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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
To the Ministers, Churches and Sessions Of
West Hanover Presbytery.

Dear Brethren Our beloved Presbytery at its
recent sessions directed us to lay before you the
wants of the Ssentation cause in this special and
solemn appeal. The facts constitute our best ar
gument.
At our recent meeting, out of our t1enty three
churches ten are reported vacant: the pastors and
supplies driven away chiefly by deficient support.
We have been compelled already to call on the
Assembly Sustentation Committee for aid to the
amount Of 1925, for the year 1870, to prevent
even a worse restitution. Meantime so far as re.
ported to u.s. the total of our contributions to this
great cause is 1920. 1t is not right that this the
oldest Presbytery in our connection, should draw
so much more than it contributes. 1t is discredit-
able to us all and while the Assembly's Commit
tee show generous spirit, it is neither right nor
possible that they shall continue thus to treat us
as nursing, who ought to be nursing mother.
But in this, our great extremity, God shows His
kindness, by sending us, Unexpectedly, several
useful laborers. If we can sustain them, our des.
titutions may be nearly all filed. Shall they be
again turned away by our parsimony? To en-
ploy, retain and sustain these labourers and to
fill our remaining vacancies, we need, at the least
5000 more and that Immediately. We beseech
you, although the time for this collection has
passed. to resume your efforts and raise the needed
sum.
Our Presbytery reports to the Assembly 1909
members Their contribution to the great cause
of Sustentation are not quite thirty-two cents on
average We know that you are in many cases
poor. But is this the limit of your ability? The
Presbytery instructs taask that each pastor and
church session will resume the collection and en-
deayor to make it mniversal among your people:
and that while the few persons who still have lib
eral means will give literally according to the pre-
sent emergency, each person be exhorted to give
not less than one dollar to the cause, for this year.
Let us remember how our brethren are starving
for the bread of life Let us remember that we
are members of common body, in which when
one member suffers, all sympathize with it.
Remittances should be made to DR.. James
Spencer, Farmville, Va.
By order Of the Presbytery.
r. L. DABNEY,
Chairman Committee of Sustentation.
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of himself to God.

of himself to God.
Many are now passing through the most critical
period of their spiritual history-God has spoken
by His Word and by His Providence. O! may
He now SO speak by His Spirit that these solemn
calls may be made effectual to the salvation of a
great multitude.
Pallid Death, that with impartial hand knocks
at the palaces of kings and the cottages Of the
poor, has Numbered at the gates of our Capitol,
and the reverberation is heard afar.
But the voice of the Lord, which has gone out
into all this Commonwealth and into all the land,
addresses this people with special emphasis To
do what wisdom counsels, must be wise; to
obey the voice of infinite wisdom, must be inf
niteIy wise. The testimony of all men, in time
and in eternity, will confirm this verdict. To hear
when God speaks, to heed when He counses, to
believe when He testi6es. to obey when He COM
mands, to fear when He threatens, to accept
when he offers, this is the very contamination and
crown of all earthly wisdom, inspired and ilumined
by wisdom from heaven.
Let us make the dark cloud of sorrow which
hovers over us pavilion for prayer then its bor-
ders will be fringed with the soft light Of sancti6
ed sorrow then life will spring out of death, and
blessing out of bereavement; and while ours will
be the gain, to God will we give the glory.
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Articles in this Paper,-Among other excel
lent contributors, we publish two articles Of unu-
sual length. Instead of continuing DR.. Dabuey 5
discussion on Church Union through two more
weeks, there were some special reasons for con.
GLIDING it in this number. The question is one OF
great interest and will come up for practical an
swer before our Assembly, which meets this week,
We do not think any one who will read what
DR.. Dabney has presented in a manner so clear
and convincing will complain that the piece is too
long The subject in all its fundamental princi-
pies is laid open under a searching analysis. By
those principles, webelieve our Church will stand
fast. To all such unions asrthey can legtimatey
apply we are ready to be committed; all other it
is sacred duty to repudiate.
DIR. Hoge's Discourse preached on the day Of
humiliation and prayer, relates to an event so ex
traordinary and solemn, that it will be read with
something, at least, of the deep attention given
by a crowded assembly, when it was first delivered
A calamity so great ought not to pass without
using all suitable means Of impressing its lessons
upon the minds of all.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

