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The Alabama LegtsEnture.

MONTGOMERY, Dec. 10.-In joint conven-
ton to-day it was resolved that the Adrer.
tiser (Dcmocratic) should he State printer
by thirty-eight majority, over the Selma
Press Rcpublican).
Both Houses TAKE recess from Thurs
day next for month,
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BrRs1sc OF A DEPOT AT CoNEY ISLAND
Ne,o York, Dec. y.-The depot Of the Coney
Island railroad at Gowanus, Brooklyn, was
DESTROYED by fire this morning. The prop.
erty' belonged to L. Godfrey Gunther. Of
New York, who loses 100000; uninsr red.
Other parties lose about 0,0OO; partially
insured
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The Cable Still Silent.

HART's CONTENT, Dec. 10.-A heavy
northeast storm prevails, with fog and
rain. The sea is running high, and there is
no prospect of graphing the cables to-day.
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STATE OF MARYLAND VS.. BALTIMORE AND
ONO RAILROAD CoMPANY.-ln the case
before the Superior Court two questions
were inyolyed-First, whether the reserya-
ton of the one-tiflh receipts was in the
nature of passenger tax, and within the
application Of the principle of the Nevada
case secondly, whether, admitting the
unconstitu.ionality Of the State law requ!r-
ing the company to pay over one-tfth Of it's
receipts from passenger travel. the com.
E,any had ans right to retain the amount
already collected on that account, 1t beng
conceded that no reduction In the rate OF
fare charged Oh The Washington Branch
hae taken place since the company refused
to pay over to the State. Both points were
ruled in favor Of the company. by Judge
nobbin, which ruling necessarily put an
end to the case, leaving no question to be
determined by the jury.-Baltimore Sun.
The company at once reduced, by one
fifth, the fare between Washington and
Baltimore.
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New Orleans Affairs.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 10.-General Grant
has declined to remove Marshal Packard
and the prospect Of the Senate refusing to
approve Blanchard as postmaster nice
Lowell, there being no cause Of complaint
against tho present incumbent, Is poor.
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Fatal Accident.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 10, 1870.-An
engine on the East Tennessee and Georgia
railroad exploded to-day, killing the con-
ductor and fireman, and wounding the en-
pineer
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National Convention Of the Board OF
Trade.
BUFFALO, n. 7, pecs .l0.-The National
eussing the resumption OF specie payment.
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SDecIa SninInenhS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The specie ship
ments to-day reached nearly half million.
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rrp FROM WARRINGTON.

r Co,crcsS GruerHl Amnesty The
'% "|"on canIcs ,N"'i'i'" e' the 'r''' OF AL
,..rol &C tho Navy.
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TAMEs JEFFREYs, PRACTICAL
u sTuNE-CUlTER AID MASON. -,
IL cd to exc; ute GRANITE Nohh In Ill
its branches
Special attention glVan to enclosing sect|ons In
ce,n "teJ:es. .oo,uD,
& III. LEk, corner Of nam sno eta sIresss: VIII
be ;,romp ~ tie "de1 70. de 6-atiw&W<aw*
TsGLISH MUSTARD.-COLEM MANS
e. SE siISE EhSLlSa MusTAhD, In Kegs
BODTEER d DADE,
net druggists. cor. Maio and 18th st9.
NOR TOBACCOSISTS.-2 lbs. PURE
IT. GLYUERINE ut low rstes for sale %
Ss2 WOOD HONh I'd Aaa Msln sts6etSs
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WE anxiously looked for the inevitable
Il. T. DauieI. rcslduary legatee Of the Con
scrvativc party, to come forward for his
seat, hut learned that he was still "a Cou'
gresham ut Large."-Loudoun Republican,
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lust PUBLISHED
- WALKS ABOUT RICHMOND;
a STORY FOR BOYS ALSO A GUIDE-BooK
FOR THE CITY OF RICHMoED.
This Is handsome little volume bound In cloth.
EN- bracing 175 pages, handsomely Illustrated.
