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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1857-10-17


Do not despise s0ioheiforts. If made fre-
guently, they cometS-creat results.
Let each man, foi IN. and child, in the
Church, able to do 50 give me bit one cent a
dag, for missions, a at the end of the
year | will give you, ne hundred thousand
dollars $780, ,00O4 A nobleman once took
as his emblem a mar with pick, digging
at the base OF a uIcunain to remove it, and
for his motto the y sls "Liate By little" !"
What might we not !, for Christ's cause, if
we would all work v til this spirit. / have
referred to three thiI Is essential to success
full action as Churh
1st. That each nsonetliag. There is
not to be one drone in tie hive Of the Church.
I'd. That each act gularty, not only un-
der some melting apl al, or on some urgent
call, with spasmodie liberality, but from a
fixed, ever-present principle, of love to
Christ and love to so'is.
Sd. That each & tfequeaty; if it be
little let it be otfea ct plan be adopt
ed by the. Church arge, in which these
three elements sodied. Let us act
together as one man, and 'the little one
shall become thousand y the heather shall
be converted, our own souls shall be re-
freshed, and God will open the windows of
heaven and pour out blessing and revive
his heritage. Letme close with three ques-
tions for consideration, preparatory to fu-
ture action. 1st. Am | doing what | can
for this cause2 I'd. What l ought2 3d.
Do | prayerfully inquire what is my duty
now in this? w. T. w.
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WHOLE NO. "a.

you had made the run of the entire train,
or you mig hthave made occasion for another
funeral in the mad attempt. But somewhere
in your career, you will come up with a fune-
raj which you cannot get by. That funeral
will check your swiftness and tame your Wild
ness, more to the purpose than when your
drive to the carousal was thus provokingly
slackened.
Youare careless, purposely careless ofthis
now. Nay, you are worse than careless;
you hate serious thought of death, and
YOU would chase it from your mind the in
slant you felt annoyance from it. You see
the solemn pageant of the pail, the hearse,
its followers robed in symbols of sorrow, and
the long procession moving with sober
countenance but to your heart, it speaks
no serious warning. You have no patience
to study one of its timely lessons. You say
to yourself, "somebody is dead, and then
the cold inmate of the passing coffin is not
more obliyious than yourself, to further re-
Election on the subject.
But that funeral which goa cannot get by,
will be another thing to you. This will be
doubly true if you finish your career as you
are now pursuing it. You will be done with
this cool way of meeting the mementos of
mortality, which God lifts before us, all along
the passages of life. Somebody will be
dead, it is true, but you will not turn it off
with the thought-"what's that to me7"
You will know pho that somebody is, and
the real solemnities of that funeral will
pass wild, terrible, crushing along every
wire of feeling in the undying part of your
nature.
Others, as needless as you now are, will
in their turn, look upon the mournful array
and service-the last outward attention
which you can receive from the world, and
they too may say, sits only some persons
funeral" Even those who are moved by
friendly memories of yourself, or sympathy
for your friends, or respect for human pro-
preties, to attend the funeral, may be little
more than thoughtless spectators of the
scene. They may stand in groups under the
shade trees around the dwelling, some talk
ing of the weather, the season and its pros
poets; others discussing the doings of Con-
gress, or the management OF a corporation,
and now and then one saying in allusion to
the event which has summoned the Assem-
fellow-what pity"
But amid this apathy of the hring world,
that funeral which you cannot get by, will
strain every string of feeling in at least one
being in the universe. You who once had
SO few tears to spare for others, will have
enough of anguish to concentrate upon
yourself. If the voice of your soul could
then come sweeping along this atmosphere
of carelessness, it would ring out the cry
of those who mourn at the last when their
flesh and their body are consumed-"How
have l hated instruction and despised re-
proof"
Thoughtless sinner, pursue your goddess
career a few steps further, and you will over
take that funeral-the funeral which you
cannot get by.
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For the Central Presbyterian.
Interesting Statistics.

