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CENTRAL PRESBY TERIAN.

muck is to blacken it. and make it more loose
and crumbly. AS to the results of the use
of this compost, we find them in the highestde-
gree satisfactory. Wehave raised from thirty
to thirty-fve bushels of rye per acre on land
that without it could have yielded but six or
eight bushels at the utmost. This year we
have corn that will give sixty or seventy
bushels to the acre that otherwise would
yield but twenty to twenty-five bushels. 1t
makes large potatoes, excellent turnlps and
carrots"
Yours very truly, VIM. GILLIAN.
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The Loss OF A MoTHER.-The loss of a
mother is always severely felt. Even though
her health may have incapacitated her from
taking any active part in the care of her
family, still she was sweet rallying point,
around which affection and obedience, and a
thousand tender endeavors to please con-
eentrated; and dreary is the blank when such
a point is withdrawn. Ii is ike that lonely
star before us,-neither its heat nor light is
anything to US in itself, yet the shepherd
would feel his heart sad if he missed it, when
he lifts his eye to the crown of the mountain,
over which it is seen when the sun descends.
LamartiRe
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THEOLOGICAL SUMMARIES.

Theological Seminary at Columbia, sc.
Rev. Jos. R. Wilson, D. D., Chairman of Board
of Directors, Augusta, Ga. Henry Muller, ESQ.,,
Treasurer, Columbia, S. G.
George Howe, D. D., Professor of Biblical Lit
erature.
A. W. Leland D. D., Professor Emeritus of Sa.
cred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology.
j. B. 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.
dactic and Polemic Theology.
Union Theological Seminary.
Post Office, Hampden Sidney, Va.)
Rev. S. A. Stan6eld, Chairman Of Board of Di.
rectors, Milton, N c. f. N Watkins, Treasurer,
Farmville, Va.
Henry c. Alexander. D. D., Professor of Systema.
tic and Pastoral theology.
r. l.. Dabney,fD. D., Professor of Systematic
and Polemic Theology and 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.
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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. R. Burgett, D. D., Mobile, Ala.
Tuscaloosa-D. D. Sanderson, Eutaw, Ala.
Synod of Arkansas.
Arkansas-I. j. Long, Batesville, Ark.
Indian-C. G. 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.
Savannah-A. W. Clisby, Townsville, GA.
Synod of Memphis.
Chickasaw-F. Patton, Oxford, Miss.
Memphis-D. a. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
N. Mississippi-E. M. Richardson, Grenada, Miss.
Tuscumbia-W. 81. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Western District-E. S. Campbell, Humboldt, Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi
c. Mississippi-J. McCampbell, Lexington, Miss.
LOuiSidnd-W. +. Gillespie, Liberty, MISS
Mississippi-R Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
Neo Orleans-R. Q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red River.
Tombeck5ee-A. H. Barclay Charlottesville, Miss.
Synod of Nashville.
Holston-J D. Tadlock, Bristol, Tenn.
KnorviUe---T. II. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Nashuiue-D. O. Davies, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
North Alabama-W. e. Caldwell, Elkton, Tenn.
svnod of North Carolina
Concord-G. W. McPhail, Davidson College, N. G..
FayetteviUe-H. Mclean, Shoe Heel, N. G..
Ordnge-E. Hines, Sassafras Fork, N. q.
Wilmington-B. F. Marabe, Clinton, N. c.
Synod of South Carolina.
Bethel-William Banks, Lakewood, S. G.
Charleston-W E. Boggs, Columbia, S. c.
Harmony-Donald Mcqueen, Sumter, s. c.
South Carokna-D. Mcneil Turner, Abbeville, s. c..
Synod of Texas.
Brazos-R. F. Bunting, D. D., Galveston, Texas
Central TEXAS.
Eastern Teras.
Western Teras-J F. Martin, San Antonio, Texas.
Synod Of Virginia.
Abinqdon.-T Brown, Abingdon, Va.
ChesGpeake-R. B. White, Gainesville, Va.
East Hanorer-E. 81. Rutherford, Petersburg, Va.
Greenbrier-M. D. Dunlap, Academy, Va.
Lersnqton-C. S. NJ. See, Fishersville, Va.
MoutSomeyv-P T. Penck, Thaxtons, Va.
Roanoke. a. Davis, Charlotte G. a., Va.
Vest Hanorer-B. NJ. Smith, D. D., Hampden Sid.
ney, Va.
Winciester-D. H. Riddle, Martinsburg, W. Va.
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Do GOOD in the world with the goods Of
the world.
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A Useful Suggestion.

