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Volume 2.
TRUTH AND TRUST.
•• Some day,” we say, and tnrn our eyes
To will'd the far hills of paradise.
Some day, some time, a sweet, new rest
Shall blossom, flower-like, in each breast.
Some time, some day, our eyes shall see,
The faces kept in memory.
Rome day, their hands Bhall clasp our hands
Just over in the Morning Lands.
Same day our ears shall hear the song
Of triumph ovA sin and wrong.
Some day, some time, bnt oh ! not yet,
But we will wait and not forget
That some day all these things shall bo,
And rest be given to you and me.
So wait, my friend, though years move slow,
The happy time will come, we know.
id ifs s s & il a m *
Philosophy tor Creditors.
The following incident has tickled our
fancy not a little. Js there no ebance to
pet a song out of some of our delinquent
subscribers?
A pleasant little story for these times
comes to us from England. It seems
that there was at Hedmondwicke a
business man who was in a fix which
may bo thus briefly stated: Debts, so
and so; assets, nil. So he called to
g ther his creditors. He laid before
them this simple and sorrowful state
ment, and explained that not even a
ghost of a dividend was to be expected.
One of the unfortunates, however, was
not Jo be put off in that way. He knew
that the bankrupt l ad a good voice, and,
determined to have something, said:
“ Can't you at least sing us a song?”
The insolvent gentleman was willing to
do what he could, bo lie warbled, “Then
you’ll remember me," rendering that
ballad with a tremulous pathos oalcula
ted to soften the heart of Shylock him
self. They knew it. They felt it.
They were likely to remember him.
Whether something a little jollier might
not have been medicinal to the occasion,
is a -question ; something like “ Cheer
up, my lively lads!’’ or, O, what's the
use of sighing 1” or, “ Back and sides
go bare." Still there was a pretty pro
priety in the ballad chosen, to say noth
ing of its absolute truth. A wretch
forgotten by father and mother and all
his friends will at least be warm’y re
membered by his creditors. Sleeping
they will dream of hitn ; waking they
will energetically mention him ; as they
balance their accounts they will recall
ths moment of exquisite confidence and
childlike trust. Besides, in a full, com
plete, absolute, and perfect rounded in
so vency there is a neat finish ; nor is it
en irely without a comic element. The
er> ditors’ meeting is a solecism. The
“statement” is a sort of one-sided bu’l.
The feeling that there is really nothing
to be done about it is comic. Applica
tion for a dischargee-under such circum
stances is in itself an immense piece ot
humor. Then philosophy comes hi. It
is as easy to laugh as to cry. Give us a
song if you cannot give us anything
else. We have known singing to be
tried in Wall street during a panic with
good effect, when men's notes ot a vocal
kind were worth more than their notes
of hand. Music has a silver sound. So
sing !
Words Fitly Spoken.
In the closing article of his will, the
late David Snow, a Boston millionaire,
says :
“It is my earnest desire and requrst
that all my heirs (this, of course, is more
especially directed to the males), should
invest their means in the sate way, and
pursue some steady, permauen, legiti
mate employment with great persever
ance and industry, and success is sure to
crown their efforts in due lime. This
course is not only an honorable one, but
is almost always the most successful and
satisfactory in the long run ; whereas,
dealing in stocks and engaging in un*
certain and rash speculations I regard as
a epeciea of gambling at best, a mere
lottery, and although sometimes pleasing
and exciting when the luck is good, still
in the main such a course is generally
very injurious and demoralizing, and of
ten ends in ruin, both pecuniarily and
morally. It is my hope and ardent de
sire that my heirs will ever be honest,
liberal, steady, industrious, kind to the
needy, and attend regularly some church,
my choice being, of course, the Metho
dist, which has been so long so dear to
;ne.”
How Nice to be President.
