —The first weed pulled up in the garden, the first seed set in the around, the first dollar put in the savings bank, and the first mile travelled on a journey, are all important things. How many a poor outcast is now creeping and crawling his way through the world, who might have held up his head and prospered, if, instead of putting off his resolutions of amendment, he had only made a beginning ! “Come” —There is not a shorter, more precious, more hopeful, more inviting word in all the Bible,than thisonesmall word, come. It is indeed* the key-note of the gospel. 1 o the weary and heavy-laden, “ come and find rest; to the thirsty and fainting, “ come, come and drink “ come and take the water of life freely only come. Was ever so much de-; pending on a condition so simple? THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN-BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THUR SDAT, FEBRUARY 28.1867. Ife Jamilg anl Jam - Do You Teach Your Children to Pray ? But why ask the question? Do not all Christian mothers teach their children to pray? Do they not teach them in lisping infancy to say, “ Our Father who art in Heaven 1 ” And there is nothing more beautiful than the mother, clasping the little hands together at her knee, and bending the loved one before her, repeating for the little one to follow, “Now I lay me down to sleep then folding it in her arms, imprinting the good-night kiss, and laying it down to rest. The angels bear the prayer away—the prayer not so much of the child, but of the mother ; for, mark you, the little one has only 11 said" its prayers. But, dear mother, the child is not yet taught to pray. Do you teach your children to pray? Christ once taught the disciples to say, “ Our Father who art in Heaven,” but how much more they must have learned afterwards of the true spirit of prayer in the constantly re curring instances He gave them : Os the prod igal, saying, “ Father, I have sinned ; ” of the publican, “who would not lift up so much as his eyes to Heaven; ” of the importunate widow, who could not be refused. And if we would teach our children, we must do as He did: we must illustrate and give them in stances. But the disciples were taught by the pray ers of the Saviour Himself. They saw Him rejoice in spirit, and thank His Father that the things which were hid from the wise and prudent were revealed unto babes. He lifted up His eye to Heaven at the grave of Laza rus, and then commanded him to come forth. And at last, in the garden, how much they must have learned there, when, “ being in agony,” He cast Himself thrice on the cold ground, and prayed that prayer , “ Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.” He would rise “ a great while before day.” anil “He could be silts.” He would linger all night in the secluded place. “ Cold mountains, and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of His prayer.” Mother, Christian mother, do you even truly pray yourself? Do you ever pray, earnestly pray, for your children ? Then some times, when you feel most their need, and most your own anxiety, take one of them with you —take the little girl and pray for her; take the little boy and pray for him. Let them see you, hear you pray. Let them watch, as they will, your look, your manner, and catch the tones of your voice; and then, if you pray —as you surely will sometimes— for them “ in an agony ” of spirit, they will learn so much of prayer. It is easy enough to teach our children to “ say" their prayers, but it is quite another matter to teach them to pray. We shall al ways remember an incident related by broth er Yates when in this country. He was no ticing one day, unobserved, two Chinamen in an adjoining room. The olie, a convert, was teaching the other to pray. He placed him on his knees, reverentially bowed his head, clasped his hands, and then paused: “ 1 watched now with unusual interest,” said bro ther Yates; “ for the hard part was to come.” At last said the convert, “ Put your heart , now, like your body, and say.” Ah, there is the strait, mother : to get your children to put their heart like their words, and then say their prayers. May the Lord help us to teach our children to pray!—Biblical Recorder. Clothes on Fire. Three persons out of four would rush right up to* the burning individual and begin to paw with their hands without any definite airn. It is useless to tell the victim to do this or that, or call for water. In fact, it is generally best to say not a word, but seize a blanket from a bed, or any woolen fabric—if none is at hand, take any woolen material —hold the corners as far apart as you can, stretch them out higher than your head, and running boldly to the person, make a motion of clasping in the arms, mostly about the shoulders. This in stantly smothers the fire and saves the face. The next instant throw the unfortunate person on the floor. This is an additional safety to the face and breath, and any remnant of flame can be put out more leisurely. The next in stant immerse the burnt part in cold water, and all pain will cease with the rapidity of lightning. Next get some common floUr, re move from the water, and cover the burnt parts with an inch thickness of flour; if pos sible, put the patient to bed, and do all' that is possible to soothe until the physician