In the Rev. DR.. Sprague's work, (Annals
of the American Pulpit, containing the lives
of the deceased Trinitarian Congregational
ministers, we find the following that may in
terest those who have taste for American
literature.
Forty-eight were natives of England, one
of Scotland, two Of Ireland, one of Wales,
one of Britain, one hundred and fOrty-fve
of Massachusetts, one hundred and one Of
Connecticut fourteen of New Hampshire,
FIVE of Maine, four of New Jersey, one Of
Vermont, one of Rhode Island, three of
Long Island, two Of New York and one of
South Carolina. Twenty-one graduated at
Cambridge, England; eleven at Oxford,
one hundred and nine at Harvard, ninety
four at Yale, thirty-siX at Dartmouth, nine
at Princeton, twelve at Williams, three at
Niddlebury, one at Alleghany University,
one at the University of Pa, two at Am
herst. three at Brown University, one at
Bowdoin and one at Union College. Twen-
ty-eight were Presidents of Colleges and
Theological Seminaries, twenty-eight were
Professors in Colleges and Seminaries, four
teen we're missionaries to the Indians,
twenty-one were Army Chaplains. One
hundred and thirty-six of the sons of those
ministers entered the ministry, sixty-fve Of
their daughters married clergymen. The
eldest was one hundred and three and the
youngest twenty three. The average age
of the ministers is sixty years. The aver
age ministerial life is forty. One hundred
and thirty-seyen were Doctors of Divinity
which is more than a third of the whole nun
Der. 5,
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From the Christian Observer.
There's no Getting by a Funeral.

Two young men were dashing along the
highway in light buggy, on their way to Il
forest frolic The one who owned the equi-
page and held the reins, was excited and
reckless-unquestiona belonging to that
fast class who are best known by the i'm
classical epithet, hGrum-Scaram. Regard
less of the expostulation of his calmer COM
panion, he thrashed over the rough sides Of
the track past every carriage which he over
took, boasting that he always went by every
thing before him.
Presently funeral procession was over
taken. Some forty carriages were in the
train, moving in the slow measured pace
with which we are accustomed to bear the
dead to ''the house appointed for all living"
The road was narrow, with rough sides,
sometimes forbidding passage past sn-
ole vehicle without mutual effort for accom-
modation. To attempt run by this long
train, exceeded even the temerity of our
furious Jehu. He looked to the right and
to the left, and several times drew the rein
and lifted his whip as if resolved to startf for
it, but finally he fell back into the track,
muttering, "its of no use there's no get
ting by funeral"
What else he said, should not like to ask
the Observer to print. What have quoted
is sufficient for moral.
Thoughtless young man, you were right
more fearfully right than YOU meant to be
there is 10 getting by a funeral. 1t is in.
deed possible that if your recklessness hac
been little more audacous, you might
have passed that procession which so an
noyed your temper. You might have gone
on slamming over stones and bitches, unit
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munity is an evil unless they are very num-
BILE men. Great talents and requirements,
and humility do not always go together
The strife for place and power is not confn-
ed to the world. Alas it not unfrequently
invades the church, and mars its peace and
hinders its progress. When the church pros
pers most, the danger from this source is
the greatest. The Presbyterian Church
never had greater need than it now has to
obey the Apostolic injunction to mark them
which cause division, and avoid them. 1t
is now happily united and at peace. 1t can
only remain so by frowning upon all Who
for their own ends aim to raise up parties
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THE OFFICE OF

THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
Is ON Main Street five doors below the Exchange Bank
over the Store of FL. Baldwin, third story
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Isaac Watts.

From the North British Review.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1857-10-17

edited and published for an association Of gentlemen IN
Virginia and North Carolina, by
MgsSRS MOORE, HOGE q co.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1857-10-17

The lips of the righteous feed many; but
fools die for want of wisdom.
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TERMS.