Ii farmers were more systematic In their
operations, and if they kept an accurate re-
cord of the time of breaking up ground, SOW
ing, harvesting, the yield per acre, and other
important facts, which cannot always be safely
committed to their memory, they would ex-
perience the benefit resulting from the prac-
tice. But little time is required, and the
habit is easily formed. An exchange, speak
ing on this very point, truthfully remarks:
Every farmer should keep a scrap book of
some kind, in which certain portion should
be devoted to each particular object
in which he is interested; for instance,
so many pages to wheat, so many to
other grains, so many to horses, so many to
cattle, sheep, swine, fruit growing, manures,
dairy management, etc., etc. Then,
when reading the farmers column of any
agricultural paper, something strikes the
mind as especially valuable, cut it out and
insert in its proper department of the book.
In few years valuable encyclopedia of
agriculture will have been gathered, to which
reference on any topic can readily be made.
THE USE OF MICA in spectacles, for pro-
tecting the eyes of workingmen from the
heat and glare of the fire, is rapidly coming
into general favor, and complete masks, and
even cylinders entirely encircling the head,
are sometimes used fer similar purpose
when greater safeguard is required. Elk
periments have been lately made in regard
to the manufacturers of blue spectacles from
this material. The best method of accom-
plishing this has been found to consist in the
use of plates of transparent blue geatine
fixed between two layers of mica, thus pro-
tected from the action of the heat. The
experiment of applying the blue coloring
matter directly to the surface of the mica
itself, failed in consequence of the impossi-
bility of forming a suitable combination, but
the gelatine layer, as indicated, answers all
the purposes desired
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PUBLICATION.
Synod Of Alabama.
South Alabama-Dr. j. Il. Rice, Mobile, Ala.
East Alabama-G. l.. Petrie.
Tuscaloosa-C. NJ. Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
Arkansas-S. W. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Indian-C. c. Copeland, Wheelock, c. N, Ark.
Synod of Georgia.
Atlanta-J. Stacy, Newman, Ga.
Augusta- William Finn, Milledgeville, GA.
Chsrokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Florida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-J. l.. King, Lawrenceyille, Ga.
Sauannah-D. a. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
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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 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.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

Daniel d. Bell, a resident of
the town of Rochester, Ulster Co,
N. Y, was arrested In 1864 by
General John A. Dix, then COM
manding the Department of the
East, and was confined in Fort
Lafayette for four months. In
1866 he brought an action in the
Supreme Court against General
Dix for damages. The suit has
slept for some time. The attor-
ney for General Dix endeavored
to have the case removed from the
State to the United States Courts,
but failed, and since then has Civ
en- the matter no further atten-
ton. An order was recently OBJ
tanned directing the Sheriff of
Ulster county to empanel jury
to assess the damages. This was
done on Monday last, notice hav-
ing been given to Mr.. Dix's at,
tOrney, and the jury award Mr..
Bell $4,000 damages.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27
Horrible Death from Hy-
drOphObia.

A horrible death from hydro
phobia occurred in Chicago on
Monday. The victim was a
young man, twenty-five years old,
named VIM. GoOdwillie, foreman
in box mandatory on North
pier. Nine weeks ago a friend
brought into the shop a little dog,
picked up in the street. Goodwillie
in fondling it, was bitten in the
thumb. Little notice was taken
of the wound, and it apparently
healed over. The first symptoms
Of hydrophobia appeared Sunday
morning, when he arose and at
tempted to wash himself. The
sight of water threw him into
paroxysms. Medical aid was
summoned, but the malady in
creased during the day, and at
night he foamed at the mouth,
snapped at the members of the
family, and was seized with
convulsions every few minutes
He realized during his lucid inter-
walls his situation, and begged his
friends TO keep away for safety.
Monday afternoon it was deter
mined to try the effect Of sui
phur vapor bath. The patient
was handcuffed in bath for half
an hour, at temperature of 1852.
When taken out and laid on a
lounge, he first seemed better,
but fifteen minutes after expired
in horrible spasm. He leaves
a wife and children. The de-
ceased was much esteemed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

