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The Methodist Advocate. Atlanta, Ga., June 20, 1877. Terms : $2 a year, invariably in advance. $1 for Six Months. Invariably In advance. Miss Patty’s Testimony. Miss Patty snipped her thread with a pair of bright scissors, and, as she knotted it again preparatory to another onslaught upon her sew ings paused a minute and surveyed her domain. Needles, patterns, a pincushion and spools of thread decorated the little table by her side; nevertheless, the small room was neat—the faded carpet free from clippings, the tiny mirror faultlessly bright, no dust on chairs or mantel, and the chintz-covered lounge was a marvel of stiffness and cleanness. Miss Patty completed her inspection with a nod of compla cent satisfaction, and mentally re peated her catechism. “Who is, the you know?” “Patty Giles, if I do say it my self, and if she does work .for a liv ing, and don’t have things so grand as|some folks.” Miss Pitfty drew herself up, and gat a trifle more erect in her low ch a i r—a sort of motion of “going up head,” because of hav ing given a correct answer. “T h o u—shalt not —bear —false witness against”—droned a high pitched monotonous voice from the opposite house. Then an open win dow was suddenly closed with a hang, and the remainder of the sen tence was unheard. “One of them Green young ones learning the commandments, I do declare!”, commented Miss Patty. “S’pose somebody’s got ’em into Sunday-school. .Well, it’s a mercy if they can learn any good, for of all poor, slack, slipshod managin’ I ever did see, that woman goes a little ahead. And borrowin’! Now what kind of a way is that to bring up children, I’d like to know, a runnin’ to the neighbors for everything under the canopy, and mussin’ up other folks’ things instead of learnin’ to depend on their own? What hain’t I lent ’em in the three weeks they’ve been there? My tea-kettle and an armful of wood the very first day; then soap and wash-tub, and bread and tea and sugar and a hatchet —and half the time I have to send Job to bring the things back when I want to use ’em. But the knee-plus-ulter of all,” said Miss Patty, not getting quite straight a long word from the minister’s last sermon, “is borrowin’ paper rags! Said they wanted a few more to make up enough to buy a tin dipper with! Well, a body mustn’t bear false witness against their neighbors —though for that matter ’taint false; it’s true as preachin.’ And I hain’t said nothin’ to nobody about it, and donT mean to; but I s’pose I can think.” But her thinking was presently of something beside her neighbors, for as the dronings of the child re curred to her they recalled a half forgotten resolution —one of those Sunday resolutions that visit other people as well as Miss Patty: burn ing brightly through the holy day, dying down to a spark on Monday, and quite extinguished before Sat urday. Hers had been to study some portion of the Bible each day. A chapter read hastily each night, when she was tired and often sleepy, did not seem much like study; and she had decided to ponder a few verses in the daytime. The plan did not appear quite so feasible now as it had done during the Sabbath leisure; for she was certainly very busy, and those jackets for the Tomkins boys must be done by Wednesday. Nevertheless, she drew the book toward her and laid it open upon the table, thinking to read a passage now and then and meditate upon it while she sewed. The reading and meditation ran somewhat on this wise: “‘For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus.’ Wonder where Ephesus is? But I can’t hunt up any atlas to find it now. How nice it must be for folks who have plenty of time to study up such things! Seems to me I’d just delight in doin’ it if I was rich enough to afford it. ‘Sail by Ephesus.’ S’pose they didn t have steamships in them days. Wonder what ever became of that Tomkins boy that ran away and went to sea. It ’most broke his mother’s heart, anyhow. Dear! dear! how my thoughts do wander! Wonder if folks really are ’counta ble for all their strayin’ thoughts. That’s a p’int I’d long to ” Then she dropped her spool of thread, and it rolled away under the table; and while she stooped to pick it up a stray breeze from the open window turned the leaves of the book from Acts away back to one of those older prophets that Miss Patty thought she could never understand, and when her eyes sought the page again they saw nothing of Paul, but rested on the sentence, “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord.” There was a fumbling at the door, and a small boy, with pale hair and very round eyes, looked in, and ex ploded in a single word like a torpedo: “Marm!” “I ain’t your marm,” said Miss Patty, rather shortly. “I should s’pose you might learn to say Miss Giles, like other folks, Job Wil son.” “Hey?” said the boy, stupidly. “I say I should think you might learn to know my name like other folks.” Job, who, in view of his aggra vating propensities, should have been named not for the patriarch, but for his friends, pondered this remark a minute, and observed gravely: “ ’Tain’t nothin’ ’bout yer likin’ other folks; it’s ’bout hens. That Green woman’s; they’ve come in, much as ten or forty of ’em, an’ scratched up pretty considerable many vines by this time, I guess. I thought I’d better ask ye whether I’d better drive them out, or what?” Miss Patty paused to issue no orders, but,like a valiant commander, took the field in person—if so small a garden plat can be dignified as a field—while Job, as a reserve corps, slowly followed. Miss Patty fairly flew down the steps, and picking up a stone as she reached the ground threw it, with all a woman’s skill and accuracy of aim, in exactly the wrong direction, and crushed a flower-pot contaniing a choice plant. Then shouted, “Shoo!” and wildly waved her white apron; but this the hens seemed to regard as a flag of truce. Then she ran toward them at full speed, but the. apron, loosened by its vigorous shaking, dropped from her waist to her feet, entangled her steps, and finally landed