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No Longer an Experiment.
FOE USE m THIS CLIMATE HAS
BEEN DEMONSTRATED.

Is adaptation to every style Of roo6ng-stsep q ss
Its combined durability and Mghtnes the purity II tAs
water running OFF IT. its smai cost originally, and saH
cost OF repairing It when damaged any Time liz SIM
phcity OF application. elasticity etc. all oomhinsd,
render 1t the
MOST DESIRABLE ROOFING KNOWN
at the present day.
Mado from slate. 1t becomes . sheet Of slate tetA0
action OF the elemonts 1t e thoroughly FIRE s.a
WATER PROOF. Buildings or merchandise projected
by this Roofing are insured at tho very lowest raAsa
For further particulars send for circular
Office Of the SOUTHERN PLASTIC SLATE RnoF.
ING COMPANY,
No. s6 Magazine street, New Orleans.
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NEW ORLEANS, September %, 1863
Eighteen months ago The Southern Plastic Slate Roof
ing Company put u roof my premises corner Peter
and Bienvie streets which proved satisfactory that
above statement and shall not hesitate IL WHOM
need, strongly recommend It to all vho
may desire light cheap, durable roof.
JOSEPH A. BROWN, Lumber Merchnut.
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NEW CR1ERys December S9 1869.
In January, 1868, contracted with tho Sotlkfrys
Plastic Slate Roong Company to Soap Factory
embracing fifty squares, and take pleasure n
saying thatthe roof gave US every satisfaction.
1t leaked, and the IL is nnOst
cellent and cheertulIy recommend tins roofing 10
those want Of durable and Mt the same time Ualt
fire proof roof ,HUGHES FOLGER
Soap Factory, Third street.
Tho Southern Plastic State Roofing Company covered
building for me in August 1s6s, and since then have
put roofs ON for
take pleasure in stating that these roofs govo
me good satisfaction, and do not hesitate
mend my friends who are in want Of a good roof to
adopt this roofing. JOHN HENDERSON,
Liquor Merchant,
Tchoupitouias and Lafayette streets,
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COMPANY,
1nsures against FIRE ON all descriptions of Property
at the lowest and the customary rebate allowed
Losses paid promptly in New Orleans without refer
r. G. MUsGRovE, Agent,
ap24 Inn 81 Carondelet street.
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BURNETT's PREPARATIONS.

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A Compound of COCOA NUT OIL, Etc.
COCAINE FOR THE HAIR.
1t promotes the Growth the HAIR and its purity,
natural adaptation freedom from all injurious effects in
case the splendid appearance it gives to the
Hair together with its cheapness In respect size of
bottle, has gained for itself in nearly every
quarter of the civilized globe.
Beware of Numerous limitations.
we refrain from decrying other manufacturers but
owing to the unprincipled habit of many of recon.
nending INFERIOR ARTICLES dncluding some of |
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observe that accompanies the wrapper and !
abel of of Standard Preparations The name |
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Only payment and that 25 cents for each year o
your age when insured until insured person dies
aud then only 30 cents to be paid by each survivor il
the class in which the deceased Is insured.
Call for copies of charter and bylaws with e1plana
tous A. B. BACON, President
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Board of Trustees:
Domingo Fatjo VIM. A. Shropshire,
Sam1 NJ. Todd, F. A. Peterson
s. N. Moody, Gabriel Pascal,
Arthur Forstall T. B. Blanchard, Jr,
Alexander Marks, Charles Ramon
This Company is taking Fire. River and Marine Risks
at the rates. and gives the assured
fifteen cent or the scrip Of the Company the
end of the year, as he may prefer. no14 1y
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Sheathing Board for Inside Walls,

