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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09
Death of Rev. Joseph Smith, D. DIT is

Death of Rev Joseph Smith, D. DIT is
our painful duty to announce that the venera-
bic Rev. Joseph Smith, d. D., of Greensburg,
Pa, departed this life, on Friday last, at 4
o'clock, in the afternoon, after short illness,
DR.. Smith was we'll and widely known in the
Presbyterian Church, North and South, as an
able and faithful mi lister of Christ. He was
for number of years pastor of the Presbyte'
rian church. at Staunton, Va, and member
of the Synod of Virginia. He was the father
of the Rev. James P. Smith, of Big Lick,
Va, and the father in:law of the Editor OF
this journal. A more extended notice will be
given hereafter.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

APPLETON's JUVENILE ANNUAL FOR 1869,
and Christmas and New Years Gift for
Young People.
This is certainly beautiful book for
Christmas or New Years Gift. The paper
and the articles are all excellent.
The last mentioned are very much to our
mind. Instead of stories drawn from the i'm
agination and inspired as dish-water, we have
stories drawn from real life. Boys and girls
too, would not give a genuine bear hunt, or
alligator story, or any one in this line, for
thousand of the other sort
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

The EDITOR of this paper was sudden
ly called away from this city last week,
by Providential affection in his family.
Letters which require his personal atten-
ton will be laid over until his return.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

1.-The Southern Churehman," Of last week
contains reply to the remarks in the Cen
trail Presbyterian of November 26th, concern
ing the position Of the Episcopal Church. The
unexpected absence of the Editor Of this pa
per must of necessity delay the reiOinder which
he thinks the nature and importance of the
subject demands.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, LITTLE DoRRIT and
REPRINTED PIECES.
Volume " of the Illustrated Library edi-
ton of the works of Charles Dickens. Com
plete in six volumes. Illustrated with designs
by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and H.
X. Browne. Price, per volume, Sl.75, or
SlO5O complete Any of the volumes sold
separately. D. Appleton & Co., publishers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

Visits of Our Secretaries to the Synods.
The Editor of the North Carolina PreS5yteTi-
an quotes from the Presbyterian Hoder the re-
marks of the Editor on the above subject
which we have already published; and then
adds his own opinion, in confirmation thereof,
and in concurrence with the views which we
have frequently expressed. He says:
1--WE are inclined to think that it would be
advisable for the ASSembly'S Secretaries TO
meet with as many Of the SynOdS every year
as they can reach. Such visits we take it, are
always timely At least it seems so in every
instance we can now recall to mind. These
brethren were present at the recent meeting
of our Synod in Wilmington, and we do not hes
itate TO bear decided testimony to the good i'm
presSiOns made by them Their addresses were
listened to with much interest; and we have
no doubt that the effects of them will be felt
among our churches in increased zeal for the
various objects of benevolence. As long as we
have such men as DR.. Wilson and Dr. Baird,
men of devoted piety and practical sense, we
say, let them meet with as many OF the Sy
mods every year as they can reach. Their per
s nal presence will be much more powerful
than any circulars that they may send forth
though circulars are good in their place. -
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

HOME STORIES. By Mrs. Alice B. Haven
(''Cousin Alice.
A very pleasant book for young people in
cousin Alice's" best style
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

PIcCIoLA. By Y B. Saintine Precede de
QuelqueS Recherches sur renploi du temps
dams les prisons d etat. Par Paul L. Jacob,
: Bibliophile
Three volumes in one, and a pleasant
sprightly French fiction.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

Mumfordville, Ky.-A meeting of considera-
BILE interest is in progress in the Presbyterian
church at this place.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

From Harper & Brothers we have the Cor
DIAN KNOT. A Novel BY Shirley Brooks.
Paper cover. Price 80 cents.
The above publications are received through
A. Fl. Christian & Co., Richmond.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-09