A NOVEL WAY TO QUIET Res
TIVE HoRsEs.-A correspondent
of the Pail Nall Gazette describes
simple and eficacious method of
keeping horses quiet in boats,
which was commonly employed
during the last war in China
"There," he says, "we had num-
bers of horses to land and to en-
bark at different times. They
were almost all Arabs, and not
sweet-tempered. We packed them
closely along both sides of large
horse boats, with their heads out
wards, and their riders sitting on
the gunwale, holding them up
If one horse began to kick, they
soon all joined in what the sailors
called "a regular oh-bejoyful,' and
matters became serious. Jack,
however, with extraordinary ap-
titude for managing animals, soon
discovered a remedy. A bucket
of water was always kept ready,
and dashed upon the root of the
tail Of every horse who looked
the least like mischief. OF course,
down went the tail, and peace
was preserved. The application
was repeated whenever necessary,
and 1 don't think any accidents
ever happened"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27
Barbarities in Cuba.

A dispatch to the Herald, speak
ing of the capture Of the British
schooner, Jeff Davis, by Spanish
steamer, says:
This vessel was captured in the
old Bahama Channel and brought
into Caibarien because she had on
board as passengers five Cubans,
white and colored, who were en-
deavoring to reach Nassau. On
arriving the passengers were at
once brought on shore and their
landing was soon known. Two
of them, Francisco M. Jimenez and
Rafael Falero, were persons of
standing and wealth. They were
surrounded by mob of volunteers,
and in the presence of the women
and children of their own families,
were taken from the guard of ma
rines who had them in charge
and put to death in the street
under a promiscuous attack with
guns, pistols, bayonets and knives.
Even after they were dead the vol
'unteers amused themselves by
sticking their bayonets into the
lifeless bodies. When tired of this
bloody pastime they searched the
bodies, and finding bag full of
ounces, greeted the discovery with
cries of " Nua E8paaa p The only
crime of these two victims was
merely that of trying to escape
from being sent to the Island of
Fernando Po, which has fallen to
the lot of all Cubans of any stand
ing.
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Tetnple Of tte aatases.
NIARY's ssNO."
BYJ. A. LANeToRD.

She is fair and very pretty,
With a sparkling, bright blue eye;
And her checks with smiles are dlmpled
When she knows I'm standing By.
Yet she says she does not love me
Never will be wife of mine;
But those smiles and dimples tell me
With despair l need not pine.
So. l let her meet my pleadings
With her bright and saucy smile,
And l bow before the archness
Lighting up her face the while.
Listening with feign'd emotion,
And a put-on look of wo;
For l love to hear her accent
See her lips when saying "No."
Love to see the graceful action
OF her foot upon the ground;
As its tiny sole she patters,
There is music in the sound.
And the words come to my hearing
Sweet as murmur of the dove;
For / know their hidden meaning,
Read them in the light OF love.
Thus, though still she ''No" is saying,
1, at home have named the day;
And her mother smiles while weeping
Swiftly wing the hours away;
And my Mary is the fondest,
Dearest of my children three,
Why not wait a little lengerf
Why this hurry?' questions she.
But my ear is deaf to pleading,
Vainly all excuses flow;
For my Mary listens blushing,
And no more she whispers ''No."
So my life grows fair and joyous,
Winning even new delight,
From the thought that l have won her
Won my love, my life, my light!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

A man in Philadelphia, while
intoxicated, laid himself down to
sleep outside the cemetery and SO
got himself mixed up with num-
Der of corpses which medical stu
dents had dug. He came to his
senses in the dissecting room just
as a votary of science was about to
rip him open. "Gazing wildly a.
round for moment a terrible re-
alization of his position came upon
him like a flash, and he uttered
heart-rending screams. So appall-
ing were they that one Of the stu
dents went into a fit, and a German
was so alarmed that he fell down
a flight Of stairs and fractured one
of his arms" The supposed
corpse is now insane, believing he
is dead.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27
A Drunkard's Stomach on
Fire.

