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•• IPOB7ISV* ,
BI LLS OF TUB BALL.
11Y LITTLE BETSY.
Belle of the li 1 11 lintHiiglit !
Arrayed in white rones rare,
"With fleecy lace, and diamond glen bis
Amid the dark waves cf my hair.
Belle of the ball lust night 1
Queen o’er a realm of hearts !
Love-tin illed eyes followed my form,
A few flashed jealous darts.
Belle of the ball to night !
Brilliant and gay as fair,
Beauty enhanced bv envied gold,
Vet none so lonely there !
Belle of the ball last night !
Why did the music sound
Like a phantom voice from o’er the sea,
Endlessly crying . “Bound! bound!”
B elle of the ball last night!
Was I not gl oiiously free ?
Ah, no! A ghost, with death-sealed lipc,
Ifipt pointing a Anger at me.
Belle of the ball last night !
Vet bitterly cruel to be,
With a beaming face and idle smiles,
And a spirit far at sea,
Belle of the ball fact night !
And forever at my side,
The dead —the dead in a watery grave—
Less false than his promised bride.
Bella of the ball last night !
Vet, oh ! tender and faithful and lone,
Pity the frail weak woman to-day,
'Whose heart keeps a hidden moan.
■—from tue Baltimorean.
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A BETTER TO .71 IKE I! SON DAVIS OFFERING
TO RESIGN.
From U A Fleet of Secret. History ” in
Scribner's Monthly.
Cami' Oiianoe, 8 A ll 4. 186*.
Mr. President : Your letter* of 28
July and 2 An o', have been reo'd, and 1
have waited for adeisure hour to reply,
l<ut I fear that will never come. , 1 am;
extremely obYfttfe’ tjyyou for the atten
tion given to the wants of this airoy,
and Ihe efforts made to j ply them.
Our absentees are returning, and I, hope
the earnest and bcautiftd appealituacle to
the country in your progjjpnaiion ,pit.y
stir up (.he whole people, gnd that they
siay see their duty and perform it.
Nothing is wanted bpt that their forti
tude should equal their bravery, to. in
sure the success of <>>• VV
must expect reverses, even defeats..
They are sent to teach us wisdom and'
prudence, to call forth greater energies,
and to prevent our falling into greater
disasters. ~Qji.r people have only to be
true and united, to bear manfully the
misfortunes incident to war, and all will
come rigid in the end.
1 know how prong we ,ui'o to censure,.
and how ready to,blame ethers for the;
nonfnifilnient of ,our expectation-.
This is unbecoming in. a generous peo
ple. and I grieve to see its expression.
The general remedy for the want of
success in a military commander is his
removal. This is natural, and in many
instances proper. For, no matter what
may be the ability of the officer, if lie
loses the confidence of bis troops, di-as
tors must sooner or later ensue.
been prompted by these reflec
tions (hqre than ouee since my rev rn
from Penna, to propose to your Exc’y
the propriety of selecting another com.,
mander for this aVrny, I have seen and
heard of expressions of discontent in
the public journals at the result of the
expedition. I do not know how far,
this feeling extends in the army. My
brother officers have been too kind to
report it, and so far the troops have been
too generons to exhibit, it. It is fai ,
however, to suppose that it does exist,
and sdcdeSs.is so necessary to us that
nothing should Jjg., risked to secure it.
j therefore, in all sincerity, request your
Ifixc’y to take measures to supply, my
place. Ido this.with the more earnest
ness because no one is more aware than
jnyself of my inability for the duties of
piy position. I cannot even accomplish
what l myself desire. llow can I ful
fill the expectations of others f In ad
flition, I sensibly feel the growing failure
of my bodily strength. 1 have not yet
recovered fi om the attack 1 experienced
the past Spring. lam becoming more
and more incapable of peisonal exami
nations and giving the personal supervi
sion to the operations in the field which
I feel to be necessary. I am so dull
that in making use of the eyes of others
lam frequently misled. Everything
therefore points to the advantages to
lie derived fro£ „ new commandei, and
I the more anxiously urge the matter up
turn your Exe'y from my belief that a
•younger and abler man than myself ca 1
readily be obtained. I know that he will
have as gallant and ~bi-aVe an army as
ever existed to second his • fforts, and it
would be the happiest day of my life to
see at its head a worthy leader ; one
that would accomplish more than I could
perform, aud all that I have wished. 1
hope jour Exe’y will attribute my re
quest to the true reason, the desire to
stive my country, and to do a 1 in my
pcwir to insure the success of her right
eous cause.