A salary ot $50,000, a mansion sus
tained in a style of luxury that few per
sons dreamed of, furnished, repaired,
and heated at an annual expense of $25,
000, with the yery air breathed there
perfumed by rare exotics, propagated in
a §55,000 garden house, maintained at
an annual expense ot $35,09 ); a private
secretary at $3,000 a year to do the
President’s writing ; two assistant secre
taries, at $2,500 a year to do the wotk
Ot the private secretary ; two clerks at
12,25 Q to do the work of the assistant
secretaries ; a steward at $2,000 a year
lo supply the president’s table with the
choicest wines and richest viands that
eould tempt or satiate his appetite ; with
56,000 a year for hpoks, periodicals, sta
tionery, telegrams, ant) other contingen
cies. If the children of Israel sighed
for the flesh pots of Egypt, what must
tie the anguish of a sensitive soul when
taking a last long farewell cf such salary
and luxuries.
tfhc gacMalr ♦cgistcr.
CONYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Q 4, 1876.
Obituary—The Boston Mini,
The Boston newspapers of last
Wednesday were exceedingly historical
nd not a little sentimental. The fa
mous elm tree, thepridsof Boston Com
mon, which is in its turn the pride of
Boston, was upon the previous evening
blown down by the gale—the windiest
catastrophe since the destruction of Mr.
Gilmore’s Coliseum. This tree was one
of 'he pet objects of the town. There
have been controversies about its
age, but all the combatants admitted
that it was very old. It figured upon
the oldest map of the town, which was
engraved in 1722, and there are those
who hold that it was growing before
the arrival of tne first settlers in 1630.
It was affectionately spoken of as “the
oldest inhabitant ot Boston.” Skeptics
declared that it was planted by a Capt.
Henchman in 1570 to shelter the Ancient
and. Honorable Artillery Company
which he commanded. This legend,
however, was exploded by Dr. Warren,
who printed a monograph of the Great
Tree, and proved that il must have been
100 years old in 1722. One hundred
and ninety rings were counted in a
branch broken off in 1860, which must
have been considerably younger than
tho tree itself. It belonged to a species
known as the “American or White Elm.’
Its first catastrophe was in the Summer
in 1832, when a gale partially broke off
four of its larger limbs. They were,
however, restored by careful surgery,
bolted into their original places, and are
said to have grown back iuto the tree
again. In June, 1860, it lost a limb
measuring 42 L "hen in circumference.
Still it continued to grow, Aecordiug
to the latest measurement in 1860 the
following were its proportions: Girth
at the ground, 34 feet; at 3 feet abov 3
it was feet; at 5 feet, above, 16£
feet.
This tree has been a very useful one
in its day. It isisupposed that William
liobiuson. Marmaduke Stevenson, and
Mary Dyar, the Quaker martyrs, were
hanged "from it. In 1676 an Indian cap.,
live was tied to it and put to death. In
1728 a duel was fought under it by two
young gentlemen who were in love with
tbe same lady. Benj. Woodbridge was
left dead ou the field, while Henry P fil
lips, his antagonist, escaped to Europe.
The Revolutionary associations of the
old tree were not numerous. It inust.be
confounded with the Liberty Tree at the
corner of Washington and Essex-sis.,
which was cut down by the Brifsh sol
diers duriug the siege ot Boston. The
Old Elm, however during the pre- Revo
lutionary period was a place of resort for
the Sons of Liberty, and was frequently
illuminated on festal occasions. Mauy
Tories were hung in ettigy from its
branches, and several members, we be
lieve. of the British Ministry. In 1851
Mayor Smith, who was by profession a
surgeon, took great interest in pruning
and otherwise caring tor the tree. He
protected it by a handsome iron fence.
Before this the great hollow in the trunk
bad received fifteen barrels of clay, and
was covered with a cauvas fastened
around it. Dr. Smith also put up an
appropriate inscription, which slated
among other things that “the tree iiad
been standing for an unknown period.”
An offshoot was discovered in 136 J, ot
which great care has been taken.
The Poor Drunkard,
I was once was playing with a beauti
ful boy in the city of Norwich, Conn.
I vvas carrying him to and fro on my
back, both of us enjoying ourselves ex
ceedingly ; for I loved him, and I think
he loved me. During our play, I said to
him :
•‘Harry, will you go down with me to
the side of the stone wall V
“Oh, yes 1” was his cheerful reply.
We went together, and saw a man lying
listlessly there, quite drunk, his face up
turned to the bright, blue sky, the sun
beams that warmed and illumined us,
lay upon his porous, greasy face ; the
pure morning wind kissed his parched
lips, and passed away poisoned ; the ve
ry swine looking more noble than he,
for they were fulfilling the purpose of
their being. As I looked upon the poor
degraded man and then looked upon the
child, with his bright brow, his beautiful
blue eyes, his rosy cheeks, his pearly
teeth, and ruby lips, the perfect picture
of life and peace—as I looked upon the
man and then upon the child, and felt
his little hand convulsively twitching in
mine, and saw his little lips grow white
and his eyes diin, gazing upou the poor
drunkard—then did I pray God to give
me an everlasting, increasing capacity to
hate, with a burning hatred, any instru
mentality that could make such a thing
of a being once as fair as that little
child.— Gough.
James Russell Lowell’s idea of the
problem . “Every man has his block
given him, and the figure he cuts will
depend very much upon the shape of
that—upon the knots and twists which
existed iu it from the beginning. We
were designed in the cradle, oerhaps ear
lier, and it is in finding out this design
and shaping ourselves to it that our
years are spent wisely. It is the vain
endeavor to make ourselves what we
are not, that has strewn history with so
many brokeu purposes and lives left in
the rough.’’
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The population of Texas has more
than doubled since the war. In its
northeast portion, not far from the Lou
isiuna line, it has quintupled. Lands a.,
bout Marshall and Dallas, which in 1860
-7 were worth orly $2 50 per acre, can
not now be bought tor $25 or SSO per
acre, according to locality.
Points*
Many persons seem to think that
commas, periods, semicolons, etc, were
invented to puzzle honest people, and
that they really have no serious, practi
cal meaning.
The following stanza (which may be
either a simple statement of common
place truths, or a tissue ot quaint lies,
according to the manner of punctuating)
ought to be euongii to disprove any
such erroneous notion. Wo will give
the lying versiou first:
“I’ve seou the sun all on a blaze of fire.
I've seen a house high as the moon, and high
er,
I've seen the sun at twelves o’clock at night.
I’ve seen the man that saw this wondrous
sight.”
This seems sufficiently marvellous ;
but let us alter the puno'nation, retain
ing the same words, in the same order,
and the statements are tame enough :
“I’ve seen the suu : all on a blaze of fire
I’ve seen a house j high os tho moon, and
higher,
I’ve seen the sun : at twelve o’clock at night
I’ve seen the man that saw t is wondrous
sight.”
This stanza we have heard ascribed
to Mr. Jefferson ; but we are by no
means sure that it is not older than his
grandfather.
A somewhat remarkable will-case in
England, all turned upon tho quest! hi,
whether there was a dash between two
words. A certain nobleman had left a
will, providing that A. B. should have
all the black and while horses owned
by the testator. Now, it the legatee
was to have all the black horses, and all
the white horses, he would inherit a
handsome fortune ; for the nobleman
was a horse-fancier, and had many very
valuable black horses, and many white
horses, also very valuable. But if the
legatee was to have only the black-and
white (i. e., tne pied) horses, he would
get only a lew spotted ponies. So the
whole matter turned upon the question
ot the existence ot one or two dashes
in the instrument of writting. We
suspect that the legatee thought that
punctuation was important.
It is said that a man was walking
along in London one morning, and was
anxious tor a drink, and equally anxious
for a shave; but, as be had only four
pence-half-penny, he was at a loss to
decide what to do with it, when sudden
ly he saw a barbre’s sign, which seemed
to read as follows :
“What do you think ?
James Mcllheney
Shaves for a penny,
And throws in a drink!”
lie entered the shop at once, got
shaved, took a drink, and, handing his
four pence-halt-penny to ihe barber,
asked for his change. “Change!" said
the barber; “there’s no change due
you. You have not paid all your bill.”
The man protested that the sign ever
the door informed him that a shave and
a drink could both be procured tliere for
a peuny. “Oh !” said Mollheney,
“you’ve read it wrong ; come, look at it
again.” The examination was made,
and it was ascertained that the sign
read thus;
“What ! Do you think
James Mollheney
Shaves for a penny,
And throws in a drink ?”
Which is the same as saying, “If you
do think so, you are vastly mistaken.”
Few people have any idea of how
much the printer has to do in the way
of correcting the punctuation of many
ot our very best writers. Few articles
in our newspaper are punctuated in print
as they were in manuscript.
An Important Decision.— The Su
preme Court of Georgia rendered the
following decision, which is an impor
tant one, and as there are numbers of
cases hereabouts likely to be affected by
it, we give it to our readers :
Bush vs. Depree’s Ex’rs. Rule from
Oglethorpe.
BLECKLEY, J—
-1. Discharge in Bankruptcy does not
affect the prior lien of a judgment upon
land set apart to the bankrupt as exempt,
the creditor not having proved his debt,
nor done anything to revive his lien or
submit to the jurisdiction of the bank
rupt court.
2. The land is protected from levy
and sale under the judgment, to the
same extent only as it would have been
protected by the homestead and exemp
tion laws of this State, had no proceed
ings in bankruptcy taken place.
3. When the lien is that of a judg
ment which was rendered prior to 1868,
the increased exemptions provided for
by the present constitution will not
hold against it,
Sir Arthur Helps, in a well-known
essay, has the following passage:
“I believe that more breaches of
friendship and love have been created,
and more hatred cemented, by needless
criticism than by any other. Itf you
find a man who performs most of the
relations of life dutifully, is even kind
and affectionate, but, who, you discover,
is secretly disliked and feared by all his
friends and acquaintances, you will of
ten, on further investigation, ascertain
that he is one who indulges largely in
needless criticism.”
Talking ot hair-cloth shirts, and
scourging, and sleeping on ashes as
means of sainlship ; there is no need ot
them in our country. Let a woman
once look upon her domestic trials as her
hail-cloth, her ashes, her scourges—ac
cept them, rejoice in them, smile and be
quiet, silent, patient, and loving under
them—and the convent can teach her no
more ; she is a victorious saint.
Fashion Notes.
Fur necklets, having a locket or a tue
dalion suspended, have been intiodtic
ed, to be worn with low evening dresses,
but from their want ot adaption will
hardly obtain more than a passing tu.
vor.
Costumers say that the present choice
in fancy dresses is for Centennial cos
tumes, as Lady Washington tea-par
Ues are tho fashion ot the Winter, rath
er than general masquerades.
’i he fancy at present in table linen is
for small neat figures set at wide inter
vals on a smooth plain surface so closely
twilled that it is as glossy ns satin, while
the sides and ends have a wide border
stripe. Napkins to correspond with
each cloth have the same figures and
border of smaller size.
Advices from abioad speak of the rap
id growth in popular favor ot the capote
bonnet. For full dress, for the theatre \
and opera, these bonnets are worn al-,
most to the conclusion ot other shapes
The capote is simple to the extreme,
it resembles the little cap worn by chil
dren, around which a ribbon is tied, and
which confines the full crown and the
ruffle forming the front and back.
Passementerie is worn in profusion.
It comes in most costly and beautiful
designs, among which are bright silver
braids, of peculiar patterns, deal silver
braids, steel braids, checked metal and
black braids ; also silver passomentorie
studded with soft balls of blue, pink or
red floss silk.
Gentleman’s fashion this year show
very elegant garments for thoso who
choose to adopt them. Some Parisiam
vests are brocade silk, with velvet or
plush revers ; others frappo velvet, with
seal-skin revers. All garments, from
the vest to the long paletot, open in
shawl shape, some having silk revers,
others seal skin and velvet. Tho Ulster
is still in general tavor. The suits ap**
prooriate for in-door wear are long red
lngotes or jaquetts, corresponding with
the trousers and vests; and with golloon
to match.
