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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-18

Dr. T. Rennolds having been my family physi.
elan up to the time of his death, which occurred
about two years ago, ] have had frequent oppor-
tunities TO experience and witness the effects OF MS
Hepatic Pill and do not hesitate to state that
believe they are the best medicine of the kind that
has ever been used in this section of country. My
neighbors use them, and think as much OF them as
do. WILLIAM ). D. BELL
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am, gentlemen, very respectfully yours,
WILLIAM REYNOLDS

certify that myself and family have been in tx
habit of using DR.. r. Rennoldss Hepatic Pills for
a long time, and have never had any occasion even
to try any other for they have uniformly answered
all the purposes of family pill. | could say Il
great deal in their favor, but take ii for granted
that what | have said will induce others TO try
them and if so, their experience, lihaye no donb,,
will accord with mine. "A. j. GAkBER.
STAUsToH, January 5, 1865.
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V'RUSSES, TRUSSES, of every va
ri sys Mn sns ips sissba, BODY BRACE
ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS,
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &c, &c.
We have on hand the largest stock OF TRUssEs
in the city, and invite all In want to give us call
WOODR00F BROTHERS,
my s-ts corner Fourth and Franklin streets.
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THE COMPREHENSIVE heretofore
existing between BROADDUS TkLIAFERRO
Is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The business carried On by the above firm will
he continued by me. STAIRS, HAND-RAlLINGs,
&c fabricated at short notice. All orders LEFT al
my shop on Franklin street, opposite Metropcl Titan
Hall, will meet with prompt attention:
an .3-ts NJ W. BR0ADDUS.
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STANTON, VA, January s, 1855
take great pleasure in stating that | have been
In the habit OF using DR.. t. Rennoldss Hepatic
pills in my family for some years, and consider
them in every respect superior to any medicine of
the kind. have been engaged for some time in
the iron business, which rendered It necessary to
have many persons in my employ. 1 have used
these pills among them with great success:
49, w. A RURKE.
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nd for all other persons corporations, and institu
tons. We print
Business Cards, Checks,
Visiting Cards, Notes,
cat Home Cards, Drafts,
Wedding Cards, Prices Current,
Rail- Cards, Title Deeds,
Show Cards, Trust Deeds,
Admission Cards, Leases,
Election Cards, Receipts,
Time Tables, Tax Bills,
Way-Bills, Licenses,
Circulars, Bonds,
Bill Heads.
Insurance Policies, shippers Receipts,
Calendars Steamers Bills,
Notices, Druggists Labels,
Rills of Lading, Tobacco Labels,
Manifests, Clothing Labels,
Bills ofsFare, Dray Tickets,
Concert Bills, Coal Tickets,
Programmes, Wood Tickets,
Theatre Bills, Bread Tickets,
Show Bills, Milk Tickets,
Posters, all sizes; Reward Tickets.
Passenger Tickets, Election Tickets.
Certificates Of Stock,
Renewal Certificates,
Manufaeturers' Labels.
All work ordered will be done In the most artistic
manner, and at vERY Low PRICES.
CoLoRED PRINTING OF ALL KINDS. mya
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l. p.crs FOR THE PEOPLE.

This nil is certain, safe, and eIhclent remedy,
adapted TO all ages, constitutions, and climates, not
requiring any special avoidance OF exposure or ao
except in arrangements of the liver not to use
greasy food for the obvious reason that It's secre-
proper digestion of fatty substances IL contains
no Ingredient that is in any way Injurious under
any circumstances, and It's efhcacy Is not liPdfeu
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-18