SAINT PATRICK, and The Early Church of Ireland.
By the Rev. VIM. NJ. Blackburn, D. D.
CHRONICLES OF AN OLD MANoR-HoUsE. By G. E..
Sargent
AspESR1DGE. By Julia Carrie Thompson.
VIVIAN AND HIS FRIENDs; or, Two Hundred Y ears
Ago. By the author OF 1.-The Story of Pocket
Bible" 252 PIP. limo.
The VILLAGE PASTOR or, Incidents in Ministerial
Life in Great Britain. 444 PIP. 12mo.
The Story OF THE FAITH IN HUNGARY. By the
author of From Dawn TO Dark in Italy. 176
PIP. 12mo.
SUNDAY EVENINGS AT NoRrucoURT 24S PIP. 12mo.
JEssIcAs FIRST PRAYER, and Jessica's Mother.
lSOpp. lSmo.
FRED W1LsoNs SLED. By Nellie Grahame. SO
PIP. 1Smo.
HoxoR BRIGHT; or, The Faithful Daughter By
the author of 'Cornelias Visit to Roseville," &c.
IA pp 1Smo.
The CHRIST OF GoD; or, The Relation of Christ to
Christianity. BY the Rev. Robert Davidson, d.
D. u PIP. 1Smo.
All of the above were received from the Presby-
byterian Board of Publication S2l Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
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The Catacombs of Rome-The articles Of
Prof. Jules DeLaunay, of France, will be con
tiuued. The subject is one of intense interest,
and gives much instruction to Christians concern,
ing the trials endured by the followers Of the Re-
deemer in ancient times.
Professor DeLaunay who formerly resided in
the South, has Tabeaux illustrating this curious
subject, and which we have good reason to believe
have given the highest satisfaction wherever ex
hibited, and that they are source of entertain
ment and benefit to all classes of people. We are
pleased to learn that they will probably be exhib
tied in Richmond in short time.
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Central 4rtsbgttrlan.
Richmond, Va, Wednesday, May Is, 1870

re- DELINQUENT SUBsCRIBERs.-We are
under the necessity of saying that the num-
Der is so large that their neglect subjects us
to a degree of trouble and anxiety that can
not be continued. Many of them are in
arrears from one to four years, and pay no
regard whatever to bills repeatedly sent out.
We have granted indulgence far beyond the
point of safety or fairness to the interests
of the paper. We shall be reluctantly COM
PEELED to discontinue many names from the
list in short time, and look to other means
of collecting what ought to have been long
ago paid.
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General Assembly.-As official duty requires
attendance at the General Assembly in Louisville,
it is our expectation to be absent for two or three
weeks All practicable efforts will be used to give
the readers OF the Central Presbyterian full re
pOrtOf the proceedings of the approaching meeting
1t is at all times suitable that the General As
sembly should, when in session, be remembered
in the prayers of Christian families and churches.
How much more should this be done now when
subjects of unusual importance are expected to be
brought up.
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Union THEOIOGICAL SEMINARY.

The Trustees land Dircctors) are notified to meet
at the Seminary Monday, 18th June, at o clock,
p. NJ.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA Ministers: S: A. Stan
field, (President) j. 81. Smith, j. NJ. Sherwood
f. Ii. Johnston j. NJ. Atkinson, j. Rumpe, b.
Hines, J. Mcpherson Elders f. N. Hutchinson,
A. I. Gummey, N. NJ. Roam, P. Murphy.
From Observation-Disclosures: c. 81. Read, William
Brown, ]. j. Bullock, g. NJ White, W. T. Rich
ardson, J. L. Kirkpatrick. Elders: c. c. Read,
A. g. McIlwaine, E. NJ. Armstrong, C. l.. Peyton.
C. c. READ, Secretary.
FarmriUe "a, Nav H. 1870.
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morning, and not much at any other time, from
any denomination. A number of the citizens de-
sire Presbyterian preaching there.
During the labors of the evangelist, number
of the feeble churches have largely increased their
contributions towards the support OF the gospel,
several five or six fold.
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From Brazil We have intelligence from our
missionaries in Brazil, dated the 3lst of March.
Mrs. Morton had improved very much from a
late illness, and the others we're well. Mr.. Lane
writes from Sac Paulo, and reports that he was
about to start on an extended missionary tour.
The sympathies and prayers Of many attend these
representatives of ours.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-05-18

