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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-30
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
BY GRACE RAYMOND.

The moon came out, and crowned the hills
With holy calm;
The stars flashed down on silver rills
And groves of palms
While tranquil at the days sureease,
Blest Bethlehem slept, thing Of peace.
Even dumb Natures pulses thrilled
With tender awe;
As if she felt, thus hush-d and stilled,
More than she saw;
And meath the starlight bent her knee,
In rev'rent, glad expectancy.
Down on the plain, in peaceful wise,
The white aOeks slept,
While shepherds, meath the crystal skies,
Their vigils kept;
And midnights awe and silence fell
Upon their souls in that lone dell.
And then-a glory from the place
Where angels kneel;
The light, it seemed, of Gods own face,
Aud swift did steal
The mstre from the shining as,
Aad chained the moonlights shimmeriag bars
Then Gods bright messenger came down,
With prinoely mien;
His happy face outshone his crown
And raiment's sheen
While by the gracious words he said,
BE raised each shepherds dropping head.
50 Fear not for 10, tidings bring
Of greatest JOY;
whose music through the world shall ring,
Without alloy;
bear you news of priceless worth,
Of Christ, the King, come down to earth
Then suddenly the sky grew bright,
With angeleyes;
Their carol stirred the pulse of night,
In tender wise;
And echoed Ger the slumbering land,
an loving, rev'rent, jubilant, grand
Glory to God to sinful men,
Peace and goodwill"
The light died out the earth again
Grew dim and still.
The angels left the starry dome.
And Christ lay born in earthly home.
0 Lord, come down to us tonight,
Give US that grace,
o grant one glimpse OF tn shepherds sight
To see thy face
To worship at those blessed feet
The Christ in hearts and homes to meet
Southern Presbyterian.
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ures employed-but that we are to hold our
selves in a readiness to take the blessing, no
matter in what way the Lord chooses to send
it; and that we are not to be surprised when
he uses those agencies which are not relied
upon, and does not use those which are
This is his usual course, and is most glOrify-
ing TO himself. w. E. B.
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CoNvERsATIoN.-Good, kind, true, holy
words dropped in conversation may be little
thought of, but they are like seeds of flowers
or fruitful trees falling by the wayside, borne
by some bird afar, haply thereafter to fringe
with beauty some barren mountain side, or
to make glad some lone wilderness
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ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES.

l will notice next the countries of the
Pope. In several Of these the change has
been SO great that Popish Spain might well
nigh be called Protestant Spain, Popish TIA
ly, Protestant Italy, Popish Austria, PrOteS-
tsnt Austria, Popish Mexico, Protestant
Mexico, and POpish South America, Protes-
tant South America. Has there in modern
times been agreater change than at Campinas
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The EARTH S6SOO0o0O 4l00OO0O0 l600000OO SSO0000OO
This table is little different from the one
above, in giving something more to the
Christians and Pagans, but it is substantially
correct There are in India and in 0ceanca
a large body of Christians not inclnded in
the preceding table, but still quite small 10
comparison with the whole population. AL
most the whole of Northern Africa is Mo-
hammedau. 1t is there that Mohammedan-
ism appears as the prevailing element
In looking over the above tables We see
that Christianity really holds but little
more than one.fourth of the human race, and
that it is dominant in Europe and America
only. In the vast population of Asia the
great mass is divided between Buddhists,
Brabmins end Pagans Africa is divided
between Mohammedans and Pagans. The
Vork of Christianity, therefore, in subduing
the world, at the present time is evidently
that of an outgoing, aggressive movement
against the masses of Asia and Africa. 1t
is, in the view of the Church, the work of
foreign missions. In. Asia, especially Chi
ma, this work was begun, and for time sue
cessfully, by the Roman Catholics, centuries
ago. Bat that work seems to have fallen
back, and to have produced little or no per-
manent effect on the great masses of Asia.
In that fact, and in the recent experience of
Protestant missions, there is much sugges-
tive of a deficiency in the spiritual, and par
ticularly in the intellectual condition of the
Church. This, however, we must leave to
future discussion. La the mean time we
must look to the power and effect of Chris.
tian civilization in the work of foreign mis-
sions. Here we are left to doubt, which
is in some degree shameful to the civilization
which Europe and America have raised up.
The doubt is whether that civiliz ation, con-
sidered apart from the preaching of the COS
pei is, at the present time, doing much good
or harm. That it is superior pOwer, that
it is breaking down barbarisu, that it is es
tablishing humane institutions there is no
doubt. Bat is it elevating the morals, or
spiritualizing the condition and minds of the
people among whom it goes? | mean apart
from the missionary stations. Perhaps it
never was intended, in the dispensation oil
the gospel, that mere civilization should 40.
complish much of spiritual improvement
AT any rate, the English forcing the opium
trade on China, the forcing open its ports by
arms, and the wars of India, can not be con-
sidered as very useful means of introducing
the peace and Righteousness Of the gospel,
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If, now, we would learn the attitude of
the Church toward false religions and Pa
ganism, and see where the work Of conversion
and restoration is to be done, we must look
to another table, showing, as near as we can,
the distribution of these bodies. This is, in
general terms. as follows:
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The Present Condition of the Church.

