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SELF-sAoRIFIc1No. The anxfety to serve
ones country in some public capacity is not
confined to the United States. x new Office
was recently created in England-that of
Chief Constable of the West Riding of York
shire-with a salary of $2500, travelling ex-
penses and a yearly allowance of 1850 for q
horse. There were fifty applicants for the
position.
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HSs- DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON
Statue, July 8, ls69.-The Statue of George Wash.
ington TO be presented the city by the Washington
Monument Association of the First School District of
sented TO the city with appropriate ceremonies on MON
DAY (July % next at A. M
Judges of the Supreme Court District Court Court of
Common Pleas the Controllers Directors Teachers and
Pupils OF the Public Schools the Mayor Depart
ments, Members Of Select and Common Councils Mill
tay he Sadet attached to the Sixth School Section as
guard OF honor and all associations bearing the OF
Washington, invited participate in the ceremonies
It dhsirman ma p, Of Committee
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Fans very cheap.
Linen Fans, Autograph Silk Fans, Japanese IA.
and Palm Leaf Fans t4ssw'
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hE MPoRTANT TO BUYERS OF
- HOSIERY MessrsS COOK & BROTHER, I'm
portsrs OF Hosiery No Ss North HTH Street claim to
Hosiery at retail who import their own goods They feel
First That by avoiding the profits and commissions
posed IN e ordinary course OF trade they their GUS
Seeond That they have the quality of their goods under
best woriInen IN their manufacture. u
Third thAt bay1ng direct TO European markets.
they can Keep more complete stock than II dependent
upon PnrohAAes made here OF foreign goods ~, n.
North EIGHTH Street. SIS WsiPS1
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An OLD ADAGK yERIFIED.-An old adage declares
ithat it is III wind that blows good" This has
had singular well as perfect verincaton within
the past few days. A convention OF modern Demo-
Gratis is at best but an endurable evil but conven-
tions composed of such men as recently assembled
In the various parts OF city pretending TO repre-
sent the Democratic party, inaugurated they
amid confusion, and conducted with violence, even
to bloodshed and perhaps loss OF human life, are
burning disgraces upon the character Of city and
humiliating spectacle to every wel-wisher OF our
institutions And yet with all their ev pernicious
examples, and consequences, they produced one
good result, for it is notorious fact that, during
their sittngs our street corners particularly Ninth
and Chestnut streets, were almost entirely free from
lOungers, swaggerers rowdes gamblers, pick
pockets, and thieves, 30 that ladies venturing out
were not in imminent peril at every corner OF being
insulted by look, word OF deed; and pocket-books,
watches, and other valuables possessed double in
surance against hnwarrantabe removal. SO that
on the whole, it might be profitable investment for
our city authorities II they were to keep standing
conventions OF the Democracy, and thus rid the
corners OF the presence OF the ab0mnabe characters
that thereat do congregate. His Honor the Mayors
attention is respectfully directed to this suggestion
"HUMPTY DuMPTYp REcoNsTRucTBD.-we are
gratifed at being able to state that in consequence
OF our criticisms the subject, the offensive fea
lures that were introduced into the pantomime OF
HuDpty Dun,pty now being performed at the Arch
Street Theatre, have been removed, and we have
been assured that there will be no further cause for
complaint An entertainment OF this kind can be
funny as the greatest lover OF fun DESIRE aud
yet be entirely innocent and II 1t is not innocent it
has right to be performed. 1t is not worth while
for managers and actors to say that the public de-
sire such and such things, and, therefore, they
obliged to cater for the public taste. The theatres
have no right to produce nastness the stage and
If they cannot pay expenses without, they shoudbe
compelled to shut up shop rather than that such
things should be permitted. Hun,pty Dun,pty is as
good an entertainment as can be desired for this
season OF the year. and II properly conducted there
is no reason why it should not be OF eglti-
mate amusement to the public and profit to the
managers and we are glad to see that the voice of
public opinion has been so promptly respected in
the matter referred to-
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Mrs. GENERAL GAINES, it seems, has not
yet succeeded in obtaining possession of her
property in New Orleans, to which the
Supreme Court of the United States declared
her entitled about a year ago. For nearly
forty years Mrs. Gaines prosecuted her suit
with unfaltering patience, and the estate of
her father, Captain Daniel Clark, to which
she was finally declared to be the rightful
heir, is estimated to be worth about 800, ,O0O,-
600. The land is occupied by nearly the
whole of the city of New Orleans, and the
decision of the Court, therefore, is serious
inconvenience to great number of persons
Owing to the peculiar circumstances of the
case, Mrs. Gaines offered to arrange with some
of the present holders of her property on
equitable terms, but more than eighty per-
sons have combined to bring suit against her,
and have compelled her to go into court
again. There is no doubt that the lady will
eventually succeed in getting her own, but it
certainly seems that when a case of this kind
has gone through all the courts and a final
decision given by the highest tribunal in the
land, that there ought to be some means of
| enforcing the law.
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HOW
THE FOURTH OF JULY
WAS MADE.
HOW