her at full length among the strawberry vines. By that time the feathered bipeds, appearing to comprehend that their company was unwelcome, sedately withdrew through the fence, leaving their enemy to pick herself up at leisure. There were two small, delighted faces pressed closely to the window, watching the per formance, as she scrambled to her feet, rubbed her scratched elbows, scolded Job, and mentioned “pizen” in connection with the hens; and then, incongruously enough, as she glanced at those faces again, there flashed through her perturbed mind that wind-revealed Bible text, “Ye are my witnesses,” and she reso lutely closed her lips and went into the house. What that sentence had to do with her torn-up vines and all the accompanying vexations she could not see, or she declared to herself that she could not as she sat panting and tired, though the con nection grew steadily plainer as she thought of it, and, as an added link came slowly those other words, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” Miss Patty, honest with her neighbor, had the rarer virtue still of being honest with herself, so she presently faced these troublesome suggestions, and weighed them slowly and fairly, while only the old-fashioned clock broke the silence of the little room. “His witnesses,” she said at last. “Well, I suppose we air, though I never thought of it before; and if it’s a sin to bear false witness against a neighbor, ’tain’t surely no less to bear it against Him. And if them that perfesses to be His disci ples says by their actions that all His blessed religion can’t make a body kinder to a bothersome boy, nor more charitable to neighbors that haven’t just the right faculty of gettin’ along, nor more patient over little troublin’ things, why then— they air bearin’ false witness as sure as my name is Patty Giles!” Miss Patty took up her sewing again—for those jackets must be finished—but her occasional glances toward the next house grew more and more kindly, and before the afternoon was gone she had noticed that one of the tormenting children really had pretty hair, and that the mother looked pale and ill. When the day had vanished, so that there was no possibility of taking another stitch by its light, Miss Patty, armed with good intentions and a jar of strawberry jam, made her way through the back gate to her neighbor’s back door. “I don’t know as I ought to come so,” she said, “but then it’s time we was acquainted, if we ain’t. And I thought you looked kinder pale, an’ mebby this would relish, so I just brought it along, an’ hope you won’t mind.” Mrs. Green looked at the offered dainty, and not less hungrily at her visitor. “I’m dreadfully glad you’ve come, ’cause he’s away to work, and can’t come home only now and then; when he's at home things seem more heartsome; and it’s been one of my crowded-out days. I call ’em that ’cause t don’t know what else to call ’em—-when I have a kinder feelin’ that there’s too many folks in the world, and that we’re the extra ones that ain’t wanted, and there ain’t no place for us; an’ it brings a sinkin’ at the pit of the stomach, and a longin’ like to go home when you hain’t got none,” she burst forth, as if the door that admitted her visitor had unloosed a flood-tide of words that must have way. “I am poorly, and my ap petite ain’t pretty good. I scalded my hand bad awhile ago, too; and the children can’t do much, poor things! I’m afraid they’ve been dreadful bothersome, runnin’ to you so much; but it seemed as if I couldn’t take care of’em or anything with my hand this way. And they look so, too! I’m clear discouraged about makin’ ’em any clothes, for my hand don’t seem to get much better.” “And what have you got on jt?” queried practical Miss Patty, as soon as she could, put in a word of any sort. She wa£ a nurse by nature, and so in less than ten minutes she had been home for a remedy of her own, and was busily engaged in dressing the disabled member. The acquaintance pro gressed rapidly during that opera tion, and by the time it was com pleted the little seamstress was ready to give valuable advice con cerning the turning and remaking of certain juvenile garments presented for inspection. “I just am glad you come,” said Mrs. Green again, as she accompa nied her guest to the door. “I was that lonesome and down-hearted that I b’lieve I was kinder prayin’ some good Christian soul might drop in; and I never thought of you, neither.” And she meant that last sentence as no rebuke, however her neighbor felt it. The Greens did not become angels upon nearer acquaintance, and they did continue woefully addicted to borrowing, yet Miss Patty knew, after that day, that she had gained from them more than she ever gave them; and it was concerning this new acquisition that she tried to speak when she rose tremblingly one night in the little prayer-meeting. “I’ve been thinking about that we’re the Lord’s witnesses; an’ if our lives says His grace don’t make us truer an’ kinder they ain’t givin’ true testimony. It’s dreadful to be bearin’ false witness against the dear Master—and I think—it seems —an’ I’ve been tryin’ lately—” And then, faltering, and fright ened at her own boLdness, she sank into her seat, unable to express her feeling any more clearly. A few wondered “what possessed that wo man to attempt to speak in a meet ing;” and two or three boys and girls near the door tittered faintly. But some true, earnest hearts recog nized and were moved by the great truth under the homely words; and one clear voice from a far corner answered softly, in the words of the old martyrs, “Blessed be Jesus Christ and his witnesses.” —Christian Union. CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, D.C., May 31,1877. General Ord, commanding De partment of Texas, is in this city, and his coming has been productive of a partial revival of the Mexican sensation. He was yesterday at the State Department in company with Secretary McCrary, and a long con erence was bad with Mr. Evarts as to the future treatment of the Mexican cattle-stealers, whose exploits have often been the