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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.’’ — ■ ■ —— _ . 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.