Persons troubled with Torpid Liver, Constipa-
ton. &c. deserve TO suffer If they will not try
Rennoidss Hepatic Pills. Members Of my family
have been greatly benefited by their use;
- GEORGE L. PEYToN.
cuARIorTgsyILLE Va
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thereby certify that have used DR.. Rennolds's
Hepatic Pills for several years. both for myself and
I'm nv family, and consider them most admirable
medicine such as every family ought TO keep itself
supplied with. | think them greatly preferable to
any other pill have ever tried
January 4th, 1865. THOMAS j. MlCHlE.
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srAuyToS, Va, January 10, 1856.
hereby certify that l have used for number of
wears DR. 'Rennolds's Hepatic Pill, and can assure
fho public that l have derived more beneht from
then, than from any pill have ever used. Their
a''ioA % AN JoHY r. ScHAlTT.
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THE pIsRESPECT OF THE RADICAL SENATOR'S
TOWARDS THE PREsIDENT--THEIR INplF-
fERENCE--OrrICIAL DECApITATIoN SLOW
RrT suRr--sTEyENs's NEW COMMITTEES ON
To MEMPHIS GRANT AND THE PREsI-
pENCY--SEwARp At HOME, ETC.
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devoted long life to wander over the the
country, despised, ill-treated, but still
untired; teaching with indefatigable en-
ergy the faith which he loved, and intro
ducing those irregular agencies Of useful
ness which are now so largely adopted
even in the Church. He too was an ac-
complished scholar, and possessed great
gifts of administration; but whatever
good he effected, in kindling the spiritual
Christianity which checked the spread of
infdelty, was not so much by argument
as by stating the omnipotent doctrine of
the Cross, Christ set forth as the propiti-
alton for sin through faith in his blood.
The earnestness of the missionary may
be initiated by those who cannot initiate
the philosophers literary labors. Gifts
of intellect are not in our own power
But industry to improve the talents that
we possess is our own and the spiritual
perception of Divine truth, and burning
love for Christ which will touch the heart,
and before which all unhealthy doubts
will melt away as frost before the sun,
will be given from on high by the Holy
Ghost freely to all that ask. "Not by
might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,
saith the Lord. "A. S. Farrar.
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The Bible in the Way.

An individual in the interior of this
State gives the following account of the
manner in which he was first arrested by
the power of Divine truth:
He had been one of those who had
paid no regard to the subject of religion.
''God was not in all his thoughts, though
his awful name was frequently on his lips
in oaths and blasphemies. One morning
as he arose, his eyes fell upon the Bible
which lay upon shelf Immediately over
his washstand, and it seemed to him ST.
lent reprover of his ways. 1t had long
occupied its position without exciting the
slightest notice. He took it down, brushed
the dust from it, and put it back again.
The next morning the first object that
arrested his attention was that very BIZ
bic, and it continued there morning after
morning to reprove him till he became so
much annoyed by its presence that he re-
solved to put it out of the way. Taking
it down with this view he opened it, and
the first passage upon which his eye
lighted was descriptive of his own charac-
ter. He continued to read and was
troubled and affected by the accuracy
with which it delineated his own heart
and life. He closed it, returned it to its
former position, and engaged in the occu-
pations of the day with heavy heart
At length while he was reading it one
morning, supposing himself to be unob-
served, he turned around to see whether
his wife, who had not yet risen, was
awake or asleep, and found her bathed in
a food of tears. She had long been anx-
ious for his salvation, and she was much
affected at seeing him stealing a glance
at the Word of Life. When he saw he
was discovered, he remarked, cit is no
use to conceal it any longer 1 am a
poor, miserable sinner, and find there
is no redemption but in Christ Jesus.
VIII you pray for me, and will you go
with me to the house of God, for from
this time forth am resolved to prepare
for heaven. And from that time forth
he did become an altered mana happy,
consistent, humble and devoted Christian.
Thus the Bible casually placed in the
way of wicked man proved instrumental
through the Spirit, in bringing him to
Christ, and in hiding multitude of sins.
Charleston Courier.
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A Welcome to Southern Newspapers from
the North.

