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Rev. P. P. Flournoy.-The Presbyterian

Rev. P. P. Flournoy. Presbyterian
church of Salisbury Maryland to which Mr..
Flournoy has ministered for about nine months,
recently invited him by unanimous vote to
become their pastor, fixing his salary at nine
hundred dollars, together with comfortable
manse.
This call he has declined to accept, not be-
ing willing to change his ecclesiastical connec-
ton from the Southern to the Northern Pres
byterian Church.
His Post Office at present is Hampden Sid
ney, Va.
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Charleston PresbYterY.

Met in the Presbyterian Church, Orange
burgh, S. c., October 9TH. and was opened
with a sermon by the Moderator, Rev. w. H,
Adams, from Acts viii IS:
Present IL ministers and Elders.
Rev. George Howe, ID. D., was elected
Moderator.
The session of Presbytery was protracted to
an unusual length, and continued to late
hour nearly every night, owing to matters OF
great moment, which were to be determined
The subject Of Domestic Missions occupied
much of the time and thought Of Presbytery
The utmost zeal was manifested in behalf of
our vacant churches-eght out of fourteen
and it was resolved by unanimous consent that
a second EVANGELIST be appointed The Re-
ports of the Executive Committee of Domestic
Missions and of the Evangelist-ordere to
be published-will give full information upon
this subject.
Mr.. Peter Gowan, Jr., candidate of Pres
bytery, after a satisfactory examination, was
licensed to preach the gospel.
Mr. n w. Edmunds, licentiate of this
Presbytery, was transferred to the care of Har-
mony Presbytery. A petition was received
from Aimwell church, Harmony Presbytery,
asking for the ordination of Mr.. E., with a
view to his laboring among them, but as
Charleston Presbytery had no constitutional
power to grant the request, he was transferred
to the care of Harmony Presbytety.
Rev. John r. Dow who has been called to
Salem church, presented request, in which
bis people reluctantly joined for dissolution
of the pastoral relation between him and the
Johns Island and Wadmalaw church. The
request was granted, and the pastoral relation
dissolved.
Rev. John R. Dow was then dismissed to
Harmony Presbytery.
Presbytery adjourned to meet during the
sessions of Synod at the call of the moderator.
The next regular meeting will be held in
Charleston, on Wednesday. before the second
Sabbath OF April, 1869, at o'clock.
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The WITNESS. New York. The Editor
says in the November number:
-Four years ago, the monthly publication
of The Witness was commenced with very
small list of subscribers, and without an inhu-
entail introduction to the public. Through
the goodness of our God it has been sustained
with still extending circulation and multiply.
ing tokens of his favor.
1.-The subscription price is 60 cents year
in advance 1t will be furnished to schools,
or for gratuitous distribution, in packages of
six or more copies, for As cents a copy. In so
far as means will permit grants will be made
to missions and to evangelical laborers. Do
nations for this purpose will be appropriated
according to the wishes of the donors The
paper will be sent gratuitously to any who
would value it, but are unable to pay for it, on
application to the Editor.
Address j. Inglis & Co., &c Cooper Insti-
tute, New York.
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Has a Contribution been taken At \

Has Contribution been taken at may
be well to remind our Churches that the Gen
eral Assembly appointed the LIST Sabbath in
November as day for collection in behalf
of the cause of Education. If, on account of
the stormy weather last Sabbath, this was
not attended to, let them be entreated not to
pass it by. The circular of the Secretary DR..
Baird, published in the Central Presbyterian
of September %, fully explains the great need
of funds to meet the indispensable wants of
our young brethren in prosecuting their studies
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-11-04

PREsBYTERY OF NAsHvILLE-W have re
ceived printed copy OF the minutes OF the Fall
meeting of the Presbytery of Nashville. In
addition to the minutes of Presbytery, the
Stated Clerk has furnished list of all the
churches, with the names OF the ruling elders
in each church. Some of the churches have
large ederships. The session of the First
church Nashville, has Is members The
Edgefeld church 7. The Gallatin church 7.
The Murfreesboro church 6. &c.
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Concord Presbytery met, according to adjourn
ment, at Hopewell church. on the 10th ult.
Present seven ministers and one ruling elder
The call from Hopewell, which was returned
to the church, was again presented and found
to be regular and was placed in the hands Of
Rev. j. G. Williams, who accepted the same,
and Presbytery proceeded, according to the
order previously made, TO install him pastor
of that church. Rev j. S. Barr was ap
pointed to preside and propose the constitu
tional questions in the place of Rev. R. Bur.
we'll Presbytery adjourned TO meet at the
call of the Moderator in Wilmington. N. c.,
during the Sessions Of Synod
r. u. JOHNSTON, Stated Clerk.
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Our Foreign Missionaries -Tbc letters