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more new subscribers and Pemitting the sub
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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-25
Proposals for Erecting the Custom house, d C
at Ogdensblrgh, New York.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December IL, 1856


PROPOSALS will be received this department
day of February, A. ID. 1857 O'Clock,
lion OF the custom Office and authorized
De at Ogdcnsbu New York. according the plans
iof the whole building for the different kinds
piis oil parcels must
amount Of each kind OF work. and the total carried
rcsevingt
invited thereof when the the
ted states requires the department also the
ude tn bids OF who there just be
attempted by indirection; all bids when
90 parties In interest who do Join In The bids and all bids that
upon investigation, are below fair price for the work.
Bids win be and contract will be awarded
bidder uness furnished department
Of the different kinds and Materials which shall be
10 tho revision Of the department. that adopt the whole
part OF the bid the interest ofte United States require
Ninety tho and deliv
cred, according price, (sad be ascened
the estimate OF Of The appointed
pose will be paid from time time the work
Of Ac BY agent aforesaid forfeited
the event Of non -fnnment OF
Contracts will be awarded builders
and the assignment thereof except BY of the Secretary
Each proposal must be by written
signed BY responsible Certified be the United
States district Judge attorney Of the said dsc In the
S00o for the whole work, OF popoonne for
that the bidder will when required HE proposal be accepted
enter contract and bond with proper and fent securities
for its faithful performance
Form Of be furnished
Pans specifications working drawings will be ready amer
thirty days. when they be had application 90 the department
Ne ed wfH be considered uniess u fully complies IN a" m dnis
The be this addressed to the
sccreay OF the and plainly endorsed
OsdensbrEh Cuo and will be opened ocock of
The last ds, named fer receiving the
JAMES GUTHRIE,
n,e ar Secretary OF the Treasury.
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Proposals for Erecting the Post once and
COurt-hOusc at indianapolis, Indiana.
TREASURY DErAaTMEHT,
Washington, December ~, l65l


PROPOSALS wiz be received hi. department until the i7
day Of February D. 1857 O'clock noon, for The
I'd Indianapolis, Indiana according
whole building separate
parcels
each kind OF work. and the total
Icservng The right reject tAe hereby
thereof when
the department
bids person who there is just 10 believe
tempted 10 obtain by indrection
parties IA interest who do Jon bids
upon investigation, are below lair for the work.
Bids will not be received
ed TO bidder Unless details
prices Of the different kinda Of materials shall
sasect 70 Inc revision the Department. that adopt the
require :
Ninety per nmoun, of work done and materials
DELIVERIES according to contract price, ad amount 10 be
that ppose will be paid
and ten pe cent retained until the completion Of
acceptance OF the work. hc by the aforesaid and
Contracts Will be awarded builders
and the assignment theIeo Of the Secretary
the Treasury will be forfeiture OF the
Each proposal must be accompanied by guarantee
responsible
Siat district judge attorney OF the said dstc the
S9Op for tho whole work. OF proporonae amount II fo
any that tho bidder will when required IL his proposal
accepted,
securities, for its faithful performance.
Form of bond and certificate will be
cation the department. ~
rans specifications working drawings be ready after
thirty days. when they be had application the depart
bid cH mlcss fully complies in all lis detail,
With the requirements of this advertisement.
the proposals must be this Department. addressed
IndanGpotts Post Office opened
40 O'Clock, OF The last day named for receiving
JAMES GUTHRIE,
Secretary Of tho Treasury.
Dec I5-2tawn7Feb flint Starl ---T''
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Proposals for Erecting the Post once and
Courthouse at Springfield, Illinois.
TREASURY DxrAKrarsr,


Washington, December III, 1856. ,
until the nth day
1857, O'Clock, tor the construction
nnthozed erected at spring
be either the whole building
work bills OF parcels must IN every
each bid with the amount OF each Kind Of work.
department
hereby invited parts eeO
United Siaes requires iii the de-
the exclude the bids Of any person or
attempted TO obtain by indi
shall be parties interest who do
bids and all bids that investigation are below
fair price for the work.
gross, will he awarded
furnished the department OF the prices
and which shall be subject
that adopt the whole
part bid United States require
OF work done and materials debv
according price, (sad amount 10 be asceaned ~
the OF the department appointed or a
pose the work and ten
completion OF the contract and accept
work. by the aforesaid and be forfeited IN The
OF non fulflment of contract
only and mechanics,
thereof the Secretary
Treasury, will be forfeiture OF the same:
two persons the United
said dstrict) in the OF So
proporonac amount, II for part,
bond proper aud sufficient securities Tor its
faithful performance
required will be furnished appca
ton the department.
Plans, working drawings will be ready after
application the department
No bid tpi be considered utess II fully complies all us details
Uith fhc requirements 81 this adse,tisement
this addressed TO the
Secretary Treasury, plainly endorsed "Proposa r ae
Springfield Office and Court housc and will be opened 10
O'Clock, Of the last day named for receiving the same
Secretary OF the Treasury.
Dec ls-aawti7Feb IInt&sarl
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Proposals for Erecting the Custom house, A. c.,
nj dubuque, Iowa. frrrsTT
.Tn..su.r DrrAslnrsT,


DRoPOsAI.s i be this department 18th
day Of February D. les7 al oeoek m, the
Of
Dubuqae according plans
specncaeas mepared AZ this department said proposals 70 ~
whole building separate different kids OF wo
BILLS Of parcels each pa Win e
Kind OF work, and carried ou inc
department rservng the night rejeco accept me
United States department also ne nsh
exclude the bids psso VINO tnoc yus
90 believe VIII mot iai,hfsy Ps,s% inc % an S,d hsn Ses
parties In the bids and all dds
that upon fair price for the work
cd io bidder unless Of the
which snail
Of the department. thai may adopt the
the bid as the interests Of the United States may
NOR cont. of The amount Of work done and materials de-
price, (sad amount 10 be
by the department appointed Tor that
pose time The work and
until the completion OF The contract and
cepance 6c by the agent aforesaid, and be forfeited
n the o. nor fl llmcnt contract
Contracts will only builders mechanics
the the
thc Treasury, forfeiture Of lhc
Each popos. must Dc accompanies BY written M s
judge Of the said dsiet in the
whole work. Of proporonaie sneunt fcf
cepted bond with and sucien
securities for It's faithful performance.
Form OF bond and certificate required will be furnished on ap
cation 10 the department.
thirty days. when be had application 70 the department
considcved unless IL fully complies in all its defai
With the requirements Of this advertisement
proposals be this department. addressed 10 the
Secretary the Treasury and plainly endorsed ProPoa for tn
Dabugus and will be opened 10 O'clock
the last day named for receiving the same ,.
Secretary Of the Treasury
Dec is-2awti7lhFeb tIntei&star.]
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Caution-Lottery Frauds.

oyyoE MAINLAND CoNsoLupArED LorTsRrEs,
Baltimore, Maryland, July 1, 1855.
TINE Maryland
duty the public against tbs swindlcrs
who by fraudulent lottery
pretend for the sale OF tickets lotteries which
wholly fictitious
The only legal Maryland daily under
of elected people
and approve
schemes and to attend TO the drawings.
Al The tickets in these lotteries and all certificates Of packages
tickets signature IF X general agent
Once ofhc Maryland Consolidated
Baltimore, Maryland" All others fraudulent.
information the subject Of those frauds address
FIX. Brennan,
Sept 2S-dly Baltimore. Maryland.
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proposals. for Erecting the Pest once and
Courthouse at Rutland, vermsLt.
TRsAsuHs DrrAxrnrxr,
yVashinaton. Uecembet Id. 1856.