A sprightly correspondent of the
Southern Presbyterian from New York,
says:
"Your first issue came in to me this
evening, and made my heart bound with
Joy. | have devoured its contents at a
most dyspeptic rate, never stopping to
pick out a bone. The Southern Pres
5yterian!" How good it is to get another
visit from it So like old times it is
Why, as I sit here by the CRATE, and look
on its familiar columns, it does not cost
much effort to get away off from the ice
and snow of these regions, to my own
dear Southern home, and live over again
scenes l love to recall, in which the
Southern Presbyterian wasmy ever faith
full companion.
And, by the bye, l am glad you die
not get at once the supply of better pa.
per you are promising yourselves and us.
am delighted with the very specks and
blemishes of the stock now on hand. Il
reminds me so freshly of Conf near
old times-when we were willing to give
any amount of printed paper of one
tissue, for any sort of printed paper
that had been under orthodox types-of
another.
Then, again, it seems to me the most
natural thing in the world to be writing
to the readers CT the Southern Presbyte-
rian. We had a good deal to say to each
other about FIVE years ago. Many q
pleasant word, and many a token of kind
remembrance of myself, and my suffer
ing constituents, did 1 receive from them
then. All me. how few of the brave
boys of the siege of Fort Pickens they
were then so anxious to hear about, have
made the march of those long years, and
are safe at home now And how few Of
that few could re-enact those scenes Of
exuberant fun, and manly sport, that be-
guiled our weary hours there God
bless what is left of these SCARED,
manned, and broken forms! Peace to
the ashes of the dead, sacred be their
memory, and tender our sympathies with
those who mourn them most.
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MisfetlaMeuMs.
A Good Mans Private Thoughts.

Thomas Adams, native of England,
was rector of Wintringham at the time
that Bengel was at the height of his use
fulness in Germany. The following are
amongst his private thoughts, collected
and published after his death:
Il can say truly l have great need of
Christ; and, thank God l can say boldly,
1 have a great Christ to my need.
Il fly from myself to God; 1 appeal
from myself to Christ.
The Scripture is unto us what the star
was to the wise men but if We spend all
our time il gazing upon it, observing its
motions, and almiring its splendOr, with
out being lei to Christ by it, the use of
it will be lost TO US.
The Scriptures teach the best to des-
pair of being self-saved; the worst, not
70 despair Of being saved by Christ.
He who sends the storms, steers the
vessel.
ssh is the only thing that God hates,
and almost the only thing that man loves.
Il know so much of Christ as not to
be afraid to look my sin in the face.
" Christ, By taking our sin upon Him,
took it clean away from US; banished it
out Of the creation, and eternally ami
hilated it to every believer, who is as far
from the charge of it before God as if
there never hal been any such thing in
the world; and if he did not do this for
Us, He did nothing; if we have one sin
remaining which He did not expiate, We
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PROGRESS in the Holy Land.

Many, besides the Jews, will rejoice
that the Holy Land is to be made more
accessible to travellers, and brought into
nearer connection with the civilized
world. The Jewish MtelHgencer says:
Jerusalem, which is generally so quiet
at this season, has been all astir this
week in consequence of an order from
the Porte, that all the streets should be
leveled and paved, and that all undue
projections in the same should be re-
moved. The order has been executed in
true Turkish style, and many a tale of
loss and oppression can probably be told
by the poor store-keepers and some house
owners; but the improvement to the
city, and the public benefit will be great !;
we shall now have comparatively broad
and airy streets, where before we could
scarcely move. When the work is COM
pleted, it will, indeed, prove an advance
in civilized effort, and quite an achieve
ment for Turkey. The Jews are much
concerned about this gathering up of the
stones and making broad the streets of
Jerusalem, they say, CHOW we are GER
tain that Messiah's coming is very near"
You have, perhaps, heard that there is
telegraph at Jaffa which connects
Egypt with Beyrout. It's now decided,
l believe, that branch line is to be made
to this city. | find it is very probable
we shall ere long have a carriage road to
Jafa, as two engineers, one English, the
other Turkish, report says. are to arrive
here in a few days to make preparations
for it. A survey for railway has al
ready been completed, and plan sixty
five feet long, to lay before the Sultan,
left her about month ago. do not
think, however, that the time for a rail-
road in these parts has yet arrived. Jafa
is now undergoing similar change to
Jerusalem; a number of coffee and othnr
unsightly shops outside the gate on TIL
Jerusalem road, are to be removed anl
land sold, with the condition that it shall
be built upon; another gate is also to be
made. Our pasna went three days ago
to see that these important changes and
improvements are properly done. A
better landing-place from the sea was
nearly completed last week, and it is just
possible that ere long lighthouse may
be built near it. Soon there is to be
lighthouse on Mount Carmel, and two or
three others, it is said, will soon be placed
on the Syrian coast. We have now two
lines of English steamers touching month
ly at Jaffa, in addition to theusual foreign
ones, and the French will henceforth
come oftener than formerly; thus Jeru-
salem and the Holy Land will necessarily
be brought more than ever into notice.
Surely these, and many like changes
which are taking place around us, have
much meaning in them. must believe
they have.
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Rev. Arthur II. Small.
Extract from the Minutes of the Synod
of Alabama.