In seventeen hundred seventy-sx
Our fathers found themselves In Ok,
All on account OF British tricks M
Which were played on our infant nation.
For the Britisher people laid q tax
on the goods our fathers wore on their backs
And tea, and soap, and sugar, ana wax,
Which filed them with desperation.
And so our fathers don't you seer
Tossed the chests OF taxable tea
Into the depths OF the briny sea,
With all the tea that was in them
And, moreover, as everybody knows,
They said they wouldn't wear British clothes
But dress themselves In such as those
Which our mothers could knit and spin them
And they declared, the Fourth of July
That, II need be- they were willing 10 die,
And this was the glorious reason why,
TO establish the nations freedom!
Hurrahl say we, for our Iathers' grit!
Hurrah! for our clothes that are sure to at!
Hurrah for ROCKHILL & WILSONlll That's i'll
They make clothes for all gho need emil
Patriotic Felow-citizens! LII you burst your raj
ment with the exuberance OF the joy with which you
Der that you can get plenty OF the finest and cheapest
f0remothers never made at the
Great Brown Stone Clothing Hall
R0ckHlLL q WILSON,
NOS. 6Os AND sos CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
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p RIG Z q W o o

p r . G e q w q o
N. w. CORNER BFGHTH AND FILBERl
WHITE GOODS. WHITE GOODS!
Swiss Musns, Victoria Lawns Nainsooks.
soft-nnish Cambrcs, Brillants, Piques, etc.
t1aid and Plain Organdles
Plaid and Stripe NainsookA
Plaid and Stripe Swiss Muslins, etc. etc.
shirred Musiins, 90, 50, 70, 81. 60 ceuss, and q
yard.
Handsome Marsenies Quiks
Honeycomb and jacquard Quilts.
Colored Tarietans for covering
Mosquito Netting, by the piece or yard.
Table Linens, Napkins, and Towels
Bleached and Unbleached Musins.
Bargains in Ladies' and Gents Hosiery aud GsovA
Ladies' and Gents Hdkfs, plain and hemstitchess
Ladies' Linen Collars and Cuffs.
Hamburg Edgings and Insertlngs.
Magic Rufnings, Coventry RuniingA
Marseilles Trimmings and Registered RdeiuI
cheap.
FANS! FANS! FANS.
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The GRAND JURY which has just closed it's
labors gave vent to little spite in its last
hours. 1t appears that some of the structures
which have been made upon its doings by the
public press of the city have not been alto
gether palatable, and hence it propounded to
Judge Ludlow the query:-''Can the Grand
Jury take official action against the proprie-
tors of public journals for the publication of
articles which, in their judgment, reflect un-
warrantably upon themselves or upon the
Court" The ''good men and true" who
composed the Grand Jury probably thought
that the addition of the grievances of the
Court itself would materially strengthen their
own cause of complaint, and enlist the sympa-
thies of the judge in the anti-newspaper cru
sade. But Judge Ludlow appeared to think
that the Court had no cause of complaint,
and as for the Grand Jury, he curtly informed
that body that its powers "are by no means
so great as is supposed" The ''good men
and true" on the strength of this unfavor-
able opinion, very wisely concluded to let the
abusive newspapers go unwhipt of justice.
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INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICERS
oFTHE
Presbyterian Church in the United States

CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., Stated Clerk, Au-
gusta, Ga.
Rev. William Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk,
Richmond, Va.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTATIoN.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, Col.
umbia, S. G.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Column
bia, S. G.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, Col
umbia S. G.
Rev. Prof James Woodrow, Treasurer, Colum,
bia, S. c.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. 3. Thompson Baird D. D., Secretary, Rich
mond, Va.
G. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond, Va
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. 3. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary, Rich
mond Va.
c. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond Va.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Thomas c. Perrin, President
Joseph 81. Wilson, Vice President.
Jesse Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR ONE YEAR.
Hon. Thomas G. Perrin, Abbevile, S. G.
Joseph FL. Wilson, Charlotte, N. c.
Jesse 81. Lindsay, Greensboro, N. c.
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.i6671- OK

There is delightful story told Of boy
who worked hard for the support of his wild
owed mother, and brought home every night
the earnings he had received. One day. 1t
was very rainy and dark, and the three miles
he had to walk was severe on the tired little
fellow. But when he came near the home
he loved, wet and weary also under the big
bundle he bore, his faithful mother came out
with feeble step to meet him with kiss and
with words of pity and comfort. "GOd
bless you my dear child she said--"it is
hard for you; but hereafter l will always set
aight in the window for you" Years rolled
on, and yet that light cleaning from the
window met him every night, as he ap-
preached the humble dwelling of his mother,
and was signal of gladness to his loving
heart
After a time he was induced to go to sea
in hopes of receiving better wages for the
comfort of this parent so dear to him. For
years no news was received, and when at
length he returned his mother was dead
The last words she spoke were concerning
her son. "Tell him, she said, Il am going
to heaven, better home than this; and
there, if 1 can, viii set light in the win
dow for him
Dear children and young people, whose
fathers and mothers may have long since
gone to heaven and left you on this dark
and stormy sea of life, think how many lights
are set in the window of heaven to guide
you thither.
That Bible they left you is one. Bind it to
your heart. 1t is the "8ure word of pro-
phecy whereunto ye do well to take heed as
unto a light shineth in a dark place..
And what are those dear kindred who
loved and followed the Saviour, but lights
now set in the windows of heaven to beckon
and cheer you on your way to that world of
glory and joy? Are you following on to
know the Lord? Are you thankful to God
for not leaving you in darkness? May the
blessed Spirit come to lead your feet into
the way Of life, and bring you home safe at
last, to cast your crown at the feet of Him
who said I am the light Of the world."
OLD PILGRIM.
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Girls Should Learn to Keep House.

No young lady can be too well instructed
in anything which will affect the comfort of
family. Whatever position in society she
occupies, she needs practical knowledge ef
household duties. She may be placed in
such circumstances thatitwilln not be necessary
for her to perform much domestic labor but
on this account she needs no less knowledge
than if she was obliged to preside personal
ly over the cooking stove and pantry. In
deed, l have thought that it is more difficult
to direct others, and requires more experience,
than to do the same work with our own
hands.
Mothers are frequently so nice and par
ticular that they do not like to give up any
part of the care to their children. This is
a great mistake in their management, for
they are often burdened with labor and need
relief. Children should be early taught to
make themselves useful to assist their
parents every way in their power, and to
consider it privilege to do so.
Young people cannot realize the impOr-
lance of thorough knowledge of house
wifery but those who have suffered the in
convenience and modification of ignorance
can well appreciate it. Children should be
early INDUCED in their disposition to bake
and experiment in various ways. tits often
but troublesome help that they afford; still
it is great advantage to them. know a
little girl who at nine years old made a loaf
of bread every week during the Winter
Her mother taught her how much yeast, salt,
and -four to use, and she became quite an
expert baker. Whenever she is disposed to
try her skill IN making simple cakes or pies,
she is permitted to do so. Sheis thus, while
amusing herself, learning an important les,
son. Her mother calls her little hOusekeeper,
and often permits her to get what is neees.
sary for the table. She hangs the keys by
her side, and very musical is the jingling to
her ears. l think before she is out of her
teens, upon which she has not yet entered,
that she will have some idea how to cook.
Some mothers give their daughters the
care of housekeeping, each week by turns.
1t seems to me a good arrangement and a
most useful part of their education. Domestic
labor is by no means incompatible with the
highest degree of refinement and mental cul.
ture. Many of the most elegant, accom-
plished women have known, have looked
well to their household duties, and have
honOred themselves and their husbands BY
so doing.
Economy, taste, skill in cooking, and neat,
ness of the kitchen have great deal to do
in making life happy and prosperous. The
charm of good housekeeping is in order,
economy and taste displayed in attention to
little things; and these things have a wonder
full influence. A dirty kitchen and bad
cooking have driven many one from home
to seek comfort and happiness somewhere
else. None of our excellent girls are fit to
be married until they are thoroughly educat,
ed in the deep and profound mysteries of the
Acknowledgment.
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CENT R A l. z Il E. S b Y L + K | A n

