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OAKLAND COLLEGE,

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,
(NEAR RopNEY.)
TyHE next Session of this Institution will COM
mence on the second Wednesday of SEP
TENDER and end the third Thursday in June.
FACULTY..
Rev. N. l.. RICE, D. D., elect President and
Professor of Moral and Mental Science, and
Bellies Lettres.
GEORGE LITTLE, Phi. D., Professor of Natural
Science.
Col. GEO. M. EDGAR, Professor of Mathematics.
Rev. G. L. PETRIE, Professor of Latin Language
and Literature.
81. R. MORRISON, A. NJ, Professor of Greek
Language and Literature.
CHARLES 81. MOORE, M. D., Professor of Mod.
ern Languages.
ETH LANNEAU, A. b., Principal of Preparato-
ry Department.
-, Assistant in Preparatory Department.
TERMS: PAYABLE INVARIABLY IN ADVANCED
Tuition ner Term, $40 90
Contingent Fee. 3 90
Room attendance, 90
Board at Refractory, per month, of weeks, 20 90
Washing, per dozen, 30
Students are required to furnish their own
books, furniture, fuel and lights.
Boarding may be obtained in private families
at S25 per month,
Candidates for the Christian ministry and SONS
of ministers of all denominations, are admitted
free of charge for Tuition.
The College is situated within four and q half
miles of Rodney, on the Mississippi river, and
is therefore easily accessible from all parts Of
the Southw
An communications should be addressed to
the President of Oakland College, Rodney, Mis-
sissppi. JAMES AKCHEh,
sup 7-ly Secretary of the Board.
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CENTRAL PRESBY TER A n .

Died, June oath, Mrs. SARAH BELL, wife Of
c. }. Bell, of Rockbridge county, Va.
Died, at the residence of DR.. E. b. Smith,
chmond,. Va, July lst, Pulaski >. Dunn, in
tsnt son OF Colonel Ambrose G. and Lettie F.
Dunn, aged months and days.
Died, in Petersburg, Va, July Sd, Mrs. MARY
BRowN.
The death of her husband, John Thompson
Brown, in 1886, was a stroke which, under her
most tender attachment was felt to the end OF
life. No man of his age in Virginia had high
er reputation, or gave promise OF more bril-
liant future. To cherish his memory, to train
up his three sons in the way they should go, and
to strive that she might "stand complete in all
the will Of God"-these were the aims to which
this devoted Christian wife and mother for long
years addressed herself with unremitting assidu.
ity. And verify she has had her reward.
Died, at Madisonville, the family seat, in the
county of Montgomery, Va, on the morning Of
the 9th OF June, calmly and peacefully, BENJA-
MIN HOWARD PEYToN in the 9th year of his age.
Let 1t be written of him, that he was genuine
patriot, true Virginian, sterling citizen, an
honest man and
80, he was good, if ever good man lived"
Just in according what was due to others, his
own devoted life was one of selt-denlal and per-
sonal sacrifices; and if the curtain could be
drawn before his domestic circle, one could find
no tenderer picture of unsefsh love.
Shall more be said? Yes, in justice to his
memory, let it be written on his tomb, that he
was a true friend, good neighbor, kind and
faithful master. The blessing of the poor around
his home, and the love of his former slaves are
written in tears upon his grave.
As the writer of these poor words, in affec
tionate and grateful remembrance, looked upon
the patient, peaceful face in death, and thought
of all the purity of mind and heart so conspic;u
Gus in that life just passed away, and saw the
smile that seer,ed to be breaking through the
repose of its almost perfect rest; to Thankful
hope, whisper came, "Blessed are the pure IL
heart for they shall see God. w. NJ.
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Matriea,

