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Conference.-The night at four o'clock the EN-
pcror sent an orderly officer to inform the Corps
Legislatif of the happy deliyerancc ofthc Empress
Her Majesty gave birth to IN Imperial Prince st
a quarter past three. (Crics of " Wire z Emfer-
cur" from all parts of the housc.) sec, gentle
men, continued the Count dc Morney, that you
participate in the joy of all France "Erer
Empercur,' cried the President, "Yirep Emper-
eur" "EireF Imprratrtce,' "Tice. 10 Prince
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Eclectic School Books.

NEW Goods NET GOODS!
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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-07
THE LEGISLATURE WAITING.

The Senate and Corps Legislatif remained the
whole of the day on Saturday in their respect
tiyePalaess, waiting for the announcement 9fthe
of expectancy, they not only made ample pro-
vision of catables, champagne, and cigars but
sent for music, and invited their wives and
daughters to keep them company. After re-
manning an permencnee till half past one in the
morning, message was received from the pal
ace giving them leave to go home. They could
and four o'clock most of the members were
knocked up by their private messengers bring
ing the great news, and by o'clock they
were again assembled to public sitting waiting
to receive the communication of the intelligence.
The Senate, as they are compelled to do by the
constitution, sat with closed doors. To Corps
Lcgislatif the public were admitted. The pro-
cecdings were very short
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por sale by t. IL LOGAN CO.
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isthon every license to keep coffee house of the FIRST
class within the said city OF Wheeling, there shall be paid
the treasury Of said city, at the per
following that II the annual rental value
does exceed three hundred dourS tax of one hundred
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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26
A VETERAN DEMOCRAT.

An esteemed correspondent at Lynehburg Virgins
writes to us under date Of November %;
"Now that the smoke and noise Of the battle are over
enabled to congratulate the country uP
it's safety and peace think II probable that the iBodsb
which about to narrate will prove Of ntsrst
to yeur readers.
Upon the day Of election, rainy, damp, and dsgreba
az old soldier 10 the democratic ranks and relic
the revolution, by William Clark, aged lol yeau
0aked into city from his home sight miller in A
country, to cast his vote for he Sage Of Whessnd and h
young hero OF Kentucky With such heroes party
such enthusiasm, undmmed by age distance must
prevail over all opposition ?"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26

has been stated, the authority Of the Baptist Alma
mac that last year the Baptsts in Msine New Hampshire
and Vermont suffered total decrease Of 726 members while
the net increase in all tho New England States only g.
tE1ohangs
That grows out Of the fact (says the Savannah Geor
gan) that the Baptist clergy in those States have taken
to preaching politics instead Of religonnot Christ and
him crucifed, but Douglas and him damned We are
inclined to think that things going on in the
Of few years most Of the Christianity in New England
will be found in the Episcopal and Roman Catholic
churches We say Il in sorrow, views differing
in many respects from the distinctive characteristics Of
those two denominations
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26

NEW RANKING HoUsE.-The American Exchange Bank
Of New York haze contracted for the erection Of elegant
new banking house to be commenced pext May, on The
corner of Broadway and Cedar streets II will be say'
the New York Journal Of Commerce. frstcass reprOo
building made wholly Of and iron at Of some
thing like $4,000 The front will be 40 feet 80
feet depth 100 feet height four stories The walls viii
be OF New Brunswick drabcolor stone Dorchester guar
ries the that with which the Continental and Me-
chaniCs Banks built The clearinghouse will have
iron foorbeams with brick arches betweeu an iron roof
slated and the window-rames Of the basement and 6i
story win be Of the same material All the partition walls
above viii be Of brick and irona frame work Of iron
filed in with brick
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26
DEMOCRATIC ALMANAC.

