The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-01-20
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Letter from Greece.-Dr Kalopothakes, in
recent letter to a friend, speaks of visit by
him to the southern part of Greece-to the
province of Name. He says, Il have hoped,
under God, not only to silence those who were
opposed to me, but to make friends of them.
God has so much blessed my efforts in the line
OF medicine, that | have very seldom lost a
patient either In surgery or medicine; so that
they focked to me from all parts Of Name to
ask my advice, and take me to their own vii
lagos to see their sick aud wounded A man
talking to me last summer, said, 1t seems TO
me that God visits us with an unusual amount
of sickness every time you come here in order
that We may be dependent on you" Another
old man, one of my regular hearers. said one
day, People speak against MIR. Kalopothakes
as hereto, but can assure you that |, at
least, have learned from him what true reli
gion is. Yet there has been but one man of
that region who has made the sacrifice of a
public confession of Christ. He and his son
are employed as colporteurs.
The work here In Athens is progressing, and
we already feel the need of additional assis
lance. At our preaching services we have
from thirty to sixty present, embracing all
sorts OF people, including priests. No oppo,
sltion has thus far been made. We record two
conversions, and there are several Others who
exhibit deep interest, but have not yet ad
vanced Tar enough TO rise above the fear and
shame of the world.
We have been thinking Of erecting build
ing IN which we can preach more publicly than
IN our own house, and intend to appeal to the
Christians of America to help US, We intend
shortly to organize church. 81 hristiaa o.
SerUer.
Mr.. John Bairstow, of Preston. England, who
has recently died at the age of ninety years
has left by his will more than $3.50, 900 to char
liable purposes.
ChOlera.-ln a pamphlet on the routes by
which cholera travels from India to Europe
j. Z. Peters, NJ. d., says that the little Mo
ravlan town OF Sarepta, in Russia, has always
escaped the disease, In consequence of strict
quarantine and great cleanliness. Five cpl
denies of cholera have passed by it, and none
has never entered Its streets, although it is
situated In the most dangerous place imagina-
Die.
Missions in India.-0ne of the happy fruits
of Rev. Dr. Norman McLeods visit to the
missionary field in India is the attempt now
made by him and others to raise 92O 900, the
income OF which is to secure a pension of
ESQ for life to every missionary of the
Church of Scotland on his return home, after
spending twenty FIVE or more years in that
country. Dr.. Mcleod recently addressed a
large and enthusiastic meeting in Glasgow on
this subject, and number of large subscrip
tons is already announced
John Stuart Mill has been defeated for Par
lament by the Westminster constituency
ThisiS matter for congratuation, for although
Mr. Mill Is on the side Of REFORM he is a vic.
lent hater Of Christianity, and his principles
are atheiStic. He holds to P6Sitirisna
DR.. Observation-Disclosures continue to come
in of the safety of the renowned African trav-
eler DR.. Livingstone, but the veritable Doctor
does not make his appearance. By the latest
report he was somewhere in the vicinity of
Lake NyasSa, near the confines of Zlnguebar.
Owing, it Is thought to the wars between the
native tribes, his progress has been impeded,
and consequently he has been unable to reach
the sea coast.
The Missionary packet Morning Star has ar.
rived at Honolulu, from cruise among the
MicroneSian Islands. She reports that the
slave trade is openly carried on between the
Islands and the coast of South America
Correspondence published in the Honolulu
papers contains accounts of outrages perpe
trated on the natives by the slave traders. -
The missionaries are urgent in their demands
for the interference of the American, English
and French war vessels to prevent the traffic
-NapOlsOn.-There are many indications
in France of strong and growing feeling
against the Napoleonic dynasty. Among the
most significant are the lefusals of the law and
medical students to accept invitations to Com.
plegne. This season 1t was arranged to ask
two young men from every school to the hunt
ing palace. There was no difficulty in getting
cadets from st. Cyr, or engineers in embryo
from the Polytechnic; but one guest only was
recruited from the EoOle Mormale. and twenty
invitations were vainly sent to the future NJ.
d. S. The embryo doctors fearing the scorn
and contempt of their comrades, pleaded the
absorbing calls of study as a reason for not ac-
eepting the unprecedented honor of imperial
hospitality. 1t isa fact scarcely credible, but
still fact, that not single medical student
could be found willing to exchange the hard
life of the Quarter Latin for weeks luxury
at the table of the sovereign, such as students
have hardly ever dreamed of.
1t is said that the Black Hole of Calcutta
has at length been discovered. Conjecture
pointed to a spot in the southern portion of
the old fort of Calcutta, which is now being
pulled down; and here a space, the exact
counterpart of the Hole, has been discovered
by Dr. Norman Cheevers who has been on
the look out for the place for some years,
Louis Blanc, the French political exile in
London, has just completed. after nearly
twenty years of labor his History of the
- French Revolution, in twelve volumes
The extensive and valuable library of the late
Emperor Macmillan is advertised to be sold
soon at Leipsic Germany.