subject of formal complaint on the part of our Gov ernment to that of Mexico. Gen. Ord described thier modus operandi, and stated it as his opinion that the raids could not be effectually broken up unless the commanding officer of our forces was authorized to pursue the thieves until captured, even should it take them across the Rio Grande. It is understood that be cause of the inability or indifference of the Mexican Government in the matter, he has for months been tacitly permitted to do so to the ex tent necessary to recapture the property stolen, but not to inflict further punishment than was in cidentally required for that purpose. The point yesterday discussed was whether the scope of his instruc tions should be so enlarged as to in clude the healthy chastisement of the vagabonds. No conclusion was reached, and the matter will be submitted for the Cabinet’s decis ion. If any instructions were asked or given in anticipation of an attempt to cross an invading force from this side, it has not been made public. But it has come to be pretty generally believed that good progress has been made in the or ganization of such a force and that Lerdo will make a move, when ready, to dispossess Diaz of his usuper authority. The yesterday’s Republican in a tone of approval gave some particu lars of the new party movement which stimulated the gossips, but re ceived little credence. It stated that President Hayes and members of the Cabinet have, during the past six weeks, held a good many confidential conferences at the White House with prominent citi zens and politicians of both parties, now supporters of his Administra tion, who came and went silently without attracting much attention to their movements, and it proceeds to say that a large meeting has been agreed upon at an early day in New York, when the birth of the Administration party will be form ally announced, celebrated and com mended to the public support. The most inconsistent and stupid part of the statement is in the con clusion, where it assures its readers that the President, after being rep resented as taking a leading part in the matter, can not be justly held responsible, as he knows next to nothing about it. The Star of last evening refers to the gossip in an incredulous way and reminds those interested that great parties are, to a large extent, spontaneous productions and can not be willed into existence for the convenience or gratification of any one. The Ladies’ Mt. Yernon Associa tion has been in session since Tuesday at the mansion, and expect to close their deliberations to-day, when a full report of proceedings and of its financial condition is promised. The matter of trans porting pilgrims from this city and return, has been under considera tion the whole time of the meeting. This has considerable interest to Washingtonians, as it has impsosed some restraints on those desiring tor visit Mt. Yernon in the past, al though Captain Hollingshead, who has controlled it as a close monop oly for seven years, is personally very popular. His eight year con tract expires next April, and sev eral competitors have bid for the valuable privilege, some of them offering as high as 50 per cent of fares collected. Under the present re strictions no one, save Captain Holl-, ingshead, has been allowed to land passengers on the grounds. He paid 25 per cent, to the Association, charging one dollar for the round trip, and the Centennial travel of last year brought both him and the Association a golden, or, rather, a greenback harvest. —Atlanta Rep. The President of the Municipal Council of Paris—the Mayor, St. Deries—together with the Deputy Mayor and one of his assistants, have been arrested for criticising McMahon’s speech. Several editors have been sent enced to imprisonment and fined. Prosecutions against newspapers are numerous. Russia and Turkey. The object of Russia seems to be to reach and acquire some port on the Mediterranean, possibly some where in Southern Asia Minor, or on the Syrian Coast. Such an ac quisition would give her the naviga tion of that sea independently of Great Britain and Turkey, and obviate the necessity of capturing and holding Constantinople. Another object of Russia is to become mistress of the Black Sea. Then by water she would be enabled to draw supplies from her Asiatic provinces. The portions of Europe that are held by Turkey are conquered Christian provinces. Under Turkish rule, they have been barbarously oppressed. We trust that the war will relieve them of the presence and power of their oppressors, and secure their rights as nationalities. The Circassians, located among the Caucasus Mountains, are under Russian dominion. They are bit terly hostile to Russia, and have reason to be. Just now they are giving the Russian army serious trouble and retarding its march upon, and investment of, Erzeroum. A battle between a Russian force and 4,000 Circassians occurred a few days ago at Bek li Ahnud; the Circassians were defeated with much loss. The Turkish General is reported as falling back upon Erzeroum. The Russians are advancing toward Diyarbekr, and will probably oc cupy the Euphrates valley. The Russian policy is said to contemplate the independence of Bulgaria, Herzegovinia, Roumania, Servia and Bosnia; also to place the city of Constantinople under the joint control of all the foreign powers. It may be that the con trol of China is a part of this policy. Washington, Friday, April 27,1877. The President, in a conversation with a personal friend recently, referred to the agitation in some quarters for anew party, with anew name, and said, in sub stance, that it is one of the last thoughts .that could occur to him to abandon the name or principles of the Republican party, and though the threatening storm, which is imminent in and out of Congress, might rage about his course, he would never swerve from his convic tion, and that his intention and aim is the perpetuity of that party, on the line on which so much good has already been done. Nothing could be further from his thoughts than the surrender of its name; as