Our MONTHLY May, 1870. Cincinnati: Sutton
&aScott, Publishers, 17S Elm street. Contents:
:. n. The Theban Legion. q A New Reading Of
an Old Monument. 8. The Town-clerk of Ephe.
sus. 4. Saint Elizabeth 5. A Day in Crater.
6. The Worlds Future. T. The Newspaper Writer
His Rise, Style and Power. s. The Story of Ba-
densburg; or, The Presidents Battle g. The At
tack OF the Trojans on the Greek Fleet. 10. The
Woman Question. IL. Balaam. y. Uncle Will
iam's Recollections; or, The SEipwre cked Family
10. Method of Stealing in China. IA. Bertha Ora.
ham. Is. A Delightful Mistake. 16. Our Mission.
II. Our Book Table.
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The OLD CHATEAU BY Harriet B. McAeever,
PIP. 4l6
HAPPY LIGHT By the author of "Margaret Ches-
ter,' Blue Sky, etc. 1874 PIP. limo. Price
sl40.
CAST Our. By Abby Eldredge, author of "Hattie
Powers" Found" etc.
FRANK MULLER; or, Labor and It's Fruits. A Tale
For Boys. By Thomas D. Supple.
LITTLE Books FOR LITTLE READERS. Six Vols.
By Martha Farquharson.
The above are received from the Presbyterian
Publishing Committee, 1884 Chestnut street Phila-
delphia.
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Busy BEES; or, Winter Eveningsin Margaret Rus
sells School. By the author of esquire Down
ing's Heirs, &c. 1870. 16mo, PIP. S25.
Our FATHER IN HEAVEN. The Lords Prayer Ex-
planned and Illustrated. A Book for the Young,
By the Rev. j. II. Wilson. NJ. A Barclay Church.
Edinburgh, Scotland 1870 lGmo, PIP. 825.
L1LLY's LEssoX. "Honor thy father and thy moth
err By Joanna Fl. Mathews author of the
"Bessie Books"
HERBERT PERCY. By L. A. Moncref.
RoGER's APPKENTIcEsHIP: or, Five Years of a
Boys Life. BY Emma Marshall author of Slit
tie Peat Cutters" 'Katie's Work" "Two Mar
garets," etc.
KAmEs Work. By Emma Marshall author Of
Little Peat Cutters" "The Two Margarets, y
etc.
The above are published by Robert Carter 4
Brothers, $50 Broadway, New York. Received
through the Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
Richmond, J. D. X. Sleight, Agent.
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Coon WORDS. May, 1870 ]. B. Lippincott Co.,
Publishers, us and III Market street, Philadel-
phia. Contents
l. Fernyhurst Court. 2. Letters from the Trop-
les. 8 Songs with Refrains. 4. Conversation
and Story. 5. A Lark's Flight 6. Half Hours
in the Temple Church. 7. Days in North India.
s. A Sonnet 8. Dragons and Dragon Sayers. 10
Under Especial Blessings II. Dreams and their
Interpretation. y. Dorothy Fox.
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MILLIONS PRAYER.

There are so few that have access to this noble
prayer which long ago came gushing from the
heart of the great poet that readers will thank
us for publishing it in conspicuous part of the
paper 1t was first offered in troublOus times, and
on that account is the more appropriate now.
THE PRAYER.
"Come Thou that hast the seven stars in thy
right hand appoint thy chosen priests TO minis,
ter before thee Thou hast sent out the spirit OF
prayer into all the earth, and stirred up their
vows, as the sound of many waters about thy
throne. Surely every one can say that thou hast
visited this land. Oh perfect and accomplish thy
glorious work Men may leave their work unGn-
ished, but thou art GOdS thy nature is perfec-
ton. The times and the seasons pass along under
thy feet; they come and go at thy bidding. And
since thou didst dignity our fathers days with
many revelations above all the preceding ages, so
thou canSt vouchsafe to US a larger portion OF thy
Spirit, as thou pleasest. For who shall prejudice
thy all-goveruing will? And since the power of
thy grace is not passed away as fond and taithess
men imagine, but thy kingdom is now at hand, aud
thou standest at the door, come forth out OF thy
royal chambers, thou Prince Of all the kings OF the
earth Put on the visible robes of thy imperial
Majesty Take up that unlimited sceptre which
thy Almighty Father has beQueathed thee, for
the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all nature
signs to be renewed.
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THE OLD DOMINION for May. NJ. W. Halle
wood and G. Watson James, editors; NJ. w. Halle
wood, proprietor, Ill Main street, Richmond
Yearly subscriptions $3.50; single copy 25 cents.
Contents The Castle in the Snow, translated from
the French; A Few Thoughts upon an Old Subject;
A Bit of Battle; University of Virginia; Lurley, a
serial; Colonel John B. Baldwin with portrait y
Cousin Ethels Sorrow; National Literature; After
a Season, romance; Talents; Personnel of the
General Assembly (including sketches of Major j.
Harrison Kelly, delegate from Spotsylvania; Mar
shall Hanger, Esq, delegate from Augusta; W. A.
j. Potts, delegate from King George y Editorial
Notes aud Gleanings Literary Notices; Acrostical
Enigma The Housewife.
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THE GREAT CALAMITY "a full account of the
Great Calamity, which occurred in the Capitol at
Richmond, Virginia, April 9th, 1870, together with
list of killed and wounded Richmond Published
by Ellyson & Taylor. Sent to any address on re-
ceipt of Is cents.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-05-18