I have no complaints to make of any
one btlt njyself. I have received noth
ing butkindtiessfrom those above me, and
the mbst considerate attention from my
comrades and companions in arms. To
jour Excellency 1 am especially indebt
ed for uniform , kind ness and considera
tion. You have done everything in your
power to aid me in the work committed
to my charge, without omitting any
thing to promote the-general welfare. I
Cray that your efforts may at length he
p itwntd with suecess, and that you may
long live lo in joy tlie thanks of n grate
ful people.
Willi sentiments of great esteem I am
very respectfully and truly yours,
If. E. Lit k. General.
His Exc’y JtfTn Davis, Pres. Confed.
States;
Advice to An Expectant IVrule.
The following letter was recently ad
dressed to a laily about to become
a bride, by a gentleman acquaintance,
in aekomvlcdgnunt of the receipt ot her
wedding cards. It gains a me'unchoJy
interest from the tact that the young
wife died soon after her marriage:
I am bolding some pasteboard in my
bands Addie! —three stately pluzkiugs
from the bush of ceremony ! ] am gaz
ing upon a card, and upon a name—a
name with which your gmtle life began,
a t.nmo with which your throbbing heart
was lost. There is nothing strange
about that card. The maiden sign still
looks up in m it, calm and customary,
as it looked on many a friendly .visit, as
it lies in many a formal basket. I am
gazing, too, .upon a card where the
nearer parent tells the world she will be
“At Home,” one day ; and that is noth
ing new ! Put there is another card,
w hose mingling there puts a tongue of
tire into this speechless pasteboard, en
ameling (ate on commonplace ! it tells us
that feeling is maiming into destiny, and
that these cards gye bqt the pale heralds
ot a coming crisis; when a hand that
has pressed friends’ hands and plucke 1
flowers shall close down on him to
whom she shall he trrend and flower
forex or alter. 1 have si nt you a few flow
ers to adorn the dying moments of your
single lite. T hey are the gentlest types
of a delicate and dunble triend. They
sprang up by our side when others have
deserted it ; and they will be -found
watching oa< r iur graves when those
who should cherish have forgotten us.
It seems meet to me that a past so calm
and pure as yours should expire with a
kindred sweetness about it; that Hovers
ami music,kind fi tends and dearest w ords,
should "onsetrate the hour w hen a senti
menl is passing into a sacrament. The
throe great stages ot our being are tie
birth, the Initial and the burial. To the
first we biing only' weakness—ter the
last we have nothing hut dust. But
heie, at the altar, where life joins life,the
pair come throbbing up to the holy man,
whispering the di et> promise that arms
eacii with the others heart, to help on in
the ife-struggle of care aud duty The
beautiful will"be there, borrowing new
beauty from the scene. The gay and
the frivolous,, they and their flounces,
will look solemn for once. And youth
will cpm.e,. to gaze on all its sacred
thoughts pant tor ; and age will totter up
to hear theoid words repeated that to
thpir own lives have given t e charm.
Some will weep oyef it as it it \Vebß ,a
tomb, and.spine will La.tigu over it as ii
it was a joke; but t(*K> must stand by it
tor it is fate, uot foil, tins everlasting
locking of their lives. And now!, can
y ou, who have queened it over so niamy
bending forms, can you comedown at
last to the frugal diet ct a single heart"?
Hitherto you have been a clock, giving
your time to all the world- Now you
area watch, buried in one particular
bosom, warming only, his breast, marking
only his hours, and ticking only to the
Beat of his heart—where time and feel
ing shall Vie in unison, until these lower
lies are lost in that higher w-edlock
where all hearts are united around the
great, iCentral Heart of all. Hoping
that calm sunshinej may hallow your
clasped t ands. I siuk silently into a
signature.
She Meant Business.
They have some queer girls over in
Colorado. One of them who resides in
the Cache la Poudre valley had been re
ceiving the attention of a young man for
about a year, but becoming impatient at
his failu re to bring matters to a crisis,
she resolved to ascertain his intentions.
When he next called she took him gent
ly by the ear, led him to a seal, and
said: .