well might his opponents accuse him of wishing to surrender its principles. The President holds it near to his heart that the differences in the South shall be perfectly harmonized and that this is a duty which he owes to the country at large, as well as to the Southern States. The charge that he would forget the interests of the eman cipated race would be preposterous were it not made by those whose promi nence gives them a right to be heard. Nothing troubles him more than this. All the labors of the President are easy beside the burden of being un justly accused. He was a supporter of the Republican party when it first had an existence. Even in his boyhood his sympathy was with Garrison and Phil lips on the anti-slavery platform. The idea that he could forget for a moment the great opportunity he has of better ing the condition of the freed people qf the South is so preposterous that he has hardly the patience to assure his accusers of their mistake. He knows the course he is to pursue, and he is confident that the end will justify the means he has taken to insure the pro motion and welfare of every citizen of the South. It is no recent conviction with President Hayes that the time has gone by for holding an iron hand over the Southern States. Had he been President four years ago, that which has but recently been done would have come to pass in the early days of the Administration. The pacification of the South is the only outcome for the colored. He sees it is the only possible source of sustaining the Republican party, and he repeats as to the key of that policy, “He serves his party best who serves his country best.” More than this the President leaves to the future to decide. Postmaster General Key said in a speech at Charlotte that he had always felt a peculiar interest in North Caro lina. His wife —who was by far the better part of himself, when he was at home —was a granddaughter of Waight still Avery, one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence. In addition to this, he was for a short time himself a citizen of the State. When Joe Johnson’s army surrendered, he was compelled to seek refuge in North Carolina among the relatives and friends of his wife. He had no money and no means of sup port, his only possession being a poor blind mule. He went up into Caldwell county, rented a farm, and with his blind mule raised a crop of corn. This he sold for 50 cents per bushel, and upon the money obtained from this, together with the proceeds from the sale of his mule, he returned to his home in East Tennessee. While, therefore, his sojourn in North Carolina was not of the most pleasant character, for the reasons mentioned, still it offered him a home when he could not live in his own State. Columbus, Ga., May 28. —Last Fri day morning, before daybreak, Mrs. C. C. Chambliss,of Stewart county ,Ga., was murdered by three negroes in the neighborhood. They fired the fences and drew her husband away from the house; the negroes then proceeded to rob it, and were met by Mrs. Chambliss, a beautiful woman, aged eighteen years, armed with a gun. One of the negroes, Jerry Snead, took the gun from her, lodged the contents in her head, caus ing her death instantly. The negroes burned the corn crib and fled. They were pursued and captured. Jerry admitted the deed, and impli cated his companions, Stephen Abram and William Booth. They were brought to Chambliss’ house that afternoon, and it was unanimously de cided by about 300 whites and blacks present that they should be hanged. A gallows was erected and the mur derers were hanged with trace chains. The colored participants in the lynching threw the lifeless bodies into an old field to rot, and is was with great difficulty that the whites could persuade them to permit burial. The culprits met their fate jeeringly and sneeringly, glorying in the deed and taunting their executioners. Resolution of the Georgia Republi can Association of Washington, D. 0., May 12, 1877. Resolved, That the Georgia Republi can Association of Washington has watched with pride and satisfaction, the earnest and patriotic work done by the Atlanta Republican, and we do hereby express our high appreciation of the self-sacrificing labors of its editor and proprietor. We commend it to Republicans everywhere, and pledge ourselves to give it our moral and mate rial support. Passed unanimously. Atlanta Business Directory. Architects. W. H. Parkins, Abchitkct and Supbbintendknt. Attorneys. M’Connell & Heyward, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, 63 Whitehall Street. Soots and Shoes. Doty & Nolan, (Late Isaac T. Banks,) 67 Whitehall street. Soot and Shoe Maker. William Gleeson, 43 South Pryor street. Clothing and GS-ents’ Furnishing Goods. Eiseman Brothers, 55 Whitehall street. W. B. Lowe & Cos., 41 Whitehall street. Groceries. John T. Hagan, Family Grocer,wholesale and retail, 94 Whitehall st. Wallace & Fenly, No. 104 Peachtree street. Abchitects and Buildf.es. William Laird, Family and Fancy Grocer, 197 Whitehall street. H. H. Hambright, Grocer and General Commission Merchant, 89 Whitehall stroet. drain and Produce, Commission. Peers & Campbell, General Commission Merchants and Provision Dealers, 13 Marietta street. Souse Furnishing, Stoves, etc. Joseph T. Eichberg, 90 Whitehall street. Stewart, Wood & Fain, 69 Whitehall street. Insurance. Jos. H. Morgan, Office in DeGives’ Opera House. W. W. Haskell & Cos., 27% Whitehall street, (up-stairs,) General Fire Insurance Agents. Capital Represented $3,782,000 Jewelry, Watches, etc. » W. A. Haynes, 10 Marietta street. Meat Market. Henry C. Sawtell, Meat Market and Packer, 108 Whitehall street. Sewing Machines. Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines, 58 Whitehall Street. J. S. PURSLEY, General Agent. DOES IT PAY Merchants to spend so much valuable time in writing Billheads, Letterheads, Statements, Beceipts, etc., when they can be furnished printed for very little more than the cost of the blank paper? When the matter is viewed by an unbiased mind, it must be confessed that TO SPEND Money for these business conveniences is the very best business policy. You can in no other way in vest a small amount of YOUR MONEY Where it will yield a larger profit. Asa general rule, when people want to purchase anything they are more likely to patronize the man who spends his money freely FOE, PRINTERS’ INK Than one who does a humdrurrl business and never lets the world know what he i« doing. Send your orders or write for estimates for all kinds of Book and Job Printing to 11. H. DICKSON, 32 Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga. CURTIS Sc SMITH, CARRIAGE BUILDERS No. 85 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. “ Build all classes of work to order on short notice. Prices low to suit the times. Special arrangement with Liveries that want three or more carriages at one time. Terms— Strictly cash. SPENCE & JARVIS, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ETC., 44 lilne Street, (Opposite Street-Car Stables,) ATLANTA, GA. Prices lower than ever before! Ordered Work a Specialty. REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. A. R. EVERETT - Manufacturing Jeweler, CITY TIME-KEEPER, AND Agent for E. Howard & Co.’s Watches. AND— . Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, and Silver Ware, 6 MARIETTA-ST., ATLANTA, GA. WILLIAM A. HAYGOOD, 38 and 42 Marietta Street, ATLANTA, GA. CARPETS, Oil Cloths , Mattings , Curtains, Wall Paper , —AND— General Interior Decorations. WILLIAM GRAY, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN Foreign & American Marbles, Monuments, Tombs and Head-Stones, Scottish Gran ite Monuments, Statuary, Mantel-Pieces, Vases, and all kinds of Ornamental Marble Work. Office and Works, No. 77 East Alabama Street. l7lie berma n , MANUFACTURER OF TRUNKS, VALISES. & SAMPLE CASES, 92 ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Trunks and Valises Repaired and Covered DAVID MORGAN, MANUFACTURER OF AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Spurs, Collars, Whips, —AND— Saddlery Hardware, 90 WHITEHALL-ST., ATLANTA, GA, EISEMAN Tailors and Clothiers, 55 Whitehall Stveet , ATLANTA. ECONOMIZE HARD TIMES BY SENDING YOUR OLD CLOTHES TO Jacob Kreis’ Dye-Works, Wo. 9 East Mitchell-street, (near Whitehall,) ATLANTA, GA., Where you can have them cleaned or dyed any color desired, making them look like new, AND THUS SAVE MONEY. PICTURE FRAMES, IN STOCK, AND MADE TO ORDER, ANY SIZE OR STYLE. —ALSO— Chromos, Oil Paintings, Fine Steel Engravings, MATS, COED, PICTURE NAILS, etc., Can be found at .T. L. TRIMBLE A CO.’S, 30 Whitehall Street, up-stairs, Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE—VERY LOW. A Good Farm of 202 J Acres, FIVE MILES WEST OF ATLANTA, One hundred acres in woods. Nice locality. Tolerably well improved. In good neighborhood. • 466=* Am determined to sell before the last of Sep tember next. Address ISAAC D. UPSHAW, may 16—4 m—sept 15 Atlanta, Ga. Photography PERPETUATES NATIONAL GREATNESS. One dozen Stereoscopic Views of the Centennial Ex hibition sent post- paid to any address on receipt of $3. Our variety includes all the buildings, grounds, statuary, and other beautiful things exhibited. This company had sole authority to use the Photographic art within the grounds and buildings of the Centen nial Exhibition. Americans should secure so valuable a collection of authentic pictures of the growth and greatness ol their own country. Pleasing & Profitable Presents Cartes de Visite, 15 cents; 5x8,50 cents; Bxlo, $1 each. Catalogues sent for 3-cent stamp. For sale by all dealers and booksellers. Address CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, (Wilson & Adams.) Philadelphia, Pa. Studio on International Exhibition Grounds. AGENTS WANTED EVEBY-WHERK. may 2,1877—18—13t—30 fi@“Specimens can be seen at the Book Depository, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta. “DOMESTIC.” WRITE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE New Departure & Low Prices. STATEMENT OF FACTS: These are not irresponsible assertions, but susceptible of proof. The Domestic is warranted to do a greater range of work than any other machine. The Domestic is warranted to run lighter than any other machine. The Domestic is warranted to do all work that other machines do. The Domestic is warranted to do some work that no other machine can. CRAIGE & CO.,General Southern Agts 31 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. N. B. We were the first to offer a first-class Sewing Machine to merchants at a low rate. 16 Gate City Clothing Store. A. & S. ROSENFELD. Maaiafasturers of and Dealers in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, Gents? Furnishing Goods. 24 Whitehall Street, I ITrIIITI cv. Corner of Alabama. J AiLAJN lA, GA. ROBINSON & M’CRAVY, Grocers and Commission Merchants, No. 123 Whitehall-street, ATLANTA, GA. Consignments or Corn, Hat, Egos, Butter, etc,, solicited. SHARP & TAYLOR, Produce Commission Merchants, AND DEALERS IN Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Oils, Lamps, and Crockery, 117 WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. SUNDAY-SCHOOL STENCIL OUTFITS, FURNISHED BY C. F. FAIRBANKS, WOOD, METAL AND SEAL ENGRAVER Corner Marietta and Broad Streets, ATLANTA, GA. SHOES AND SLIPPERSr A FULL STOCK OF SHOES AND SUPPERS, OF ALL GRADES AND BTYLES, For Gents’, Ladies’, Misses’, Boys’ and Children’s Wear, CAN BE FOUND AT THE BTOBE OF # G. H. & A. W. FORCE, 33 WHITEHALL-ST-, ATLANTA, GA. PRIZE MEDALS, SCHOOL BADGES, SOCIETY EMBLEMS. M’GATJGHEY JBEOS-, Wholesale Grain and Produce Dealers, —AND— COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 85 South Broad and 78 Forsyth streets, ATLANTA, GA. MILLINERY. Mrs- Morris & Lyon, No. 00 WHITEHALL STBERT, HAVE A FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK OF Spring Eats, Bonnets , Fancy Goods and Notions. PRICES LOW, TO SUIT THE TIMES. OUB MOTTO IS: •‘Never Miss a Sale.” COLLIER HOUSE^ 85% Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Qa. GOOD TABLE AND COMPORTBLE ROOMS. only $1.25 per Day.