Our Foreign Missionaries. -Thc letters
from MessrS. Morton and Houston, written
while on the way to their fields of labor, will
be read with interest by many dear friends
they have left at home There are thousands
also who have never seen their faces in the
flesh, but who know their destination. and
offer daily prayer for the preservation of that
faithful band OF young brethren who have
gone out on this work of love-
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The Presbytery Of Central Mississippi met in
Jackson, Miss. The Introductory sermon was
preached by the last Moderator. Rev. DIR.
Bardwell, Of Vcksburg. The attendance was
very full-nearly forty ministers and elders
being present. Winona was selected As the
place for the next meeting of Presbytery.
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East Hanover Presbvtery.-A

East Hanover Presbytery. an ad-
journed meeting held during the sessions of
Synod at Harrisonburg, the time previously
fixed for the next stated meeting of Presbyte
ry was changed 1t is to be held at Ports
mouth on Thursday the 18TH of April, 1869,
at | A. NJ.
The resignation of the Stated Clerk was ac-
cepted, to take effect at the next stated meet
ing.
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THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN, published at
Pittsburg, and the Presbyterian Witness have
united and the paper comes to US very much
enlarged and improved.
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FAMILY TREASURE; an Illustrated Month
~, November. Cincinnati: Western Tract
and Book Society No. l76 Elm street.
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Rev. DR.. McCosh was naugurated Presi-
dent OF Princeton College, October 9th, with
great eclat.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

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that all persons may obtain them.
The RECORD of the Presbyterian Church
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Der. 1868.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22
a depository of Fashion, Pleasure, and
Instruction - &aa
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Inc rao!ishers commenced on November LIST,
the issue of h ARrss's Bazaar, Weekly I'll as.
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Home Literature. Their ain, IL twofoJa "a
supply the existing need of q Weekly Fssbia,
Newspaper, and to combine therewith a fret
class literary journal, which win be indispens.
bic to every household. =
Arrangements have been made. as an i'm.
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Fashion Papers of Europe, especially with the
famovs Bazaar of Berlin, which supplies the
fashions to the leading journals of Paris, to
furnish the same to them in advance, so that
henceforth the fashions Will appear in HARrER's
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22

WEATHER PREDICTIONS "A weather
prophet at Corunns, Michigan, astonishes
the people..by the accuracy eff his wealth
er predictions. He is farmer, named
Alexander Thompson, and he claims to
have theory BY which he can iufallibly
prognosticate the weather for three Or
six months in advance. He conducts all
his farming operations in accordance with
these indictions, even to shuttin,y up OF
his sheep and cutting his hay, and is
eminently successful as farmer. It is
said that many of his predictions have
been fulfilled with surprising accuracy,
and that numbers of his neighbors are
beginning to act upon9them. His wealth
er predictions. for the winter are as fol-
lows:
"First-abont the middle of J anuary
there will bea thorough thaw. Second
will be very moderate Third
About the eighth of March it will be
gin to be cold-very cold. Fourth-We
shall have an open winter and very late
spring"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22
Watertolra gepnblifan.
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY I'D, 1868.
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY,

The first week of the present session
was mainly devoted to perfecting the or
ganization of both houses aad sitting
down to the routine of business. The
indnaticas aov are that the session will
be short enc, and that retrenchment and
economy will be its characteristics A
,leiat resolution has been passed for final
adjournment on February 10, "andthat ne
new business shall be received after Feb.
H." Both houses nave also refused thus
far to make any appropriations of postage
stamps for their members.
Among the large number Of bills that
are introduced at each session of the leg
islature, many never become laws, and of
those that do the larger portion are mere
~ of local or private character Among
bills of general interest introduced at the
present session, We note the following:
In Asssmbly-A bill to abolish the
present system of Coaaty Supervisors
and to return to the old system bill to
repeal chapter ISL, laws of 1867, which
prohibited the opening of dance houses
and ten pin alleys on Sundays bill to
repeal chapter los, laws of 1867, for
bidding the holding courts of justice in
places where liqusr is sold; bill to re-
peal chapter 81, laws Of 1867, relating to
the publication Of list of deserters; a
bill for the repeal Of the eight hour
Saw" bib requiring railroad com panies
having grants of land, to locate their
road AID select thsir land within certain
time. Several bills for amending the
"dog law" and also a .nasHIber of bills
amending the election DAVIS.
In the Senate several bills kave been
introduced amending various sections of
the Revised Statutes, and also the usual
roportion of bills of local character.
u A bill has been introduced repeating the
law which raised the bounty on wolves
from FIVE to ton dollars; and bill pro-
. hibiting the locking of the doors of pas
senger cars on railroads.
Among bills of local character rela
ting to Jefferson county, We note a bill
extending the time fe1 the collection Of
taxes in the city Of Watertown, and bill
TO amend sections two and five of chap
ter 1872 of the private and local laws Of
1867, entitled, can act to amend an act
entitled an act to enable the town of JEFF
ferson to settle with It's creditors, sad ar
act amendatery thereto, being chapter 22e
and 1872 Of the local laws of 1885," both
Of which bills were passed under su.
pension Of the rules
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22