In advertising columns will be found the prospects
of the Democratic Almanac and Political Register for III
year 1857" The work is in competent and eicpc
hands and is in every respect worthy of thebera Pat
age Of democratic II will contain the Official vote Of al
the States for President in 1852 and 1866 also the off
cal for governor and congressman in the yadou
States for the past two years. the official popular ia
the twenty-five years. and such other statistical and "a
cial tables as may be Of value TO all
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26
WELL DONE, MISSISSIPPI

The MissssippiAn says:
We publish to-day the official vote Of all the counts
except Green, Wayne, and Tuniea; showing democrats
majority Of eleven hovsaHd hundred and ,svsnivar
The vote Of the above counties win not vary hc
figures"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26

clergyman residing in Keens Kentucky writes to Toe
editors Of the Journal Of Commerce,
"Iimprovs this occasion express mr. particular nrr
baton OF your towards clerical politicians and th
folly which, under the Of philanthropy IT, in many CIR
oles taking the place Of religion"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26

Senator Seward Of New York. and Hon. Job R TySon
Of Pennsylvania, and Hon. r. S Edwards, Of New York
arrived in this city yesterday
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26

Hon. Jos. P. COmegyS, the new United States scuAio
from Delaware is said to be near relative Of the lei
Hon. John NJ Clayton.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26
THE ELECTION In LOUISIANA.
Baton Rouge Advocate of the 18th inst. says

The Baton Rouge Advocate of the 18th inst says:
The official of all but parishes in this State
be found in columns oday Those hear from oea
y are Morehouse and Yermilion. The Morehouse ADV
cate however furnishes the vote of that parish follows
Fillmore 35l, Buchanan 332-Fillmores majority 10 Th
stands thus in the State exclusive of Yermon wh
is reported to have given Buchanan l04 majority
Buchanan 1880
Fillmore
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-26
The Louisiana Courier Of the lsth SAYS:

The Louisiana Courier of the 18th says:
awe have letter from wel-informed citizen OF Vermi
on dated the 10th instant in which the official majority for
Buchanan in that parish is given lis. We also
formed by letter that the nothing majority in Mere
house is 10 votes BY adding IA to the Advocates Summary
the actual majority for Buchanan In this ass Had
there been fair and legal election in this CITY, 1t would haT,
been three times great As is all the vlany, Awla
ness and outrage of the know-nohing bulles and ruan
urged by the leaders Of their party 70 for nothing thA
the good and patriotism OF the in the county
parishes who have stepped In and saved the State from
itical Disgrace"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
Chinese Agriculture.

The oldest countries in the world are
Egypt and China, and in both of them the
art of agriculture is pursued to its highest
cultivation-at least we may say that there
is no portion of the world where the indus
try of man has exhibited such wonderful
results in the tillage of the earth. Much
may be learned by more civilized nations
from the husbandry of the Chinese espe-
cially, whose immense population has been
sustained for ages from a soil which grows
rich under perpetual cultivation. The Sc
cret of their success is by no means new or
profound. 1t consists in highly manwing
every foot of soil. We are informed by
Bayard Taylor, in his interesting book on
India, China, and Japan, that the alluvial
soil around Shanghai is constantly redolent
Of the most repulsive odors, and that vehi-
cles are always passing out Of the city filled
with the most noisome and effcacious ma
nmes. The whole country is cultivated like
garden, and not pound Of material that
can add to its fertility is suffered to be lost
Such is the lesson taught us Americans by
the antiquated Chinese. Strange truth,
that the most progressive and enterprising
of all Christian nations, should be so far
behind the unsociable and besotted heath
en- of Eastern Asia, in the simplest and
most important of all the arts! We ought
to feel the point Of such a comparison, and
seek to exhibit before the world less hui
initiating conraet.-C1ycJ;rG Calt,bztor
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS
Religious Character Of VIM. Writ.