In recent years statistlclans have mau'
more accurate inquiries into the actual pop
ulation of the globe; and the result is tha
the earth has at least double the population
allowed it by the French statstician, Balbl
and by the geographer, Matte Brun. The
recent African travels and discoveries prove
beyond doubt that many parts OF that coun-
try are very populOus, and that it has three
fold the population allowed it, Asia also
has double what it was supposed to have
The statistics of India, China and Japan are
now pretty accurate, and, with what has been
discovered in Africa and known of Europe
and America, enable US to approximate the
population of the globe, In order to k9ow
vb -. - ....dlllon {. ,ne church is, and how
the Church is related to the world, we must
know this population of the globe, and how
it is distributed among religions. The pop
ulation is approximately as follows:
Europe. 900 600
hrlca
America ...... ...... SOOOOUOO
lslands.... oUUUUUOO
Population OF the earth 29O 600 600
Some statisticians bring the population up
to 400, 900, but the above aggregate is
four hundred millions above the tables of
Hassell, German statistcian, forty years
ago. Since We have the statistics of Europe,
America, China, Hindoostan and Japan
quite accurately, the above statement is be-
lieved to be nearly correct. China, Hin
doostan and Japan contain 100000, 600,
and, therefore, the allowance for Asia is not
too large. The earth, we may therefore
state, contains, in round numbers, at least
thirteen hundred millions of people.
Then the question arises, How are they
divided by religions? There are three great
religions in the world; and within three
heads are included three-f fourths of mankind.
These are Christianity, Buddhism and Mo-
hammedanism. Buddhism originated among
the Brahmins about five hundred years
before Christ, but it entered China about
the Christian era. Mohammedanism began
about six hundred years after Christ. The
best computations give the following proper
tion of these religions, namely:
Christians $50, 600 600
buddnsm .........3OO OOOO
Mohammedans l6O ,OOO,O ,OUO
10 these should be added, however, the
adherents of Brahma who were supposed to
number 11O,000,O00. Then we have $780,
100000 who are members of the old and
great religions of the world-independent of
the Jews, who are 80 small body as to be
unimportant jim this point Of view. There
are then remaining 87O,OOO,O0O, who are
either the dis,iRles of Confucius, or Pagaps
of some SORT.
If, now, we would learn the attitude of
the Church toward false religions and Pa
ganism, and see where the work of conversion
and restoration is to be done, we must look
to another table, showing, as near as we can,
the distribution of these bodies This is, in
general terms, as follows:
Buddbists Moham.
Christians. and medans. Pagans.
Brahmns.
Europe. .2So 100000 lO,OOOOOo
America. SO.000,OOO 100000
Asa...... 100000 4lO,OOOOOO 5OOOOOOO 24OOOOOOO
Afrlca..,.. 100000 l0O,OOOO0O 100000, 600
Islands,. 100000 80, 900
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-18

HEnaHKAnEE eAeE or DEtFHEss.
some few days ago Dc. 5 vs.. smyth
lao eminent aurist aud 0culjst of Rnt
land Vi. performed au operation for
ieaHess oa the cars of 3lrs. z. Dayton
If the residence Of Geo Hail. Esq of
ats puce. with almost miraculous suc-
rss Ms Dayton les u years ola and
has been qnlle deaf hrscvcrd y.ars
oae past two Of which her deafness ill.,
Fesscd with great rapIdity, until 1t be-
came almost impossible for her to hear
Ut 70 hold conversation with her with
,ut the aid Of au ear trumpet, DR.
'mylh WIS called to r1aminc the case
although but ht'ie hope was enter
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-18