On the 10th ult., at the residence of Joseph
81. Hoge, Esq, Giles county, Va, by Rev. h.
/. Darnall, D. W. MASON and Miss HELEN NJ.
HoGE.
On the 18th ult. at Pearisburg, Va, by the
same, JAMES W. WILLIAMS and Miss MOLLIE
EASLEY.
On the 28d of June, by Rev. j. NJ. Rice, W.
K. CHAPMAN, of Alexandria, Va, and Miss NJ.
SALLIE HAYNES, of Allegheny, Va.
May 26th by Rev. William Pinkerton, Will
LIAM HENRY STEELE and Miss CoRNELIA W. AR
MOLD, both of Augusta county, Va.
On the oath of June, at Grassy Dale, Char
lotte county, Va, the residence of Nathaniel C.
Wilson, Esq, by Rev. II. A. Brown, JOHN j.
HARDY, of Lunenburg, and Miss MATTE E. JET
FRESs.
June oath, in Raleigh, N. c., by Rev. JOS NJ.
Atkinson, WILLIAM STRoYAcH and Miss ANNA
BARTON BALL, daughter of the late DR.. John B.
Ball, of Lancaster county, Va.
Ray Southern Churchman please copy.
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world what it had not yet known to be the
fact-that, OF Protestants In Christendom,
Presbyterians were immeasurably the most
numerous. He thought if they were connect
ed, they would be in position to strike a blow
ut anti Christian error and to do much more
for the glory of Christ, their great Head.
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A Church Organized III. p s. Willis,
one of our SynOdical EvangeliStS, writes that
he has coupled with the direction of the
Synod COIHmjttee and organized a church
at Florida, in Monroe county. Seventy mem
berS entered into the organization, and one
was added by examination, on the same day.
Three elders and TWO deacous were elected aud
installed
1t is at Florida that Rev MeSSrS j. NJ
Travis and W. w. Trimble have been preach
ing, in addition to their pastoral work IN their
respective chargeS.-10, Presbyterian.
A New Mode of Making Members.-A writer
in the Southern Presbyterian ReUie,0 states
that he personally knows minister of the
African Methodist Episcopal church who, as
he has been eredibly informed, has been selling
tickets of membership, for from ten to fifty
cents per head, and gathering into the COM
munion of his church all sorts Of characters
who were ready to pay him this price.
Rev. DR.. W. F. BrOaddus has resigned his
charge of the Charlottesville Baptist church,
to enter on his agency for the collection of
funds for the education Of the children of de-
ceased and disabled Confederate soldiers.
The church has unanimously called Rev. j.
{. Long, of SeOttSville, to fill the vacancy.
Richmond COllege.-From the catalogue of
the session that has just closed we learn that
the total number of students was lis.
Educational Association of virginia.-0n the
Dist of July the Educational Association of
Virginia Will hold Its meeting in the city of
Richmond.
Professor John B. Minor LII D., of the
University of Virginia, will deliver an address
on the Responsibility, Influence and Dignity
Of the Teacher Profession, and papers will
be read by the Hon. James p. HOlcOmbe and
Col. Preston
Giving-The Christina hdec gives a state
ment concerning the want of iberality among
BaptiSts North and South, which we wish it
could be said has no application to Presbyte
rians:
Among Northern Baptists ne-half OF
the churches contribute nothing to the fund
for missions and one halt of the members of
contributing churches, give nothing to that
fund There is the same inequality and want
of system among BaptiStS of the South; and
to correct this state of things is one of the
most important and urgent demands for the
spiritual well-being of our churches.
What CandOr Says.-The following admission
made by the Cincinnati Journal and Bessea-
ger is commended to the consideration of the
papers at the North from which we have con-
slant pratings about their charity as conuasted
with our hatred. 1t says:
CandOr requires us to say that for the
first year after the war there was more DISPOSE
ton among our Southern brethren to come to
our arms, than of Northern brethren to re
ceive them to their hearts. la nearly all of
our Northern denominatiOnal papers, and in
the resolves of most OF our religious eOnvoca-
tons, the demand was distinctly made; ..'these
Southern brethren must come and confess their
sins to as, before we will receive them. This
demand savored so much more of the pride of
the cOnqueror, than of the loving spirit of
Jesus, that of course it was offensive"
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TNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
(OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VA.
FACULTY.
REV. S. B. WILSON, D. D., Pastoral Theology.
R. L. DABNEY, Systematic and Polemic Theolo-
gy, and Sacred Rhetoric.
B. NJ. SMITH, Oriental Literature.
T. E. PECK, Church History and Government.
SESSION of eight months begins I'd Monday of
SEPTEMBER.
EXPENSES, aggregate, $3.50 per annum, exclu-
sive of books and clothing All deserving stu
dents placed on liberal scholarships.
Post office address, Hampden Sidney, Va.
The Seminary may be reached daily by Rail
road to Farmville, Va, and stage seven miles.
Catalogues with full details furnished, on ap-
plicaton to K. l.. DABNEY, Clerk.
mr. 25-1y
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JOHN AsHEB
W. 8. DOMAIN.

W. 8. DOMAIN. JOHN AshEH'
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found in the Southern States, and which we are
prepared to dispose of at the lowest renumera-
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se 28-2m Richmond, Va.
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Assemblies of Scotland.

A few items of interest are CLEANED from ex.
changes:
In the General Assembly Of the Established
Church a movement has been made against
lay patronage-by which pastors are forced
upon congregations, willing or unwilling to
receive them.
This Assembly gave its voice decidedly for
unfolding the Irish Establishment. They are
afraid their own turn would come next.
India-Dr. Norman Maclead made report
Of. his mission to India He produced a pro
found impression by his speech, which was
full of information, and full of pathetic elo
quence which few were able to listen to un-
moved. He is decidedly in favor of the edu.
catonal as distinguished from the evangelistic
method of conducting missionary operations.
Contributions.-Th contributions of the Is
tdJHShed Church to the various schemes
amounted, during the past year, to 1926, 600
a large sum when we consider the CiS inertia
which usually marks an Established Church, -
but it is far short of what has been contributed
during the same period by the two other chief
Presbyterian communities of Scotland. The
United Presbyterians have raised, for all pur-
poses, 81, 335, 000-while the income of the
Free Church has been this year, 81, $4,000
Union between the Free Church and the
United Presbyterian. This subject excited
intense interest. The anti-union party was
defeated by 427 to los. The opposition how.
ever is powerful in its influence, and the con.
summation of a union is probably postponed
TOR a number Of years.
sustentation.--The Central Fund has this
year an income Of S642, 745, which makes q
dividend Of $500 to el ~ minister. That is
the lowest sum any receive; most have saa-
ries far above it.
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William NJ Blackburn has been elected, Is that
Of Biblical I'D Ecclesiastical History. He
has siynifed his purpose to accept the protes'
sorship to which he was elected, and is making
his arrangements to he present at the opening
of the next term.
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ALLAN & JOHNSON,
SEED GROWERS AND DEALERS,
,oe MAIN Sr RICHMOND. Va.