BLAoKwooD's MAGAZINE for November, 1868
Through the Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,
No. 40 Fulton ST., New York. Contents:
Doubles and Quits: a Comedy of Errors.
Part l. Lewes's History of Philosophy. Mad
anne Aurelia. Conclusion Dis-establishment,
and Dean Afford on the Church of the Future.
The Spanish Revolution. Cornelius O'Dowd
-Walewski-Medcal Lectures-Mis6ts-The
Wing Letter. Old aud New. The Coming
Elections.
BURKE's WEEKLY. 81 will insure its visits
every week the year round. Think of this
when you go to lay out money for Christmas
or New Years presents.
Address J. W. Burke & Co., Macon, Ga.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

sanitary restrsctiona 1he public baths
q esEes. the SATURDAY evening scrub
btngs q ehsldrsn. ths Sunday &tlu'lopg
oomhanRa. general cleansing AAd chan.
glnF 81 sosled garments IL ihose Tia,
are sweet and clean, as tend 10 promote
health ard long hic ss AZ eminent de-
gree Tins il confirmed in most 70.
nsaFkzils manner BY DR. A. A Logan,
IN hsa report on The sanitary relations
81 the state u Kansas. 10 which he
ciies The example ot Geneva. 10 swii-
EsEland, where an accurate record q
tie population. births and deaths hAs
been kept for more than three centuries
past. Or since tho year l6Jn by a
series u historical and statistical com
pilations, Il has been asceTtained that
hon The year 1890 to the year l600,
tie mean duration 81 tho lives Of the
people was, IN round numbers. twenty
one years and two months Daring
the seventeenth century tho mean life
had increased To twenty five years and
nine months and in 1888 IL had reached
forty fire years and five months. being
nearly double what il was about three
centuries before This result was
brought about BY most salutary reg
ulation Of the public health, in con-
sequence OF which much Of the former
unnecessary sickness was prevented
I n. T. Farmer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

pasfYn. WEnsrYa ASH JrsSY IANn
Jeany Land care aeoncsFt 81 Washing
ton during The session 81 Congress.
and Nth . view 10 eolAt, sent polite
invitations 10 the president hr illl-
more. tie members II he cabinet. Mr.
Clsy. and many others Distinguished
members II both houses q Congress,
II happened that on that DAY several
a tbs members q the cabinet and
senats we're dining with Mr. Bodsco,
The Russian minister. HIS good dinner
and choice wines bad Kept the party
80 late that tho concert was nearly
over when Webster Clay, Crittender,
and others, came in, Whether from
the hurry in which they came or from
the beat 81 the room, their faces we're
Q little flushed, and they looked some
what Hurried. After the applause
with which these gentleman bad been
received had subsidized, and silence once
more restored, the second part Of the
concert was opened by Jenny Lind,
with HAL Columbia
This took place during the height Of
the debate and excitement Of the slave
~ question, and he compromise resolu-
tons Of Mr. Clay; and this patriotic
air, as part Of the programme, was con-
sidered peculiarly fitting at concert,
where the head Of the government and
large number Of both branches Of the
Legislative department, were present
At the close of the first verse, Webster's
patriotism boiled over; he could stand
II no longer; and rising, ike Olympian
Joye, be added his deep, sonorous,
bass voice to the chorus; and | venture
to say, that never in the whole course
Of her career, did she hear or receive
one-half such applause as that which
greeted her song and Websters chorus
was greeted.
Mrs. Webster, who sat Immediately
behind him, kept Juggling at his coat
tail TO make him sit down or stop
singing, but it was of no earthly use,
and at the close of each verse, Webster
Joined in, and it was hard to say
whether Jenny Lind, Webster, or the
audience, were the most delighted
/ have seen Rubin, Lablache and the
TIVE Crisis on the stage at one time
but such happy conjunction in the
National air of "Hail Columbia, az
Jenny Lind's tenor and Daniel Web
sters bass, We shall never see or heal
again.
At the close of the air, Mr.. Webster
arose with hat in hand, and made bel
such bow as Chesterfield would have
deemed fortune for bis son, and which
eclipsed D'Orsays best. Jenny Lind
blusbing at the distinguished honor
courtesied to the floor; the audience
applauded to the very echo; Webster
determined not to be outdone il
politeness, bowed again; Miss Lind re
courtesied, the house re-applauded, ane
this was repeated eight or nine times
or, I'm villain else. Soldier
i SOcietu
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