“Nobby, you’ve bin foolin round this
claim mighty near a year, an’ hev never
yit shot off ver mouth on the marry in
biz. I’ve cottoned to yer on the square
clean through, an’ hev stood off _ every
other galloot that has tried ter chip in ;
an’ now I want yer to come down tobiz
ness or leave the ranche. Ft yev on the
marry, an’ want a paid that 11 stick rite
to ye till ye pass in yer checks an the
good Loru calls ye over the range, jest
sfqueal an’ we’ll hitch ; hut ef that ant
yer game, draw out and give some other
teller a show fur his pile. Jo>vsingye
gong or skip out.”
He sang.— Laramie Sun.
m
The Man Wlio Never Told a Lid.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
records this : Genei'al Washington now
and then took notice of singular facts m
natural history. Two years before Ins
death, old Colonel Perkins, of Roaton,
then a young gentleman, visited him a<i
Mount Vernon. As he was sitting with
voun Perkins on the verandah, winch
overlooked the Potomac, a toad hopped
along on the ground near them, “winch
led him to ask me,’’ says. Colonel i er
kins “if I had ever observed tne reptile
swallow a firefly. Upon my answering
in the negative, he told me that he had,
and that from the thinness of the skin
of the toad be bad seen the light of the
I firefly after it had been swallowed. I hi*
! W as,a new and to me a surprising met iff
! natural history.
COIsTYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870.
Business Petr
Dun, lhtrlow <fc Cos., of the Mercan
tile Agency of New York, have issued
there annual circular, showing the num
ber and extent ot the business failures
for the past year. The figures indicate
that during 1875 “there was a much
larger increase in the number of failures
than any twelve months since, 1870,
but the average amount of liabiiiticG for
each failure is less than any similar peri
od in that, time.” The total number ot
failures in the \tear was 7,740, the lia
bilities being $201,00&,353. Towards
thjs New York City alone contributed
051 bankrupts who owed $49,263,667,
an amount far in excess of the total
debts ot all bankrupts in any other entire
Stale. The State that stands nearest
the city hi point both of number of fail
ures and extent of indebtedness is Mas
sachusetts, wherein 772 people, owing
$27,494-943, were declared insolvent.
There ft a wide gap between these fig
ures and those which represent the con
dition of affairs in the keystone State,
which comes’next onthe list as to the
gross amount for which men failed,
though not in regard to the number of
suspensions. Pen ylvania’s 583 unforfu
nate traders owed $18,247,872, whilst
the7C6 of New Y-oii; State outside
of New York City were declared
liable to the extent of only $11,920,
822. The Middle States suffered most
severely. There failures were 2,365,
w ith sß2.s22,346lial>ilities. The Western
States followed with 2,386 bankrupts,
owing $36,473,864. Though the New
England States have $40,015,164 ct in
debtedness placed opposite them, the
defaulters we e only 1.385 in number.
The Southern -States were lowest
both in regard to suspensions and amount?
An idea of what has taken place as com
pared with previous y ears may he formed
w hen it is stated that the failures were
more last year than in 1874 by 1,910, and
that the debts owed were $45,821,000 in
t xcess. The amount failed for was, how
ever, less in 1873 by about $27,000,000,
but it was $80,000,000 ahead of 1872,and
nearly sll =,000,000 over 1871. As the
number of people in business in the
United Slates is 630,000. the bankrupts
represent a proportion one in every 82,
TW Crave.
Strangers pass it bv unheede 1, in the
deep shade, almost hidden fron view by
violets and forget-me-nots, ami the
„ aiKic omu u_y me asnes 01 one wnem
yon are sure in life was fairest on earth.
Years have passed ; years of travel and
study. Yon well remember the-mornyou
pressed a kiss upon her brow—the seal
of your love and sincerity. Then the
-.news of her death is sent you, and for
a while it stems impossible tyo resign
yourself to wotk ; but time conquers all.
Though the void in you.r heart is never
filled, 3 fairer features- and darker eyes
perchance fora moment demand a
thought, hut it is only mom. nary,
fleeting before the constancy of first
love. Now you stand by her grave
with the flood of old remembrances
flowing in, .and recall those last mo
ments so vividly pictured in your brain.
0!i, time, restore youth again ! you vainly
cry, as memories of green fields and
cloudless skies appear; indeed, the flow
ers above her grave seem sweeter, and
you pluck some of them to pres*; then
follow the path that has not lost. its ,ti
miliar aspect by .flow of years. The
road leads you to the sclu ol house ; it
is common place enough now, but it
onve inspired y-ou with awe. Two faces
turned in at the door years ago, now
the fairest sleeps in the graveyard.