TO BE USED INSTEAD OF PLAsrERINe,.
We beg to call attention to this desirable arcas
1t can be Whtewashed Papered; ID warmer In Win.
ter and cooler in sumner than pssteing One dollar
and half will buy enough to cover Ono Hundred
Square Feet Any one apply 1t.
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should never be the case, for, if there be
well,behaved man in the parish, it should be
the minister. A worn coat is no discredlt,
but the poorest may be neat, and men should
be scholars, rather than teachers, till they
are so, You cannot judge horse by his
harness; but modest, gentlemanly appear
ance, in which the dress is just such as no
body could make remark upon, seems to
me to be the right sort of thing, This little
bit of my mind is meant to warn you young
striplings who have just started in the min
isry, and if any one of you get cross over
it, shall tell you that sore horses cannot
bear to be combed, and again, "thoSe whom
the cap fits must wear it" John Plough
man, you will say, had better mend his own
smock, and let the parsons alone; but | take
leave to look about me and speak my mind,
for cat may look at king, and a fool may
give wise men good advice. If l speak too
plainly, please remember that an old dog
cannot alter his way of barking, and he who
has long been used to plough a straight fur
row is very apt to speak in the same straight
forward manner.
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Nothing is ever Forgotten.


Dr. Archibald Alexander was always him
self firm believer in the doctrine and was
accustomed to impress it upon the minds Of
his classes at Princeton, which has since
been illustrated in so solemn manner by
De Quincy and Colerilge, that we never
forget anything: in other words, that there
is an important sense in which there is no
8,tcA thing as .forgetAi4g- The word forget,
as has so often been said before is obviously
ambiguous, being the opposite of remember
as we'll as Of recollect. The doctrine in
question is that though we fail to recOllect
many things, and though there is the great
est diversity among different minds as re
CARDS the power of recollection, we never
forget in the sense of failing to remember or
hold IN memory The hidden tablets still
retain the traces that have been originally
imprinted on them; and in the moments that
precede death Tor what would have proved
to be death but for the interposition of Prov
idence) these traces have been known to fash
out upon the startled conscience with inStan-
taneous rapidity, and with the most perfect
and terrible distinctness, so as apparently to
afford to the soul a sudden and comprehen-
sive view of all that it had ever known
DIR. Alexander had been lecturing on this
subject one day to his theological pupils, and
the young men had repaired to the Seminary
Refractory to get dinner, when the converse
ton at table fell upon the topic that had
been presented to them in the classroom
that morning. One of the students was
noted for disposition to call in question the
conclusion of his preceptor, and on the oc-
cason to which | now refer boldly proclaimed
his dissent from the position that had been
cautiously taken by his venerable instructor.
81 Enow," said he, "there are some things
l have totally forgotten, and shall never be
able to recall" DR.. Dethune, who was a
student at Princeton at the time, and who
was also boarding at the Refractory, a man
through life distinguished for his sparkling
wit and repartee, Immediately threw the
table into roare Of laughter by crying out
in his comical way, "Name one of them,
Sir ""
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IT dr..
Scraps.

AN animal well wintered is half summered.
THERE is as much in the feed as in the
breed.
THE Texas cattle have quadrupled in num-
Der since the war.
TaE soil is always grateful, but it must
have something to be grateful for.
LANsINGBURG, N. Y, has a bread machine
that makes three thousand loaves of bread
per hour.
A Wisconsin farmer sorts his eggs, send
ing the small ones to market and keeping
the large ones for his own use.
LANDS that are overstockcd not only yield
less food but the animals pastured upon
them make less yield in beef or milk than
when the stock is in proportion to the capa-
city of the lands for producing food.
A Georgia paper says that some farmers
there who formerly cultivated fifty acres of
land and got an equal number of bales of
cotton, get an equal amount now from twen-
ty acres. They prepare the land and cult
vate better than formerly, and their profits
are increased thereby, and at much less ex-
pense.
TIE American Farm Book mentions a
horse that died at sixty-seven years Of age,
and another that was quite coltish in his
forty-ffth year. These cases Of longevity
were doubtless the results of good care. 1t
is never economy TO put horse to the ut.
most Of his strength to obtain great amount
of work. or to feed sparingly to save pro-
vender.
Or the 100000 acres of land in the
State of South Carolina, only one fourth is
under cultivation. The remainder, some
1900, 600, mainly in primeval forest Fully
half of 100000 now under quasi cultiva-
ton is for sale, some of it even so low as 81
per acre, and ranging from that up to $40.
Good farms have within the year sold as low
as SO per acre, and, in certain cases, even
below that.
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Morning PRAYER.

81 ought to pray before seeing any one.
Often, when sleep long, or meet with others
early, and then have family prayers, and
breakfast, and forenoon callers, it is eleven
or twelve 20 clock before 1 begin secret prayer.
This is wretched system. Its unscriptural.
Christ rose before day, and went into
solitary place. David says, Early viii l
seek thee. Mary came to the sepuIchre'
while it was yet dark. Family prayer loses
much of its power and sweetness, and 1 can
do no good to those who come to seek it from
me. The conscience feels guilty, the soul
uufed, the lamp not trimmed Then, when
secret prayer comes, the soul is often out of
tune. feel it is far better to begin with
God, to see his face first, to get my soul near
him before it is near another. when l
awake, / am still with thee. n u Ueyne.
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What can seeof death here in this world
makes me feel how dreadful it is. How
wide spread are its rayages, with what ap-
prehensiou, what weeping and wailing it has
filed the world
The Bible tells us of its cause-how it
came into the world; ''death by sin. 1t
tells us also of the remedy Not a remedy
by which temporal death can be avoided,
for sit is appointed unto all men once to
die. But the worst of death is never seen
here: sin kills beyond the tomb" Where
then is the remedy
l. Tie sting Is taken array. This is done
in the full and free justification of all be-
levers, by which they are delivered from the
condemnation of sin, and by the indwelIing
of the Holy Spirit, by which they "are en-
a6Ied more and more to die unto sin and live
unto righteousness" How many are ena-
bled to meet death as peacefully as if they
were going to sleep in the evening; no tor
meutiug fears, but faith and hope full of
triumph.
,. A resurrection Is promised The body
will be sown in corruption, and death will
seem to triumph for awhile. But it shall
beraised in interruption and in glory. "He
shall change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned ike unto his own glorious body,
according to the working whereby he is able
even to subdue all things unto himself -
What an amazing change. so when this
corruptible shall have put on interruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortal
ity, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written Death is swallowed up in
victory
What a blessed hope, and what blessed
Saviour! How it comforts believers CON
corning their friends whose bodies are sleep
ing in the grave. And how it should raise
US above the fear of death How we should
long for "the coming of the Lord, at the
last day
ellis own soft hand shall wipe the tears,
From every weeping eye;
And pains and groans, and griels and fears,
And death itself shat de.
OLD PILGRIM.
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Ridieuling Religion.

Never laugh at religion. Never make a
Jest of sacred things. Never mock those
who are serious and in earnest about their
souls The time may come when you will
count those happy whom you laughed at-a
time when your laughter will be turned into
sorrow, aud your mockery into heaviness.-
Whatever you please to laugh at, don't laugh
at religion.
Contempt of holy things is the high road
to infdelity. 0nce let man begin to make
a Jest and joke of any part Of Christianity,
and l am never surprised to hear that he
has turned out downright unbeliever.
Have you really made up your mind to
this? Have you fairly looked into the guilt
which is before you, if you persist in des-
pising religion? Call to mind the words Of
David: "The fool hath said in his heart,
There is no God" Psa. xiv, l. The fool,
and none but the fool lie has said it, but
he has never proved it, Remember, if ever
there was book which has been proved true
from beginning to end, by every kind of evil
dence, that book is the Bible. 1t has dcfed
the attacks of all enemies and fault finders
&" The word of the Lord is indeed tried.
Psa. xviii, 80. 1t has been tried in every
way, and the more evidently has it beer
shown to be the very hand work of Goo
himself.
Matthew Henry tells story of grea
statesman in Queen EIizabeths time, who
retired from public life in his latter days
and gave himself up to serious thought
His former gay companions came to yisi
him, aud told him he was becoming melancho
ly. "No, he replied, II am serious; fol
all are serious round about me. God is seri
Gus in observing US, Christ is serious in in
terceding for US, the Spirit is serious il
striving with us, the truths of God are seri
Gus, our spiritual enemies are serious il
their endeavors to ruin us, and why tier
should not you and be serious too?" Don
laugh at religion -ReU. j. c. Ryle.
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Why Don't the Think Come.