As life advanced, his convictions of the
trnth and value of Christian revelation, and
Of tbe duties it imposed upon him, became
more earnest and profound. He devoted a
norton of his time, every day, to the read
mo of the Scriptures; engaged in a COM
prehensive study Of theology; cultivated
habits of PRAYER and meditation, which he
promoted and encouraged throughout his
family; and frequently employed his leisure
in the composition of religious essays and
records of private devotion. He took great
interest in the promotion of moral and reG-
oious institutions, in the Missionary labOrs
of the churches, in the extension of the
Sunday schools, in the success Of the Bible
Societies,-and was, at the time Of his death
the President of the State Bible Society OF
MARYLAND. He was a most effective friend
of the cause of temperance, and often sought
oDportunitv to testify to the great impor
lance which he attached to the labors OF
the societies connected with it. Il have
been for more than forty years he remarks
in letter which has been frequently pub
Ishsd-''a close observer Of life and man
rers in various parts of the United States
and | know not the evil that will bear a
j onent's comparison with intemperance.
n short, the latter years, especially, of Mr.
N.r5's life furnish Us the spectacle Of {;
highly ~ifted, thoughtful and accomplished
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
A Newfoundland Dogs Revenge.

was always fond of dogs. Goldsmith,
in his touching and eloquent pleas for the
dog, wherein abiding to a sort of mania
for dog killing, which prevailed at the time
of which he speaks, in consequence Of an
unreasonable apprehension of hydrophobia,
says, among other fine things, that the dog
is the only animal which viii leave il; own
kind voluntarily, to follow man.
1t is true, and the truth should bind man
to be the dogs protector and friend.
The American brig Cecilia, Capt Symmes,
on one of her voyages, had on board a
splendid specimen of the Newfoundland
breed named Napoleon, and his magnif-
cent size and proportions, his intelligent
head, broad, white chest, white feet and
white tipped tail, the stof his glossy body
being black, made him as beautiful as his
peerless namesake, who would, no doubt,
have been proud to possess him.
Capt. Symmes, however, was not partial
to animals of any kind, and had an unac-
countable and especial repugnance to dogs,
as much so, indeed, as if all his ancestors
had died of hydrophobia, and he dreaded
to be bitten like his unfortunate prede-
cesSors.
This dislike he one day manifested in a
shocking manner, for Napoleon had several
times entered his room, and, by the wag-
cling of his great banner Of tail, knocked
paper and ink off his desk. On the next
occasion the captain seized knife and cut
the poor animals tail off.
The dogs yell brought his master to the
spot, and seeing the calamity and the author
of it without moments hesitation he
felled Captain Symmes to the cabin floor
with sledge hammer blow, which had it
hit the temple would forever prevented the
Captain from cutting off any more dogs
tails.
The result was that Lancaster was put in
irons, from which he however was soon re-
leased. Captain Symmes repented his cruel
deed on learning that Napoleon had once
saved his owners life.
The white shark, as all my nautical
friends are well aware, is one of the largest
of sharks. 1t averages over twenty, and
have seen one twenty-seven and half feet
long. 1t is generally considered to be the
fercest and most formidable of sharks.
But a few days elapsed after this catas-
trophe of poor Napoleon ere he became the
hero of a more thrilling occurrence, the
very thought of which has often filed me
with horror. During the interval the noble
beast was not at all backward in exhibiting
his wrath at the Captain by his growls
whenever he approached.
In vain did his master, fearful for the life
of his dog, essay to check these signs OF
his anger. Captain Symmes however, made
the allowance, and offered no further harm
to him.
One morning as the Captain was stand.
ing on the bowsprit, he lost his footing and
fell overheard, the Cecilia then running al
about fifteen knots.
''D[an overheard! Captain Symmes over
board!" was the cry, and all rushed to get
out as they saw swimmer striking out fol
the brig, which was at once rounded to, anc
as they felt especially apprehensive on ac-
count Of the white sharks in those waters
they regarded his situation with the mos
painful soLoitude.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
CHTLDREN'S COLUMN.
WHAT I LIVE FOR.

l live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For human ties that bind me;
For the task by God assigned me;
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that can do.
live to learn their story
Who've suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory,
And to follow in their wake:
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble of all ages.
Whose deeds crowd HistOry's pages,
And Times great volume make.
l live to hold communion,
With all that is divine;
To feel there is a union
'Twixt Natures heart and mine
To profit by affection,
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfil each grand design.
live to hail that season,
By gifted minds fOretold,
When men shall rule by reason,
And not alone by gold;
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
l live for those who love me;
For those who know me true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too:
For the cause that lacks assistance;
For the wrong that needs resistance;
For the future in the distance;
And the good that can do.
The last four lines have been adopted
Mr.. Boyd for the motto Of the Panama Sta
md Herald, from which paper we copy tn
,Oem.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
The Planter and HOuSekcepcr.