Extract from the Minutes of the Synod
of Alabama:
SIN the inscrutable providence of God,
we are called to record the death of a
dearly beloved friend and brother in
Christ, and most active and useful
minister of this Synod-the Rev. Ar
thur NJ. Small-who fell on the I'd
April, 1865, near Selma, in the defence
of his home
Mr. Small was born in Charleston, S.
c. In early life he was converted to
God. Subsequently he united with the
I'd Presbyterian Church of Charleston,
then, as still, under the pastoral charge
of the Rev, DR., Smyth. Impressed with
a sense of duty in this respect, he de-
voted himself to the work of the Gospel
ministry, and commenced preparation ac-
cordingly. His literary and scientific
studies were pursued in his native city,
and in Oglethorpe University. His theo-
logical studies were prosecuted at the
Seminary in Columbia, S. C. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Charles
ton, and was ordained to the full work of
the ministry by the Presbytery of Har-
mony. For a few months, shortly after
icensure, he supplied the pulpit of the
Huguenot church, in Charleston. Thence
he removed to Liberty Hill, S. c., Tuske-
gee, and Selma, Ala; and, as Christian
pastor, fulfilled his ministry with signal
acceptance and usefulness.
In youth and manhood our brother was
greatly loved and respected. His talents,
were of high order. He was courteous
in his manners; in his disposition he was
eminently social; in his personal appear
ance he was attractive. With great suav-
ity he blended an infexible regard to
principle, an answering fidelity in dis
charge of duty. AS Christian, he was
humble and devoted, strong in faith, re-
lying with a simple and trusting conf
dence on the Lord Jesus Christ; possess
ing and manifesting spirit of remarka-
bic equanimity, and relying with sweet
and cheerful hope, in seasons of heavi-
est trial, or the arm of the Lord. AS a
friend, he was warm-hearted, faithful, and
enduring. As preacher of the Gospel,
he was universally and greatly admired.
Few young men have entered the minis
try with greater share of popular fav-
or, and with greater prospects of useful
ness to their fellow-men. In preaching,
his studiouS aim was to place before the
mind with great distinctness the plain,
simple truths of the Gospel, unmingled
with anything that might detract from
their force, or dilute their strength.
Those who heard him even occasionally,
could not fail to notice this characteristic
of his pul pit exercises. He never need
be misunderstood, was both clear and
and on his lips the truth was not
shorn of its strength by an inadequate
of it. In all his work as
servant of Christ, pulpit and pastoral,
he was eminently judiciouS and jealous,
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Fattening Animals in a Hurry.

THERE'S nothing that should be more
strongly impressed on the mind of the
young farmer who makes the feeding Of
animals prominent part of his business.
than the Importance of keeping up an
unremitting growth throughout the whole
course of their existence. The most sue.
cessful pork-raiser with whom We are ac.
quainted, adheres strictly to this course;
not only feeding his store pigs well and
regularly through Fall and Winter, but
commencing the fattening not merely in
Autumn, as is too commonly the case, but
early IN the Spring.
1t is objected that this management is
too expensive. This objection is urged
by those who find two or three months
only to consume more than they can af-
ford. They feed heavily for a short
time, but do not receive corresponding
return of increase flesh. eff two
months feeding" they inquire, "costs
us so much money, how can we ever af-
ford to continue it for two or three years?'
1t is very true they cannot, because the
whole system which they adopt is a pro.
ftless one. Fortunately it does not re-
quire heavy feeding to keep up the con-
tinued growing condition of animals
Genesee Farmer.
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Anshamdrp.
[Fron the Evangelist
Trimming of Fruit Trees.

