Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-02

Saen as are oenandsd By the wants Of the denomi
nation, and which can be readily supplied By order
The purpose Of the Board now is to select auotss
and cheaper place IN the city, whers the urope,
hu'insss Of publishing and Of selling the soeietv
prbliestions be efficiently and seOaouioaIl,
carried The capital previously invested Ia n.
Depository, aud all the other sssets Of the Society
will be concentrated upon the main work of prOduc.
ing such books as may be supplied By the denOmi.
nation, or, such as may be wanted BY the denOmina
tiOn. The business Of the Depository, as well AZ
the general operations Of the Society, viii hence
forth be conducted simply under the name and style
Of ''The Southern Baptist PubicatiOn Society" Or
ders and communications can be addressed 70 J. J.
ToOn, Financial Secretary.
DIsGRAoRFUs Row IN CHERcE.-Ths Gerusu
Church in the Fourth District New Orleans, is d.
Vided, minority uphOding certain measures Of the
pastor, Mr.. Prssler, the majority among whom are
the trustees, bitterly opposing him. and having pro-
cured an injunction forbidding him to Ofzeiate On
Sunday week the obnoxious clergyman attempted to
enter the church, but vas met By deputatiOn Of
the female msmbsrs Of the congregation. who told
hin that he had business there and could not en-
ter On his disregarding this information, scene
ensued which Is thus described By The Crsseszt:
''The ladies, il seems, were fixed for eoutinRsu,
cies, and sooner had his forced his Way
into the church than they descended upon him like
an avalanche, with coWhidss and pepper and salt
| ard -four and gypsum lafheriDg him nsreisssly
with the former articles, aud poEdeFizg him all over
with the latter. Thus beset, the preacher had but
one alternative, and that was to fly from the church
-aD operation which he performed to the satisfae
tion of all policeman, hearing Of the affair, went
to see Presler, and asked il he wished 20 have any
body arrested but he declined making compliant
against anybody. The richest part Of the scene was
that Wailst the ladies were eoWhidng and Touring
the preacher their husbands and friends stands
ing around as quiet and uReOneerned as . lot Of
Egyptian mummies"
The unfortunate minister's troubles did not end
here, however. He was srrested the next day for
contempt Of court in attempting to preach after The
issue Of the Injunction and sentenced to two hoREs
imprisonment
A WIDoW's FIDEEITT.-"B Burleigh, /" the New York
correspondents Of the Boston Journal states that
Mrs. COOkmAn, the wife Of the eloquent Methods
clergyman who was lost in the President has never
given up the ides that he is safe and will yet come
home. Is is nov eighteen years since the President
went down, but her faith in bis ultimate return las
never been shaken. His plate is regularly set G the
table, his chair awaits his coming, and the ringing
Of door bell rOuses the hnsh to her cheek, and
each step the outside TO say the long absent
one has come home. Those years Of mental anguish,
who can tell the woe crowded into them? who can |
fAthom the sorrow Of that hope SO long deferred |
But it presents bright view Of the happiness of that
home in other days, from which the husband and /
father has been 50 long away.
Coon SrORr.-The following story is told of Jenny !
Maher, who has 50 long been the gardener Of the |
Presidential mansion in Washington:
The President had heard runlOrs that Jenny was !
accustomed to get drunk ard be uneiv TO the Visi-
tors at the White House; one bright morning he
summoned him into his presence to receive his dis>
missal. ''Jemmy," said the Presidsn, 81 bear bad
stories about you. Ii is said you are constantly !
drunk and uneivil to visitors" Jenny was puzzled
fer Feply-at last be said: 'sNr Presideni, be |
dad, hear much worse stories about you, bat do
you think behave themf No. BY the powers,
know they are lies"
WTrr.-Mary COWden Clsrks's COncOrdAnes to
Shakespeare iSdsdicatsd to Douglas JsrrOd. as fol-
lows: