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Committees of Education and Publication.

The General Assembly resolved that the Chairman
of the Presbyterial Committees on Education and
Publication should be regarded as a corresponding
member of the Assemby's Committees on these
subjects. We give below the names of such members
as have been appointed by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION.
Synod of Alabama.
East Alabama-G R. Foster, Wetumpka, Ala.
South Alabama-J. R. Burgett, D. D., Mobile, Ala.
TuscalooSa-D. D. Sanderson, Eutaw, Ala.
Synod of Arkansas.
Arkansas-I. j. Long, Batesville, Ark.
Indian-C. c. Copeland, Wheelock, G. Nation.
Ouachita-Geo. E. Eagleton. Mt. Holly, Ark.
Synod of Georgia.
Atlanta-J. S. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Augusta-C. w. Lane. Greensboro, Ga.
Cherokee-Dr. n. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Forida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon A. A. Gamble, Cuthbert Ga.
Sarannah-D. H. Porter, Savannah GA.
Synod of Memphis.
Chickasac-F Patton. Oxford, Miss.
Memphis-D. Il. Cummins, Covington, Tenn
North Mississippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grenada,
Tuscumbia-W. e. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Western DiStrict-E. S. Campbell, Humboldt, Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi
Central Mississippi-J McCampbel Lexington,
Miss.
Louisiana-W. F. Gillespie, Liberty, Miss.
Mssissippi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
Ne,o Orleans-R. q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-J F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-A. a. Barclay Charlottesville, Miss.
Synod of Nashville.
Holston-J. D. Tadlock, Bristol, Tenn.
Knoxuiue...T. H. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.
NashviHe-D. o. Davies, Carksville Tenn.
North Ala5ama-W. E. Caldwell, Elkton, Tenn.
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-G. W. McPhail, Davidson College, N. G.
FdyetteviLe-H. Mclean, Shoe Heel, N. C.
Orange-E. Hines, Sassafras Fork, n. G.
Wilmingto1,-B F. Marable, Clinton N. C.
Synod of South Carolina
Bethel-William Banks Lakewood, S. G.
Chdrleston-W K. Boggs, Columbia, S. c.
Harmony Mcqueen, Sumter, S. G..
South Carolina-D. Mcneil Turner, Abbevlle, s. c..
Synod of Texas.
BrazoS-R. F. Bunting, D. D., Galveston, Texas
Central TerdS.
Eastern Texas.
Western Teras-J. F. Martin, San Antonio, Texas.
Synod of Virginia.
A6ingdon.- Brown, Abingdon, Va.
Chesapeake.
East Hanocer-E. Fl. Rutherford Petersburg, Va
Greenbrier-M. D. Dunlap, Academy, Va.
Lerington-C. S. NJ See, Fishersville Va.
Montgomery-T. l.. Preston, Salem, Va.
Roanoke-J. H. Davis, Charlotte c. H., Va
Vest Hanorer-B NJ. Smith, D. D., Hampden Sid.
ney, Va.
Winciester-D. H. Riddle, Martinsburg, W. Va.
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Aonsehula Affords
What the Minutes Say.

We are but minutes, little things,
Each one furnished with sixty wings,
With which we fly on our unseen track,
And not a minute ever comes back.
We are but minutes; each one bears
A little burden of joys and cares;
Take patiently the minutes of pain,
The worst of minutes cannot remain.
We are but minutes when we bring
A few of the drops from pleasures spring,
Taste their sweetness while yet we may,
1t takes but minute to fly away.
We are but minutes use us WELL
For how we are used we must one day tell.
Who uses minutes has hours to use;
Who loses minutes whole years must lose.
Sailors Magazine.
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THEOLOGICAL SUMMARIES.