Dick YATES The reader will recollect
the temperance movement at Wash
ington a few months ago, in which
many members of Congress were pro-
minent. The speech at one of these
meetings Of Senator Yates, during
which he read most touching letter
from his wife, cannot have been for
gotten by any who saw the same,
Those who beard Mr.. Yates at this
time, and listened to that most loving,
joyful tribute of thanksgiving from his
wife, when she learned that be had
renowned his dreadful habit, could
not but believe that his reformation
was real and permanent. We refer to
this matter now, as the report comes
from Washington that Mr.. Yates has
returned TO his cups, and that be is SO
constantly and beastly intoxicated as to
be totally unfit to discharge his duties
in the Senate-in fact he is scarcely
ever seen there, and the prominent men
among bis constituents in Illinois are
camoring for him TO resign, that his
seat may be filed by some more worthy
man. ~
What temperance lecture is this to
the young men of America. Here is
one Of the leading men of the West.
and during the war, one Of the loyal
governors ofths foremost western State,
raised by the votes Of his constituents
to seat in the United State, and in
these short years become so degraded
by the habitual use of strong drink
that his removal is discussed, and his
conduct is reproach to any society in
any community. Surely the person is
not wise who takes that in his mouth
which steals away his brains.
81 JohnSbury Coledonian.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

RAISING EARLY PoTAToEs. Every cul-
tivator has bis own opinion upon this
subject. II potatoes can be planted
early, with sprouts already started an
inch or more in length, several days in
time will obviously be gained, because
the sets must always make sprouts for
the Young plants. But bow is it that
SO many find no advantage in planting
sproutsd potatoes, and prefer rubbing
them smooth before cutting them Sim
ply because the sprouts, being exceed
ingly delicate, are bruised by rough
handling, and the growing points
irrecoverably injured These entirely
fail, and new sprouts must start from
the eyes. Sprouted potatoes should,
therefore, be handled with extreme care,
and the points not even touched.
When buried fine earth should be eau
tiously placed upon them. With this
care, from one to two weeks will be
gained by employing seed which has
been sprouted an inch or two in length.
We have adopted another mode, by
which still more time may be gained.
A little space is left in late hot-bed,
trenches two inches deep are made,
and the cut pieces are placed in these
trenches side by side in contact, and
covered slightly with earth. BY the
time spring frosts are over, they will
have grown some inches and have made
green leaves, They are then set out
like strawberry plants, in good mellow
ground, and hoed like other crops.
Two small trenches across the end of a
hot-bed will thus furnish plants enough
for hundred hills of potatoes. Should
any sharp nights happen to occur, the
young plants may be covered in few
minutes with handfuls of straw, little
coarse manure. or pieces of newspaper.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

COUNTING IN CHuRcH.--A young gem
tleman, happening te sit at church in a
pew adjoining one in which sat young
lady for whom he conceived sudden
and violent passion, was DESTROYS of en-
tering into courtship on the spot, but
the place not being suitable for formal
declaration the case suggested the fol-
lowing plan:
He politely handed his fair neighbor
a Bible opened with pin stuck in the
following text:
Second epistle Of John, verse 5th.
"And now / beseech thee, lady, not as
though | wrote new commandment
unto thee, but that which wo had from
the beginning, that we love one another.
She returned it, pointing TO the
second Epistle of Ruth, verse 10th:
Then she fell on her face and bowed
herself to the ground and ssid to him.
"Why have found grace in thine
eyes, seeing | am a stranger n
He returned the book, pointing to
the thirteenth verse Of the third epIstle
Of John.
Having many things to write unto
Won, ] would not write with pen and
ink, for trust shortly to come unto
You, and speak face to face, that our
Joy may be full.
From the above interview, a marriage
took place the ensuing week.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