In the early period of the history ot
Methodism, some Mr. Wesley’s oppo
nents, in the excess of their zeal against
enthusiasm, took up a whole wagon load
ot methodists and carried them before a
justice. When they were asked what
"these persons had done, there was an
awkward silence. At last one of the ac
cusers said: “ Why, they pretend to be
better than other people, and, besides,
they prayed from morning to night.
The magistrate asked it they had done
anything else. “Yes, sir,” said an old
man, “au’t please your worship, they con
verted my wife. Till she went among
them she had a tongue, and now she is
as quiet as a lamb." “Carry them back,
carry them back,” said the magistrate,
“and let them convert all lhe scolds in
the town !”
A case that puzzled a London magis
trate was that a woman who had assail
ed her husband with an axe. If he
sent her to prison, the husband would
have lo hire somebody to care for her
children while she was incarcerated. If
he fined her, the husband would have
to pay the sum. If he put her under
bonds to keep the peace, the husband
would be responsible. She was dis
charged with an admonition.
Bald Mountain.— A person just from
Bald Mountain reports that on Sunday
last there was a renewal of the rumbling
which was heard in the mountain about
eighteen months ago. The Tumbling
noise was very distinctly heard and tre
ated -considerable apprehension in the
minds of the people living in the imme
diate vicinity of the mountain. It is
said that the religion which Old Baldly
shook into the people up there year be
fore last has about all oozed out, and
that they have pretty generally returned
to cussing.— Barmoell (*B, o.)Sentinel,
18 th.
M, D. Conway has anew definition of
genius. lie says there is nothing like
genius in the common acceptation of the
term. It is simply a mind polished until
it shines; polished until it catches color
in the air; polished until it catches up’
and keeps on it, rays of light even in the
darkness, like marble sphere 1 n the
night.
PATUffI MUD SB seism®.
GARDEN MANURES.
Some kinds of manures are more fer
tilizing than others : most of tlmm are
capable of increasing the productive
powers of the various substances with
which thev are suitably mixed. The
virtues of some are lowly extracted and
assimilated by the soil preparatory to be
coming plant food ; others form tempo
rary stimulants, and are utilized at once.
The judicious application of artificial
material to benefit all kinds of vegeta
tion, requires great care and much con
sideration. With many it is quite as ea
sy to do harm as good. I have not
much faith in many of the mixed and
prepared manures which are frequently
recommended for horticultural purposes.
The following lew are most favorable to
the production of hydrogen, oxygen, car
bon and other elements highly propitious
to the development of vegetat’on.
Guano— ls one ot the very fine stim
ulants which can be used for softwooded,
free growing plants of all sorts. For
plants in spots it should be reduced to
and given in a liquid s'aie. The pro
portion in which it is applied should be
regulated by the strength of the plant,
and more etpeeinily l>y the quantity nnd
and age of the'roots ;■ it has a tenden
cy to bmn tho points of young and ten
der roots. From halt to one ounce to
every gallon of water is a> safe solu
tion in most eases p it is better tb give it
weak and clferr, than strong and seldom,
In applying it here it shonldtc sprinkled
over the surface of the ground above the
roots when it is raining, when it gets
washed down without burning the leaves,
watering to wash it down is not so‘effec-
tual. Before the vegetables are half
grown is the best time to use it. The in
fluences of guano me not lasting ; what
is ot great advantage this season, is of
very little next.- Some kind* of guano
are very much inferior to others ; the
true article is vt a light-brown--color,
and, when unadulterated, tho whole
melts away like soap when put into wu*
ter.
Bones —Are of great Value for mixing
into any substantail compost. They last 1
longer when mixed with the soil than
any other kind or manure. They do
not lose much of their power tho firßt
year they are in the soil. Deconqiosir
lion takes place to a considerable extent
the second season ; but this depends a
good deal, on their surroundings. In
poor sandy soil they are eaten up much
quicker than in heavy loam. Peaches,
apples, pears, plums, and socb fruits, may
all be improved by bor.e manure. W hen
a quantity is placed well among
ibe roots, the annual forking in of dung,
wnich disturbs tbe roots, is not necessary.