the audience up to the third heaven" Under
one "the people shouted aloud, and the
camp ground was wrapt in a blaze of glory,
while another was merely defective, and a
half dozen others, unfortunately, only
preached from such and such texts.
Now, We are not Directing to the truthful
ness of these portraits, nor merely to the
bad taste of making them public; we do OBJ
ject to the greed for praise which they en-
kindle; to the disgust they produce in all
sober-minded readers, whether religious OF
not; to loading down religious service, and
disfguring divine verities with fippant and
often bombastic compliments. Let the grace
of God be chronicled, but not as mere
clothes horse for human fnery, not as a can
vas, on which to paint clerical hero.
a New York Methodist.
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Sunday Excursions.

DR.. Guthrie, of Scotland, has an excellent
article Sundays on the Continent) in the
October number of the periodical he edits
the Sunday Magazine. The extract here
given states the exact truth about Sunday
Excursions which inconsiderate or ungodly
and infdel people are now encouraging.
GAS to the plea of health, set up for Sun
day promenades and Sunday excursion trains,
"there is no truth in it.. These are neither
works of necessity nor of mercy l have
heard of those who bitterly regretted their
having profaned and wasted the Lords day
on them. But who, on the death-bed that
closed the bestspent life, ever thought that
he had kept the Sabbath too strictly, or re-
GREETED that he had spent too much time on
the concerns of his soul? If women would
spend less on flowers and fnery, and men
on beer, spirits, and tobacco, they could
spare an hour or two-where they needed
from each days labour far more than the
relaxation that health requires. Statistics
have no bias either way; and to them con-
fdently and boldly appeal. They show that
the good old way of hallowing the Sabbath
is most conductive not to morals only, but to
wealth and health and length of days; that
Sabbath-keepers, with happier homes, have
longer lives than Sabbath breakers; that in
this, as in other respects, godliness is prof.
table for all things, having the promise both
of the life that now is and of that which is
to come.
To secularise the Lords day is an object
men are driving at under cover of regard to
the interests of the poor. Care for the
poor?-a wretched pretence on the part, at
least, of many who make it, and delusion
in all who believe it. Let breach be once
made, and work, as on the Continent, will
rush in at the back of play; and in the end
seven days labour will bring on higher wages
than are now earned by six. 1t is not in
those Popish or Protestant countries where
this day is almost wholly given up to bust
ness or pleasure, but here and in America,
in the two countries of the world where it
stops the wheels of labour, closes theatres,
and opens churches, that workmen earn the
largest wages, enjoy the greatest freedom,
and dwell in the happiest homes. In every
country where it is honoured, the Sabbath
is the Palladium of liberty and the Ark of
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Stated Clerks of Synods and Presbyterles

SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
Rev. r. Nall, Tuskegee, Ala.
PreSbytery Of East AlabGmG-Rev. f. McMurra'
South ALabama-Rev. II. R. Raymond, MarloL
Ala. =,
Tuscqloosa-Rev. c. A. Stillman, Gainesville, Ala.
. ~~- v-SYYoD OF ARKANSAS.
Rev. Thomas R. WEIGH, Little Rock, Ark.
Presbytery of Arkansas-Rev. T. R. WEIGH Little
Rock, Ark.
IndianZRev. C. C. Copeland, Wheelock.
Ouachita-Rev. NJ j. Wallace, Marlbrook, Ark.
SYNOD OF GEORGIA.
Rev. DR.. J. S. Wilson, Atlanta Ga.
Presbutery Of Atlanta-Rev. James Stacy, Newman,
GA.
Augusta-Rev. VIM. Finn, Miedgeville, Ga.
Cherokee-Rev J. W. Baker, Augusta, GA.
Florida-Rev. T. L. DeVeaux, Jacksonville, Fla.
Macon-Rev. ]. L. King, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Sauannah-Rev. A. w. Chsby, Thomasville, ga.
SYNOD OF MEMPHIS.
Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown, Tenn.
Prss6ytery Of ChickasaW-Rev. W. a. Gray Ripley
Miss.
Memphis--Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown. Tenn.
North Mississippi Rev. e. H. Paine, Holly Springs,
Miss
Tuscumbia-Rev W. H. Mitchell, Florence, Ala.
Western District-Rev E. S. Campbell Humboldt,
Tenn.
SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI
Rev. R. Mclnnis, Forest, Miss.
Presbytery of Central Mssissippi-Rev. R. E. sher-
rill, Oklahoma, Miss
Louisiana-Rev. j. E. C. Doremus, N. Orleans, La.
Mississippi-Rev. R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
NJ Orleans-Rev. H. NJ. Smith, New Orleans, La.
Red RiUer-Rev. j. F. Ford, Shreveport La.
Tombeckbee-Rev. j. N. Carothers, Houston, Miss.
SYNOD OF NASHVILLE.
Rev. James Park, Knoxville Tenn.
Presbytsry of Holston-Rev. J. W. Backman Ro-
gersville, Tenn.
Knorviue-Rev. Jas. Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
NashuiUe-Rev. Fl. B. Boude, Galatin Tenn
North Alabama-Rev. W. 81. Vernon, Cornersville,
Tenn.
SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Rev. J. Doll, Yanceyville, N. c.
Presbytery of Concord-Rev. R. z. Johnston, Provi-
dence, N. c.
FayetteuiUe- Rev j. P. Mcpherson, Shoe Heel, N. C.
OrGnqe-Rev J. Doll, Yanceyville, N. G.
Wilmington-Rev. L. McKinnon, Goldsboro, N. c.
SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rev. Wm Banks, Lakewood, S. G.
PreSbytery Of BetheI-Rev VIM. Banks, Hazlewood,
! S. G.
Charleston c. s. Vedder, Charleston, sc.
HdrmOny-Rev. w. a. Gregg, Blshopvle, D. Y.
S. CcroIina--Rev. R. a. Mickle, Newberry G. H.,
S.
SYNOD OF TEXAS.
Rev. L. Tenney, Carolina, Texas.
PrsSbyteryof Brazos-Rev. R. f. Bunting, D. D.,
| Galveston, Texas.
Central Teras-Rev. L. Tenney, Carolina, Texas
E. Teras-Rev W. K. Marshall, Henderson, Texas.
". Teras-Rev. j. F. Martin, San Antonio, Texas.
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.
Rev. VIM. Dinwiddie, Greenwood Depot, Va.
Presbytery of Abingdon-Rev. H. NJ White, Glade
Spring Va.
Chesapeake-Rev ]. B. Ross, Bladensburg, Md.
r.. Hanorer-Rev. W. A. Campbell, Powhatan H.,
Va.
Greenbrier-Rev j. C. Barr, Kauawha CHI, W. Va.
Lezington-Rev S. Brown, Kerr's Creek Va.
Montgomery-Rev. 7. W. Hooper, Christiansburg,
Va.
Roanoke-Rev. II. A. Brown, Messing Ford Va.
Vest HanoUer-Rev. VIM. Dinwiddie, Greenwood
Depot, Va.
Wiachester-Rev J. R. Graham, Winchester, Va.
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The waldensian Colony in South America

The Rev. II. f. S. Pendleton, the founder
of the Waldensian colony near Montevideo,
in South America, has published, under the
title of WaIdensians IN the Vest, an interest
ing Narrative of Facts, with reference to
the establishment and experience OF this
Protestant Italian colony. This community,
carrying with it to the Platte the historical
and religious traditions of the Waldenses,
was first planted in 1858, and has been
subject of much anxiety to its founder, then
British chaplain at Montevideo. After some
trials of nature certain to confront colony
in its infancy, the Italian settlers have been
enabled to secure good footing in the land
of their adoption, and to make considerable
progress in material prosperity. But their
social, religious, and moral interests are not
less important than their material require
ments, and they are quite alive to this TACT
Hence it is that the desire Of their heart is
to have church of their own, and to erect
parsonage for the accommodation OF pas
tor to reside among them, and schools for
the education of the rising generation. The
means of the colony, however, are still very
limited, and for some time must be quite
inadequate to the accomplishment OF this
cherished object, whereas the need is at once
urgent and immediate. Under these circum-
stances, Mr.. Pendleton sjuStifed in appeal
ing to the Protestant sympathy of England,
and in asking the substantial assistance of
pse who would be glad to see a Protestant
population strike deep and enduring roots
in the soil of the River Platte.