ar rives. Let the flour remain until it falls off itself, when a beautiful new skin can be found. Unless the burns are deep, no other applica tion is needed. The dry flour for burn is the most admirable remedy ever proposed, and the information ought to be imparted to all. The principle of its action is, that like the water, it causes instant and perfect relief from pain by totally excluding the air from the in jured parts. — Scientifc American. Bishop Soule on Dancing. Once, in Alabama, in a parlor filled with an intelligent and refined company, while the Bishop was conversing with a group of friends, another group in a corner was discussing the innocence of modern dancing—most of them in favor of it. At length they agreed to leave it to the Bishop, and approaching, asked his opinion. (Silence.) “Well, 1 never saw dancing but once , and I must confess I was pleased with it. (Great suspense, and glances exchanged.) I have been to Paris and to Lon don, and over most of our own land, but I have never seen the exercise but once. (Eager at tention.) While I was in Paris, among other things, I saw several monkeys, taught to dance and keep time, and I must confess I was pleased with it ; for I thought it became them very much.”—Memphis Christian Advocate. Satiety. M. Girandin, the great confectioner of Paris, adopts a singular method to prevent his fe male clerks from stealing the sugar plums: The first day of her arrival, the new clerk is shut up for nearly a day in the room where the reserves are kept, with permission to help herself freely to whatever she wants. She does not fail to avail herself of this permis sion, agd enjoys the feast so much that she is sorry to be liberated from the place of con finement. But in a little while she is seized with such a violent indigestion and heart-burn that she bitterly repents of her greediness, and becomes disgusted with sugar plums ever after. “ I have in my employ,” said M. Gi randin, “ girls who for six years have never put a bonbon to their lips.” Early Impressions. —“lt is no wonder,” Archbishop Whately once said, “ that some English people have a taste for persecuting on account of religion, when it is the first lesson that most are taught in their nurseries.” His friend, incredulous, denied it, at least of him self. “ Are you sure ? ” replied Whately. “ What think you of this? «Old Daddy Longlegs won't say bis prayers ; Take him by the left leg and throw him down stairs.’” Chorch Sleepers. —Long ago, in Massa chusetts, it was the custom mr a person to go about the meeting-houses, during divine ser vice, and wake the sleepers. “He bore a long wand, on one end of which was a ball, and*on the other a fox’s tail. When he ob served the men asleep, he rapped them on the head with the knob, and roused the slumber ing sensibilities of the ladies by drawing the brush lightly across their faces.” What They Mean. Many persons have wondered what was the signification of the different whistles of loco motives. The following explains : One whis tle, “down brakes;” two whistles, “off brakes;” three whistles, “back up;” con tinuous whistles, “ danger ; ” a rapid success ion of short whistles is the cattle alarm, at which the brakes will always be put down ; a sweeping parting of hands on level of eye is a signal to “go ahead ; ’" a downward motion of one hand, with extended arm, “to stop; ” a beckoning motion of one hand, “ to back ; ” a lantern raised and lowered vertically is a signal for starting; swung at right angles or crossways the track, “ to stop ; ” sw r ung in a circle, “ back the train; ” a red flag waved upon the track must be regarded as a signal of danger; so of other signals given with en ergy ; hoisted at a station, is a signal for A train to stop ; stuck up by the road-side, is a signal of danger on the track ahead ; car ried unfurled upon an engine, is a warning that another engine or train is on its way. Chicken Ailments—Gapes. “Hoosier” writes as follows: “I notice a great many aitides on chicken ailments especially gapes, but do not remember seeing lime recom mended as a cure. In the summer my chick ens, a fine brood of eighty or more, took to gaping, and every chick, least unto the great est, went around squeaking as though they wished to discharge their “ windpipes.” I “tried the horse hair, feather, and turpentine,” and almost every thing I heard tell of, but nothing availed to stop the dire disease. Next I turned my attention toward the diet and drink. First, I removed the entire vil lage to a clean grassy spot; each time I fed them. I 'put a good quantity of lime in the feed, which was a mixture of corn meal and wheat bran. The drinking vessels w r ere clean ed thoroughly each moving, and filled with clear, fresh water, pretty well whitened with lime. In less than a week the chickens quit dying, and began to improve amazingly. Not anyther chick died after the first week of this new course of treatment. The tonic and anti acid properties of the lime imparted an in vigorating influence upon the systems of the chicks. Give fowls plenty of lime to eat, lime and ashes to wallow in, and they will never be lousy, nor lay soft-shelled eggs. v Silesian Merino. The February number of the American Ag riculturist, contains a cut of the head of “ Ba ron,” Infantado Merino ram, with a