Half-inch bones are the best and most
suitable size for using where they are
put into a large body of soil. Some
bones are boiled to exit act their organic
matter before being broken ; but those
crushed without being boiled decid
edly the best and most powerful. 1 have
a great aversion to bones which have
been dissolved witli acids, more especial*
ly vitriol, the effects of which in many
instances have been very injurious.
Boot —Contains a great deal of ammo
nia, and is a very wholesome manure,
anil is not so much used as it should be,
Five or six bushels of it is as powerful
as two tons of ordinary dung. It may
be spread on the surface ot the ground
arid dug down, or it may be sown over
and among the vegetables when they are
growing. Like guano, it has a tenden
cy to burn ihe leaves ; therefore, it
it should be put on while it rains. On
ions, turnips, and carrots are particular
ly benefited by it in mere ways than one.
The grubs and flies, which do so much
havoc among these vegetables in many
places, do not approach where the aoot
is. Where these crops are grown, il
should not only be dug in, but scattered
over them, immediately they are above
ground. It may be mixed with the soil
for potting all kinds of plants, as few
worms will enter or work where it is.
When disolved in water, and given in a
liquid form, it hss a very excellent effect.
Cow Dung —la so much used that lit
tle need be said about it. It is the prin
cipal manure in most kitchen gardens.
In Btiff, damp soil it is somewhat cold,
unless mixed up with lighter material,
such as short straw or horse droppings.
For light, sandy soil, the heavier it can
be used, the better. This is the kind of
manure generally used for top or aur
dressing fruit trees, etc. It may also be
used in mixing with the soil in which
there and similar subjects are planted
Wherever there is poor soil requir.iig
to be fattened, or starving plants to be
led it cannot be wrongly used. When
dissolved in watei, it forms a very excel
lent stimulant.
House Dung —ls as good as the for
mer for many things, and in certain soils.
In low lying cold soils on retentive clays
it may be used extensively. It should
not be quite fresh, at the same time it
must not he too much decayed. While
While rotting it in heaps it heats, and
is very liable to become burned unless
frequently turned and exposed to the
action ot the air. It is generally plen
tiful among litter for mulching, and its
value for forming mushroom beds is
well known.
Amongst various other manures not
so much used as tne preceding, night
soil is more powerful than either cow
or her horse dung. It is seldom or
never used elsewhere than in the kitchen
garden. It is quite amazing how celery,
kale, and plants ot the brassica tribe
thiive on it The smell is offensive, but
when mixed with dry soil and dug into
the ground immediately it is pladed on
it, is very little disagreeablencss about.
Autumn is the best time to dig it in,
when the ground in which it is mixed is
in capital order in spring. Leaf soil is
a light manure, but very favorable to
the production of roots It does not
last long under heavy crops ; but taking
all its qualities into consideration, it is
one of the most useful materials that
can be used about a garden. Pig‘s dung
makes a grand manure when well de
cayed and mixed uy with leaves, eto., in
a fresh state. One of the very best plans
of reducing long stable litter into short
and excellent manure is to keep a num
her of pigs constantly upon it. Fowl's
dung is useful in a moderate way, but
there is more darger of burning witfi it
than any other kind of muck ; it should
be well incorporated with the soil before
planting. Iu a liquid state it has to be
used cautiously. Sheep dung may be
used as a liquid for promoting growth
and bringing out the high color in flow-
ers. It is a lavoritc manure tor fuchsias.
Salt and lime are two of the best inor
ganic manures which are used iu gar
dens. Salt, is principally used for as
paragus, and many other vegetables are
nothing the worse ot a sparkling. Lime j
quickens stale soil, and kills so-ao of the .
vermin which injure the roots of vege
table I ',
Number. 81,
E" Mi® iT® 33 S*
With men the Heart is known Hy our
words; but with God our words arc
weighed by* anr hearts,
Faith' evermore overlooks the difficul
ties of the way, and liends her eyes onl*
to the certainty of the end.
“ffllio# shalt not get found out" is nof
one of iSod's commandments, and no
man can be saved by trying to keep H.