1t contains an interesting account, In converse
tional style, OF all places Of interest in Richmond.
aud of notable events in the history Of the city,
forming most entertaining and useful guide
book, we'll as pleasing story. The book Is aiao
enriched by fine portrait of General Lee, with
sketch Of bis Life, death, and funeral, and notices
of the press upon that sad event.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by
MCCARTHY ELLYsON,
Publishers, Oh Main street,
and at all bookstores. de r2-lw
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MagGNE gNTEAEsaENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, DEC. IL, $50.
Dca rises....,,,,, 7.le :u@c; 7iie6.......,, S.57
sun sa.s,,....... III. u .GE tide. .....,,.. 100
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THERE is a gentleman in this county,
who, with the help Of his little son, made
81 800 worth Of tobacco this year. One of
Of this gentleman's grown sons has been
working three or four hands for the last
three years. making crops of tobacco which
brought him from three to four thousand
dollars. 49,,
They are doing better than they ever did
in all their lives .-DdnUtNe Times.
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HnssEs AEr, graTfoKgRY,

SPECIAL NOTICE.
a. st-p tssa7 .r ~
80. =, THE PospKcrUs
Il or COL. JOHN EsrEN COOKIES
LIFE OF GENERAL LEE
will he ready for delivery t, agents on MONDAY,
December 18th, 1870.
t. AGENTS WANTED
for the above great work in every county In the
LA Old Dominion.
: APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AT
tr ONCE.
A Rare OPPORTUNITY
81 FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS
to obtain remuneratiye aud honorable employ
ment Address JESSE FISHER
Publishers General Agent for Va. and N. c.,
no l2-dst& wit 11os Capitol ST., Richmond.
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ACCIDENTALLY Shorten Saturday last o
colOred man named Dick. while bunting
with two other coloJed men, named Nell
son, about five miles from Manassas, was
shot 10y one Of the Nelson's, and died from
the effects Of the wound on Sunday. II
appears he was walking behind one Of the
Others. who had his gun thrown over his
shoulder, when it went off, lodging the ell.
tire. contents in the left eye anu cheek OF
tue unfortunate man, and resulting fatally,
rs stated above Manassas Gazette.
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Foreign Murkets-IBY TELEGRAPH
LIVERPOOL Dec. s.--4Hernoon Cotton firm
BreadstuEs quiet. BEEF, l2ls. Lard IDS
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r>RT CT ETC ;avEG,. DEC. 10. 1870.

I's.FT CT ElC' .apt,ti. DEC. 10. 1870.
hEhTvs-D,
Steamer John Sylvester, Clifford. Norfolk, mer-
chxnCiise and p.ssrn gers +. Z. ] ,tun,
Steamer James :. Green, Philadelphia, ner-
chandise and passengers, W. 2. Porter.
SAILED,
Steamer Eatteras, Lawrence, New York mer-
chandise and passengers. John w. ~yttt.
Schooner Jesse i. leach, Dowdy, James river,
light.
I.E9Rt%LUM
WEST POINT, Dec. 10 arrived, steamer etatc OF
Virginia. Freeman, Baltimore. mar:handis: add
passengers, cork hIYar Ra!!road company, ana
sailed on return.
[BY TELEGRAPH
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. lo.-Sailed bars
Bcunevis, for Bait more. Arrived, schooner
Leonard, Mckenzie, from B,ltfm re. with pota'
toes for market. Sailed schooner Nancy Smith,
for Baltimore.
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DOCKLAND LIME. 1i200 CAShe
IL r OK AND lIME daily expected per
schooner Sardinia. For sale By "a
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COMM ERCIAL.

EIrE A.$n ELCua EsCEkgGEa
G@EmC%o, Va. Dec. 10, i97c. {
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RAILROADS.