Theological Seminary at Columbia, s.
Rev. Jos R. Wilson, D. D., Chairman of Board
of Directors, Augusta, Ga. Henry Muller, ESQ.,,
Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.
FACULTY.
George Howe, D. D., Professor of Biblical Lit
erature
A. w. Gland, D. D., Professor Emeritus of Sa.
cred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology.
JB Adger. D. D., Professor Of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Polity.
James Woodrow, Pr. D.. NJ. d Perkins Profess
sor of Natural Science in connection with Revelation
VIM S. Plumer, D. D., LII. D., Professor of Di.
dactc and Poemic Theology.
Union Theological Seminary.
Post Office, Hampden Sidney, Va.)
Rev. S. A. Stanield, Chairman of Board of Di.
rectors, Milton, N. c. f. n Watkins, Treasurer,
Farmville, Va.
FACULTY.
Samuel B. Wilson, D. D., Professor of Systema.
tic and Pastoral heology.
R. L. Dabney, d. D., Professor of Systematic
and Polemc Theology aud Sacred Rhetoric.
B. NJ. Smith. D. D., Professor of Oriental Litera-
ture and Biblical Introduction
Thomas E. Peck, D. D., Professor of Ecclesiasti.
cal History and Polity.
PERIODICALS.
HE MISSIONARY fuDllSneu monthly Dy the Elk.
Committee of Foreign Missions, Columbia s. C.
16 pages. so cents year.
Tbs CHILDRENs FRIEND. Published semi. month.
ly by the Executive Committee of Publication, Rich.
mond, Va. Single copies. so cents year copies
to one address, S2 monthly edition, % cents
year; copies to one address, 81.
The following are not under immediate sccles.
astical CONTROL but published with the view of
promoting the interests of the Church:
tbs SOUTHERN PREsBYTEsIAN REVIEW. Conduct
ed by an Association of Ministers at Columbia, s. C.
Published quarterly. So a year.
The SOUTHERN PREsBYTERIAS AND PREsBYrERIAS
INDEX. Published every Thursday by James Wood
row. Columbia, s. c. 81 81 year.
TIE CENTRAL. PRESBYTERIAN. Published every
Wednesday by the Rev. DR.. VIM. Brown, Richmond,
Va. SO year.
The CHRISTIAN OBSERVER. Published every We'd
nesday by the Rev. Messrs. A. and F. B. Converse,
Richmond, Va. So year.
The NORTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERIAN. Published
every Wednesday by the Rev. j. NJ. Sherwood, Fay
etteville. N. c. So year.
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critically; draw comparison, and let the
contrast answer.
But how about the sisterhood? Oh! this
is delicate ground, indeed. But go to
church, on some high day, and look at the
outfit of the minister's family, and then
take a general survey of the congregation
draw the contrast and the truth will appear,
PHIL.
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THE New FRENCH GAs-LIGHT- Messrs.
Ball, Black & Co., says the Scientific Inner
ican, have illuminated the show-windows of
their splendid store in Broadway with the
bourbouze light. Its peculiar brilliance and
beauty nightly attract crowd of admiring
speetatorv So brilliant and pure is this
light, that the ordinary gas lights looks like
spots of sckly and CHASTITY yellow when
placed between the eye and the pure white
illumination of the bourbouze BURGERS The
light is as steady as the sun. The closest
examination cannot detect the least tremor
We tried it with sheet of white paper, cor
rugated and inclined so that portions should
be thrown into shadow, thus magnifying any
motion that might be imperceptible to the
unaded eye, but could not detect any motion
whatever. Equal parts of oxygen and com
mon street gas are driven simultaneously
upon pencil of magnesia; this is all there
is of mechanism of this wonderful light,
which literally throws all other lights at all
adapted to general use into the shade. In
point of cost, when lights of equal intensi-
ties are used, the new light is so much cheap
er that we should fear to be suspected of
exaggeration should we make a statement
of it.
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A HOLY life has voice: it speaks when
the tongue is SILENT and is either constant
attraction or a perpetual reproof.
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PUBLICATION.

