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my Jam'Iy." 1t is therefore Christian pa
rents, that l beg your Indulgence for if |
speak at all, | must speak plainly.
In speaking of the Home Department
then, allow me to call your attention to the
Importance of giving your children tho
rough religious education.
1t would be difficult to approach the sub
lect, without running the risk Of dealing IN
hackneyed common places; but these are
admissible at the freside and require no
apology. But when | look at the develop
ments of the age in which we live, and at
the peculiar aspect of things in the Church
Of Christ, t,-when l survey the field Of great
interests spreading out before the mind
eve, and remember that the family is but
the epitome of It's recorded history-the
germ Of its everlasting future-the fountain
Of all its streams that pour their contribu-
tions of blessedness or wo into the bosom
of eternity,-when l think of all this, the
topic assumes a magnitude and Importance
which would seem to Justify any amount Of
talking, commonplace or otherwise, that
might be devoted to it.
You have children committed to your
care, and for their training you are respon-
sible to God. l do not doubt that you
make every provision for their temporal
comfort that the foresight and solicitudes
of parent would suggest. In this you
have not ''denied the faith" In this you
are not "worse than an infdel." But in
this matter of their religious training, with
all proper respect be it spoken, you are in
fault,-'fqgrante delicto, IF that form
of expression will add any thing of pun
gency to my plainness. l must say to you,
that the Home Department is getting to be
very rickety concern, and l propose to
point out to you-and through you to pa
rents generally-sOme of the more prOmi-
nent and mischievous abuses that are but
too plainly to be discerned in this important
sphere of duty. KIRKLAND.
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THE SERMON DONE.

Clos'd was the preachers last appeal,
The worshippers were gone;
Though some still linger'd here end the
Round many a sodded stone.
When up there ran a little lad
Sir, is the sermon donep
'The preachers Words replied the man,
Are ended, it is true;
But those great duties he has taught
Demand attention too.
And so the sermon is not done,
But it is all to do.
-'Tis easy short Sabbath hour,
To hear Of wisdom's way,
To listen to the will of God,
And mark what preachers say.
But this is hard, throughout the week
To practice and obey.
Then will the sermon, boy, be done,
When evil is abhorred;
God, not alone on this His day,
But every hour adored;
And piety makes every place
A temple to the Lord
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to come. He shall come and will not
tarry"
The longed for summons came at last,
and 'with oil in her vessel" i" and her lamp
brightly burning, she "went forth to meet
the Bridegroom" Page 40.
She died at Sterling on the 10th January
in the S7th year of her age, and thus passed
away, one poor in this worlds riches and
honors, but rich in faith-an heir of the
promses-one of the nobility of heaven,
one of the peerage of the skies. A brand
plucked from the burning notable illus
tration of the Transforming and elevating
effect of saving grace. Though ye have
been among the pots, yet shall ye be as
the wings of dove, covered with silver,
and her feathers with yellow gold"
J +.
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For the Central Presbyterian.
Short Chapters on the Home Depart
ment.--No 1.

Give me place at your freside, Chris
tian parents, this winter evening, and let
us have a plain talk upon an important
subject. l am not grey-beard nor blue
stocking, but one of your fellow-citizens
and friends; and | ask your attention not
for the pleasure Of hearing myself talk
though | do not pretend to deny that it IS
pleasant to talk to sensible people like
yourselves,-but for the satisfaction of
pointing out, in plain way, certain abuses
which have crept into the Home Depart
ment.
Now don't be angry with me for not ex-
planning my meaning at once; for dislike
the idea Of plunging Sin medias res" as
the writer's would say, especially upon deli
cate subjects. am not politician, and
have nothing to do with the Home Depart
ment at Washington, or London, or Paris;
but there is a Home Department of mar
rover sphere, but more potent and far
reaching influences than any over which
court and cabinet ministers are wont to
preside. Pardon ne when | tell you it is
the tlmily circle,
/ am aware, that in treading upon the
ground of domestic relations, am in dam
ger of intrenching upon those feelings
which are usually guarded by somewhat
sensitive reserve; for many man will bear
to be rebuked for personal vices, who would
fly in the face Of any censure involving
these relations, as worthy of a prompt re-
sentiment ;-"Speak of my faults, if you
choose. Hold me up to the gaze of an in
quisitive public, but don't say anything about
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AnvrPTISEnIENTS.
Correspondence of the Central
Presbyterian.