ID 81 % % q - -


| ID 80 l "a :s,szs
A'-A RicBMoN0 lee. Il 1919
THE TRAINS OygB THIS RoAD
| i run Es follows: 80 ~
ssys Tsis4sssi q 4 + 4. sss 1
Freight and Accommodating trstn, Win 2s5sen.
| gsr.csr attached, will lssve 6icuEiono Daily ~
4. y ard T. d., and Petersburg dsii7 ~ a. A.
he s4s 4. N. trsin viii 40. leave Rtehoend on
pssersogrE on sUTDI l. = " - = -. -
PASSENGERS for Nos.o,E VIII .sge the ESQ r.. n.
srsin, running through daily, Baggage CHECKED
TIE ussssngar coach attached 70 the co.I train
"! ssa sah CeHsyr s,u eta. NJ, oounscs1ns ss
Chester With the ACCOMMODATION tyaip. rssSen-
gers returning will ak' the 1850 y NJ. tTai1 cor"
resting St Chester VIII I &c S2s; if E. WYss
de 10 Spper.nfsndent.
CHESAPEAKE AND CHIC KALI
" RoAO.-On snd after MONDE, 9Th Doeern.
Der, 1870 me PAssEhGsE TSAISs "l' sun -
NAL HAL TRAIN win run DAILY between kich-
mono and sttunton except sCues ?, b. tween Cor
donsyiIie and It ,unton) Leave Richmond e a.
.crise staun.Sn q as Lsage s.a 1s
p 81 . making close conp ectIons at Gofdonsvills
ana Chlrlot.es7ile with O a. ", Aiexansria md
instos. Baltimore. I.hLadeiohis. Sew York. .sos.
to &C. ; also for Lynclourg, Knoxville, Caas.
anooga,, Memnhis. New mslean,, ~ontsnrmrssTy;
betwt en- Stsanton and White ulphu- on TUES
Day. rHUR-lAf, and SATURDAY. We:
Leave White Sulphur ht 3:30 4. n. and arrive &C
taunton at $50 a. NJ; leave Stsunt! "a st tJs Z.
NJ, and arrive ~ n bite suph1s at 10 r. ~
Going " est, passengers dina ut aordonsvue
and sup ut Covington Goiug Est, breakfast AZ
stanton and dine ut Gordonsville.
Tits train connects with stages ~ follows:
At staur'on for lexington, Natural Bridge and
Harrison burg.
At Mlllboro' for Bath Alum Springs, 20 ni!sc;
snd Warm springs Is miles.
1T y hit Sulphur pri ugs for LewisSurgs m4eos
and Charleston, loo m1eg.
TERUUGH TICK E rs issued 70 all points
North. " est, and 5cuEhweat. 4.
.,.' JAMES =, NETHEgLASD, r,a
uo2a genera Tlckss ASsnt-
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W. a. PECKHAM. President; . ..
W. #. HOOKER, Vice-President;
L. nCADAM, Secretary and Actuary;
c. C. CLEk CH Assistant Secretary.
SECURITY, CHEAPNtSS, LIBERALITY,
PROGRESS. and SUCCESS, mark and disLin-
guish the management Of this company.
ISAAC HUTZLFk & co..
General Agents for Virginia and North Carolina
WILLIAM L''VsESTEIT,
Agent for Richmond,
Office, No. 907 Main street.
DR.. j. g. CABRLl, Medical Examiner. no3
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GUARDIAN MUTUAL ..-
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
ORGANIZED IN 1889.
ALL POLICIES NON-FORFE1TABLE.
ONE-THIRD LOAN GIVEN.
LAST CASH DIVIDEND, FIFTY PER CENT.
STATEMENT:
Policis6 In force. aa0, 0oo, 900
Assets observation-disclosures. $500. 600
Annual income Observation-Disclosures. 1000 900
Losses paid 300, 900
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DUREST GLYCERINE, HEGEMAN's
4 -CkhfHOR ICE. Tor lie bv
mo- 30 j. ~. AIR. sa5 Broad street.
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HAIR.--50O bushels PLASnERERs
.
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TOX'S GELATINE j; FRENCH GELA-
" TINE: CiiOPEh'S GEGATINE; FLAVOR
ING EXTRACTS. For sale by
ds5 427 Broad street.