PUBLICATION.
Synod of Alabama.
South Aabama-Dr. j. Fl. Rice, Mobile, Ala.
East Alabama-J. K. Hazen, Prattsvile, Ala.
Tuscaloosa-C. NJ Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Synod of Arkansas.
Arkansas-S. W. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Indian-E. Hotchkin, Doaksville, G. Nation.
Synod of Georgia.
Atlanta-J. Stacy, Newman, Ga.
Aug1sta-William Finn, Miledgeville, GA.
Cherokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Florida-W j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-J. l.. King, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Sauannah-D. 81. Porter, Savannah, GA.
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CALUMNY is like the brands flying from
large fire, which quickly go out if you do
not blow them.
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GIvETH LIGHT.

7S1y o4y ;66y o1 Coy7
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
THE STATE or IOWA.

In 1896, that which is now the State of Iowa
contained 10000 inhabitants. In 1888, it was
detached from the Territory OF Wisconsin, and
in 1915 it was admitted as State, having a
population of $1,000. In 1856 the population
had increased to $4,000, in 1857 to 100000, and
at present it must have about 100000. The
cause for such rapid growth must be looked
for in natural advantages. On each side it is
bounded by two rivers which are among the
largest in the world, while it lies within lines
of latitude which give climate in a high de-
gree favorable for health and human activity,
and also for the production of staple articles
Of food which are of quick sale,
and which are produced in brief periods
of time and with little labor The area
in square miles Is $4,000, nearly equal to
England. Nine-tenths of the surface is prairie,
with soil from one foot to six feet deep The
Des Moincs, Cedar, Iowa, and other rivers
with their atliuents penetrate into the interior
of the country. giving abundant water power,
and it is conceded that the scenery along the
banks of some of these rivers is as beautiful
and imposing as any in our land. The def
cheney of timber is supplied by coal, which is
found in many parts of the State, and by lum-
Der from the Upper Mississippi, which is trans
ported by railroads One great advantage,
although it has been mainly prospective, and it
will be more senslbly felt in the future than it
IL in the present, is the converging of railroad
lines upon her western border to unite with
the Great Pacific The difference in expense
or in facility between running these lines
through North Missouri and Iowa could
not have boen great, for both are
prairie regions, and both characterized with
majestic swells and elevated plateaus ; but un-
doubtedly these routes were laid tlroagh Iowa
because she is in a direct line with the popu-
lous, commercial, and manufacturing States of
the seaboard. Already Iowa has ~ railroads,
1,400 miles in extent, while several others are
in the process of construction, including two
additional ones acrossathe whole State from
the Mississippi TO the Missouri.
Iowa rates as fourth among the whole States
for its corn crop, which last year was about
9O,0OO,0OO of bushels, while her wheat crop is
not far from 25.OOOOOO of bushels. OF other
grains, of dairy, and of general farm products,
the amounts are proportionatey large. We
believe that Iowa has no public debt. During
the war her people were SO patriotic that no
assessments were made to purchase substitutes,
nor were the regiments of any OF the other
States more wholly composed of volun-
toers. Her free school system is sustained
by funds SO ample as not TO be
exceeded by any of the Western States,
except, perhaps, by Minnesota, while the
State University has cash endowment of
the value of S95,0OO year, and the Agrcul-
tural College has an annual income of $4,000.
This last institution receives young ladies ms
students the same US young gentlemen, which
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
Smustmfnts, &t