Bishop Marvin (M. & Church, South)
has consented to write a life ot Bishop
Andrew, and -mtMm to collect letter*-
written by him.
m w w * ■■—
'TO? largest salary paid sr nrpnefier itr-
New York city is to Dr. Morgan Dix..
$15,000 a year, and Drs. Chapin and
Hall get SIO,OOO each.
~ ■ .
The general conference of ihe Original
Free-will*Baptists,- of? North' Carolina,,
contains Sff'chtirtdrra* tf rsfinitrtertf, and 1
5,400 member?.-
■ .. ■'
Queen Victoria, when at T?iwflw>r,.iui
sembles all the little ehil.fton connected
with the Castle one hour each Sunday
evening, and |*ersonally gives them rcli-*
gious instruction*
Conscience is the magnetic needlb'
which is given to ns to direct our courso.
Worldly wisdom, like spy-gbwmy may*
show breakers ahead, but enriftot guilds',
across the ocean.
The Republic of Costa Rica grants
religious liberty sects and religions. It
has'apopulation of 1.000,000 inhabitants,
and but one Proles ant minister in all tho
land.
The new organ in the Old South 4,
chuich. Boston, he* 3,462 pipes, and!
cost $15,000. Wind is supplied by
Hall’s improved blowing machine, which*
is operated by a hydraulic engine.
The Jewish order known aa Bertaf
Berith has over 250 lodges in the coun
try, with 20,000 members. It has paid
out for benevolent purposes during the
post year about $126,000.
In a recent letter, Sir Bartle Frerfe
speaks in the highest terms of the Inborn
of the American Piesbvterian mfsskma
ries in Egypt. “What 1 wsw myavtf,.’'ha
tvrites, “convinces me that their Seeching'
has produced a profound and extensive
impression, not only in Cairo, but im
many large country towns and rural!
districts.”
Our foreign exchanges report revivals
in the west of Ireland, where 300 per
sons have professed conversion ; in Aus
tralia, where the wonderful storiea name
that 1,200 have been lately converted ;
and in the Eastern part of England, un
der the preaching of the Rev. Mr. Henry
Varly, who was in this country last win
ter.
Pope Pins has been setting a corns
mendable example to philanthropists by
building a number of tenement houses
for the poor people in Koine. Each
house is divided into thirty two conveni
ent, comfortable, well ventilated lodgings
of two, three, or four rooms, each com
partment having a kitchen, and all rented,
at a moderate rate.
At the annual meeting of the Evan
gelical Alliance of tho United States,
he din New York, Jan. 31st, it was
lesolved that the Philadelphia brauch of
the Evangelical Alliance lie respectfully
requested to embrace suitable opportu
nities for acquainting distinguished vis
itors to the National Exhibition, with
our Christian and philanthropic institu
tions.
In Coruna, Spain, several English
Protestants asked permission to open a
chapel. The governor refused to allow.
They waited for a lew days, and then
opened liieir chapel without license, and
h i ndreds flocked to it. The governor
telegraphed to Madrid for instructions,
and is said to have received the reply,
“Let them be. It can’t be helped.”
The “B ptist Year Book,” tor 1876. is
out. It gives reports from 925 associa
tions in the United States, in which
there are 21,255 churches, with 13,117
ordained ministers, and 1,816,300 mem
bers, During the past, year, 84,874 were
added by baftltsm. Probably the statis
tics of about 1,000 churches are not in
cluded in this exhibit, as no reports were
received from some 300 associations.
The Wesleyan church in Rome, built
in the former garden of a monastery in
the heart of the city, which, when
sold by the government a year ago was
bought tor the Wesleyan Methodist
Missionary Society, was roofed Novem
ber f, and consecrated on Christmas day,
As it is the first Protestant church in the
Eternal City, these occasions were of
peculiar interest.
Quito a business of indulgences was go,
ing on during December, iu Spain, her
the cheap price of three reals (forty
cents) pardon was granted for all past
sinsaud for those or 1876, Tito indul
gences are printed in antique style, and
go by the name of bulcfas. The pa ns
remitted are those of purgatory. Adi.-
iount of thirty-three per con . is *!’owetf
0P indulgences for tl 9 dead.