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A MOTHER SUPPLY Of that fresh and
N very superior COD LIVER OIL Just re-
ceived tv j. BLAIR,
No ao s25 Broad street.
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MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF
WI VIRGINIA.
INCORPORATED 1874.
OFETCE CORNER OF 10TH AND BANK STREETS
Insured Buildings by perpetual or annual policy.
!sasses equitably adjusted and promptly paid
The quota for 1871 having been reduced persons
having property to insure will fud 1t to their inter-
est t. c.ll. ..- ... .
i. 4, CLAIBORNE, Principal Agent,
JOHN S. tANFDRTH, Secretary.
HENRY -. DAHFoRTE, Assistant Secretary.
SAMUEL Il. PULLIAM, Collector.
DIRECTORS:
JAQUELIN P. 7 tYLOR,
WILLIAM G. ALLEN, 49,.
JOHN G. HOBGON,
JAMES DUNLOP,
WILLIAM CRAY.
WILLIAM FL HiXALL,
SAMUEL G.. TARDY,
JAMES Ct. GRANT,
ALFRED T. HARRIS
JOHN FREEbAND,
GARRETT F. WATSON,
GEORGE DAVIS,
WILLIAM q. PALMER. oc 10
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SPECIAL NOTxCES.
COrsumDtiOn,

The Three Remedies. "SCHENoH's Pun.
HoEIo SYRUP" for the cure of Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, and every form of Con.
sumption. The peculiar action OF this med.
icine ripens the ulcers in the lungs, pro-
NOTES the discharge of the corrupt matter
by expeotoratIOn. Purtfes the blood, and
thus cures Consumption, when every other
remedy fails.
"Schenek's Sea- Weed Tonic" for the
cure Of Dyspepsia or Indigestion, and all
diseases arising from debility. This tonic
tnvigorates the digestive organs, supplies
the place OF the gastric Juice when that Is
deficient, and then enables the patient to
digest the most nutriciOus food. 1t is
sovereign remedy for all cases of tndiges.
ten.
"Schenck's Mandrake Pills." one OF the
most valuable medicines ever discovered
being a vegetable substitute for calomeI,
and having all the useful properties as
cribed TO that mineral, without producing
any of its injurious effects.
To these three medicines Dr.. j. b
schenok, OF Philadelphia, owes his un.
rtvaled success in the Treatment of PuI.
monte Consumption. The Pulmonlc Syrup
ripens the morbid matter, discharges 1t,
and purihes the blood. The Mandrake
A AIS ASL upon buS aver remove All OBJ
structions therefrom, give the organ 3
healthy tone, and cure Liver Complaint,
which Is one of the most prominent causs~
of Consumption.
The Sea- Weed Tonic InvigOrates the
powers of the stomach, and by strengthen
Ing the digestion and bringing 1t to nor
NAL and healthy condition, improves the
quality OF the blood. by which means tie
formation OF ulcers or tubercleS IN The
lungs becomes impossible. TIE combined
action Of hase medicines, as thus ex-
planned, W cure every case OF Consump-
ton II the 7 uaedies are used In time anc
the use Of the Is persevered In sufficient
~ TO bring the case to a favorable termina-
ton
Dr.. SchencE's Almanac, containing q full
treatise on the various forms Of disease
his mode OF treatment, and general d1rec'
lions how to use his medicine, can be had
gratis or sent by mail by addressing his
principal Once, No. IS North sixth Street.
Philadelphia, Ps.
Price OF the Pulnaoutc syrup and se&.
weed Tonic, each q 50 per bottle, or 81 50 q
nalf dozen. Mandrake Pills, $50. per box
For sale by all druggists and dealers.
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AOre Secrets Usearth,d.

New York, October % A cable
dispatch says that among the extraor-
binary documents which were IN
earthed at the Tuileries with the gen.
eral correspondence and private let
ters of Napoleon, was one showing the
fortune of the Emperor's mistress.
