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A Wonderful Work of Art.

At the residence of COL John E. Brown, we had
the great pleasure of seeing the celebrated Shell
Monument to the memory of Stonewall jackson
The monument with the pedestal is 80 inches high
and without the pedestal, 26 inches high. 1t was
rsfiled for at the Fair given in 1866 by the st.
Louis Southern Relief Association and brought 81 =
500. The winner sent it to the Relief Association
of New Orleans, where it brought $780, 1t is the
work of Mrs Elizabeth K. Atwood, Of St. Louis
county, Missouri, VINO generously donated 1t to the
81. Louis Relief Association. The President OF
that Association, Mrs. Rebecca w. Sire, noble
lady who has done so much for the suffering South,
sent the monument recently by express to Mrs.
Jackson and she has kindly consented to allow II
to be put on exhibition at the Fair. There will be
nothing there more deserving of notice. The low
ers of art would be repaid by coming long dis
lance to see it. For those who will not have that
pleasure, we give the description below
In the center Of the monument is a spire with q
square paneled base. In one OF the panels is Q
likeness of General Jackson, in another his auto
graph, and another the following inscription:
SACRED
To the Memory of
Thos Jonathan jackson,
called
"Stonewall,"
Northumberland of the Army of the Confed
crate States of America.
Born
AT Clarksburg, Va, Jan. 2lst, 1924.
Died
May 10Th, 1868.
"Let us pass over tie river and
rest under the shade of the trees"
His last ,0OrdS.
In the fourth panel is the following:
Sacred to glory, consecrate to fame:
Nor stored marble sculptured Ger
with praise;
Nor minstrel's harps attuned to sweet and
mournful lays.
Alone of "Stonewal venerated name,
Preserves the memory An undying fame
In whole Nations hearts of grateful incense
burned
Tells where the Christian Soldier, Martyr lies
inurned.
Surrounding this spire, distinct from it, are four
Gothic arches, which form quadrangle, and from
each corner of which rises pinnacle The whole
is covered with shells-those lovely flowers of the
ocean-of exquisite form and coloring and arranged
as only an artist can-With roses and butterflies,
dropping vines, foliage and flowers
At the base on one side is miniature lake "a
small mirror) surrounded with ferns and moses.
On another side is wee, wee bird s nest and on
every side are beautiful devices wrought out with
skillful, patient and loving fingers. The whole
rests upon a handsome gilded pedestal, and is
rich, dainty and graceful Southern Home, Char
lOtte North Carolina
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Installation,