With ibe aisarrasoE II determining
within certain Hmits what stall ba egu.
asgfed suitabie compensation gr
IT, detection afsmaggliag y Custom.
bease sccrs, aad far information
aFes IS eatate parties. which may
lead 90 the discovery or prevention oi
frauds apaa the revenue IN the case
of seizures Of goods 10 the aet 81 be-
lag smaggled. the reward is net @ c1-
coed one,haH % their net proceeds.
Compensation 10 isformcrs is not, iu
5ay case 70 exceed s. 0do. 10 making
the award b. iuiormcrs. the Secretary
Of the Treasury Is % be guided by the
certificate of the court having eogui-
zsaoe Of che proceedings consequent
upon the information which is to be
paid Cor ID is made a mjsjemeanoF for
lHstgm-housPoflicers % participate lu
taa gains Of iafor.ners. A specified
business book or paper, moved for by
tAo Prosecuting Attorney aud ordered
uy the judge must be produced in
couH under penalty Of the al egauons
su which the motion IS based teing
taken as confessed such book or pa
per will not, however, be allowed
to pass from the custody Of the ov ner
except SO far as may be necessary for
It's examination in court
In addition to these provisions, in-
tended for the protection Of importers,
the bill contains the following among
other safeguards against fraud, Every
clearly proved attempt to evade the
payment OF duties is punishable by q
fac of not less that $50, aud not more
than S. 600, or by term Of i'm rison,
ment not exceeding two years, or both
iue and imprisonment The case OF
package containing the merchandise to
which the fraud related is alone to be
/ forfeited, instead OF the entire invoice
as heretofore. The manner OF giving
afidavits in regard TO the correct ess
OF any invoice or valuation is carefully
defined, and tie proceedings to be
taken in cases OF alIedged fraud are
made as expeditions as possible, The
period OF thee years is made the statu-
tory limit within which all proceedings
must be taken Tor the recovery O
duties, &c, except the absence of the
accused person from the country should
iuterpose delays to the process Of law
/ he amendments inserted in the bill by
the senate will not, it is assumed, be
Immediately accepted by the House
he bill must, therefore, pass the or
deal of conference committee. 1t j,
not anticipated, however, that any diff
ticuIty will be experienced in coming
10 an agreement under which all it's IS
sentiaI features will be retained"
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uHr urrL,Np MURDER.

AB additional interest attaches 70
thc murder OF Hrs Freeze. which we
aea#eaa last week. from tine fact that
tbr victim lived lu this town when "a
girl her mallea name being >tover.
Tier parents rcmavcd here from Sand
gate ana beg mott OF Afterwards mar,
rrl Leonard Davis. "a marble worker.
who afterwards removed 10 &uila q
lts gratifying t. gnow that there is
a strong probability taat hor murderer
bas beea arrested 4 young man
NAMED John r Pbar who worked ia
Mansfield 6 ~iimpsans machine shop
seas reeu ia tae mard rel woman s
company op the saturday sight prayi
oas 70 tue marler. and suspicion
materially pointed 10 him, Ga looking
ief bin afler taH murder Il was fau8
ihat lie bad left tie village. bat was az
rested a tea days after GA the night
train. a Ca,nngsyilie lie said be
bad heea 81 Bgst ADD frem thence -
Providence 10 search of work. hnt uot
having otga5 IS ID was an bis wa hack
uM~ aerg ID omen seat a. Ba>lHH
uha visited several pswa eruseu
= s. aal AZ lasi faaH ise wAtch af
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-18

Dr. Michael uala o. sens eayesw ~
msra q physician ia re rmrtice ia
hoosburgd ana vicinity died - Toe @hf'-
don Foar l8ose aa Mw1as ., lhe great
age 1T lls Fens. Nctsye 40 1aia BpaH
~ iaa q fa4ad skeeh q ais TEL
sc. HaraEt. Of >a Asbaw ha par-
chased a1e d,fa at 0-aEe hammond .u
Msld.eaurg. a., $4,000, Tie laacr la.loa
ih bus0aess SOME uue asa.
Last Friday, Mu. Ees logan, eyed
60 YEAR,. of Rutland, draab from bottle
containing corrosive ut0male. bs mi.-
take. Or, R8gg a. once prescribed as au
antdofe he white of eggs and tbe
womaus condition was so mueb relieved
that there are .gme hopes oi hag geegv-
cry.
Commencement wcsk al MIddtbuu
college opeus ou sunday Jay lata. wHh
a. bsraaluaraaae sermon bv Dr. q, n.
Webbtr, Tho PaiaasIphlaa society bias
ITS anniversary oa Sunday evening, aud
The alumni mect Tuesday morning. Rev.
$. r. Eoasdmau of the class % 'al deay-
erins tie address, aud n. u shaw of 'd5
tie poem; the Fgrkpfjau prize speaking
comes ell, Tucsday evening Wednesday,
tho i2lb. is commencement day.
A IiCc sixycar-o'd daughter Of a Bnt.
land clergyman watched Baruum's street
parade ON Saturday with great interest
aud finally said 60 her papa; III want
q minister's little girl could 90 to Ihc
circus, but | suppose | must set an eS.
ample TO the whole church now.
Agrcebly call made for the formation
OF q Masonic Union In Western Vermont
d number of Master Masons from iht
counties of Addison, Rutland aud Ben
uiugtou, convened at Masonic Hail n
FINLAND, uu Tuesday, Juuo y, After
few remark. in explanation of the Object
aud utility OF the organization, a code o
| b, law. was adopted. f. c. White, o
Bennington was elected President, and
| A. II. Cobb, of RaiIand, Secretary.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-18
snanr EDITORIALS.