A little boy of FIVE years was about to be
punished by his mother for some act of dis
obedience, when, with an imploring look, he
said, 'lIa, forgot" We'll, my son, re-
Piled his mother, L must punish you be-
cause you did forget. You must think be.
fore you act. The cbild's couuteuanee
fell; he knew that pleading was vain, and
with o manner peculiar to himself, and a
slow, troubled tone Of voice, he said, "Well,
now, just what is fellow to do when the
think won't come aIong?' have no doubt
but nearly all of my readers have felt like
this little boy, that it was hard to be pun
ished for doing thing you had forgotten
you were forbid to DO. But if you would
only try and get habit of thinking when
your parents tell you what you must and
must not do, it will save you very much trou-
bic.
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0phir.

A great deal has been written to fnd out
where Ophir was; but there can be no doubt
that it was in India. The names for apes,
peacocks, ivory and almug-trees Drought by
Solomon feet from Ophir) are fore gn words
in Hebrew, as much as gutta percha or to
bacco are in English. Now, if we wish to
know from what part of the world gutta per-
cha was first imported into Eng land, we might
safely conclude that it came from the. coun-
try where the name gutta percha formed
part of the spoken language.
If, therefore, we can find language in
which the names of peacocks, apes, ivory and
almug trees, which are foreign to the He
brew, are indigenous, we may be certain that
the country in which that language was
spoken must have been the Ophir of the BIZ
bic. That language is no other but the
Sanscrit, the parent language of the East
Indian languag e.-Mar Muller.
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A Pastors Salutation.

Many of our readers will read with profit
these words of counsel by pastor to each
member of his flock:
1. Seek clearer and fuller view of
.Christs worth and work. "The great Sc
cret of all happiness is knowing the way to
the cross" and walling constantly therein.
.. Aim to have tie Holy Spirit perma-
nent resident of your soul rather than an
occasional vistant. For this put away all
sin, for he is a Holy Spirit, and "cannOt
bear that which is evil" His presence will
ensure happiness, for "joy' and "peace"
are some of its fruits.
3. Use diligently the Divinely appointed
means of spiritual health and happiness
Pray much in private and public; "search
the Scriptures. Hear the Word that is
preached, in season and out of season. -
"As much as lieth in you" assemble with
your own portion of the people of God, as
often as they assemble.
f. Give literally for the cause of Christ
Provide for your own" spiritual "house"
Church and Sabbath School Let none
seek to be eased, for they will thereby bur
den others. Let each one, with a willing
mind" as God has prospered, bear his part.
In the sight of God the child's dime is as
acceptable as the rich mans hundreds
5. Seek to know one another better, that
you may love one another more. Make each
others acquaintance and seek one another's
society as Christians. "Comfort yourselves
together" "See that ye love one another
with pure hearts fervently. Greet kindly
the strangers that may come within our sane
tuary gates"
If the Lord enables you to reduce these
"hmts" to "habits, your happiness will be
increased, and mine also, for & have no
greater JOY than to hear" that those over
whom / have one-carc walk in the truth.
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be transitional process. 1t may prepare
the Jews for more effective Christian infu
ence. In their new position they are hardly
distinguishable (theologically) from English
and American Unitarans. At least their
old positive prejudices against Christianity
are diminished, though new negative ones
may be substituted. 1t is considered, how
ever, by English Protestant writer's, to be
still problem whether their revolution will
favor their conversion to Christianity. We
concur in the doubt, but incline also to hope,
that good rather than evil will result.
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Synod of Kentucky.
y VNI 2 91DNEss
Synod of Memnhis.