By appointment of the Presbytery of Ablng
don, commission, consisting Of Rev. James D.
Thomas and Rev. VIM. s. Lacy, on Sunday, No.
vember Sd, 1872, installed Rev. Lee G. Brown pas
tor of the Presbyterian church of HiIlsvile, Va.
To the devoted band Of Presbyteriaus in that
retired and pleasant mountain village, and to the
members of the community generally, the event
was one Of unusual interest, and deserves more
than passing notice. For nearly twenty years,
the church has had a feeble existence, and the
light shining in dark place" has at times been
small But God has not forgotten to be gracious,
and has more than once granted them the precious
tokens of His presence. Last spring it pleased
Him to pour out His Spirit upon the village, and
more than thirty souls we're brought to the saving
knowledge of the truth. OF these, fifteen cast in
their lot with u.s. and united with the Presbyterian
church And since then the abiding presence of
His Spirit has been manifest from the accession Of
three or four more. So that from handful Of
fifteen they have grown to nearly forty, the mem
bership has been more than doubled, and the
strength and influence Of the church proportion.
ately increased.
There have been other fruits. Two additional
elders have been elected and ordained and two
deacors For the first time in many years an ell
der represented the church in Presbytery in Octo-
Der, presenting call for their minister, and for
the first time in its existence, the church has an
installed pastor.
And to him, who has led a quiet and unnOticed
life in the face OF many difficulties and embarrass
ments, in feeble and remote fields, this event at
forded the deepest qualification. During minis
try of twenty five years this is the first tine be has
been settled as pastor of church. Experiencing
the manifold discouragements Of dome, tic mission
airy life and Of singularly unobtrusve spirit, this
evidence of Gods blessing upon his work, and es-
tablishing it after many years of doubt and trial,
brings peculiar joy.
These good people have no sanctuary Of their
own. The kindness and courtesy of our MethO-
dist brethren have furnished us with place where
our own fold may worship. But they have deter
mined to arise and build" They are alive, true
and earnest, and now seek home of their own, a
House for the Lord. May their efforts be album
dainty crowned with success. L.
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Union Theological Seminary, va.-There are now
in this Institution of our church, ffty-seven stu.
dents, representing ten States and Scotland, and
distributed as follows:
Virginia, II
North Carolina, u
Tennessee, 9
West Virginia, 7
Georgia and Missouri, each, 3
Texas, .
Maryland, Mississippi, Arkansas and Scotland,
each, |
The members of the Senior class number 81, of
the Middle Is, Of the Junior 90 OF the Senior
class the following are licentiates: Messrs R.
p. Kerr, of Tenn, and j. w. ROsebro, B. G.
Clifford, j. NJ Rose, Geo. Summey and j. w.
Davis, all Of N. Q.
The Rev. G W. MaxsOn writes to the South West
era Presbyterian:
I'VE have had time of refreshing from the
presence Of the Lord in our little church at Perry,
Georgia. The Rev. DR.. Nall, of Alabama, preach
ed for US ten days in succession-closing the ser.
vices on last Sabbath night. The Spirit was pre-
sent with power to bless the preaching of the
Word. The church was revived, sinners awakened,
and four hopefully converted to God There was
no loud demonstrations of feeling, but at times
solemn stillness-a consciousness Ut the presence
of God in his holy temple'-that was overwhelm-
ing. The preaching was plain and simple, as the
truth always is, but it came from heart warm
with love to Christ and the souls of men. The
illustrations we're drawn from the Bible and the
most ordinary affair of every.day lite, so that
child could comprepend them, and yet appealing
with power to the understanding of those more
advanced in years. God be thanked for such
preachers The Methodsts kindly gave US the use
of their church-Ours having no stove-and as
sisted US in the services"
Rev. Clement Vaughan has declined the call to
the Presbyterian church in Macon Georgia,
Rev. ]. c. Phelps, of Mlryville, East Tennessee,
has moved to Florida,
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Indian Presbytery

Met at Living Land September 10Th, and was
opened with sermon by Rev. w. j. b. Lloyd,
from Colossians iv: G.
Present. ministers three Ruling eIders-Moses
Fletcher. from Good Water church: ]. p. Turn
bnII from Good Land church: n Cocbnauer. from
Remington Observation-Disclosures. from Living Land;
Observation-Disclosures. from Chish' Oktak; Ilapintub-
nee. from Jacks Fork Wallace Bean, from LIE.
nox. and John Morris, from Mt Fork church.
Rev. Mr.. Lloyd was elected Moderator.
The usual routine of Presbyterial business was
transacted with harmony, but slow despatch, owing
to the fact that everything had to be interpreted.
Some churches have complied with the General
Assembly's plan OF Systematic BeneyOlence, while
others have failed entirely.
The following preamble and reso
adonted
Whereas inasmuob as Re-
nresent Treasurer of -
mnch enga0ed with
attend the duties
''' PeSo1red TN
forward TO each lice all
the collections maze ,1 q. -.t,,,ues under their
care on the Assembly, pap of Systematic Be-
nevolence and renort the same 70 each meeting Of
the Presbvterv until the nresent Treasurer conld
have more time to attend r. the dutes nj his Office
Nh Mr. III 7 = Tnrnbnll elder in Good Land church
and MIR. John M, Cole. of Living Land church
were received as candidates for the ministry
nnSor The d;roction Of Rev W 7 r IIovd
TTnon the netition of Gods neonIe in the monn-
toins mart of Ienox church some seventy in
number requesting that a church. to he called
49, - bo 1orGonised a comri,teo cons;st;na of
nv II RreWer and elder Tanintnhbee was an
no;utoJ 20 oraonise a church = The wa0 no clear
pVIIVou ~ oF t6o .uo "%1 ~ b. Sod
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Ecclesiastical Correspondence.