Miss MITFoRD's LIFE AND LETTERS. The Life oil
Mary Russell Milford, authoress of sour Vii
lage," etc. Told by Herself in Letters to Her
Friends With Anecdotes and Sketches by her
most celebrated Contemporaries. Edited by Rev.
A. K l. Estrange. vols, 12Sno, cloth, 1857.
Received from Harper & Brothers, New York
Sent by Mail, postske prepaid, to any part of the
United States, on receipt of the price.
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HEARTH AND HOME for May 81st, 1870, contains
great variety of articles and is copiously Illus
trated. Publishers, Pettengll, Bates Co., 81
Park Row, New York. Yearly subscription 81.
Single numbers cents.
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DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE.-The American Ed.
ton of Dr. William Smiths Dictionary of the Bible,
published by Hurd & Houghton, rapidly approaches
completion Part XXVI. reaches Septuagint.
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The WOMAN OF BUSINESS; or, The Lady and
the Lawyer By Marmion Savage. D. Appleton.
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GRACE AGUILAR's Works. A New Edition
Price 81 per volume. The Vale of Cedars "A Story
of Spain in the 18th Century. l VOL, u mo-, ST.
D. Appleton & Co., Publishers. From WoodhouSe
& Parham
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Rev. W. C. Kennedy's Post Office address is
changed from Tuscaloosa to Elyton, Alabama
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EDINBURGH REVIEW for April, american edition,
the Leonard Scott Publishing Company, 40 Full.
ton street, New York; Contents:
The Vice Royalty of Lord Lawrence; Juana La
Loca; NJ. de Pareu on Taxation; Eastake and
Gibson Non-restraint in the treatment Of the In
sane; Smiths Tour in Portugal Remains Saint
Paul; The Epic of Arthur; Ballot not Secret Vot-
ing Earl Russells Speeches.
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The SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMEB, devoted
to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Mining, Me-
chanic and Household Arts. May, 1870. Rich
mond c. B. Williams, Editor and Proprietor.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25
nth. Flfseenth Amendment.

In speaking of the ratification OF the
Fifteenth Amendment and the means
which have been resorted to for the &C
complishnent of that object, the New
York Express very truthfully says that
hereafter when history records the manner
Of this enforced Fifteenth Amendment, to
say nothing of its principle. Americans
win blush for those who did the deed. 10
accomplish the end. States have been
treated with contempt, the black man
placed above the white man, suffrage de-
MED the latter and given to the former, a
penal system adopted disgraceful to Chris
tan civilization, whole commonWealths
handed over to military government, and
systems of State and local power estab-
lished, wholly inconsistent with republican
government In this way the Federal
Constitution has been adopted, and we
therefore feel warranted in saying that
our countrymen hereafter will blush at the
manner in which these innovations have
been practiced. The compensation OF
negro suffrage, whatever be the results OF
such an innovation, we submit. will not
pay for the assaults upon State rights and
republican government.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25
From the Seat of War.

The Yorkville Enquirer says: 'FWe I'M
derstand that Captain Farris, commanding
the army of upper South Carolina, has di-
vided his forces into three corps, stationed
as follows: FIRST corps remains at head
quarters and guards the roads and by
roads leading to Hullender's; Second corps
pickets the North Carolina line, in the
vicinity of Mrs. Hambrights; Third corps
las invaded North Carolina and picket5 the
Shelby road. The entire army is in fine
its position. We have heard that some of
the citizens requested the company to dis
band, and that most of the enlisted we're
willing to do so. but on referring the mat
ter to 81. K. Roberts, Lieutenant and
magistrate, he said the citizens must enter
into bonds for So, 900 not to modest "loyal''
persons, before the company could be dis
banded.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25
The Decline In American Commerce.