Central Ohio-Robert Bell.
Synod of Memphis
Chickasaw-J. H. Gaillard, Coonewa, Miss.
MemphiS-Geo. A. Russell, Somerville Tenn.
North MissiSsippi-Edwin Cater, Oxford, Miss.
Western DiStrict.-J. o. Sullivan, Humboldt, Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi. Hunter, Jackson, Miss.
LOuiSidnd-A. K. Graves, Baton Rouge, La.
MssisSippi-R. Price. Port Gibson, Miss.
Neu Orleans-H. NJ Smith, New Orleans, La.
Red Rirer.
Tombeckbee-A. H. Barley, Charlottesville, Miss.
Synod of Nashville
Holston-S. B. Campbell, Leesburg, Tenn.
RnorUiUe-J. X. Hitner, Cleveland, Tenn.
NashriHe-J. W. Neil, Murfreesboro Tenn.
North ALaboma-W. Fl. Vernon, Cornersville, Tenn.
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-J. D. Parks, Charlotte, N. C.
FayetteUiHe-D. Farley, Manchester NC.
Mecklen6wg-W. A. Mcdonald, Charlotte, n.
Orange-J. H. Smith, Greensboro N. c.
Wilntington-H. A. Monroe, Brown Marsh, N. c.
Synod of South Carolina.
S. Carolina-John McLees, Greenwood, s. C.
ChGrlestOn-W. II. Adams, Charleston, S. c.
BetheI-James II. Sage, Lewisville, S. G.
HarmOny--D. Mcqueen, Sumter, S. c.
Synod of Texas.
Brazo8-R. F. Bunting, D. D., Galveston, Texas.
Central Teras-S. A. King Waco, Texas.
Eastern Teras-C. NJ. Shepperson.
Western Teras-J. f. Martin, San Antonio, Texas.
Synod of Virginia.
AJingdon-J. N. Naf, Dublin Depot Va.
Chesapeake.
b. HqnoUer-W A. Campbell, Powhatan c. a., Va.
Greenbrier.-J. H. Leps, Frankfort, West Va.
LeringtOn-W. Z. Baker, Stanton, Va.
AOntgQmery-W. w. Houston, Salem, Va.
RoanOke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut. Va.
Vest HanoUer-E. Woods, Charlottesville, Va.
Winchester-M. W. Woodwork, Burlington, W. Va.
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INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICERS
OFTHE
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
CLERKS OF TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CLERKS OF TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., Stated Clerk, Au,
Rev. William Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk;
Richmond Va.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTATIoY.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, Col
Rev. Prof James Woodrow Treasurer, Column
bia, s. G.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev.'J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, Col
Rev. Prof James Woodrow, Treasurer, Colum
bia, S. c.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary Rich
mond, Va.
c. Gennet, Esq. Treasurer, Richmond, Va
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary, Rich
mond, Va.
c. Gennet ESQ.,, Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Thomas C. Perrin, President.
Joseph II. Wilson, Vice. President
Jesse Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR ONE YEAR.
Robert Adger Charleston, s. c.
Hon. j. A. Inglis, Cheraw, S. c.
J. A. Ansley, Augusta, Ga.
John Whiting, Montgomery, Ala.
Rev. B. NJ. Palmer, D. D., New Orleans, La.
FOR TWO YEARS.
J. Hartman Brown, Baltimore Md
T. j. Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg Va.
D. N. Kennedy, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
John Handy, Canton, Miss
Rev. Samuel Mckinney D. D., Austin, Texas.
FOR THREE YEARS.
Hon. Thomas c. Perrin, Abbeville, S. c.
Joseph II. Wilson, Charlotte, n. e.
Jesse H. Lindsay, Greensboro N. c.
James Hemphill, Chester, s. c.
Rev. George Howe, D. D., Columbia, S. C.