short sketch of the stock which we furnish below: “He was bred by his owner, Mr. Wm. .Chamberlain, of Jicd Hook, N. Y., from pure Infantado stock, and has a documentary pedi gree running back to 1811, when his ancestors were imported from Spain into Silesia. The wool is fine and very dense, with compara tively little grease or yolk, and the fleece, which usually weighs about pounds, cov ers the carcass remarkably, and grows well down to the hoofs. We regret not to be able to state the weight of cleansed wool, for we are confident it would compare most favorably with that of fleeces which, in the grease, would weigh a great deal more. He took the first prize in his class at the last show of the New York State Agricultural Society, where the artist secured the sketch for the above en graving. It was very gratifying bo us to wit ness the satisfaction of several wool manufac turers (some of whom we asked concerning their opinion of Mr. Chamberlain’s Silesians,) when they examined the fleece of this ram and other sheep of the same stock. It confirmed us in a long held opinion that it will pay for farmers to produce such wool as manufactur ers want to buy. The wool of these sheep is of great uniformity and excellent quality, opening brilliantly, but the yolk gives it a dark crust at the surface. This kind of Me rinos have compact, well-formed carcasses, and are not given to wrinkles nor grease in the excessive fashion of those popularly known as the Vermont or American Merinos. The In fantado’s were imported also into this country about the same time that “Baron’s” ances tors were taken to Silesia, and from 1813 to about 1845 were bred pure by Stephen At wood of Connecticut. As now known, the two families both claiming much the same parentage, present notable differences, though many similarities, and breeders of good judg ment are divided in their preferences.” Meat for Fowls to Make them Lay. One subscriber asks, what food will induce fowls to lay ? another asks about scrap cake; another about hogs’ lights and similar offal. To those we would say : It is the nature of fowls in goodjjhealth to lay, and they cannot help it—the eggs will come. Scanty fare will reduce their laying propensity, and on very short commons, eggs cease altogether. Rich food promotes the tendency; certain seeds, lik#.. buck wheat, sunflower and hemp seeds in crease it, and meat of any kind does the same. All this, however, farces the fowl into an un natural state, and ordinarily shortens her life. TH®*sggs, besides, have often a poor flavor. Occasional feedings of fresh meat, like the lights }>f hogs chopped fine, are very good in winter when the fowls find no insect food. They ne’pd, besides, hearty food in cold weath er, especially if they are not kept in warm houses. In very cold weather, hens running about and roosting in exposed places, will not lay, though richly fed; their food goes to keeping them warm. Working Cows in the Yoke. —Chas. W. Treadwell, of Rockingham county, N. H., has sent us a beautiful card photograph of a floral car drawm by a pair of cow's, which figured at the late County Fair. He says they use the cows for all kinds of light work, plowing old land, harrowing, hauling wood, etc., and find them serviceable and uninjured in their milk. They are five years old, well broken, give 14 quarts of milk each a.day. Moderate labor will cause a cow to eat more, digest it better, and probably improve her health were she to be kept in a stable. In the pasture she gets an equivalent amount of exercise, and with it the better health and appetite. Much labor immediately reduces the yield of milk, and impairs the quality of that which is obtained. Carrots for Spring Feed. —“ M. H. 5.,” says : Four quarts of oats, with 6 or 8 good sized carrots, will go farther in feeding a horse than eight quarts of oats without the carrots. Alone, the roots are excellent feed for cows in the spring before grass comes. Also chop ped fine, and mixed with ground oats, they make the best of feed for sheep having early lambs. Work in the Horticultural Depart ments. —The “ note of preparation ” should be sounding in every department. Occasional mild days will allow of some out of door work, and the tool-house and repairs in the work shop will give abundant indoor employ ment. Have every thing ready, not only the tools and appliances, but have all plans made for the opening season. Make a Note of it. —It has been ascer ained by a distinguished chemist that tuni ng down the wick of a kerosene lamp for the mrpose of leaving a low flame on going to >ed, or on leaving the room of an evening, is lighly unsafe. The low flame generates a poisonous air in the room, different from, but quite as bad, if not worse, in its effects, than • as from a coal stove. (Bbitog, HARDIN.