The report on the decline of American
commerce submitted to Congress the
other day, shows that from 1861 to 1866
our tonnage engaged in the foreign trade
decreased from two million six hundred
and forty-two thousand and six hundred
tons to one million four hundred ninety
two thousand and nine hundred and
twenty-six tons, loss of over forty-three
per cent, while Great Britain in the same
time gained nine hundred and eighty-six
thousand seven hundred and fifteen tons,
or more than thirty per cent. The
estimated value Of the tonnage Of the
United States engaged in the foreign car
rying trade in 1861 was one hundred and
eight million three hundred and forty
seven thousand seven hundred and forty
eight dollars; in 1869 the estimated value
of the same tonnage was seventy million
four hundred and Lightweight thousand
and nine hundred and forty-fve dollars,
with net loss IN yearly earnings Of
twelve million six hundred and nine teen
thousand six hundred and one dollars.
Since 1858 our exports have doubled,
while the percentage carried in American
vessels has fallen from sixty-seven per
cent to thirty four percent. TO remedy
this it is proposed to readmit vessels which
sought the protection OF foreign flag during
the war to American registry; 10 admit
foreign built vessels to American registry
free Of duty. OF on payment OF 4 moderate
tonnage duty; to allow drawback on
shipbuilding materials; TO allow with
drawal OF stores intended for consumption
from bond; to exempt tonnage from all
except Federal taxes, and to spbeidize
American steamship lines.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25
Disastrous Freshet in Mafne-Au Ava
lanche of Ice.
AUGUSTA, Me-,

AUGUSTA, M0, L GU. ~.
The freshet is the most destructive ever
known on the Kennebec river. This morn
ing the ice gave way here and passed to
Hallowell, where it stopped and formed
an immense ICED dam.
The water rose rapidly here to twenty
five feet above low-water mark. The ice
soon gave way above the dam, and came
down with tremendous force, carrying
away the bridge of the Portland and Ken
nebec railroad, five hundred feet long, at
this place.
At Vassalboro' the railroad bridges over
Seven-Mile brook and another small stream
were crushed by ice. In this city the
damage cannot be estimated. The water
rose so rapidly that goods in the base
ments on the east side Of Water street
could not be removed.
The damage by the freshet here is i'm
mense. Many stores are undermined,
Easements filed with water, and stock de-
stroyed. At Hallowell nearly the whole
business portion of Water street is over
flowed. In many stores the water is six
feet deep on the street floor. Many mer-
chants moved their goods away in boats,
but the larger portion was destroyed.
Some one or two hundred dwellings in
the 4ower part of the city were foated
from their foundations and overturned,
and many families rendered houseless.
Several new ice. houses which have lately
been erected and partly filed were car
ried away. All the ice in the river for more
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-25


A committee of Congress are engaged IN
investigating the sale of West Point Ca
detships by Southern carpet-bag Congress
men. It appears from a Washington pa
per that the testimony already taken i'm
plicates the carpet-bagger from the Raj
eigh district, as we'll as a State Senator
from Granville, in one of these nice little
bargains and sales. In giving a list of
some half dozen members of Congress en-
gagged in this disreputable business, it
says:
John T, Deweese, of North Carolina, who bar
gained for the sale of his army cadetshlp, but
Who finally traded it away to State Senator Las
sitter, of that State, to prevent the latter from
running against him for Congress, and to lnnu-
ence the passage of q railroad job before the
North Carolina Legislature.
Poor Deweese He had to pay the ne
gro Harris good round sum to withdraw
from the canvass, and then to give away
cadetship to Senator Lassiter, by the sale
of which he could have gotten back the
money paid Harris, is paying dearly for
MS "blushing honors. But is there not
saving clause for Deweese in that Grail
road job" the passage of which was mys'
teriously affected by the cadetship. Can't
the Sentinel Investigate" this transaction,
and let the people know all about it ? Its
full development would doubtless furnish
as interesting chapter of political histo-
ry as the penitentiary land purchase and
the sale of the Kildee property.