-®^. ISAAC 9. UPSHAW, Proprietor. Wanted: 75 Agents: WALDEN, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta, Ga. NEW CHURCH RECORD. OUR NEW CHURCH RECORD is better and cheaper than any former edition. It is a large quarto, containing about 180 pages, divided into seven sections, namely: Record of Pastors, Record of Classes, Record of Official Members, Alphabetical Record of Full Members Record of Probationers, Record of Baptisms, Rocord of Marriages. We are confident that this Record will meet the demand long felt, namely, a cheap book, suitable for the majority ot our Churches. Price, $2.50. NELSON & PHILLIPS, New York. HITCHCOCK A WALDEN, Atlanta. BOOKSTORE. Staple and Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens, Pen Holders, Pencils, Pocket Knives, Inkstands, Paper Weights, etc., etc., Hitchcock a walden, ho wwte hall-street, Atlanta, Ga., intend to keep a full supply of BOOKS and STATIONERY, for cash, and it is their determination to not allow themselves to be undersold in this market. Large discounts to country merchants. Call and see them before pur chasing elsewhere. This is a one-price, first-class Book-store. School Books in great variety. NEW BOOKS FOB SALE BY HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, Atlanta, Ga. Jesus Christ; His Life and Work. By E. DePressense, D.D. Translated by Annie Harwood. Retail price, $1.50. Ecce Unitas; Or, a Plea for Christian Unity. In which its True Princi pies and Basis are considered. By Eureka. “ Behold how good and how pleasant it is for breth ren to dwell together in unityl” Retail price, 80c. The Living Wesley; As he was in his Youth and in his Prime. By James H. Riug.D.D. With an lutioduction, by J. F. Hurst, D.D. Retail price, $1.25. Usual discount on the above books to the trade. 49“0n the receipt of the retail price, a copy of either will be sent by mail, prepaid. Soenes in Europe; Or, Sketcnee by an Amatenr Artist^(illustrated.) By Loretta J. Post. A fine holiday present. Historical Souvenirs of Martin Luther. By Charles W.Jttubner, Atlanta, Ga. Price, sl. Popery and its Aims. By Granville Moody, D. D. Flexible cover. 12mo. 74 pages. 50 cents. Eminently a tract for the times. Prepared by request of the Cincinnati Preachers’ Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by the subsequent re quest of which it has been published. No other publication before the public has so much informa tion on the subject it discusses compressed into so small a compass. The Cincinnati Daily Gazette says: “It is hcarac terized by the trenchant style for which its author is so famous. Its arguments are grouped with much skill and force, and nothing is attempted in the way of conciliation. The Protestant cause has no bolder champion than Dr. Moody; and he lias condensed within seventy-five pages an amount of material usually expanded into bulky volumes.’’ Young People’s Half-hour Series. Daniel, the Uncompromising Young Man. Paper. Price, 15c. Usual discount to the trade. LECTUBES by the late John M’Clintock, D.D., LL.D.; or, Theological Encyclopcedia, and Methodology. Delivered at Drew Theological Sem inary. Edited by John T. Short, B. D. With an Introduction, by James Strong, S. T. D. Ketail, $1.50. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. TEMPTATION AND TRIUMPH; with other Sto ries. By Virginia F. Townsend.' Retail price, $1.25. Usual discount to the trade. On receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. ANNETTA ; or, the Story of a Life. By Margie S. Hughes. Retail price, $1.25. On receipt of the price, a copy will be sent by mail, postage prepaid. JUST RECEIVED —Holman’s latest edition Picto rial Bibles. These are very fine Family Bibles, which we are now offering at a low rate Come and see them for yourself, or send and get one. This is a rare chance to provide yourself with a nice Family Bible. Retail price, $4. WINNOWED HYMNS: Sacred Songs,especially adapted for Revivals, Prayer and Camp-meet ings. Byßev.C.O M’Cabe and Rev.D.T.McFarlan. Board Covers, apiece 30 centß. Paper “ “ 25 cents- THEOPNEUSTIA: The Bible, its Divine Ori gin and Inspiration, Deduced from Internal Evidence, and the Testimonies of Nature, History, and Science. By L. Gausen, D.D., Professor of Sys tematic Theology, Oratoire, Geneva. New and re vised edition, with Analysis and Topical Index. Retail price, $1.75. Liberal discount to the trade. UNCROWNED KINGS; or, Sketches of some men of mark who rose from obscurity to re nown ; especially illustrative of the means by which they achieved success. For Young People. Illus trated. By Rev. Daniel Wise, D. D. Retail, $1.25. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. THE CLASS-LEADER; his Work, and Howto Do It. With Illustrations of Principles, Needs, Methods and Results. By John Atkinson, A. M., author of The Garden of Sorrows. Retail price, $1.50. Oh the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. Usual discount to the trade. INITIAL PAPER.—On the receipt of twenty-five cents, we will send a box of Rose Tint Initial Pa per, by mail, prepaid. SHORT Sermons on Consecration, and Kindred Themes; for the Closet, the Fireside, and the Lecture-room; by" Rev. A. George, D. D., (of the Central New York Conference,) author of “Counsels to Converts,” “The Satisfactory Portion,” etc. Re tail price, 31.25. On receipt of the retail price we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. MY UNCLE TOBY; his Table-talks and Reflec tions. Bv an Attorney at Law. Ketail price, $1.25. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, pre paid. CHRISTIAN BAPTISM, Its Subjects and Mode. By S. M. MERRILL, D.D., Bishop of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, $1.25, we wiU Bend a copy by mail, prepaid. A CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR. —The Declara tion of Independence and the Photographs of all the Presidents for only 25 cents.