—D<ed, at the residence of Dr. William Mathews, in Talbot county, on the 20th of January last, after a protracted and painful illness, Mrs. Essa Hardin; aged 65 years. The subjectof truTaßove notice had been a member of the Baptist church for thirty nine years, having been baptized into the membership of the church at Ta'but ton in the year 1828, bv Rev. Wm. Henderson. She was truly a faithful friend, devoted mother, and zealous Christian. Her mourning childreu and many friends have the abundant consolation that she has been only called from herlßng years of labor on earth to enjoy henceforth the “test prepared for the people of God. ’ ———— Medical. =sitr= - "= A, COUGH, A COLD, OR A SORE THROAT, Requires immediate attention, and should be checked. If Allowed to Continue IRRITATION OFTHE LUNGS, A Permanent Throat Disease, Or Consumption, IS OFTEN THE RESULT. &Cnijy BROWN' S' BRONCHIAL TROCHES Having a direct influence to the parts, give imme diate relief. For Bronchitis , Asthma , Catarrh , Consumptive and Throat Diseases , TROCHES ARE USED WITH ALWAYS GOOD SUCCESS. 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The Mason A Hamlin Cabinet Organs were introduced four years since, and are a great improvement upon the Mclodeon, Harmonium, and other reed organs, greatly oxceiling them, especially in the excellent quality and variety of their tonesj; in power and quickness of action and capacity for expression. Warerooms: 59S Broadway, New York; 154 Tremont street, Boston Nov29-3teowA3tew Queensware, China, &c. -JyJ-cBRIDE, DORSETT & CO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN QUEENSWARE, CHINA, GLASS, LAMPS, PLATED WARE, TABLE CUTLERY, dbc. CORNER WHITEHALL AND HUNTER STREETS, ATLANTA, GA. A large and splendid stosk of ware suitable for coun try trade. Dealers are requested to call and examine goods, as our prices compare favorably with the best New York rates. decl3-3m NOTICE! NOTICE! Churches wanting pure whies for Sacramental purpo-- ses, will find a pure article at RED WINE A FOX’S, Wholesale and Retail Diuggists, Corner Whitehall and Alabama Streets, Atlanta, Ga. janlo-4t r* „ Periodical Literature. pHILD’S DELIGHT. CHILD’S DELIGHT. CHILD’S DELIGHT. CHILD’S DELIGHT. CHILD’S DELIGHT. CHILD’S DELIGHT. THE CHILD’S DELIGHT is the best Baptist Child’s Sunday School Paper published. Single copy 50 cents ; for 12 or more, 85 cents each. S. BOYKIN, Macon, Ga. Send and obtain a specimen copy gratis. febl4r-3t rpHE HOME MONTHLY FOR 1867. The Publishers of THE HOME MONTHLY desire to express their 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 wifi not relax in their efforts to make it worthy of being received into every Southern home. Some of the very best writers of the South will contribute for its pages. Among these, besides occasional contributors, may be mentioned the following: Mrs. J. T. H. Cross ; Rev. T. 0. Summers, D.D.; Rev. J. B. McFerrin, D.D.; Rev. R. Abbey; Rev. J. W. Han nei, D.D ; Rev. A. P. McFerrin ; Miss M. J. Upsher; Rev. R. A. Youny, D.D.; F. T. Reid; Rev. J. G. Wilson, A. M.; Rev. R. F. Bunting; J. T. Brown; Jerome Cochran, M.D.; Jus. Maurice Thompson ; Rev. J. B. West • Hon. Neill S Brown; “Aunt Pollie;” Rev. Wm. M. Green ; Mrs. S. E. Peck ; Miss Mary A. Lane. The Home Monthly will contain forty-eight pages of reading matter, printed upon fine paper and in clear type, aud will, from time to time, be accompanied by elegant steel-plate engravings. The subscription price will remain $3 per annum, or $1 50 for six months, in variably in advance. In order to build up a still larger circulation, we have concluded to offer the following list of SPLENDID PREMIUMS: To any one sending us fifty subscriptions and $l5O, we will send a Grover A Baker Sewing Machine, worth $75. This has long been regarded as one of the best machines manufactured. To any one sending us forty subscriptions and $l2O, we will send, in an elegant mahogany case, that splendid work, the Genealogical Bible. This is the best specimen of book-work ever gotten up in this country—the purest paper, Russia binding—tine flexible back, with a geneo logical register on silk paper sufficient for fifty genera tions. The price of this work before the war was SSO. To any one sending us thirty subscriptions aud S9O, we will send a magnificent Photograph Album worth $25, containing likenesses of the leading Confederate Generals. To any one sendirgus twenty subscriptions and S6O, we will send an Album worth sls, containing the same. To any one sending us fifteen subscriptions and $45, we will send $lO worth of any books that can be bought in Nashville, the parties designating the books desired ; or a copy of the last edition of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, containing 3,000 illustrations and 114,000 words. To any one sending us ten subscriptions and S3O, we will send a fine Gold Pen with silver case, worth $5; or a fine Gold Pencil worth the same. Ministers are requested to act as agents, and are al lowed to retain ten per cent, on each subscription for warded. The commission, however, is not allowed when premiums are given. Agents and friends should be early in the field, and send on their lists as soon as possible. Address STARK & HILL, Publishers of Home Monthly', Nashville, Tenn. January 3, 1867 —ex. Jg RIT IS H PERIODIC A.L S. ‘t ’ The Tjondon Quarterly Review ( Conservative .) * The Edinburgh Review {Whig) The Westminister Review (Radical.) m The North British Review (Free Church) „ AND Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (Tory.) These foreign periodicals are regularly republished by us in the same style as heretofore. Those who know them, and who have long subscribed to them, need no reminder ; those whom the civil war of the last few years has deprived of their ojjce welcome supply of the best periodical literature, will be glad to haye them again within their reach; and those who may never yet have met with them, will assuredly be well pleased to receive accredited reports of the progress of European science and literature. TERMS F,OR 1867. For any one of the Reviews. .. .