Celebration of Thanksgiving Day-Sba-
t;;aq-A Greek DrQma-GeJman M2sic-
H9RdePs "Messias, and CbernbiRi S "Re-
ouiem-COncert Gardeas-NelcspaPers-
Observation-Disclosures Intelligence Of
-Mwcpresentati0Rs.
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Edited and published for association OF gentlemen III
Virginia and North Carolina, by
MEAsRs. MOORE, HOGE Il co.
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TERMS.

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THE OFFICE OF

THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
Is on Main Street five doors below the Exchange BANK
over the Store of IL. Baldwin, thiro story
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A NORTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR TURNED ADO.
LIrIoNIsT The last Raleigh STANDARD contains
letter from Professor in the University OF
North Carolina, = Mr.. Hedrick, in which said He
drick avows himself Fremont man, . Black Re
publican. Mr.. B S. Hedrick Is quite young man,
. native of the Western counties OF the State,
having lived in his boyhood he says, near Locks
Bridge ever the Yadkin, in Davidson or Rowan =
He graduated at Chapel Hill, and afterwards spent
some few years at Cambridge. Mass where, with
a natural aptitude for such things he no doubt
adop'ed the tone and sentiments Of the place. His
idea evidently is that his expuision from Chapel
Hill will make = lion of him among the Northern
perhaps at Harvard or elsewhere, in q latitude
more congeaial to his notions.- Wilmington IN. c.
OurndI -f '5s-~ 30
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EXTRAORDINARY LoNGEvITY.-David RaIpe, a
negro, the property of Mr.. VIM. H. Moss died in
on the 22d ult., At the advanced age of III years
esCerinthian Pillar says he was q remarkably
obedient and polite negro, all attest who knew
him; and as an evidence of his good conduct, he
was never chastised in his life. He had remarka.
bIe powers of endurance, was fine carpenter,
and built large frame dwelling for Mr.. Moss at
the advanced age of ia years. He has during
the present summer drawn between three and
fJur hundred shingles day, and had frequently
walked to Corinth, distance OF two miles. after
a hard days work, to supply himself with sugar
and coffee for the month. He was never sick In
his life, nor did he ever take dose Of medicine.
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EFFECTS OF WORSHIP ON THE IEsANE-An
exchange says, on the authority Of Miss Dix, the
people with whom her sacred missions have
brought her into companionship, abs has not found
one individual, however fierce and turbuient, that
could mot be calmed by Scripture and prayer. ut
tered In low and gentle tones. The power of re-
hgious sentiments over these .shattered souls
aeem1 miraculous 80. - ,s'ts-s I EE
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CLINICAL LRAScAL-IrY.-A young and deIicate sir1
from the Interior of New York. came 70 Rock eors
cir. Conkding in the honor Of the reverend sinne
under whose protection she placed. she fell ct
last prey 70 his lschsrous srts-arsin which Ions
tufned dishonersd and to her fathers
house, whore she has since died of grief and morf
cation. Her priestiy ssducer was arrested in Bos-
ton his guilt In writing and agrs ed t.
pay tho f.thef Of biz victim the anm Of $2o00 Ere
ter IN. II Nsws Letter = .EsfESks SIS
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DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATIos IN CONNECTICUT.
There was q turn out of the Democrats at Mid.
dletou. CT. Saturday afternoon. An address was
delivered by Hon. Isaac Toucey. The main incl.
dent OF the celebration was the raising OF hicko
ry pola with thirteen roots to represent the thir
teen original States, and thirty one branches 70
represent the American Union of the present day.
The pole was drawn into the city by one hundred
woke of oxen sftss8s ~
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!, ACCENT OF DAYs --srhs Boston Herald says
that In the town Of Winthrop, Mass.. four miles
FROM Bostos. thsrs nyes > iady sf sevsptY yesss
who has never sisitsd bosson OF oesa om 2. =.
town. a. seen . raiiroads She WA born tq the
house q q which ahs now resides, wAss snarried
there, aud has always fived there.
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THE GEORGIA AND FLORIDA aRAILRoAD.-
From an article In the Savannah Republican, of
the 26th September, it appears there is every
prospect Of the sps dy organization of the Grand
Trunk Railroad chartered At the last session Of the
Georgia Legislature, and destined to connect So
vannah and Florida by road to Thomasville and
Bainbridge in Southwestern Georgia; the latter
town being situated on Flint river, just above the
Florida line, north of Tallahassee.
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g STEAMsHIPs.-fhoughb but eighteen years have
elapsed since the first vessel wholly propelled by
steam crossed the Atlantic, now there are four.
teen line of steamers, comprising forty eight yes
sells, plying between Europe and the United
States. Recently not less than fifteen arrivals OF
foreign steamers have taken place in single
month Out of these forty-eight steamers. but
twelve are of American construction. For nine
years the British had the monopoly OF the Allan.
tic steamships, before American enterprise under.
took to compete with them Four of our most
valuable Atlantic steamers have been cntirely
lost; two having been driven ashore and broken
up third was sunk by q collision, with nearly
all on board and fourth, the nobiest of the feet.
has never been heard from, but is supposed to
have struck an iceberg. The foreign comp anies
have lost, in all. four ships from their American
lines The value of these eight steamships ia set
down at SO 537, 900, exclusive of cargoes. On the
California route there have been lost seven fine
steaners, mostly on the Pacific coast viz: the In.
dependence which sunk in the Pacific, with 100
lives and the Tennessee and st. -Louis-total
wrecks The San Francisco, valued At $500 600,
was lost in the Atlantic in the same year. with
many valuable lives the Yankee Blade in the year
following besides the illfated Rhode Island, and
the North Carolina in the year 1855 1t is estima'
ted that one thousand four hundred and twenty
lives and 81 $50 600 in property have been lost in
steamships since the year 1858. In pecuniary
point of view the Atlantic steamers 1t is said have
not been profitable to The ockholders-PAiiddet
phia Led9T. - .. ..-+l >s - 5{ -
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LAND VS.. WATER The
Memphis Bulletin publishes statsmenf of the cosl
ef 100 bales of cotton shipped from that port 10
New York by sea, n compared WITH similal
quantity shipped to Cairo, and thence BY railroad
10 New York The difference In faver Of the
route via New Orleans was but el7l4 ON the en-
tire LOT, and this differences will oe iessened N
shippipe Via Cincinnati when the ohiofs naviga
hIo .trs.x a. fssss3sIsssfs f9
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yc,s an Hsturday Isst, Rev. r. Southsriand made
= political speech During its delivery considers
ble disturbance was made by peuons pfeseni,
and after Il was over Mr. Sout6ertsnd was sEack
by club or the head which prosuated BIN sense
less to the ground. Hs was picked up Ana taAen
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NEWS ,FOKTHE NIILLION..WiH