This paper presents, IN the form of
legal document, the details of the mar
riage settlement of Elizabeth Ann
Harriet, Countess OF Beauregard,
France, of Chateau Beauregard near
Versailles, better known as Miss or
Mrs. Howard de Ed, and was made
out on the occasion of the union by
marriage of this lady with Clarence
Trevellyan, in the month of May,
1854. Two schedules which are at
tached to the papers make known the
fact that the Countess is possessed OF
ELF, GOO in English and other foreign
securities, including the sum of 800
goo in Pennsylvania, u. S. railway
debentures, and $74, 900 in st. Louis
and Cincinnati bonds besides another
and additional sum of $4,000. whicI
is described as "other stocks, funds
and securities, and is DISTINGUISHED
as the settled fund. She had besides di-
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The comparison with the other
rhnrches shnWs rs fnllnws:
Fsihfr at IndlanapolIs.

The good people of our CAPITAL city
last week were greatly interested IN
the rendition Of the Oratorio of Es-
ther which was put on the stage in
capital style by one Professor Seagur,
under the auspices Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. A cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Times
thus irreverently alludes to the per-
Torrance:
Most people who have read their
Bibles with ordinary diligence are
familiar with the story OF Haman and
Mordecai.
1t is a good story-it ends we'll
vice punished, virtue rewarded, and
the curtain falls on blissiul tableaux.
Anybody who has been inside OF
theatre has seen it all reproduced IN
modern and middle-aged dramas with
hardly enough variation TO be notice.
able. However, as good people cant
visit theatres for tle purpose Of wit
Messing legitimate dramas effectively
rendered, the drama of Esther and
Her Friends" has been rendered into
tolerable music and intolerable action
. under the taking title OF an "Orato-
rio" and has broken out
here and there over the
! country. We have had it here
/ we had it bad. Strictly speaking we
!. couldn't have had it good, because in
9 billiard parlance, sit isn't on thG
balls" But it was funny-indescrib
ably funny-though we sinners didn'i
r dare to laugh, not only for fear o
offending the amateurs, but because
> the dCa3ons and deaconesses were
looking at US. The first night Ha
man and several OF his minions came
Z near being killed by getting under the
drop curtain as it descended upon the
first scene. In a strictly dramali
e sense their deaths would have beer
q very acceptable, but it turned on
} much letter than / expected, since
l ever afterwards during the evening
!. there was a sort of grim pleasure il
+. watching them dodge the inferna
y. curtain, even when they were at tn
extreme rear of the stage.
But the financial success of the Or
/. atorio was beyond all precedent. Th,
n fervently religious element of on,
population was perfectly Delights
y with the opportunity to visit thea
Do ire and witness a dramatic entertain
to ment under the auspices of Chris
tian Association.
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plv struck ont Of the article, but did
not put it formally as an amendment.
The vote on Mr.. Mays amendment
was taken at the close of the day,
with the following result: Ayes, 2l6;
nays, 1S7. This constituted defeat
for the amendments two-thiIds ma
jority being required for all amend
ments to the constitution.
The President of the Convention
had previously put the amendment Of
Mr.. May to a vote as against Mr.
| HepWorth, and, it having secured a
majority vote. he decided, though
/ against protest, that it was virtually
a decision of the house Of preference
Of the latter motion to the former,
and that, therefore. the latter fell to
the ground after the loss of Dir. May S
motion on the two thirds vote.
1t was generally felt that Mr. Hep
Worth's motion ought to be put to the
house, and it was agreed that at the
opening Of the session Of yesterday,
he should have the opportunity to
renew il.