$ 4 CO per annum For any two of the Reviews 700 “ “ For any three of the Reviews 10 00 “ “ For all'four of the Reviews 12 00 “ “ For Blackwood’s Magazine 400 “ “ For Blackwood and one Review 700 “ “ For Rlackwood any any two Reviews. 10 00 “ “ For Blackwood and three Reviews.. , 13 00 “ “ For Blackwood and the four Reviews. 15 00 “ “ CLUBS. 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 bv mail, the Postage to any part of the United States will be but Twenty-tour 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, any one 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 tionw<eceived 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. pT* Neither premiums to Subscribers, nor discount to Clubs, nor reduced prices for back numbers, can be allowed, unless the mouey is remitted direct to the Pub lishers. No premiums can be given to Clubs. THE LEONARD SCOT? 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 gCOTT’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE! SECOND YEARI - THE OLDEST AND LARGEST LITERARY MAGAZINE IN THE SOUTH 1 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 Poetry, 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 Tropes and Metaphors of i he 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, apd 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. ggf Will our exchanges give the above a few inser tions? rpHE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, A WEKKI Y lIELIGIOUS JOURNAL. The Recognized 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 ; paynble on receipt of the first number. No sub scription received for less time than six months. Subscribers desiring to have their Post Offices rhang 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 Blank protests, for notary publics. Price $1.50 per quire. For sale at the FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. Periodical Literature. 7JYEMPERANCE 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 Temperanctcause alone. In doing this, it will seek not only to point out the many and various evils which strong drinit entails upon our race, bu~ also to portray the blessings resulting from Temperance. I have beer, long receiving, from distinguished persons, in different States, encouragement to undertukesuch an enterprise with promises of their aid, if I would do so. I can, therefore, a&surethe public that th* Advocate will con tain the writings of the ablest pros * n the land —the puns ot eminent theologians, physicians, &c. Among others, I have the promise of articles from a distin guished physician, on the physiological effects ot 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 lrie ds of Temperance every where to forward subscribers’ names and money forth with, that I 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. rpilE LADIES’ HOME FOR 1867. Ottr 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-fold. 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 elegaut family journal, one of which our people may feel justly proud, a welcome visitor to every household. TERMS OF S ÜBS CRIP TION. One Copy, one year .$5 00 To Clubs of Ten subscribers, an extra copy will be sent gratis. Specimen copies sent free. ADVERTISING RATES, The Home will be enlarge t during the second or third week in January 1867, to twelve pages, three of which will be left open to our advertising patrons, 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 TIIOS. S. POWELL, PuoriUETOR Ladies.’ Home, janlo Atlanta. Georgia. 1) K’HMOND ECLECTIC MAGAZINE— IU RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY—• ♦ To be published monthly, the first number in Octo her. This Periodical will contain the choicest selections from the British Quarterlies, Monthlies, aiiff’other peri odicals of standard merit; thus presenting, in a cheap, convenient and attractive form, whatever is most \qnr thy of perusal aud preservation in the entin?field of for eign literature. ■-* Nothing sectarian will find a place in thereVg:shs de partment; and while articles of a sectional character will 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 S inhabit. r\k\ Each number will contain about 100 octavo pagoe, 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 n»o --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, may retain $1 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 offer* 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 secticnal 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 whoso taste and judgment we have the highest confidence,) will supply a manifest want, and furnish our people with a healthful and insti uctive 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, • J Pastor of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Ya.' GEORGE WOODBRIDGE, Rector of.Monumental Church, Itichinoud, Va. . . G. MINNIGERODE, Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Richmond, Ya. WM. H. McGUFFEY, , Prof, of Moral Philosophy, University of Ya. R. E. LEE, ■; . 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