simmons, the new collector at
Boston, has been at work reducing thc
force at that port, and bis reductions
IL made ia good faith, will save the
government $4,000 per year.
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SPECIAL NOTICE

Owing 70 husipess eng scments "a
Caaa3a. win rot visit taeio'y polnt
durpg ihe mo "a ofJuly, ! wtl how
ever ba At thr Colburu hoase tyr con,
soltati9u every Wednesday autl July
LIST
s.W. sNYrn n b
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nnprmloAs couNrr co>veNlIov.

ttfrttt hltltAa AhANtb AtNN ~ ii'N'
Ihe Republican voters OF the County
Of Bennington are requested to Assem-
bic ia delegate convention. at the Town
Hail in Arlington in said county, on
Thursday, July 2ud, at II O'Clock, a.
m. lor The purpose Of nominating
county officers to be voted for at the
coming treemaas meeting. The nun.
b.r Of delegates to tins convention
shall be uuo from each town in the
county, and one for every City yotes
cast Tor the Republican nominee for
Governor 10 1872, and an additional
delegate ior q fraction over twenty-five
such votes la any town
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-18

NILL OPEN TuIs WEEK large
Haa
WoaIeas. Efaa3clelhs. fancy C,ssi
mcus Caailp x. ctC
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ga 81 slEls ABA Vi Aaa etau5.ags
81 4 hal
W srsF aa ass3 81 AN#. sas.eF asa wel
NaHts#n H#a.
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Aust LoFaLasD Hgaaos msa
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-08-28
ATHENS, Ga, Aug. 18th, 1874.

! ATHENS, Ga, Aug. 18th, 1874.
EDS. JOURNAL Thinking short
lletter concerning matters and things
hereabout might be of some interest
to you, have thought proper, to put
/ on paper little Of what | have OBJ
served in passing.
Athens, classic ground, is a de-
lightful little city, though built upon
very uninviting site, being very
broken and rather too much of ups
and downs as to surface, but, with
her institutions of learning (both
| male and female) beautiful resi-
dences, partakingrno inconsiderably
| of the aristocratic order, and good
bIsiSess. houses and blocks, and
clean streets, is as a whole truly
pleasant, A
The surrounding country, both Of
this and adjacent counties, is very
much poorer as to soil, than we would
naturally suppose, immense tracts
being given up in old field pines,
and those portions now under cult
walton not promising so abundantly
in crops, as some other sections ]
haye seen. Less commercial fer
tilizers are used here than in Cobb
and some Of her surrounding coun-
ties.
In Hart and Madison counties, on
Friday last, l4th inst, it was my
fortune to drive over the track of a
terrible hail storm for a distance of
about twenty-five miles. The storm
commencing at about two o'clock,
P. NJ, of that day and lasted for
about two hours, and, in some por-
tons it must have been fearful in
the extreme. Two hours altar the
storm / gathered hail stones one and
half inches in diameter, and about
fve-eighths of an inch thick at the
centre, rather after the shape of two
watch crystals placed together, and
in the vicinity of where found the
largest, citizens living on the road
assured me that when falling they
saw very many as large as two and
half inches in diameter.
The storm extended on the line Of
the public road, from two miles
northeast of Hartwell to mile OF
moro southwest of Danielsville, and
on a portion Of i'll. track the vino
blew SO strongly as to uproot trees
throw down fences, and In one in
stance / heard of barn being blown
down.
The blades of corn were literally
torn into into shreds, leaves and
branches broken from cotton, and
one gentleman, Mr.. Daniels, said
the bolIs of his cotton were spill. open
by the hail.
Many persons along the road were
feeling very much disheartened, be-
ing as they said, te-totally ruined
Yours, etc., ID. nj.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-08-28
a poa Law.