RROApwAY THFATFR.-This Evening AT IA liay
by Brougam; The Emerald Ring Dir and hrs bS"' w"
-
BRYANTs' NEW MINSTREL Hall, Tammany Bulid-
adjoining Academy Of Music lroNAt@e,
Gensyieve De Bysut" Gsbe the OsnsdATH buAn'S "n
Trels-De Sola. the Infant Tenor -.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN-Seventh-ave, bet. FIFTY
,yb ana Evening at 8-Grazd Holiday FESTIVAL
Nile Marietta and Theodore Zs0reiA
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DRsIGN-Day ana Even
hg-R1himuon o. Pictures aud Sculpture
NEw-YoRK CIRCUS, FOurteenth-st.-This Evening
a. Blue Beard Ia TurQue FTAnesS Display oi Aheus DAHL
Melville. Roland. Suckney etc
NV YORK THFATFR.-Ths Evening at S.-"tleld
sfthe Cloth Of Gold" worrell Sisters
NIBIOs GARDEN-Ths Evening at g." After
Dark; or London by Night"
OLYMPIC THEATER.-This Evening at S.-"Humpty
Dempty" G. L. Po1, Mile. SangalL etc
Pixies OPERA HOUsE-This Evening at s." La
Pericboe" Mile ITmA
SAN Francisco MTNsTRELs, No. 5S5 Broadway
This Bveuing.-" Bone Squash Dsbo"
SNEDECOR's ART GALLERY. No. 76S broadway'-
This Dsy-Free Exhibition OF Paintings aud ChIomos
STEINwAY HAL~-This Evening at S-Ole Bulls
Concert
THEATRE FRANcAIs--This Eyening-Opera BOufe
-" Genevieve dc Brabaut"
TurATrR OF THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB-This
Evening Vandenhofs Reatngs-ThaekeD and DckenA
The RTAMMANY.--Tamnany Hall, Fourteenth ST.
This Rvsnisg at 7i-inangural performance
WAIIACKs THEATER. - Tins Evening at g.
Money" Lester wanaek
WOODS MUSEUM AND METROPOLITAN THEATER
Broadway and 1hietfstA Noon-Parlor n
Evening Eman The Horn OF DhemnS
Family" Throughout the DAyThe Enger ano foo
Combination. and Grand Meusgereof Living wild AnmAs
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
4 ,oTRINGH CASE,

A murder trial in England has recently
illustrated, in very shocking manner the la
bilty of iuries to convict innocent men, even
of capital crime In August last, laborer
named Cornish was found murdered in field
near the City of Wells, in Somersetshire, his
head beaten in with stone, and a man
named Bisgrove kneeling beside him. The
story told by this person on his arrest was,
that being drunk the night before and finding
Cornish asleep on the ground he had gone to
sleep by his side, and on waking had seen
o tall man in the act of committing the murder.
1t was ascertaned that another laborer named
Sweet, and his mistress, woman called Drew,
had been in company with both Bisgrove and
Cornish up to very near the time OF the
murder. Both were arrested The woman
being called as a witness for the Crown, testified
that she had quarreled with Sweet, had gone with
Bisgrove alone into the field and left him there
with the sleeping Cornish and had then re-
Joined Sweet and remained in his company
until both were arrested. Her story was sup
posed to be an invention for the purpose OF
screening her paramour Sweet and the jury
evidently believed that the quarrel had oc-
Cured between the two prisoners and the muir
ousy. Sweet and Bisgrove were both found
guilty; but no sooner had they been remanded
TO jail than Bisgroye made confession entirely
exonerating Sweet, and corroborating the
woman's story. The confession reveals one of
the most extraordinary cases of murder with-
out any motiue that ever came to our kn0wl-
edge The murderer had gone to sleep by his
victims side. "When | walked up" said he,
." was going away, but something seemed to
"tell me must murder that man, and then |
"went over to the river and found the stone
"and brought it over on my head, and thrown
ait down on the mans head. Whatever
"made me do it | can't think. It was not for
"money had no thought of money"
Now the conviction of Sweet on O charge OF
which he was entirely innocent cannot be classed
with the mistakes of circumstantial evidence,
for it does not appear that there was any cir
cumstantial eridence against him at ALL except
the bare fact that he was in company with
the deceased a little while before the deed
must have been committed. He seems To
have been convicted because the jury wanted
to find motive for the deed, and could not
find one without dragging him in. They made
up their theory of the murder, and not being
able to act it out with single culprit they
had to secure second one. Fortunately the
poor mans innocence is made clear before the
time has come to hang him.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
THE EIGHTHOUR RULE.