We we're not aware until last week
that there Was an extensive copper
mine ia this State, and one that is suc-
cessfully and probably worked. But
such appears to be the fact. IL is To-
Gated in Vsrshire, Orange County,
about 10 miles from Thetford Station
on the Passumpsic Railroad. II is
owned and operated by the Vermont
Mining Company, Incorporated by the
Vermont Legislature in 1853. The
capital stock is 100000, divided into
100000 shares. The company own
about 800 acres of mineral land, and
employ l40 men and boys in tbs various
branches of the business. From S.,
COO to 5000 are paid out monthly for
labor Last year about $4,000 were
expended by the company for labor
and the extension Of their works, pre-
parations for smelling the ore on the
spot, etc. About 5000 tons Of ore have
been annually sent off TO be smelted
and this ore yields an average OF 10 pei
cent Of pure copper Ore or rock which
yields less than that potion OF copper
is rejected as worthless. A large smell
ting house, 162 by CO feet, and boiler
house 80 by 26 feet, and stamp room
20 by 20 feet, with four blast furnace.
for smelling, have just been erected
and will soon 60 into operation. A
shaft has been sunk into the hill which
is now So feet below the level OF thu
adlt or opening, and the vein at the
deepest place in the mine is rich. W,
were taken TO the mine last week by MI
Warren A. Cleveland, the Treasurer o
the Company, and for the first tins
witnessed the curious process of break
ing up the rock, separating the ore
from refuse matter, dressing it anc
preparing ii for smelling When th'
smelling works are started, we shoulC
Judge that the business and profits o
the company must DO considerably in
creased. The mine is located onl'
about mile from West Fairlee villag,
and it gives to the whole neighborhoot
an air Of thrift, and adds much TO iii
wealth and prosperity. We Learned
that charcoal is too expensive to b
used in smelling the ore, and coke
prepared from bituminous coal in Novi
Scotia, is the best fuel adapted to th,
purpose. This copper mine is al
element of wealth 10 the State, and W,
are glad to give our readers some ideI
Of the mineral treasures that lie bidder
beneath our soil, So says the Repos
itory Of Montpelier.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05
Here ! Won young RASCAL. walk Il

Here you young rascal, walk up
and give an account of yourself.
Where have you been ?" - '-.
After the girls, father" u
did you ever know me to do SO
when | was boy 2" ........
mo, sir, but mother did"
"A child in an English Sunday
school, being called upon to say her
text promptly delivered herself of the
following. "Hs that hatched me,
Matched my father also" After some
questioning, it was discovered that the
passage which the littleinnocent intend
ed to repeat was. HE thathate th me
hateth my Father also"
in Great Darlington, at large
party the other evening, while young
lady was playing the piano with a
peculiar touch, bystander remarked,
Il d give world for her fingers" He
was greatly taken aback by her prompt
reply that be might have the whole
hand--for his own. Three shsors for
Leap Year.
Three steamboat crows Of rsust-
abouta voted in the First Ward Of
Dubuque, Iowa, on the 9th inst. The
Times says: "No one of them was more
entitled TO vote here than is jeff Davis
to seat in Heaven, but still they voted
the Democratic ticket, Of course"
-kratsalaat's wife discovered her
old hen sitting in the back yard aud
broke up her nese. Soon after the
poor wife came in much excited and
said: MY dear Kratsalaat, / took the
eggs from Brownie, and she has gone
and sat onto an old mea. axe" "Let
her set, said the bilious old fellow,
II she sets upon an axe may be she'll
batch Ell I"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