THE democracy as at present consti-
tuted is brilliant specimen of the genus
homo. The aninsus of the "critter' NAV
b. seen in thelgna. haste of the General
Assembly of Ohio to repudiate the pro-
posed amendment to the United States
constitution designated as "Article XIV"
1t appears that the legislature of New
Jersey is to follow salt very soon.
Whether State after ratifying a con-
stitutional amendment, can the very rext
gear retrace its steps by resembling legis-
satioa, Is question by ne means clear, and
I'VE are anxious to see the matter brought
to an issue. Should such dire calamity
&efall the couRtry as to have the govern
ment pass nte the hands of the Pendle-
ton democracy, there would doubtless be
ripping and tearing tine generally, and
We would have. true Illustration of the
''Bull in the China shop for the "deua.
ocracy" of this day denotes destructive
ness rather than progression.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22
CAUGHT a TARTAR,

Andy johnson is continually ,,"jump-
ing from the frying pan into the fire !"
and has lately been the victim of the
worst kind of misplaced confidence. The
re-inststiag of Stanton back into his old
quarters is bitter pill for the President
to swallow, but the conduct of Gen.
Meade is the hardest blow he has
met with yet. Gen. Pope's administra-
ton Of affairs in Georgia did not suit the
rebels, and consequently did not meet with
the appreciation of His Majesty, A. John
son; he therefore removed Gen. Pope
and thinking he would have supple
tool in Gen. Meade, he sent the latter
down to the Empire State of the South, "
with the fervent hope that the General
would "look through a glass darkly .
and not see things "face to face" as Gen.
Pope did But, alas, for all human cal
culations, as well as the Presi dents. Gen
| UuCduC uS SoOuci tSACo Va iudt CTS
in Georgia than he proves himself to be
the every worst man at the business
for the disloyal and unreconstructed peo-
tple Of Georgia, and the fright man in
he right place." for those who believe
that the war is ended, and are willing to
be true to the authorities of the United
States. Gen. Meade in his administra
ton is not severe or relentless-fshe asks
for nothing but what is right, but will
submit to nothing wrong" In his speech
before the Georgia Convention he shows
himself to be nothing less the stateman
than soldier, and the thanks of the whole
country are due the President for the Sc
lection be has made. We trust that An.
drew johnson will continue in the good
work he so auspiciously commenced in
Georgia. We consider it one of the best
"sells" of the season, and the lest of the
joke is the President perpetrated it on
himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22

BURNING observation-disclosures
Reflects ARE DISPOSED oFIN INDIA
A circumstance occurred in the month
of July last, ar village in the native
State of Jhallowar, in Rajpootana, which
is very satisfactory evidence of the
progress that civilization is making among
the people of that country. II appears
that upon the death of man resident in
village of that State his widow declared
her intention of performing the ancient
rite of suffice on his funeral pyre, and the
villagers generally highly applauded her
pious resolve. The matter, however,
having been brought to the knowledge of
the native authorities, hey very properly,
and with zeal that does honor to their
enligl t nment, int erfered, and some sowars
were dispatched to the village to prevent
the execution of this inhuman and bar
barous rite. AS matter of course, the
villagers were highly indignant at the
interference. but owing to the frmness,
tempered by moderation aud prudence, of
the officer in command of the troops, a
collision was avoided, or, at all events,
no lives were lost and the fauatcal widow
was safely Ice e | up while the remains of
her husband were being consumed.
Several parties who had taken an active
part In the attempted suttee were arrested,
and SO the matter ended at that time
The transaction took place on the ed of
last July. The affair having since been
hrouoht To the notice Of tho Vioerou' @
government By the British political agent
for Rajpootana, His Excelleocy has off,
cially intimatcd his high approval Of their
conduct to the several parties whe so lren-
uously and humanel exerted themsel es
In putting stop to the barbarous act con-
templated, as also to the chief of the
State, the Maharaj Rama of Jhallowar.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22

1t hardly seems possible that the fol-
downing scene would be enacted at tbs en-
lgh'ened age, IN "merry England," ma
tion which makes such pretension to high
culture and ue6nemeat Is England
4going back" On civilization?
The punishment of the "cat7 was re-
ceHtly inflicted in the Jail at Newgate.
London, spes three prisoners who were
convicted at the recent sessioH Of the
Central Criminal Court of street robber-
les accompanied by violence. The cul
pr is were VIM. Turner, who was sem
fenced to ten years penal servitude and
to receive thirty nine lashes, and VIM.
Oshurn and Michael Donovan, who were
sentenced to Eve years penal servitude,
and tie receive twenty lashes. The Gull
prits we're all young men, aad had bad
characters. Tie punis!,meot was inAict-
ed by Ca!crait, in tie presence of Alder
man and Sherts Stone, Mr.. Jones, the
Governor Of Nev2ate. and Dir. Gibson,
the surgeon OF the prison. The culprits
beloved Justify during the inhiction of
the punishment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-01-22

BULL RUN" RUssEIL.-Dr. ". H.
Russ Ii has accepted the most responsible
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With the London Times, and is about to
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respondent. In his new character DIR.
Russell will be able to influence the for
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for the British press takes its tone on
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CLEANS from original sources the correct
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tions on the London press are occupied
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