1906 MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA.
DESCRIPTIVE Catalogues for Spring of 1868
now ready and will be forwarded to any one
applying for them. :. o,no
Particular attention paid to sending SEEDS
BY MAIL.
Upon the receipt of Catalogue price, we will
forward any Seeds ordered and guarantee their
safe delivery. For Peas, Beans, Corn, and other
heavy Seeds, 8 cents per Id. must be added to
the remittance to pay postage.
There is special Postal arrangement for
transmitting seeds By mall and tor all packages
and most expeditions way of obtaining them.
Larger quantities will be forwarded according
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Remittances by check payable to order, by
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our risk.
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What the Bible Can Do.-At the late meeting
of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Pas
tor BOyagian from Syria, said:
81 am sure you must all have heard a great
deal about missionary work in the Turkish
empire. Such work is, in fact, going on al
most from one end of the empire to the other
A large portion of the Turkish dominions is
filed with Bibles and tracts, and | am glad to
say that a large number of pure evangelical
churches have been established The mission
aries could not possibly have brought this
about without the Bible. We know from the
whole history of missions that the circulation
Of the word of God by means Of colporteurs,
and in other ways, has been the great instru-
ment in the hand of missionaries Missiona-
ries could not do good anywhere without hav-
ing the Bible as their pioneer Many years
ago the British and Foreign Bible Society and
the American Bible Society circulated the
Scriptures in that country in the East to which
| belong. | was born, | should state, in Ar
menia, on the banks of the Tigris, where the
missionary work was commenced about sixteen
years ago. Before any missionaries came to
our country, and before any colporteurs were
employed there in distributing the Bible, my
father, who went to Constantinople on mer-
camille business, obtained in that city a copy
of the Bible in the Armenian language. In
| lS49 three persons met together to study that
| Bible, and their object was to find out whether
the church to which they belonged was right
or not. One of these three persons was a
| Syrian Christian, another was an Armenian
| Christian, the third was an Armenian, but he
was not able to read, and he was a very wicked
man, and terror 10 the whole town. They
met together for the purpose | have men
toned; they studied copy Of Bible which
l gave them, and compared what they found
in it with what they had been taught previous
| ly, this being before any missionaries or col
porteurs came to our country. What is the
result2 There are now 900 Protestants there,
evangelical Christians, and sometimes from
| 800 to 800 persons meet together to hear
the preaching of the Gospel. Besides this,
the Bible is circulated in nearly all the families
in the neighborhood. If there were time |
could show you that throughout all the evan
gelical churches in Turkey the beginning OF
the work has been of the same kind. l know
many cases in which, through the reading of
the Bible, persons have come to Jesus Christ,
and they are now shining lights in our coun
| try. Preachers, pastors, and others have
come to Jesus through the Bible; not through
preaching or missionary work, but by reading
| the Bible in their homes The British and
Foreign Bible Society and the American Bible
Society have Joined their efforts together to
give the Bible to my country The Bible is,
menians, and | am glad to say that you could
now scarcely find an Armenian family which
does not possess word of God. In nearly
many of the people read the Bible and value
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(Sign Of the Red Mortar,)
Richmond, Va.
HAS just received fresh stock of pure and re
liable DRUGS, MEDICINES and FANCY AR.
TICLES, to which he invites the attention f his
old friends and customers, and the public gene
rally.
Orders from the country will be carefully
packed and promptly shipped.
All goods sold on as reasonable terms as any
other house in the city.
Prescriptions carefully compounded all hours
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For any three of the Reviews, 10 "
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market prices and prompt returns. Advances
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REFERS BY PERMISSION TO:
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O obituaries.

Died, June 18th, Miss VIRGINIA J. HENRY
youngest daughter of Capt James Henry, of Au
gusta county, Va.
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ALsoP & FoURoUREAN,

NARDOzO, ALSOP & FOURQUREAN,
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STREETS.
Keep constantly on hand a good and we'll
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Our buyer is constantly in the market where
cash will always command bargains.
S. NJ Price, Jack Temple, John o. Chiles,
7. D. Quarles and E. P. Lyons, are with us and
would be pleased to see their friends and ac-
ouaintences. c., A. & F.
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