—On receipt of 25 cents, Hitchcock & Walden, 110 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga., will send to any address, postage paid, one copy of the Centennial Souvenir, an ele gant novelty for the album and au attractive me mento of the Centennial year. Price of large size—B by 10 inches—so cents. Over twenty thousand sold. Discount to trade, for cash. BINNEY’S THEOLOGICAL COMPEND, IM PROVED, containing a Synopsis of the Evi dences, Doctrines, Morals and Institutions of Chris tianity. Designed for Bible Classes, Theological Students, and Young Preachers. By Rev. Amos Kin ney and Kev. Daniel Steele, D.D. Retail price, 90c. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. The mfe of t. a. morris, late Senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, By Rev. John F. Marlay, A.M. With an Introduction, by Bishop E. S. Janes. Every Methodist family should have a copy of this valuable book. Bishop Morris was born in Virginia and spent a portion of his ministerial life in the South. Retail price, $1.75. Usual discount to the trade. On the receipt of the retail price, we will send a copy by mail, prepaid. JUST WHAT YOU WANT. Abbott, Bev Benjamin, Life of. By JohnFfirth 65 Admonitory Counsels to a Methodist. Illus trating the Peculiar Doctrines and Economy of Methodism. By Bev John Bakewell 60 Alleine’s Alarm and Baxter’s Call. Contain ing Stirring Appeals to the Unconverted 65 Analysis of Watson’s Institutes. By J. M’Clin tock, D.D 65 Annals of the Poor. By Kev. Legh Richmond 60 Anecdotes of the Ministry. By Daniel Smith. 76 Apology for the Bible. A Powerful Antidote to Infidelity. By Bishop Watson 50 Baptism, Obligation, Subjects, and Mode. An Appeal to the Candid of all Denominations, in which the Obligations, Subjects, and Mode of Baptism are Discussed. By Kev H Slicer 55 Baptism, Obligation, Subjects, and Mode. In Two Parts. Part 1, Infant Baptism; Part 2, The Mode. By H M Shaffer 65 Campbellism Exposed. By Bev Wm Phillips... 70 Carvosso, Life of. 75 Children, Government of. By Kev J Gere 36 Christ Crucified. (Divinity of Christ.) By G W Clarke 60 Christian Effort. Facts and Incidents. By Sa rah Baker 56 Church Polity. By Bishop Morris 40 Claude’s Essay on the Composition of a Ser mon. By Kev John Claude 60 Convert’s Guide and Preacher’s Assistant. By Kev Timothy Merritt 65 Cookman’s Speeches. Speeches delivered on va rious Occasions. By Kev George Cookman.. 35 Dancing, Essay on. By Bev J Townley Crane.. 35 Domestic Piety and Family Government. By Rev J H Power 40 Evidences of Christianity. By Archbishop Whateley 36 Fletcher’s Appeal aud Address 66 Historical Confirmation of Scripture. By Wm Blatch 35 Heavenly World. By J. Edmonson, A.M 65 Inquirer and New Convert. In one volume. By Bev Robert Young 26 Jamaica, Enslaved and Free 60 Law’s Serious Call 66 Lord’s Supper. By Samuel Luckey, D.D 60 Letters to School-Girls. By J. McD. Mathews 60 Mammon. By Bev John Harris 60 Mental Discipline. By D W Clark, D.D 75 Methodism, Inside Views of. By Rev W Reddy 60 Methodist, Reasons for becoming a. By Rev I Smith 60 Methodist? Why are you a. By G Peck, D.D 60 Mother’s Practical Guide. By Mrs J Bakewell 60 Memoir of Bramwell. By Jas. Sigston 60 Nelson, John, Journal of. 60 Pastoral Office in the Meth. Episcopal Church. By Rev J H Wythes, M.D 35 Popery, Dialogues on. By Rev J Stanley 65 Prayer-Meetings, Importance of. By Rev R Yonng 36 Remarkable Examples of Moral Recovery 60 Resurrection of the Dead. By C Kingsley, D.D 40 Rogers, Hester Ann, Journal of 76 Self-Knowledge, Treatise on. By J Mason, AM 65 Sketches and Incidents. By George Peck 76 Successful Merchant. By W. Arthur $1 00 Sketches for the Young. By Erwin House 60 Antidote to Backsliding 40 Bible Scholar’s Manual 60 Class-Leader’s Manual 60 Father Reeves 35 M’Owen on the Sabbath 60 Self-Government 60 Witness of the Spirit 60 HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta, Qa. SELECT MELODIES. A Collection of Favorite Hymns. BY WILLIAM HUNTER.' CONTENTS. Inviting, Rejoicing in Hope, Seeking Salvation, The Word, Prayer, Christmas, Christian Experience, The Resurrection. Describing Christ, Missionary, Praise. Valedictory, Christian Pilgrimage and Sunday-school. Warfare, MISCELLANEOUS. COMMENDATORY NOTICE. This, in our opinion, is much superior to any other collection of Spiritual Songs presented to the public for many years. It is a selection of the best, improved by additions from the pen of the com piler.— Western Christian Advocate. Usual discount to preachers and the trade. Retail price, 60c. On the receipt of the retail price, we wiU send 110 WhitehaU-street, Atlanta, Ga. GIFTS FOR CHILDREN. B9~The attention of Sunday-school Superintend ents and Teachers is called to the following fine list. Read, and send on your orders. 49-Reward Caros from five cents to fifty cents. This list consists of Mottoes, Birds, Animals and Verses, suitable for presents to the Sunday-school scholars. Ruby Lays, No. 1 aud No. 2, per package 15 Ruby Hymns, do 15 Life of Christ, do 30 Old Testament, do 30 Ten Commandments, do 30 Golden Hymn, No. 200, do 25 do No. 202, do 30 do No. 206, do 25 Bible Selections, do 60 Poetry of Flowers, do 60 Life of Joseph, do 30 Pilgrim’s Progress, do 30 Parables of our Lord, do 30 Litile Lays, do 30 S.-school Tickets, ass’d, 4 Nos. do 26 Sunday-school Cards, per hundred $1 60 Library Cards, do 2 00 Programme Cards—6 Cards for exercises in S.-schools 50 S. S. Call Otirds (25 ill package) inviting per sons to Sunday-school 25 My Teacher’s Token, per package of 60 20 Scripture Tickets of different colors, on paper. 06 do do on thick card paper 15 Bible Problems, in Pictures, per package 60 American Bird Cards, do 60 Domestic Animals, do 60 Sunday-school Treasury, do 60 Pictorial Cards, No. 1 and No. 2, each,do 15 Illuminated Book Marks, do 25 Bird Pictures, * do 60 Illuminated Cards, No. 1, do 10 do No. 2, do ...... 15 Twenty Alphabetical Cards, do 16 Box of Jewels, per box.. 26 Words of our Lord, per package 60 Scriptural Texts, do 30 Sunday-Bcliool Texts, do 30 Picture Alphabet Cards. do 50 Missionary Stories for Children, do 30 Missionary Tracts for Children, do 15 TractsforChildren,Nos.l,2and3, do 10 Lord’s Prayer, do 25 We will send any of the above rewards by mail, prepaid, on the receipt of the retail price. For $4.60 we will send $5 worth of Rewards by Express. Par ents and Teachers, remember the little ones. Send for a Catalogue of our Sunday-school books. We will send by mail, prepaid, free. HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta, Ga. Narratives, Sketches, Stories, Talcs, Ete. (Order bu numbers, invariably.) No. Price. 