As the season is near which is usually
set apart for the improvement of the
orchard, as it is called, l beg the privi-
lege, concisely as possible, to enter pro-
test against Winter and early Spring
trimming, practice which has ruined a
majority of the old orchards of this
country. When trees are trimmed in
Winter and early Spring, the end of the
branch cut is exposed to Spring winds and
action of the sun, and consequently be-
comes checked, absorbing the flow of sap
and rain-water, which forms corrosive
acid, and inducing immediate decay,
which eventually extends to the root, and
in few years makes, of hitherto sound
trunk, mere shell, in case the trimming
is at all extensive. The bark on the flow
of sap, becomes detached from the end
of the stump from one-eighth to three
fourths of an inch, thereby preventing the
process of healing over, especially if
branches of considerable size are cut
For every lateral branch shortened in, at
least ten upright shoots or suckers will be
developed, which, unless care is taken to
pinch back, will shortly disorder and
finally destroy the fructifying properties
of the tree. But trimming after the
leaves are out and the bark has become
firm, has the following advantages: The
wood in the stump remains not only sound
but alive, and will heal over in one sea-
son, excepting large limbs; while sim
gle sucker will not be developed, unless
by carelessness the limbs are Bruised
There is, moreover, no danger of decay,
except very large branches are cut, which
should never be if it possibly can be
avoided, and in such case apply a coat of
grating wax to the surface. The fruit
will be perceptibly improved the first sea-
son by careful trimming when the tree is
in full bloom. Immediately after the
bark has become firmly set, is the prefer
able time, as the tree is then most vigor-
Gus, allowing the whole growing season
to cover up the wound, but the time may
be extended to the middle of July.
GEORGE NEWELL.
Brooklyn, New York.
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FOREIGN ITEMS.
ByrOn's Letters.

Seventeen highly interesting autograph
letters of Lord Byron have been recent
ly offered for sale in London. They are
mostly addressed to Mr.. ]. Hodgson, and
contain numerous passages which have
not yet been published. One, for in
stance, contains this plain confession =
81 hope you will find me an altered per-
sonage; [ do not mean in body, but in
manner, for 1 begin to find out that moth
ing but virtue will do in this - world.
l am tolerably sick of vice, which |
have tried in its agreeable varieties, and
mean, on my return, to cut off all my
absolute acquaintance, leave off wine
and carnal company, and betake myself
to politics and decorum." In another
letter, dated Athens, he says: Il am
living alone in the Franciscan Monastery
with Capuchin friar, and bandy-legged
Turkish cook, two Albanian savageS, a
Tartar, and dragoman."
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Missionary Intelligence.
MIR. Farnham writes from China

WI. EdTHndlu Writes from OnlHd
"There are about dozen of the
scholars protesting an interest in Christ.
From South America Mr.. Simonton writes
under date of November 4th, at Rio de
Janerio, "To-morrow will be our COM
munion Sabbath, and six converts from
Romanism are to be received
"There are now, there are almost con-
stantly, earnest calls from missions of
the American Board, and from those of
other Boards, for the right men as ply
sicians, from stations where proper re-
gard to the life and health of mission
families demands their presence, and
where opportunities for usefulness, in all
the ways which have been limited at, are
most encouraging. Yet the number of
such men offering their services, or who
can be found and induced to 90, is pain
fully small. The whole number of ply
sicians now connected with the twenty
missions, the one hundred and one sta
tions of the American Board, is only nine,
FIVE of whom are also ordained preachers.
DR.. Green, of the Ceylon Mission, is
instructing a class of eleven intelligent
young natives, training them for the
practice of medicine; and at the same
time is preparing medical books, with the
assistance of these pupils, for printing in
the vernacular.'
From the HISTORIAN Mission Mr.. Lab
aree writes that with the present high
prices, the people feel the pressure of
poverty to such degree as to make self
support a matter of all-absorbing inter
est. Many catechists, with their fami-
lies, grow lean, and walk about with
feeble step from utter inability to obtain
sufficient food. Two men have left mis-
sion service from the Tirumangalam sta
ton, solely because the pay allowed by
the mission would not furnish them and
families with food and clothing of the
cheapest kind. 1t is useless to talk about
men reduced, as many of the members
of our congregations are, to such abject
poverty, doing much beyond supporting
themselves. I have presented the i'm
portance of giving in nearly every con-
gregation in this field, expounding, verse
by verse, the eighth and ninth chapters
I'd Corinthians, and many have contribu-
buted their four annas to the Native
Evangelical Society. l honestly believe