DkfAkThENr,
Washington, December 10, 1856.
win be received department uuu The 10Th day
Fbsuar D. 1857 al O'Clock, The construction
The post authorized
land Vermont according 10 the ans aud prepared
inc or scpsrae kinds Of
every with the Kind Of
the total amount carried "u tue department resevng
Inc to
Of The United
die department. any
uy which they Obtain
BY there shall parties
bids, and all bids that
areb below fair Irice fr the work
received and win be award
bidder unless details lalshea the department Of The
prices OF The kinds work materials
revision OF the department. thai adopt the
part the bid, the interest Of the United States
require u. !. 4. l...,. :, -,
price said asceaned by
of the department appointed FOR that
per retained until tbs completion Of The and
by the aoresad and be forfeited In
OF bon-fuhlmcht OF contract
will be awarded only builders and shancs
thereof except BY Of the Secretary
The Treasury, will be forfeiture Of The
by two persons
OF The said district in tho OF $50
whole work, Of proporionate amount IL for part
and bond with and sufficient securities TO
its faithful performance. .
Plans specifications working drawings will be ready ae
thirty days, when they be had application the depart
No bid su considered fully comp il, detail
| sft the requirements Of iris cdrsrtisemenf
proposals Department. addressed TO ID
Office honse," and will be- opened
O'Clock M, of thc named for receiving tho
secretary OF the Treasury.
Dec lS-2awii6Feb (Ini. s'rl
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Orphans Court, nrarchaI, 1857.

DETRor CoIuyD,A, Warrington county, 10 Sli
IN the case Of David dgey, Administrator Of Alfred Rdedq
aforesaid has with i. appreciates
OF The orphans court, of Washington county aforesaid, oppnk
The day April next for the fua settlement md
dsrbl personal estate of said deceased The
in hand so far have been collected and turned @
money! when aud creditors and hera of sad dece
are notified Cat the Orphans court Of washington cou
Chains properly vouched, or they may Otherwise Nv
be excluded from all bee, Of said dectaeds estate, provided
copy this order hs pubsh week for three wessa
Union pr. yious the said 18th day Of April next
Test ED. ROACH Register Of Wills
True copy-Test ED. ROACH Regeter Of Wlh
March ai--lnw3ws
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Proposals for Erecting the Marine Hospital al
st. Marks, Florida.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December VI, 1856.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December N. 1855.
day February 1857, O'Clock, oon, lof ts
authorized 90 be erected al 81
Marks Florida according the plans and pechsauons
This Department. said TO be either for inc whole building
bid, with the amount OF each ku
work. and the total the department Teservn
parts hereof when il deems The interest United State.
nj the Tho right 10 exclude me pd
Of any person who there as cause 10 believe
mot faithfully Pek the contec OF which tcy have attempted
obtain BY inteetion when there shall be parties
Interest who do bids ali bids that nsesga
uoni are be2w hn price or The work.
Bids will received will be award
bidder furnished the department OF The
prices different kinds which shall be
thr OF the that adopt te
whole the bid interest ULied States may
qure. .a
Ninety per materials de
ycrsd according lad be
furpsse, progresses and
completion and
eeptance the work. by the agent aforesaid, and be forfeited
| In The event OF non fuhlmen oil contract
builders and mechanics
the assignment thereof by consent Of o Secretary Of
| tile Treasury will be foFi.iIure Of The
Each accompanied BY written euarantee
ed rtts0s, United
Sttes district Judge The said disret IN The Of
part required, proposal be accepted
enter into contract and bond with proper and sufficient
| for It's Ia ihiui performance. Il
Form OF bond and certificate required will be furnished on spp
| cation the department.. .
Plans specifications, and working drawings be had ON app
| cation TO the department. la
No bid ,pf be complies all its deatt
| wita Ms requirements Of fhis advertisement.
The proposals be this department. eddesseh 10 ts
Secretary o. The Treasury and plainly tor "a
/ JAMES GUTHRIE,
| Secretary OF the Treasury
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Completion OF Panama Railroad.
Reduction Of Fare 10 California.


- United States mail steamships leave New Yort
<%3E for Aspinwal the 5th and 10th or each month,
E7K connecting with mail steamers from Panama to San
- Francisco.
These steamships and approved by the Navy
Department, and guaranty speed and safety
The Panama completed from
ocean, and Is crossed hours The baggage OF passcn
checked in New York through San Francisco and
embarked Panan bv the cempsny
The money paid New York ell Of the Trip
Reserve In New York, Panama. and
San Francisco OF accident that
the routs IL enirey reliable.
Panama The day they arrive Aspn-
wall.
Conductor 20 through by steamer and take charge
and children without other protectors.
For through tickets the lowest apply NJ The Ia
West street, New York, to I, W. RAYMOND.
MayG-du