1 The Commandment with Promise 60 2 The Forbes Family; or, the Way of Peace 35 3 The Penny Tract: with other tales 50 4 The Potters’ Common: with other tales 50 5 The Iron Cage: with other tales 60 6 Experience and Happy Death of Eliza Higgins 30 7 Boys and Girls who Loved the Savior 30 8 The Last Day of the Week 35 9 The First Day of the Week 35 10 The Week Completed 35 23 Pierre and His Family 45 28 Faithful Bridget 35 32 Paul and Harry Fane; or, the Two Sons 40 33 Power of Instruction; or, Guilty Tongue 40 41 Brother, Sister and Father 35 42 Cottage Scenes; or, stories of Poor Children.... 30 43 Little Richard and Africaner 30 44 Three Martyrs 35 50 Little Pansy 40 52 Memory' and the Prize 30 53 The Flowers of the Forest 35 54 Imogen, the Orphan Princess 40 56 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain 30 62 Rosabella; or, the Queen of May 35 63 Mark Steadman 50 64 Little Orange Sellers 35 76 Brandy Drops; or, Charlie’s Pledge 35 78 The Children at Old Park, and Their Neighbors 40 81 Temperance Boys, a Sequel to “Brandy Drops” 40 88 Decision and Indecision; or, the Two Cousins.. 35 92 The Young Quaker 45 94 Thoughtless Rosa, and other Stories 45 100 Down in a Mine; or, Buried Alive 50 On receipt of the retail price of any of the above books, we will send them by mail, prepaid. We will allow twenty-five per cent, off to Sunday-schools. Send for our CATALOGUE, which contains a list of all the volumes found in the Youth’s Library. HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta, Ga. Hitchcock & walden. ho white hall-street, Atlanta, Ga., will fill all orders for standard books, at publishers’ prices, (if the casli accompanies the order,) thus saving the purchaser Express charges. They hope their courtesy will be appreciated and that this arrangement will be satis factory to their many customers. A VERY CHEAP LIBRARY. One Hundred 'Volumes for 825. Containing over 16,000 pages and over 300 illus trations. Sound in cloth. These books are taken from our Youth’s Li brary—not one that is objectionable. Printed in open type, on good paper, and with fresh wood cuts. The books have been carefully read and approved by competent judges. SOLD ONLY IN SETS. The Story of a Scripture Text; The Naughty Girl Won; Helpful Susan; The School at Elm Oak; Harry the Sailor Boy; Sammy Seymour, the Drunkard’s Boy; My Brother lien. Jenny the Crochet-Worker; Uncle Jabez; , , Sarah’s Home; Alice Barlow; or, Principle In Every Thing; - Allie and Kyan; or, New Bonnet aud Dress ; Little Mabel’s Friends; Steps up the Ladder; Mattie; or, Live for Others; Walter and Nellie; Rumford Rosey; The Little Brown Jng; Ernest Richmond and his Little Mother; Fanny Floyd; or, One Day at School; Life in the Woods; The Bible Class in the Parsonage; Blessings in Disguise; The Trip to Weldon Woods; The Little Sea-Bird; The Sparrow’s Fall; or, Under the Willow; The Earnest Laborer; Legends of New Eugland; Shooting at a Mark—A Story for Boys: A Happy New Year; Helen Maurice; or, the Daughter at Home; Harry Ashton’s Wish: or, the Two Ladders; The Christmas Bracelet; The Weed with an 111 Name; Children’s Book of Sermons; Facts for Boys and Girls; Emily’s Day-Dreams; Payson, a Model Boy ; The Power of Kindness; Poppy’s Spring Holidays; The Crooked Tree; Only a Penny; A School-boy’s Life; Faithful Bridget; Paul and Harry Fane; Old JonaS; or, the Kind Old Sailor; Little Pansy; Imogen, the Orphan Princess; Mark Steadman ; The Little Orange Sellers ; Brandy-Drops; or Charlie’s Pledge; The Children at Old Park; Temperance Boys; The Young Quaker; Thoughtless Rosa, and Other Stories; Sermons to School Girls, Down in a Mine; or, Buried Alive; Archie’s Dream; Sunny Slope; Johnny and his White Mice; Happy Mike; Widow Davis and the Young Milliners; Arthur and his Mother; The Missing Boat; Little Fish Peddler; Archie Gray; Christmas Times in the Crocus Family ; Audget of Facts; Story of the Nile ; Isabel’s Trials, and Once a Second; Grace Abbott; Harry the Whaler; Walter aud the Prize, and other Stories; Bright Nook; Joseph Martin; Little Davy; Stories of the Woods; Abel Bisby; Bessie Field—a Story of Humble Life; Young Andrew’s Revenge; Mabel; Aunt Una’s Papa; Little Joe Ashton; Amy’s New Home, and Other Stories; Arthur Forest: or, the Scheol-boy Hero; Gerald Kopt, the Foundling; The Widow’s Sewing Machine; Our Next-Door Neighbors; Mary Woodman and her Grandmother; Nellie Newton; or, Patience and Perseverance; Little Pauper; Lizzie Ilagar, the Orphan Girl; Summer at Walnut Ridge; I Forgot; Little Wendals and their Foxes; The Dying Savior and the Gypsy Girl; Alice and her Friends ; or, Crosses of Childhood; Child ot the Kingdom ; Found at Eventide j Chair Pulpit. Terms, Cash in Advance. HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, 110 Whitehall-street, Atlanta, Ga. Sunday-School Advocate, Senii-Mouttily. Subscriptions may commence with April, July, October, or January. But all subscriptions ruust expire with Sep tember or March. Those commencing with April or October may run six or twelve months. Those commencing with July or January may run three or nine months. The subscription price per annum is as follows: Six copies or over to one address, thirty two cents each; less than six copies, forty cents each. This includes the postage, which the Publishers are obliged to prepay. Terms cash. We send all our orders to Hitchcock & Walden, Cincinnati, 0., to be sent from there. Subscribers will please send in their orders as early as possible. Address, Hitchcock & Walden, 110 Whitehall st., Atlanta, Ga. HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, Publishers, Booksellers & Stationers, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, and ATLANTA, Keen constantly on hand a full line of Theological, Religious, Temperance and Mis cellaneous Publications.