A dog law! Don't smile, you
who are aspirants for legislative
honors. Don't make a ies. Of it as
has been done on so many previous
occasions, for the farmers are deter
mined to have dog law, if they are
compelled to pass it with strychnine.
There are at least two hundred
thousand worthless ours in the State,
that so far from being Of any value,
are an absolute nuisance. Go to a
mans house ia the country and ask
him why he don't raise sheep, and
he tells you there are FIVE hundred
providing dogs that prevent it. The
writer visited a gentleman's planta-
ton few weeks ago and asked him
how he had succeeded with his
handsome flock of Merinos, which
he seemed to feel SO much pride in
about year ago. His reply was
that he done well with them, and
had sold many of them at twenty
dollars per head, but one fine rnorn>
ing he went out to inspect them and
found twenty-three dead, the work
of dogs in one night. Since then,
he become Disguised.
In Massachusetts they have dog
law that we learn from many
sources, has worked very satisfacto-
rily. There tax is levied by each
township or militia district on every
dog, and the fund placed in the
treasury to the credit Of the dogs. =
Whenever farmer has sheep or a
cow any other stock destroyed or in
liured, be summons a committee and
establishes the proof before a COM
missioner or justice, and he collects
the value from the dog fand. This
allows each district to levy any sort
of tax they may desire, large OF
ANAL, according to their require
ments.
Let us have some such law in
Georgia. The farmers Of this re.
gion Of the State loudly call for it,
and we hope that our next legisia-
ture viii pay some attention to their
wishes.-AtIanta Herald.
We endorse every word of the
above. A dog law is a necessity,
i a - g &
and the people demand protection
in this matter. The Representative
who does not legislate in accordance
with the wants Of the people who
give him Office, is unfai.hful to the
thrust imposed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-08-28
WHEN TO SELL WHEAT.

When to sell the crop Of wheat is,
perhaps, more difficult to decide
than whenv to thresh. We have
known farmers who for a series of
years were obliged to sell their
wheat as soon as possible after har-
vest to meet debts, and again others
who were able to hold for the high
est prices, and we were satisfied,
from years Of observation, that those
who were compelled to sell early
realized, taking one year with
another, the highest prices for their
grain. We noticed that when from
any cause whatever there was a sud-
den rise in wheat, they who we're
able to. hold were resolved not 10 sell
till it had reached the top price, and
frequently, just before it reached that
| price, it suddenly fell far below the
| point from which 1t started on its
spasmodic advance.
If farmers could always know with
accuracy just the amount fold grain
and -four left over, and the true con-
dition Of the crops all over the world,
so that they might be able to judge
ofthe ratio Of supply to demand, they
would be prepared to decide whether
the early market Is what It ought to
be or not; but SO long as there are
grain-speculators all over the world
| trying 10 bear the market by exagger
ated statements Of the amount of'the
old crop left over in the great grain
centers Of the world, and with over
estimates of the new crop, they are
left without reliable guide.
Perhaps we may lay il down as a
general rule, that when the last years
crop has been generally, ashort one,
and the prrsent one is abundant, th,
early market will be the best; bu
| when the last one was abundant, and
the current one is short, the latte
maekets will be higher. We hav'
generally done quite as well to thresl
and prepare our grain for market q
soon as we conveniently could, ana
when prepared to sell II, and We d.
not know that we can give any bettei
] advice to others. An. HneGt Home
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-08-28

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.--Flor-
ida has one colored and one white
Congressman. There is now being
developed a purpose among the col
ored troops to name both Congress
men this year, and the Jacksonville
New South, Republican paper,
says: If the course thus indicated and
commended prevails, the result will
certainly be that, by the direct insti-
CATION Of the official and personal or
gans of Gov. Stems, the race ques-
ton with all its disastrous consequent.
ces, will be sprung upon the people
of the State and, secondly, all pos
sibIe hope Of electing a Republican
Congressman from either district will
be destroyed. Commenting on this
statement, the Chicago Tribune pith-
lily and pungentIy remarks as follows
Then, when "the race question, with
all its disastrous consequences" has
been sprung upon the people Of Flor
ida by a Republican Executive, how
all the servile papers here in the
North win beDabor the Democratic
party with articles on the White
League Of Louisiana.
The Tribune understands then
thoroughly and, what is mOre,it IN
masks their hypocrisy with the mos
relentless and narrowing cruelty