Congress. last Summer, enacted that in all
departments of the civil service of the Govern
ment eight hours labor should constitute a
days work, and its direction was promptly
obeyed At once the question arose, Shall the
same be paid for eight hours service as form
"erly was for ten 7"-and the practical answers
thereto have not been consistent The clerks,
printers, &C., at Washington have been paid
the same as before, while in the Armories, Navy
Yards, &C., the general practice has been to
pay but four-fifths the wages formerly allowed.
Hence, the whole question comes back to Con-
gress to be settled over again.
Manifestly, before decisive action Is had.
there should be thorough inquiry as TO the
relative efficiency of the labor performed under
the old rule and the new respectively. If as
much has been in the average accomplished in
the shorter as in the longer day, the pay ought
to be the same if not, not We trust Con-
gress will promptly institute the needful in
quiry, and await development of the essential
facts The subject is one of grave and general
interest. and the truth should be sought with
rigorous mpartiaiity. We shall not be sur
prised but shall heartily rejoice, if it shall ap-
pear that rs much has been accomplished by
the shorter as by the longer days work.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

won't work :" Grant quietly replied they'll WORK
you'll pay them for it,"
"Am not right 7" he added Is there not such nos
ty TO Northern men tDat IL amounts, In most SECTIONS
OF the State to practical exclusion OF them from tho
agricultural interests Of the country Is there not an
willingness to divide up the lands and sell IN small par
cells to those who might immigaei And is there not
general tendency the services OF the negroes
without prompt and adequate compensation
must say" said the Judge, that there IL moro OF
less of truth in all these points"
"Then" said Grant. al think you will have TO Dulia
your own leyees wait under water until you are Will
ing men should come In who will build them"
Such conversation, withal it may be slight
" oyerdrawn and spiced in the rehearsal,
shows Gen. Grant in no new light. lie re-
mains as heretofore. the clear-headed, cOmpre-
bensye. honest, and able administrator OF al
fairs. He has indeed no policy to enforce
against. but many to enforce in accordance
with. the will of the people. We trust all will
find out this fact in due time, and especially
those who seek to increase the debt, prostitute
his appointing power to their private gain, or
mar the purity and success OF his admlnistIa-
ton. If he signs any act for their benefit 1t
Will be claw to draft them into the first
"forlorn hope" as he proposed to do with the
cotton traders of Vicksburg.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

There has long been a suspicion that sundry
large leaks from the Treasury drbbled in some
unexplained way through the Interior Depart
ment. If the remarkable series of statements con-
cernng the stationery supplies for part OF that
Department, given in our dispatches, can be ac-
cented the leaks are larger and less carefully con-
cealed than might have been expected. Sheets
of bound paper 10y the hundred thousand worth
a cent and half, are said to have been sold
Mt eight cents apiece index books, worth sew
enty-fye cents at twenty-five dollarsj cayeat
books worth less than twenty at forty dollars (;
patent cards worth five dollars per thousand,
at forty dollars; envelopes worth dollar per
thousand, at forty-eight dollars; patent leads
worth twenty-five dollars per thousand, at one
hundred and forty dollars-with swindles to
correspond, in amounts furnished, and in the
quality of the articles. Is it any wonder that,
while he is managing our expenditures after
this fashion, Mr.. johnson finds 1t necessary to
seek protection for the Treasury through rob-
berry of the public creditOrsi
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