During the interval, the leader Of
the two parties were in consultation
and the result was that, in the morn
ing, Mr.. Hepworth presented his mo
ton in the following modified form
announcing that it was the last con
cession which the conservatives eoui(
make:
The affirming our allegiance to tn
: Gospel of Jesus Christ; and to secur
the large unity of the spirit, aud th
widest practical cooperation, We. IN
vite to our fellowship all who wish &
! be the followers OF Christ"
o The slight verbal alteration wa
q feebly felt By the radicals to make
= very great difference, and leaders G
u both sides advised the passage Of tn
e article in the form. last given. 1t wa
); in fact, compromise, and the Yot
g when taken was found to be 266 /
q the affirmative to 80 in the negative
e The convention INDUCED for som
!. time in applause and jubilation owe
3 the result Of their protracted effort
u to come to something approaching
'e harmonious conclusion on questio
e which has for some time been though
! to threaten a ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of th
10 church
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New YORK, October 28.-Informa-
ton has been received that a cyclone,
amounting in violence to that which
swept over the eastern portion OF
Cuba on the 9Th and 9Th, devastated
the western portion of the Island, on
the 10th. Towns and villages were
leYelled. and grown crops destroyed
An immense damage was done 10
property. Reports of loss OF lie
and shipping are coming in through
/ the telegraph, Communication and
travel with the west is yet suspended
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REV. G. FL. MARSHALL, of Indian
apolis, designs spending the winter in
Los Angeles. California. His many
friends will hope the climate of that
locality may fully restore him to
health.
THE Rev. Thomas r. Austin, L L.
D., has been called to and accepted
the Rectorship of st. Stephen
Church, Terre Haute. DR.. Austin is
a graduate of Oxford University.
England.
THE reports made at the meeting of
St. Paul's Church Missionary Society,
on Wednesday evening last, showed
that Society to be in a prosperous
condition, and doing a good work.
Mr.. James Rankin, the Secretary,
read a statement of the money on
hand collected since the last report to
the convention, which shows that
5000 have been received upon the
fve-cent contribution plan.
Mr.. ANDREW j. WILSON, JR :,
has offered to donate fifty-fve acres of
land for the new site of the General
Theological Seminary of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church. The present
location of that institution is in New
York City. The ground offered by
Mr.. Wilson is in Mamoronick, West
chester County, on a fne ridge, two
hundred feet above the level of Long
Island Sound. The Standing Com
mittee Of the Board of Trustees have
agreed to accept the offer.
YESTERDAY was the Festival of st.
Simon and ST. jude, commemorated
10 nearly all Episcopal Churches.
The object of these holy days is to
keep wildly before the minds of
Christian people the lives and virtues
of the great saints of the New Testa-
ment. Ii is Lot claimed that these
observanees are commanded in the
Gospel, but that they are allowed;
that they are among those permissible
practices whose good effect is to
heighten the sense and estimation of
the lives of holy men, and to induce
Christians to follow their good ex-
ample.
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LII Asf A4dSAG6A
the University. of London ILLUSTRATED
with maps and wood cuts. New YORK:
HARPER BRos.s Publishers.
The great progress that has been
made in Biblical studies of late years
demanded some better Text Book for
the illustration of Old Testament
History than has heretofore existed.
It is surprising that subject of such
universal interest and Importance
should have no manuel which can for
3 moment be compared, in fullness,
accuracy, and scbolar-like treatment,
with the Histories of Greece and
Rome In general use in our best
schools. The attempt to supply such
a want has been successfully accom-
plished by DR.. Smith in this volume,
a1d is just the book needed by teach
ers who have so often expressed them
selves as wanting a good class book.
Besides giving the history recorded
IN the Old Testament with the neces-
sary explanations, notes, references,
and citations, this work contains in
formation on large number of other
subjects. Among these may be men.
toned an account of each of the books
of the Bible containing much oil
the matter found in "In,roduc
tions to the Old Testament"
the geography of the Holy Land, and
of other countries, together with the
political and ecclesiastical antiquities
of the Jews, historical and geneolo
gical tables, Sc. It is uniform with
his History of the New Testament
and his Students Histories OF Rome
Greece, France, &c.
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vers other Investments, shares and s..
curities with jewels and other personal
estate and landed property IN France.
During the latter years of her life her
fortune exceeded in value the united
wealth of Madame De Pompadour and
the Countess Dubarri.