About midnight on Sunday last,
the people of the village of Rain
bow, near New Haven, Conn.,,
were awakened by the cry of fire,
which proved to be caused by the
burning of a two story frame
house, owned by John Darwin, and
occupied by him as a liquor saloon,
which was completely destroyed.
Those neighbors first on the spot
found Darwin lying on the ground
so badly burned as to be insensi-
BILE. He was conveyed to a neigh
boring house, but died in great ag-
ony before morning. 1t appears
that the unfortunate man, as soon
as he had discovered the fire, ran
out of the house but subsequently
returned to save his five sleeping
children. He was badly intoXi-
Gated at the time, and entering
the burning building, the flames
struck him in the face, and imme-
diateIy, owing to the amount of
liquor he had drank, set fire to
the inside of his throat and stom-
ach, burning up his tongue, so that
when he was found that organ
was a mere crisp. The children
were saved by the neighbors; one
of them was badly scorched.-
The eldest boy says a general ca
rousal had been going ON in the
saloon, and while some one intox-
icated was drawing liquor, he prob
ably set fire to an old feather bed
near the barrel. Every thing in
the house was burned, and the
children are thus left orphans and
unprovided for.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

Some wag started a report a.
mong the negroes which created
quite a sensation the other day.
His story was, that a wealthy
colored woman had died and left
five dollars apiece to every colored
person in the city, application to
be made for the same at the
Presbyterian Church, Casquet
street. The story spread like
wildfre, and for several hours,
hundreds of negro men and wo-
men, of all ages, the former with
their favorite clubs and the latter
with their lunch baskets, took up
position on Casquet street, around
the church. 1t was late in the
day before this queer-looking as
semblage dispersed.-Nea0 Orleans
PtcGystne.
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Proprietor.
VOL, XVE---NO. l5.
Prizes for Good Roads.

The Agricultural Society of
Vineland, N. j., are Offering
prizes for the best roads, made
and kept in repair by private en-
terprise.
Now we think this good idea,
and worthy of consideration of
every agricultural society in the
country.
1t is a well known fact that
a majority of country roads are
almost impossible for nearly or
quite one-half of the year, and if
little pleasant rivalry can be start
ed between neighbors, something
might be done towards abating an
almost universal nuisance. If
farmers would once stop to think
how much trouble and labor
might be saved by having good
roads, besides the increased value
of their farms, they would not
begrudge a little extra work on
the highway. Roads are the
first thing stranger notices when
passing through a country, and q
man may have ever SO good a
farm, but if the roads that run
through or along side of it are
bad, we may rest assured that
they will attract the most atten-
ton. Our agricultural societies
could not do a better thing than
to offer large prizes for good roads.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

The Cincinnati Commercial has
the following anecdote:
A little fellow presented him
self at headquarters one day and
solicited q commission.
"Have you seen service 2" stern
ly demanded Mr.. Senator Henry
Wilson, of Massachusetts, who
happened to be present.
eyes, Colonel, l was in three
months service"
"Were you at the battle of
Bull Run?"
81 was, Colonel"
Now Henry has a delicate
very delicate vein ofhumor in him.
1t has not sufficient consistency to
carry a laugh, but Henry enjoys it.
So winking to the staff, Henry
asked:
Sand did you run well ?"
81 used due diligence, Colonel !,
l did the best / could, but |
couldn't keep up with you in that
hack !"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

WHOLESALE BLAsTING.-A cor
respondent of the Pittsfeld Eagle
says: "The most thrilling scene
that came under my observation
was in the Sierra Nevada on the
Central Pacific. Here the road is
built on the side Of a precipice
two thousand four hundred feet
above the base, and the slope is SO
steep that the Cinnamon who did
the work were let down in bas-
kets, and in this position drilled
holes and charged them in the side
Of the mountains. At one time
there were four hundred and sixty
of these charges connected by a
fuse, exploded at one time. Mass
es of rock weighing many tons fell
to the bottom with terrific fury.
When the debris had ceased to fall
the echoes were still repeating
among the distant hills. So stun
ming was the shock that | would
never witness the like again.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

A matron lady, with a physiog-
nomy indicating that she was
strong minded, was put on the
witness stand at New Haven to
testify in a case on trial. Being
pestered a little by the counsel for
the defence, she exclaimed, raj,
sing herself up to her full height,
and with gleam of triumph in
her eyes, 81. amt afraid Of the
whole of you; you can't scare
me. Ihave lived in Chicago ten
years, and any one that has lived
in Chicago ten years needn't be
afraid of the very devil"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-27

A young man, who, on being
asked by a judge whether he had
a father and mother, said he
wasn't quite certain whether he
had or not; first, his father died,
and then his mother died; and his
father married again; and now be
didn't exactly know whether they
were his father and mother or
not,