l y this morning, 80 pieces hesyy unare1sed insh
worth IS cts; Black Silks, over yard in width, at
VI IS, worth 81; 1000 superior French woven Cor
sets at 81 375 cts, vorth p $50 worried Beads at
ia1s at - cts. cheap at 5J cts $40 Camb Bands at
3i4 cts worth 6zi cts e6s dottsd Wells at Is cents
usually 1t 57i cts Bonnet Ribbons at 10 cts yard;
fan assortment Of Millinery Goods Hosiery; Wool
lon Yarns; Trimmings IN the sreseesc pfOfnson; 20
different styles Mohar Byseests At z5cts per pair;
Head Dresses ia Moh.ir Velvet and Satin; Elastic
Beits, S7} cts Ladies' white Kid 0lovesaf 30 cts;
1900 yards Camb. Edges st l2} ea. worth 25l CENTS
Emb'd Linsn Csub- Hdkfs At 50 cts worth Sl; plain
Linen do at III cts. cheap at 20 cts. and thousands
Of ether great caresiost to be had at -
= a 3GOLDSMi1's iTfimasins and Fspcy
oc g ks ssss h y ssfssal store 205 kvoad srset
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r7s ARRIVAL OF FISHERMEN.-The Marblehead
correspondent Of the Salem Observer rays that
eleven OF the fishing feet have returned, with an
aggregate Of 400 hsh. Most Of the fish landed
this season has already been sold 1t fair prices,
and our citize9s are reaping . rich harvest for
their tolls and hArdships. -
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SUICIDE G Walker committed suicide on
the night of the Goth ult six miles east OF Fair
mont, Marion county, Va, by blowing sout his
brains with pistol. He was about my years of
temperance iy the supposed canss Of his self de-
afR1 q .asllaN
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ONE OR ROTHEk.-"Whers is your father" said
an angry master to the son Of his habitually tip-
pling domestic. "He is down stairs, air." '.Get.
theni" .Getting sober S..- -
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i The Now York Journal OF commerco pubhahes
:. lat ii is stsAnships now running heeWsen this
country and Ldvsspesk e 'aas a*sSa
A schooner arrived at New York, on Saturday,
havipr paAs the rua from HavAnnAh inelehty
hours. - 80 -, = ss,tssss $
The new stsam tug James Murray, was dsstroy.
"a by are. sssday y tAs eAssepseks Ary' nsas saf
Aiu9Bs Asa4nu- ,sszz ~es. - ffs,sf5lsss. srfss
Hr. Fredsrick W. Isseyis. ono q the well hlown
aucfi6n AfDd HAIRY, Leeds a. Co., OF NeW soss,
died suddsnly last Friday evening.
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q GAhD...We, the undersigned, mem-
IA bers of the RICHMOND INSTRUMENTAL
operation about one session under the direction OF
MIR. V. Busch, feeling much grali6ed at his ability
ss Condurtor and Arrsnger take great pleasure ia
daily invite the cooperation of those musical
who may be disposed unite with from the
commencement of next session. ithe Ist Of octo.
ber and also later in orGer to make this Club per-
manent and worthy the countenance OF refined and
intelligent community. ..r. g
ry- Apply to Mr. P. Z. GIBBS Ambrotype Rooms
Cclintbau Hall ..-, -, ~ =
w. LEiGH BURTON, Violino Primo r
w. IL. BLAcKADAR, }vi.,;,; s.,.nH
A. SHoLL, 'ieni Soeonoi' -i.ss.g
Jso Fay, Viola.
Pc. GIBBS. Violoncslo.
P;H ! nsosTasUE' sssIa Rl.uti Priml.
3 o.Frssssns,' F. saeDss' Flauti sseondi
o. "A. ERICSSON, Clsrinetto Solo.
V. BUSCH, Conduetor.
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nsrABLrsHMrNTs