Messrs. Editors-At the late stated meeting of
the Presbytery Of Baltimore, (NOrthern,) held at
Emmettsburg, the Stated Clerk laid before that
body the following communication:
HANCOCK, MD, Oct. 7, 1872.
Rec. j. p Garter:
Dear BTother-As members of the session of the
Hancock Presbyterian church, aud by its order, we
hereby inform you that a meeting of this congre'
CATION was held on the 4th of September, after due
notice, when it was unanimously resolved that the
interests of this congregation would be promoted
by connection with the Presbytery of Winches.
ter, (Southern,) whereupOn the session appointed
commissioner OF its own body to attend the meet
ing of Winchester Presbytery to ask the admission
OF this church to the care of that Presbyery This
was DONE and the Hancock church was received
by the Presbytery of Winchester at their late
stated meeting.
We beg to assure you that this action of our
congregation was not prompted by any sense OF In
gratitude, disrespect or unkindness toward your
venerable body, but solely by what was regarded
as promotive of the most important interests OF
our Church. We would therefore request that the
name of the Hancock church be dropped from the
roll of your churches.
And for yourselves we would say that we part
from you with none but kind and Christian feel
ngs. Praying that the blessing of the great Head
OF the Church may rest upon you, We remain,
Yours fraternally, ROBERT BRIDGES,
d. Brown GRAVES,
DENTON OLIVER,
Session Hancock church.
In obedience to the order of Presbytery the fol.
lowing response was returned to the session of the
Hancock church:
BALTIMORE, Oct. IA, 1872.
Dear Brethren-Your esteemed favor of the 7th
of October was duly laid before Presbytery at our
late stated meeting, As tie Stated Clerk of the
Presbytery l am instructed to say in reply that
your request relative to the name of your church
has been complied with; and that while We sincere.
ly regret the loss of your counsel and fellowship in
our Church courts, we duly appreciate the motives
which have induced your congregation to withdraw
from our connection and to place themselves under
the care of the Presbytery of Winchester And
most cordially do we reciprocate the kind and
Christian sentiments with which you withdrew
from US.
Trusting, brethren, that your new ecclesiastical
connection may be attended with the Divine bless
ing and prove advantageous alike to yourselves, to
the flock of which you are the overseers, and to our
sister Presbytery of Winchester,
remain, your fraternaly,
J. p. CARTER,
Stated Clerk Pesbytery Baltimore.
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Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson on the New Book.

Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson on the New BOOK.
Rev. R. K SmoOt, Of Bowling Green, KY,
states THAT pamphlet will soon appear contain
ing the remarks made by the Rev. DR.. Stuart
Robinson before the Louisville Presbytery upon
the revision of the Rules Of Discipline A COM
mittee has been engaged on revision of the code,
and the result Of its a5ors, by order of our Assem-
bly,, is sent down to the several Presbyteries for
their acton-either approving the same, or criti-
cisng and sending it'on for further action.
One difficulty which stands in the way of many
of our ministers and elders is, that they have not
the time from other duties and labors to sit down
and carefully compare the two books in order that
they may reach definite and sound conclusion of
their own in the matter, 0rif they have the time,
the work appears too arduous and the labor too
great, and so they are wiling to wait till the meet
ngs of the Presbyteries when the whole subject is
referred to committees. For the most part, these
committees report the results of their labors mere
y, without developing the processes by which they
reach these conclusions without giving the rea-
sons why. Again, In many instances, these are
limited in their range to mere phraseology or gram.
NAUTICAL structure, without going deep enough to
touch the real questions at issue.
If it is the mind of the Church to take the new
Book instead of the old one, because of It's superior
beauty excelency and truth, then we should be
able to point out these to any who may ask us for
a reason for the change If, on the other hand, it
is to be rejected ask that the fathers and breth-
rem of our Church will not do so until they hear
and examine the reasons which the advocates OF
the new Book are able to give for the change which
they ask. And | am the more urgent in this re-
quest because | see that many appear to have
grown weary of the agitation OF the question with
out ever having thoroughly examined it, and so
propose, in some instances by Presbyterial action,
to dismiss the whole subject, upon the himsy plea
that such agitation will mar the peace of the Church
They seem to forget that as the ocean may purify
herself by her own agi ation as the atmosphere by
its agitation lifts the hazy fog from the valley and
lets in the sunlight and the forest tree by the agi-
tation of its branches sends its roots deeper and
fixes them irmer between the rocks, so the Church
by this agitation may purify herself clear up the
haziness that hangs around her discipline, and fix
the soundness OF her doctrines deeper in the hearts
Of her people
In this pamphlet which will be placed in the
reach of all our ministers and many of the elders,
Dr. Robinson has opened up the whole subject
thoroughly. The argument is mastery prOduc |
concise, and exhaustive of the ques-
ton. Let every minister and ruling elder in the |
Church read it with great care before he makes up
his mind to slight and reject the abors of the COM
mittee in this New Book of Discipline.
-s-S-o-
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as possible, and forward them, without delay, to
Rev. |. j. Long, Batesville, Ark.
That Arkansas College" be adopted as the cor
porate name of the Institution; and the Rev. q.
R. WEIGH, D. D., Rev. L. j. Long and V. d.
Henderson, E,q. be appointed a committee to
wait on the Governor, Secretary of State and Su-
perntendent of Public Instruction and secure a
charter in accordance with Act No AZ. entitled an
Act to incorporate Institutions Of Seminary"
passed by the Legislature Of Arkansas, and ap-
proved March 9th, 1871.
Rev. Thomas R. WEIGH, and ruling elder K.
Mount, we're nominated as commissioners to the
next General Assembly.
Adjourned to meet at Batesville, April 10th,
1873, at o'clock, p NJ
THos r. WEIGH Stated Clerk.
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For THE CENTRAL PEEsBYTERIAN.
Conference Of Sabbath School Workers.

Sometimes last summer there were several inter
esting meetings of the officers and teachers of the
various Sabbath Schools in our city The last
meeting adjourned subject to the call Of the pre-
siding officer. A committee consisting of one cler-
gyman and one layman from each denomination
was to be appOinted to prepare business, and it
understood that the meetings would be resumed in
the iall-perhaps during this month";
What has become Of the matter2
INQUIRER,
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Error Corrected.-In the Editorial article of
November 9th, it was mistake to say that all the
persons vindicating Professor Akin in the Medical
Journals were his colleagues in the Medical School
in Baltimore. OF the two articles appearing in
such journals, touching the Wharton trial, only
one was from colleague,s.
In all trials it is presumed that on both sides
witnesses are introduced with previous knOwl-
edge of what they are expected to prove. This
was all that was meant in this case about uphold
ing the testimony of Prof .Akin. Any imputation
upon the honesty of the witnesses was expressly
disclain,ed. But we are now informed that their
testimony came before Prof. Atkins, and was d.
rected to different point Any statement other
wise was therefore incorrect and we take pleasure
in rectifying the mistake.
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RECENT PuHL1sAT1oNs.

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L1PP1NooTT's MAGAZINE for December J. B. Lip.
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The GALAXY for December. Sheldon & Co., 677
Broadway, New York. Contents:
The Wetherel Affair. French Scenes, Customs
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The Growth Of "Giant Pope.n Historic Lovers.
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The Rev. VIM. W. Morrison has removed
from SWeetwater, Tenn, to take charge of the
Presbyterian church in Jonesboro.
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The UNIVERSITY MONTHLY for November. A
journal of School and Home Education. Universe
ty Publishing Company, New York.
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Rev. F M. Wood 5 Post office address is changed
from Falmouth, Va, to West Middlesex, Mercer
county, Penn.
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The Oldest Minister in the world is the Rev.
Isaac Prince, who has been pastor of church in
Amsterdam, Holland, for the past 70 years.
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The SOUTHERN FIELD AND FAoToEY for November.
Published at Jackson, Miss. 81 per annum.
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Messrs. Editors-At the late stated meeting of
the Presbytery Of Baltimore, (Northern,) held at
Emmettsburg the Stated Clerk laid before that
body the following communications
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-01-25
HONE AND SCHOOL.