The shadow of the church falls beyond
it telling you that eveuing app.ioach
eth. U
Existence has taken on it middle life
the misery of old age to you, all that
made your future blight seems lying
beneath the mound. Do what you will,
somehow the memory of your first love
will keep you shrouded in tender nielan
choly ever afterward.
The Innocent Boy.
The Vickburg boy can stand up with
any other boy in the world against an
accusation. The other day when a
Vicksburg mother-discovered sugar on
the pantry shelf, she called to her bel
aud said: t
“Someone has been stealing this su
gar!
“Is it possible TANARUS” lie exclaimed, rolling
uo his eyeo in astonishment.
“Yes', it is possible, and the thief is
not far away, either.”
“Ain’t he ? do you suspect father ?
“No; I don’t.”
“Couldn’t be the cat, could it ?” hte
inquired, glancing under the table in
search of the feline.
“Cats don’t eat sugar, young mau !”
“They don’t?”
“No, sir; the thief is a boy about your
size.”
“He is, eh ? I’d just like to catch lain
in here once 1"
“It this sugar is disturbed again, she
said, as she covered the box, 4 i know of
a boy who'll get his jacket dusted.”
“That’s bully 1 I wish you’d let me
stay out of school, bo’s to see you catch
rind-maul him.”
Apd lie went out to devour t' e other
lumps.
Dr. J. L. Reynolds in the Memphis
Baptist calls for a Baptist Congress “‘to
arrest the spread of error and the ten
dencies to division, or to draw the lino
of separation between the true and the
false, and marshal all real Baptists along
the line ot the ancient landmarks.” flow
these desirable ends are to be accom
plished the doctor doos uot tell us.
Fashion Note*.
STRUCT DR KSB —Till'! PKINCRSpK.
iTlie newest style out for street umtiune
is the princesse polonaise - It is a Paris
garment, and comes from Worth. The
hack ot the waist is in basque shape,
with seam down the middle, the long
side (onus extending to the shoulder;
The back of the skirt is laid in kilt
plaits, each side turning toward the cen
ter, and joined to the lower edge of tie
basque. Two sashes, one end of each
f.istened cn each tinder arm sv.Aui over
the lower ( lid of the basque and knotted
carelessly at the side, falling gracefully
over the plaits. The front ot this gar
ment has hut one dart on each side.
Handsome sashes, one end of each fas
tened on each dart, at the waist line, and
til'd in front, the fringed ends hanging.
The polonaise is very long,reachin’ wit h
in seven inches of the bottom of the
skirt. 'The front is closed with buttons 1
and button-holes. This pattern is used ,
for silks and velvets, and is equally
adapted tor woolen goods. p req lires
beneath it a closely-clinging skirt, with
out any trimming except a narrow, box
plaiied flounce at the bottom.
IJAI.I. DKKBSKS. •
A youthful and uretty s'y'e is of puffed
white tarlatan, with long overdress ot
the same, and trimmed with rushes, and
caught up with black velvet ribbon and
daisies, which are carr'ed to the shoul
ders. Black velvet sash.. Dresses of
miffed tulle overpink satm, caught up.
with branches ot roses. Pink satin sash
Hoses to the left of the corsage.
A beantifuldress is of frosted tulle,
ti'imincd with silver fringe, over a robe
of gros grain, trimmed with wide white
blond. Sash of gras-grain.
Another is of white crape, trimmed
with side plaited flounces bound with
White satin, over a robe ot satin. Gar-,
niture consists ot sash and trails for skirt
and bodice of moss rose buds, aud blue
torget-me-oota
Lteeli hull I kerchiefs with colored em
broidery, as well as those- with colored
borders, are quite popular. •' We have
seen some very pretty linen centers with
silk borders, and n vino of silk embroid
ery on tiie linen matching in color the
border. ■
Handsome morning 1 seta ’ comprise
ruffles for the neck and wrists, barbe
necktie, a dainty Fanchon cap and
handkerchief, all b Titered with crimped
ruffles scalloped with scarlet or blue.
* ' 1 4,.1t lulu U’if.h fclmwv
garni ures, are growing more ana more
in favor. Many of these have very little
trimming upon the outside, feathers al
ways matching the color ot the hat.
Velvet or dark felt hats are elaborately
trimmed.