aa, CHIlDRkNsS AND HOUT O.,
"a CLOTHiN0.-Ths subscriber he's now the
M iarsest aud beet assortment Of CLOTHING
~. for Childrens and foaths wear, that be ever
h.d 70 offer comprising all sizes stylcs snd qualities
snd suardisns and ell hsrs In want Of such
smmedistely on ms, A. am determined TO offer eve
~ Insure perfect sstisfaeton, aud will
he sold low for cash. or 70 punctusl cus,omers. gs
..s,fE J. II. RIDDlCK. sss
No 1874 Main St, opposite the Ansr,can Hotel.
.acc-lmt Raf+ "a
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BOARDING.

DOAKDING-'f sabscrfber has two We.
~ pleasant vacant rooms suitable for single gem
teneu young ladies attending school In the c
~ She would be pleased also, to have several more
DAY bQARDERS, and will use her best endesvors
r. give satisfaction TO those no may favor her
with their patronage. MRS. II. r PHlPPEN,
Over Mrs. KimpeFs,
Sc S0-Irl On Broad above 4th st.
TI'tlE kEtEka HOUSE, corner Of Fran
i lin and Sd streets, will be opened the ist of
October next, under the superint. ndence of Mrs.
Nhston.
tsnlb.s and day bosrders can be comfortably ac-
commodated. se ZS-2w
N0TICE.--Seyeral pleasant rooms, with
y Board may be had at the Boercing House of the
Misses MURRAY, on Grace, between 5th and 9Th
they having 10 remain their
sent residence A few gentlemen can be accommo.
dated day bosrders. a g7o'sa. ,iis sc Sta
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THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE FAIR At
DELAWARE, OHIo.-A machine called "Rumley's
Patent Rotary Piston Engine" was on exhibition
and at the time was grinding corn. 1t being the
chief attraction for the time being, vast crowds
surrounded it watching its execution, when from
some cause the boiler exploded making fearful ha-
voc in the surrounding masses. For some min
'utes the immediate spot was enyeloped in . thick
cloud of steam, ashes and dust, during which no.
thing was heard but confused shrieks of terror
and anguish from the wounded and dying When
the steam settled away, it disclosed sight shock.
ing to the stoutest heart What then were the
feelings of mothers and daughters who saw their
friends and relations stricken dead beside them,
or writhing in the agonies OF dissolution, OF who
were tortured with that sickening doubt whether
the unrecognzable corpses were not those of their
dear friends-these feelings are better imagined
The entire engine was blown from the spot. the
boiler itself crushing to death lady some seventy
feet from its former position Many persons were
scaided, many were wounded slightly, and many
N L soon die.
i Ii was xscertained that fourteen were killed on
the spot-some Of these were 30 mangled Is yet
to remain unrecognizable Four or Eve ladies
were among this number. Several were among
the best citizens ofthe place.. Clerelaad lO Plain
dSalsr .5--- =
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Il, NUrlCE.-.P. BkGHER g. BKO.
IN TIER Merchant Tsalois Ne. 26 Main street,