Cmrwrxe Inn Cgp--Rnmiuaiing an
.snals gather their food rapidly. give 4
ssw cuss vita TIE teeth, and swallow
il II goes g. A. interior receptacle,
vhese L i usoissened; this i very
essential fit he dry hhy When the
animal las filed himself. he niAsiicniss
the food thus stored away "a his ssom
Aeh. raising il cud dy cud. Where a
portion il completely masiieaied .
passes 10 another receptacle, and the
process Of digestion goes On. Thus an
or. II left 10 himself, viii raise and mas
tleale AL bis food thus stored away
in bis stomach. II be be worked
hard and do not have time 10 mashcate,
he falls ofl in aosh. bis health is poor,
his digestion Is incomplete. The horse,
on the contrary, however much IN s
hurry be may be, must masticase every
mouthful before be swallows Il A
hungry or let into meadow viii MI
himselfin twenty minutes. while horse
would want at least an hour and twenty
minutes to take the same amount OF
grass. The OK, thS deer, sheep, goat,
cnanois and rabbit being the natural
prey Of ferocious bcasts, are endowed
With the extra stomach in which hastily
to store away the food without M :
tication; this may perhaps be regarded
as a wise provision of nature, enabling
them to sally forth where the food Is
plenty, and in short time fill them
selves, and retire 10 a place OF safety TO
ruminate their food at their pleasure.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

MoxEY. Men work for it, beg for it,
steal for it, starvs for it.; and ali the
while, from the cradle to the grave,
God and nature are laundering in our
ears the solemn, What shall it profit a
man to gain the world and loose his own
soul The madness for money is the
strongest and lowest Of the passion, for
il is the insatiate Moloch Of the human
heart, before whose remorselessness
after all the finer attributes Of Humanity
are sacrificed. 1t makes merchandise
Of all that is sacred in the human af-
fections, and even trafics in the awful
solemnities OF the eternal.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

How TO CIR Bio CEoPs As a rule,
farmers are much more anxious to get
big prices than big crops There are
few farms whose average production
could not be doubled in very short
time by more capital and labor. 1t
safer to use capital in farming than in
almost any other business. The credit
Of the pillow is quite MS good as that Of
the loom or anvil, and the capital will
come il it is called for. Use more man
IRE, and get thirty bushels Of wheat,
where ron now get fifteen, and eighty
bushels Of corn where you now get
forty The quantity Of grain per acre
10 mainly question Of manure AID
tlllage. A big compost heap makes q
fall grain ban. With high lnanuring,
the coil needs desper stirring and a
Gradual bringing up Of the subsoil 70
The surface. With the present horse
harTows and caltiEators. nearly ali tie
cultivation can be done by horse power
ST grea; saving Of expense, and :
great increase Of the crops. Plan fol
blg crops thik season.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

A RECIPE ron SoAp.-An economical
family Of Pittsfeld whose soap bills
were so cents month, have for the
same amount OF money, with the
ingredients Of the following cost, made
an excellent quality Of hard soap, which
has lasted the same family over a year
or a saving OF over 1000 per cent:
Take G pounds Of sal-soda, 6 pounds
grease, and pounds quick lime. Thor
oughly mix the soda and lime in four
gallons Of water. pour off from the
sediment, put in the grease and boil 20
minutes; pour off and before entirely
cold cut in bars. Try it and report.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

The Two MosEsEs. The New Orlean
Tribune gives the following capital
contrast of the two Moseses, OF whom
Andrew is the latest specimen
The true Moses was the meekestoi
men; our Moses in the most mulish.
The true Moses was man of prayer
cur Moses is a man of oaths. The true
Moses was slow Of speech, and had bis
brother for mouth piece; our Moses
unfortunately speaks ior himself. The
true Moses was great law-giyer; our
Moses is notorious law-breaker. The
true Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of its king; our Moses has
gone down to Egypt for help. The
true Moses turned his back on the foe
Of bis country: our Moses has turned
bis back on his friends and the friends
Of his country. The true Moses "er-
dured" 70 the end: our Moses has bet
rsyed and abandoned the cause to which
he swore allegiance. The true Moses
led an oppressed people out Of bondage;
our Moses promised TO do it, but left
them to their foes. The true Moses la
bored TO save the people from the bite
OF fiery seTpents; our Moses has sought
to have ali the people bitten by them
j. g., by Copperheads. When the true
Moses died, the children of Israel wept
for HIM thirty days; when our Moses
shall leave the White House for Tenn
essee. all the people will say amsn.
The man who reeled into office ought
to be ruled out