VV A I.KIHG SHOES
are made with broad, heavy soles, square
cut toes with rounded corners. Ladies
who object to wearing India rubber
overshoes, have a thin layer of rubber
placed upon the sole.
‘'flack(velvet bools are very fashiona
ble, and for dressing toilets, those in the
black satin embroidered up the inside
front and scalloped around the top, are
now used.
White kid or satin boots ar* worn with
evening t. ilettes.
. A recent bride in our city wore white
velvet boots-.with handsome buttons;
agates set in gold.
The quilted silk or satin slippers will
always he worn as ,a tfliome comfort."
Many of these . show linings of white
silk, and arqund the top is a broad hand
of velvet, with how upon the instep,
matching in color the slippers. —Sunny
South ,
Not Very Politic, to Say the Least.
The Catholic Review boast that the
Catholic population of this country is
increasing so rapidly that “it seems to
be merely a question of time and that
not very lemote, when its number will
preponderate over all other religions
faiths." In view of this fact it s.-iys : MVt’e
can afiord to wait this consummation of
the glorious will of Con,” though to
wait is hard, and to endure assault while
forbidden to strike back, especially u hen
you know you are able to strike effective
ly, requires great forbearance. Cat bo
dies, we a-i?e told, .“don’t want to en
gage in a fight,” hut if a fight is forced
upon them,"let their opponents beware
“At any momeut,” says the review, “the
Catholics of the United States move as
a body, they can decide any election.
We know that they can not, nor do they
desire to, form a distinct political party ;
but they can make any such party tri
umphant or insure defeat.” This, we
are told, is “no* a b'd for the favor ol
Democrats or Republican,” hut then, at.
the same time, we are interned that, “the
Republican paity is about to die," mid
we ars left 10 infer that the hopes of the
Catholics are in the Democratic party.
The Review affects great calmness and
serenity does “not think it inadvisable
to ponder somewhat upon the strength
tneir numbers give them.” Utterances
such as these are calculated to induce
others than Catholics to “podder."
Bet the Quill Be Used.
A citizen ot Lexington has in his pos
session a quill ot a condor which has a
history. It was given to Henry Clay in
1824, with an injunction never to cut it
until he was elected President, when he
W.as to write his fit-rt message with it.
In case he were not elected, it was not
to he cut un.il a ‘-constitutional I’resi
dent wrote a constitution! message for
all the. States.”. After Mr. Clay’s (lealh
it was given to Millard Fillmore, hut hi
was likewise.unable to use it.. - During
the last campaign the owner-determined
to give it t-/ Air. Greeley should he be
elected. The quill, which is still.uncut,
is over three feet long, and is as large
round as a man’s thumb.
I. ibluVig Up ii Toucher lor Hindu-
Shj was at one of the union school
houses h ilf an hull' before school open
ed. She had “Linda” with hoi. She
was a tall woman, forty years of age,
w ill) a jaw show iug great detei mimition,
and “Linda" was sixteen, and latlmr shy
iml uretty good looking. TTi mother
said she hadn't been in the city long
and that it was her duty to get Linda
into school and see that she was proper
ly educated. When the teacher came,
the mother b 'ldly inquired :
“You know enough to teach, do you T*
“I think I do," replied the teacher,
blushing deeply. -
“And you feel competent to govern
tlie scholars, do yon 1"
“Vos'iii.” " ’
“Do you pound 'em with a ferrule, or’
lick ’em with a whip ? '
“Wo seldom resort to punishment
here," replied the embarrassed teacher.
“That's better yet,” continued the
mother. “I know that it Linda should
come home all pounded up I’d feel like
killing someone. 1 suppose yofi arc of
a respectable character, iKrt'i. vini TANARUS"
“Why—alrcm —why" stammered the
teacher, growing white and Inen red.
“I expect you a.ie,’ eontinm <1 the wo
man. ‘it‘s well to knov\ who •ur otiil
dren are assoceiating with. Now, then,
do you allow the boys and girla to sit
toget her TANARUS"
“No, ma’am. ’’
“That’s right They never used to
when 1 was young, and- ! don't, think
Linda is any better that! I am. Another
thing : Do you allow any winking'?”
“Any what!” exclaimed the puzzled
teacher.
“Do you allow a hoy to wink at a
girl?" asked the woman.
“Why; no.”