IL their fall and winter stock of goods consist-
ins Of large and varied assortment of French Enxish
nns ernsn Cloths Fancy 81 veivets and Silk Vest
uhss SC, which we prepared TO make up 10 order
in the latest Styles and at short notice. We also ks
constantly hand good and general assortment Of
hsshioushle Ready Made Clothing, manu- sctured bv
ourselves; gentlsnen's furnishing eoeds Fboys and
childfens clothing. &c, All OF which we shall be
happy furnish TO our customers and hiends on
terms wtics can't fau TO please, t, se l1-tm<
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d SADDLE AND HARM rs =
II flrals BUSINESS, sxigg

Z The subscriber having taken the stand re-
Gently occnpied by Mr.. G. Bfswn, on Bro~d street.
between Let and I'd, would respectfully inform Il
eitizens OF Richmond and vicinity, that he will con
time to carry on tbs, s. z sstss
SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKING BUSINESS.
ana VIII keep constantly On hand general supply Of
saddies Hsrnes% endiss. Whips, Collars, and every
other article IN his line, and solcis the patronage Of
tne public and former Gus omers of Mr. Brown
AA WIN. A TRUEHEART
!. n B. Reparirg thankfully received, md executed
In To. neat est style. oc 3-6ts
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THE CoTToN CRoF.-Ths accounts from the cotton
crop continue to grow worse daily, and not one Ia
Any believes In fhres mliou bales. There sEs
many reliable and wsi Informed houses In New Or
ieans who put the crop eliminates at not over 45Op
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BYJAs. A. OowARDrN.

~ rae Daily Dispatch 10 served to subssribsu
a. Nx ANc suARrEa cEsrs PEA wREK, payable -
Al. Carr,er vsek,v erse Tor mailing, % yess, or
81 50 for six months. h advance.
rThe Weekly DtspascA d issseS every Iri-
s,y. and mailed to subscziheu as 81 per AMMAN.
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SHAMEFUL LDEsERTIoN.-The Cumberland (Nd
Telegraph of Thursday says: ,,

Our community were no little startled q few
days since at learning that lawyer of this city,
whose name, on account of his family, we forbear
mentioning. had left his wife with five small chill
dren. in destitute circumstances and, with another
mans wife, had departed for parts unknown The
last heard of the guilty parties they in Balti
more, where it is presumed he passed off his para.
mour as his wife. The husband of the runaway
woman, we understand, resides in Wheeling. Vir.
ginia, and does not perhaps know of the desertion
of his faithless spouse" aezish
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RvOULDING DRESSED AND UN.
lfk DRESSED UMBER--Relyidene Planning Mills

on 9Th street, south Of the Basin in rear of the Pc
t.rsburg Dspot.-Pianing, of all kinds of lumber,
Tonguing spo Growing done in the best manner -
Dressed Fleorps, S. T. and fl inch thick; Shelly.
Ing Partition and Car s.uif on hand and for sale.
Also, Frame Timber, Oak Fencing, and building ma
terTss generally. I'D --..4f
Builders Mouldings, sixty different patterns, al.
ways on hard.
SIN s. C.. ROBINSON.
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- ID. DEMON has for sale 600 Enamef.
-. led Crates Fenders and Summer Pieces, EN-
irscing Square Topped Ci Gle and Eleptic Patterns
Re sold al the lowest prices Orders from town and
country promptly attended to. The Virginia Me,
ehancs Institute awarded silver medal the highest
prenIicm, to SAM'L ID DENooN for the beat speci-
mems OF Crates and Tenders Also, for sale large
stock of Bells Brass Brick f'oulds, &c. Apply at my
Bell and Brass Foundry, No. 225 Main street, be-
tween 9Th and 9Th, west side Richmond, Va.
an