This new School Journal has made its
appearance under the most fattering cir
cumstances. The January number, vol
ume 1, is now before us. 1t aims to
identify itself with the education of the
masses, to aid the Department of Educa-
ton Of Kentucky, in pcrfecting the COM
mon school system, and to coura TIE
TEACHER in pursuing his profession
The contents are varied and interesting.
The typographical dress is unsurpassed.
Terms: 1905 year; single copies 10
cents. Address John p. Morton, & Co.,
Louisville. Ky.
RHODE ISLAND SCHooLMAsTER.-
The January number is full of useful in
formation for the teacher. This is the
first number of volume eighteen. Teach
crs and school officers will find the School
master a valuable monthly. Terms 81 80
a year. Thomas W. Bicknell, Editor,
Providence, r. l..
a w 40 Ii - cdCnCTS.
School officers, and others interested will
make this enquiry as they look over the
unique and elaborate picture in the JAN
uary number of THE AMERICAN jour
NAL OF EDUCATION. The picture,
which is drawn to the life. represents a
School meeting discussing the estimate"
They have reached the point in the dis
%cussion, as to whether a cheap and incom-
petent teacher shall be hired, or whether
good wages shall be paid and a competant
person secured.
VIM. T. Harris, Miss Anna C. Bracket.
VIM. F. Phelps, and other leading educa-
tors of the country, contribute articles of
great value. 1t has a circulation of near
" TEN thousand. The present is the
first number of Volume five. Address.
j. b. MERwIN, Editor & Publisher, 7O8
& 10 Chestnut Street St. Louis.
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Our Boys.

We copy ahe following sound and sensi-
bic article from the Franklin Rcriew and
Journal. The author of the article
knows what kind of talk our people need.
We endorse such ideas fully. Read the
article carefully.
complaints are daily being made about
the unruliness of boys-thcir being adj
dicted to the habits of dissipation-their
lounging around tippling-houses-their
cock-fghting and promiscuous gambling
and their generally loose ideas about mo-
rality. Why is it that in this land of
bibles, ministers, churches and schools,
there is SO little morality in the young
gentry of the period? In this town, for
example, we can show precocious exam
Piles of boys with habits and vices which
would horrify some of our staid old farm
ers, who in their simplicity it may be,
good and easy souls are dreaming of the
time when their boys will appear in the
county seat as a Lawyer, doctor or mer-
chant, never once thinking that the boys
should become farmers or mechanics! No,
not for the world these last twot There
seems to be such fascination about the
way in which a smart town urchin carries
himself, that even our best and most solid
citizens are captivated and never rest sat
isfed until their sprouts have a double
barrelled brcech-loading gun, a pointer
dog and corduroy coat, vest and pants
the last crammed cavalierly in the lads
boots. This begets idleness-idleness be-
gets a hatred and contempt for honest
work-this last begets drinking-and
drinking is the prolific mother of all the
evils which now curse our town and coun-
( ty. We know men who nave achieved
fortunes by following well and late some
mechanical avocation, who to-day disdain
to see their hopeful offspring anything but
gentlemen of leisure or doctors or law
yeTsl What is there in money that turns
a man, who has come up from the dirt, a
a fool when he has become old and rich
This class of men scorn to see their soDs
do the very thing which they confess
wrought out their own characters on. a
solid basis and filed their pockets with
money. Thus parents, by foolish indul-
gence are teaching their children to be-
come drones in society and in all proba-
bility aiding them in bringing their own
heads in sorrow to the grave.
We know of one instance in point which
breaches a lesson more powerful thar
tongue or pen. Some fifteen years ago q
woman was left a widow with a family OF
children. boys and girls. The boys were
| put out to trades and learned them well