“I was atijiid you did. I.itpla is as
shy as a bit and, and it she should come
home some night and l< ( me that she
had been winked at 1 don't know what
I’d do. Now, ariothei thing—do you
have a beau ?”
“Why —why—’ was the stamering re
ply.
“1 think you do!' >resunied the woman
severely “I know just ho-" it works.
vVhen you should be oxulainii g what au
archipelago is you are thinking ot your
Richard, and your mind is wav, way
off.' ‘ .
“But, madam— 1 •*<’’
“Never mind any explanations,’ inter
bro light* up to‘Witty
writing and spellographv, and it you’ve
got a beau and are spooking to the the
atre one night, a candy null the next, a
horse race the next and so on, yquroan‘l
be on edueasion. (Joint*, Linda, we'll
go to some other school house. “ —De
trod l<rce /‘rests.
Our State Government.
The Talbot ton Standard slashes at the
State government in a very indiscrimi
nate manner:
Asa mailer of stubborn truth we pro
pose to mention a few of the terrible
extravagances that charaeteri're our “lo
cal self government.’' in Ge< ruin, showing
at •ouch that we are ahead of Egypt “or
any other sea* port town” in that fine:
Beginning with our Governor, we find
that he occupies the chnii at 'our thous
and a year, which was on -e occupied by
the best men the world ever saw at It out
two to three thousand. lie lives in a
mansion that cost he Slate $li)J,!)>0;
bought by a Radical Legislature,
’tis tine, yet the present
government .Toes not seem inclined
Cos sell out at a ba'girn and practice
economy oncoming our people by putting
their servant in a smaller hoinp--. The!
Attorney Genera 1 , the grandest sidecut-e
ever perpetrated, wraps himself arou and
$2,000 a year, when before Hillocks
reign such an officer was neVer heard of.
'Phis was created to li.l up by some
thieving Radical and it is still retained
by his economical (?) administration.
Next we have the clerk of the Stpremej
court with his fat sa’jiry of SI,OOO aj
year, When there are thousands, as com-*!
petent as he, would pel form the .dulled j
lor SBO 0. Then v, e have a kcejrbi- otj
the public buddings with a sa ary of
S2,QUO and an appropriation of $20,000
ai his disposal ti/keep things in order.
The public printing has ar. appropriation !
of $20,000,a year, w hich is tutragoous. j
l lie must gigantic frauds of all contain.|
tie nißelv.eS in the departrrieiit. of ag-icti! j
lure, State Geologist, and blate Hoard
of Health which are-supported at a cost]
of $20,000 a year, and a*e worth about j
as much to the State as the office of At.
lomey General. The next we mention
is enough to make any pure patriot ci v
amt with pain : the public school fund,
which is $150,000 a year. ,A greater
swindle was never perpetrated upon any
people, as it is Operated. • A ( uolic
school System properly managed is no
doubt a beneficial thing, but the way
ours is operated, we defy any man tb
show us the good accruing from it. Our
legislatures cost us just $115,000 per
annum, and the last one- was not worth
fifty cents to the Slate ! The m rubers
receive a salary of seven dollars, wh m
our best men once served for lour, in
( ] lys of marked j rorperity.
Mr Si due y Lanier, a young Southern
poet whom contributions to some of the*
magazines have recently attracted a
great deal of notice, has been appointed
to write the text of a cant ala lor the
opening of the centennial festival} Mr.
Dudley Buck is to compose the -music.-
Both seleo ions seetps to he good ones,
and the new era/of reconciliation will'be
fitly symbolizedjhy this Union of North
and .South in the song of celebration j
'!< 1 & a SJl_®J3_S •
The grand total of .Methodists
throughout the tvmld is 1,1 19.105 mem
bers.
The Southern Presbyterian AssettyllVy
enumerates 871 Sabbath schools. Their
united contributions amounted, I ni year,
to $80,900 ; the average attendance of
teachers being C,OJ ) and scholars 85,-
000.
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Pope Pitts IX,. the t'\vd hundred and
liftv.seventh Hninah pontiff,’is the two
hundred and titty-sixth successor to -Bv.
Peter. Elected pope oil the 18th Jiihe,
and crowned on the 21st .June, lft fO. tffo
holy father is in the thirtieth year of hrs
pontilieate. Born on the l.'l li of May,
1792, he is hi his eighty.fourth votif.
The sacred college at present compiises
willful it liltyceighteardimls. Thenuid
ber ot patriarchs, primates, archbishops,
and bishops shows a grand total el 1,108.