The disturbances in Cadiz have been followed
by others equally bloody in Malaga. Like those
in Cadiz, they were promptly suppressed by the
Government, but at great cost Of lives, for
no less than four hundred insurgents are re-
ported to have been killed. AS to cause and
character, the instruction was probably similar
to that of Cadiz-an unwise, though not un-
provoked, ebullition of wrath of the classes
which are under republican and socialistic in
huences against the schemes of the Provisional
Government 1t will require great wisdom on
the part of the Constituent Assembly to save
Spain from civil war.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
Readers will find in THE TRIBUNE this morn

Readers will find in The TRIBUNE this morn
ing a curious account of the celebration OF
Welsh national festival at Utica. A BaIdo
contest in the heart of the State of New-York
is a phenomenon for which most of us are un-
prepared; but it actually occurred on New
Years Day. and our correspondent assures us
that the Weshmen hocked 20 the arena even
FROM distant States, and listened TO rhapsodies
in their native tongue with an enthusiasm
which survived three sessions in single day.
He kindly refrains from quoting any of tho
poetry; but those of our readers whose curl
osity or love of the beautiful impels them TO
such pathological researches will probably nna
extracts from the most success ul OF the i"ss
in tho next numbers of the Welsh'Ahiei''""
newsponpra
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

is an advance movement of which no other
State except Kansas boasts The liberaity and
the independence of the people of Iowa at the
last general election, when they gave to all
men the liberty to vote, is another advance
and it is predicted that in no distant future
the elective franchise will be still further ey.
tended.
This view certainly indicates high deprea
of prosperity, and yet, in 81 of the organized
counties, two-thirds of the land is uncultiyated-.
that is. there yet remain 25,0000O0 of acres Of
as rich land as any upon which the sun shines
and which is covered with the unbroken
native prairie sod. 1t is true that such unoc-
cupied land is remote from main lines of travel.
and roads are to be made, and villages, towns
and cities TO be created but the same means
which entered into the construction and adorn-
ment Of the older sections are not only still in
operation but they are more speedy in
action and more powerful in results, because
an increase of population as well as of expert
ence and skill are brought to bear Another
consideration is of no small Importance Iowa
has been settled, not by people from New-En-
gland such as made the Western States nearest
to us, prosperous and wealthy, but by their
descendants, who have advantages in means.
culture, and enterprise superior to what
their fathers possessed 1t is true that this is
to be said of all the extreme Western States !;
but for several reasons this condition has moro
particular reference to Iowa, and hence it is
that greater progress in few years has been
made in whatever is of a substantial and valu-
able character than in many years was made
in Western New-York, Ohio, or Indiana.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
OHIO

The following extract from private letter
to the Editor of The TRIBUNE indicates the
progress now making in Ohio and other States
through the completion of short lines of rail-
road connecting with preexisting long ones:
1.-THE Hooking Valley Railroad, just completed from
Columbus to this city Qancaster, passes on down tho
Hooking Valley to Athens. where 1t intersects the Mari
and Cincinnati Railroad 1t penetrates the nness
coafelds Ohio be the great coal road of the
state It WILL think. make Columbus the largest GOAL
depot west OF the Alleghanies Western and North
Western Ohio and Indiana will be supplied from Column.
bus Even Chicago parties arranging for 10000 BUSH
els per ay OF Hooking coal Toledo is agltanga proect
for coal road 10 Columbus 10 take the Hooking Valley
New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

The supplementary card of the Hon. W. g.
Lincoln, which we publish this morning, gives
no particular information respecting the whole
sale abuse of his frank, but we are glad 10
print it, if only on account Of the excellent
sentiment expressed in the last lines: 1.-The
"prvilege is liable to great abuse. therefore
"Iet us abolish it," The custom pursued by
Senators and Representatives of both parties
Of franking tuns of campaign documents is
lust a shade less nefarious than Mr. Demas
Barness practice of franking recommendation.
of his "Soothing Syrup "Mustang Linlment,
and patent Heave Remedy" or MIR. Brookss 5
of franking circulars of The Erening Express;
but the principle is equally bad BY all means
LET the privilege be abolished altogether