R. P. Hendrick, Esq, Professor of Agri-
cultural Chemistry in the University of North
Carolina is to take the Editorial charge of
the Carolina Cultivator, published by VIM.
D. Cook, RALEIGH, n. c.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

VALENTINE x son Will on Thursday, September
18TH open their Store with entire new Stock 81
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, purchased during the
past month in the Northern Markets for Cash. and
hence they will be offered to their friends and custom
ers at the lowest rates Their stock consists i'll part
as follows:
English French and American Broad Cloths
Black and mixed Doeskin and Fancy CasSimeres
Satinets, Kentucky Jeans, Tweeds and Pulled Cloths
Kerssys, Linseys, Gala Plaids and Plaius
Balarale Gilberts, Swankin and silk Warp Flonnels
Red yellow, blue and green Flannel and Green Balze
Sais)ury and French Fannels, for children
BOnbazines Alpacas MOhairs and Canton Cloths
French and American De LANES and Perslans
French, English Il German Merinoes and Lady Cloths
Bed Blankets, and black and colored Negro Blankets
Carpettings Druggets and Rugs
81, Al, "a, O. and l2i beached and brown Shlrtngs
and Sheetings
Cotton OZnaburgs bleached and brown Drillings and
Ticks
Maryland Plaids Plaid Oznaburgs & Mariners Stripes
Apron and Furniture, Checks and Canton Flannels
English and American Prints, Glgham 81 Robe Calico
Plain and Sprieged Swiss Musls aud Drapery MusliI
Checked and striped Cambrcs and Habit Dmity
Nainsook and India Book Muslin, and Bishop Lawn
Crmped Dimity, Bonnet Cord and Fur .Dmity
Black Taifetas Gro de Rhine, BichOtf 81 Armuse Silk
Moire Antique, black and iaLcy, extremely handsome
ANDRE Striped and plaid Silks. new styles
Cold and black MORE Antique and Watered Silks, tOT
Nantes
Black Satin Wadded silk, and Wooden vestings
Rich black and cold SILK Neyets, for ClOaks
Irish Linens, Linen Sheetiug and Pillow Linen
Burlaps, Tickenburg, DOwlas, Huck and Crash
French Linen white, brown and black Holland
Linen Cambria, Thread Lawn, Renting and b Diape'
Bleached 81 brown Damask Damask Cloths X Napkin
Diaper, Huck and Damask Towels
Ladies', Gents and ChildrenS Hosiery and Gloves
Ladies' Aexr Kid Gloves. and Kid aud Buck Gauntlet
Linen Cambria, Lawn, Hemmed and Embd Hdkfs
Bandanna, Lutong, Shanghai and POngee Hdkfs
More Antique Bara hea and Gro de Rhine Cravats
Toilet, Imperial aud Allendale Quilts
Lace. Love and Grape Wells and Dotted Baregcs
Fay STATE, Cashmere, Tuckerie aud Rob Roy Shawls
Tibet Rachel and Stella ShawS
MarseilleS, Patent and Victoria Skirts
Ladies x Gents Gauze aud Merino Vests & Drawer
Albert, More Antique, Beaufort and JOinyille Ties
Linen and Cotton Shirt Fronts, Collars and Stocks
Neck, Bonnet and Cap Ribbons New Ombre style
Anpasse, Rachel, Sontag and Thread Tied Frenc
Collars
Cambria and Swiss Flouncings, Elgngs & Inserting
English Thread, Maltese, Bobbin and Lise Edgings
JacOnet and Swiss Sleeves and NJ burning Collars
Piano Covers, Fancy Fans Moleskn Belts, &c. &c.
VALENTINE 81 son,
No. SO, corner Broad 9th aud Capitol streets,
ja : Ie.r Caritd Sgu4Te
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