In ill- British empire there are 125
Catholic prelates. *-
I)*'. Tutelage is a firm telievcr in
prayer. He says: “I believe in answers
to prayer. My grandmother was A
Christian woman. One night Jie.r ohi)-
dren wanted to go ton party. She toiid,
“Yon may go; but. I wi 1 pray for you."
They Wi lit, but did not have a goo l
time. My Uncle Thomas was on h,s
knees in his chamber before God, r.r , l
after awhile the farm hands came in
from the burn and said something was
the matter with David, who was my
father. He was praying ‘God have mer
cy on my soul.' A young woman he
thought, much of—Catherine Van Ness,
mv future nfotlier—was soon after vis
aed bv him, and he told h(*> of hits in
terest in tlm subject’ ot religion. Site
was converted ; and the result was that
at the next communion service in the
Somerville church two hundred and
seventy persons became members. My
niothei, w hen her littte children wferi*
growing up around her, united with tivk
mothers in a prayer-meeting, and all
the children we tie converted. I was the
hint one ot the thirdly who Was brought
lo Cubist. My mother had a strong
desire that her sons might ho minisiei's,
nj.d she played ljit foul' o: them became
‘P re a oners of tnv Gospel. I would he a
w retched infidel if I did uot believe in
Ui ■ ‘
■ An exchange hits bar I as ■ follows :
“Christiuiihy is weary of mere 1 senti
mentality in religious worship.,* : It has
had rater and molasses enough. It
wants lhe old wine, and the bertlYviite
of the Gospel, and it must have it or
sink into a miserable marasmus. Ritu
alistic foppery and ecclesiastical millin i.y
have proved how* utterly ineffective * fer
good they are. They bring religion into
contempt, and make worship ridiculous.
The Congregationaiiat expounds self
detii.-il ar, fodotVs : • - . ,
For a,young nnrti so j.h'eod llhft' for
him to allow himself some indulgence
lawful to him inUht be to tempt some
companion to an indulgence to him un*
lawful ami dangerous, to give up that
plea-ure, to close permanently all the
avenues of Ills nature w-hich lend in that
direction, for the sake of the benefit, to
he hoped to another fr-llu that transac
tion ; as Paul dred his willingness.to
eat no meat (to him lawful, and, in itself,
stiieilv expedifin) while the world
slum and st: nd, it for him to do so would
he to make his brother, ot weak con—
scion -e to offend. 'I otal abstinence from
intoxicating drinks may. be to yon,
friend, a self-deni,tl. h sip by all meant!
ex- 1 rise it. That exorcise may re-übt in
Weksing on yourself, while, almost sure
ly, it, wifl Ik Ip (and may save) others.
The Riw.sbj terian systematzes the
ways of giving the religion and charily
thus : . ’ .
One way ie. -to give some hing to ev
ery Cause that’ is presented, without
i. qnriti-v into its merits. This is a care
less way, tint heller than non*-.
A second way is to give from impulse,
as much and’ as often as love and pil/
prompt. This i- adapted to these ot the
rich who are Wind-lit ailed.
A third way is to save the <soft of lux
lilies,''find supply them to purpose ot
religion and charily. T)iis (/ is toy
the self-indulgent. With the frugal it
is apt to h accompanied by narrowness,
asceticism, and pride ti good works.
A fourth way is to make a special
effort to earn money for benevolent ob
jects. This is for lazy peop'e.
A fifth way is to lay aside ns an offer
ing to Gob, ty -d- fhilrt) portion of our
gains cne-tenth, one-fifth, one-third one
half. This, way is adapted to all, hut
especially to the penurious, economical
and hardworking, the extravagant,
! the poor, whose gifts would he hugelt
1 increased if generally practiced, i (>
A sixth wayls td gi/c to Ood atra the
i needy itisl as much as v/e spend on
1 •; J .... o*>> 1
•urselves. .
A seventh way is <’o hunt onr own
i expenditures to a certain sum, add giyu
! a way all tlm rest of ..ur income. Jm*
! was John Wesley's way.
We should not confine ourss ves to
j one why of giving, hut practice, and
! teach our children, different mo les, el. h
i„ its . roper place, as occasion requtr.-i.
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One who link been investigating tho
Subject says that sixty-eight pbr cent or
the J members of evnngehx-al •'Clilnelifs
tiro the fruits of buuday-school msli no
tion.
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