Arniriqn Inconsistencies and Errors IN wheh II Is
shown that an the distinctive doctrines OF the Pres
bvterian Confession of Faith taught by standard
writer's of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev
Henry Brown Philadelphia: W. 5 Martien. l2mo
$50 Through Price * Cardozo
As these able and exhaustive letters were originally
published in the Waterman and Observer they are Ia
ar To most If our readers, and many will be glad to
have them in a form more suitable to their grave and
wsiqhtv character than the columns Of a newspaper.
They have been received by many persons of much dis
creton with great favor, and regarded as standard
work in this great controversy Some Of our Arminan
brethren viii be like the of whom Moere tells us,
who found t his amazemeut that he had been speaking
prose all his life without knowing IT, and Will be astor-
ished t. ud that they believing, praying and iv-
ING Cavinisn all the time they were abusing 1t, with
out being aware of the fact.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

The new French floating batteries are en-
tirely built Of iron, and covered with shell
Of the same metal, under which the chimney
S lowered and concealed during action.
Trials have been made against this shell
with 81 Founders, but they only produced
a slight dent, the projectiles themselves re-
bounding far away.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

The Bible History Of Prayer with practical reflections
Bv Charles A. Goodrich. Boston: J. P. Jewett Il
Co. l2mo PIP. SSi. Through Price Il Cardozo
This is happy thought happily worked out. 1t gives
in the order of the books of the Bible the instances Of
PRAYER recor N them and points out the special les
sons of each case Most of the questions, doctrna aud
practical that have been raised concerning prayer nd
a place in this chronological summary Of its history
We commend its careful study TO not only the prayer
full but also To the prayerless who neglect this precious
telegraph Of heaven
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

DR.. Hays states tnat the chemical COM
position of the iron recently found in Libe-
ria Is, pure iron, $40; quart grains, mag
aetic oxide iron crystals, and zeolite l.6O.
This statement is interesting, as it settles
N the affirmative contrary to the opinion OF
many if not most scientific men, the ques-
ion as to whether terrestrial native iron
lose exist.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

MENDNG BROKEN CHlNA.-The follow
NO old receipt for mending China is said
to answer admirably: Take very thick
lolution of gum arabic in water, and stir
INTO it plaster of Paris until the mixture
becomes a viscuous paste. Apply it with a
brush to the fractured edges, and stick
tiem together. In three days the article
cannot again be brOkenin the same place.
The whiteness of the cement renders it dou-
DIV valuable.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05

,,,,,;,o's Scripture Readings.-JoHN. Boston; J. P:
Jeyyett & Co l2no. PIP. asa. Through Price &
Cardczo.
One would think that Or. Cumming had something
like the gift possessed by the fairy Of whom we used to
hear in childhood except thar instead ofPears dropping
from his lips there drop volumes. And indeed there
is some resemblance in the for Dr. Cs books are
really droppngs from his lips rather than from his pen
being most of them the corrected issue OF steno-
graphic reports Of his dscOures and at times we hnd
among these lp-droppugsa genuine pearlo thePurest
water The volume before contains the remarks that
he s accustomed to make in reading the Scriptures IN
course as he does in the public worship of the sabbath
The exposition must of be rather superficial and
mainly practical but nevertheless contains much that is
valuable to an ordinary reader.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1856-01-05
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.

The Heather Religion in its Popular and Symboheat De
rslopmeHt By Rev. Joseph b. Gross Boston; - e
Jewett 4 Co I2mo. PIP S72 Through Price u
CardoZO.
This is book of considerable learning and some no
vv and holiness of thought 1t looks at the religious
ideas of beatheuisrn first in their popular and then IN
their symbolical development The general dr Oh Ine
book To show that these heather religions are theue
featn Of natural objects This is done in some cases
very scously, whilst in others there is confusion OF
the narrative with the dedUctve in the discussion that
embarrasses the reader But if we are unable to
s5opt his conclusions, there is Of learning about
Epvptiau md Scandinavian antiquities that will amply
r.pey its ,areful perusal.