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PEH9QNNt.
Mr.. Dnufot Webster Hitchcock, tho popular
General Passenger Agent Of Tho Chicago. Dur-
liogton X Quincy 1'ailroad, Is mentioned ~ the
(ounfal Agent for tho now Atlantic Il Chicago
1sa,road. Mr. Hitchcock, II he receives tho ap.
nointmept, will undoubtedly iii tho position
with credit 10 hfmeclf and honor to tho road.
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Important to tho Preservation Of Tceth-~
John aoauell'a Cherry Tooth.Paste,
tho most es,4cscuus dantifrios known. Try X For
sale By Ill druggists. Wholesale sxenA, Tosrsy i
bradley, III and 17a Randolph street.
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WHISKY FRAUDS.
THE MILWAUKEE, WHISKY CASES.

THE N tLWAuKEE WHISKY CASES.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct 20.-ln tho Erskino
trial to-day, Wclsart, Stewart, Shears. Grifhths,
uubbell, aud others Here examined for tho de-
fense. and Hendricks, Brown, and Sherman In
rebuttal. Mr McHenry aud Judge Dixon ad-
dressod for the Government, and Judge HA1k-
noas and ex-6onstor DooIittle for the defense.
Doolittle has not concluded. Tho casn wilI be
given to the Jury tomorrow.
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II NEW VHLEHN3.
NKw ORLEANS La, Oct. 2o.-Tho nerenun
officers eeized An Illicit still In full operation ID
barracks stroet.
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THE lLLlhols CENTRAL,

According to the IT. Louis Times, The Illinois
Ceutral Railroad Company will on tho 1st
proximo ASSUME control OF Tho line known ~
lhe Great Northern Noute, extending from Cairo
10 New OrloAuH. ...
Formerly tbs uorthsrn tsrmius OF that ro1a !as st
JAcksou, Tenn, Then the line was cotpP0ted % two
soada,.-ths Nav Orleans, Jackkon 4 ossst Sottheru
MIwiasfpns Central running from thets 10 Jkekson
but tha Two roads wsfe y Connected q Canton t1st
trains through without NY son9et tissy tan Il
iii under Ito eonsrsi Of Col. alrcou4b
who, 1t sseuls, mover had suEplus funds
puoush to p&y exrense., eh have continually bcsp
es. than sscpts, snd keep up the tracks md rolling
stork Bssssl yesrs tno Ems completed north
" CAsu, 4ososdlpg to the original survey. This could
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CARP.-E1I'S.

A nev fo.turo In Fiuo Cuatom. Mtdo clo'h'ns'
notably oea,s' Emo Beaver, Mol4ou. snd Chlnsatus
oyeFcoats. Also Boys' snd Youths 0sercoas' t.as'
Coats. Vests, stc, A lno chance for country nss~
eh.nt.. GEORGE i. dohE b 90,
"a and 10 NabaAh svent1e.
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HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,


Regular Thursdays aueoa sale Of Ssaple spd faoe,
Dry Gvods VIZ Will offer full and sstraeFe Aoes u
Notions, Hosiery, Underwear, Woolen', hn'1 % "oou.
Skirts, shavls, uamhura., Hats aud CAPS o'''''
Gsunts. Mttts, Piece doods, etc.
An entirely nav and most attractive line o.
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OF course. nmall lines haye no show whatever
In fighting this combination. aud besides,
1lessTb. Vanderbilt, Bcott, and Garrett have
latefy acquired control Of most Of tho smaller
roads, Which will prevent them FROM kicking
against the combination eTon II Ghey Were 30 in.
cllned. The Baltimore l. Ohio has virtually
consolidated with tho Ohio Il Mississippi, thus
controlling through lino to Ut. Louia as we'll as
to Chicago. The lennsyfYanla Railroad ls zbout
to consolidate NTH the Fanda'ia line, which
gives it also control Of through line TO st.
Louis. Mr. Vanderbilt has virtually obtained
control OF the Michigan Central and CapAdh
Southern, and also controls the Michigan South-
orn. giving him two through lines to Chicago.
through line TO Chicago. Thus 1t can easily bh
York Central aud Erlo will be allowed to take
tho largest ahare Of the Chicago and Northwest
cru braipoBs, while tho ronnuyyanis aud Dalti-
mora i Ohio IlailroAd will receye the bulk of
tho Ut. Louis and Southwestern trade.
Tho roads leaIpg from Chicago 70 tho West
Of coarse hRve nothins 10 do with this conlbtnA-
ttou, and most OF them are antagoniatio TO 1t.
But eyon II they did favor 1t thoy could not join
It owing to tho restriction placed upon them by
the railroad lanR Of tue various Western States.
This powerful combination, to which belong
Ill the roads loading from the East to tho Weet
except tho Grand Trunk Of Canads. which, how
ever, eau do but little Western business during
tho winter, has the power Aud undoubtedly tho
will to extract from tho public rs high rates ~
can possibly be done. It's formation. however,
will undoubtedly act - 4 stimulant On the par
ties who meet IN 1t. Louis on tho Esd for tho
purpose OF forming National Railroad and iu-
duce them 10 take eome decisive action At once.
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lsX &, T.. GORE u Co.
Gland 70 Nah4Ah Ayenue.

On ThurNiay. Oct. II, at y IL 0flocs.
AN ELEGANT sTOCK OF IMPORTED FAsot
WARE. ELEGANT VASES, pAIl1oR SETS. stANrgt
oRNAstENTa. COLOGNE RETs. DECASlEHa
WINE HOTTIES, CoLonED WINE GLASSES EIo'
1nts olriork.
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RICHMOND, VA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 81 1875.

ceive due notice in the missionary PERIODICAL
of both Churches And it is further ordered
that at least five copies of the missionary Pc
riodicaI of either Church be regularly sent
by its Board or Committee to each of the
Theological Seminaries of the other Church.
s. 1t is recommended to the members Of
either denomination that whenever they are
interested to contribute to the evangelization
of any country in which missionary work is
not done by their own Church, but by the
Board or Committee of the cooperating
Church, they make such Board or Committee
the channel of their gifts; which Board or
Committee shall make report of the receipt
and use of such gifts, as is provided in the
case of Home Missions.
w. EDUCATION.
In accordance with the spirit of the pro-
vision Incorporated into the general scheme
of lS74-viz: that students of theology in
either body may "pursue their studies in in
stitutons of the other" it is ordered, that
the funds Of the Education Board or Com.
mittee of either Church may be appropriated
to the support Of any student who may pre-
fer thus to prosecute his studies in the semi
nary of the other, provided that his reason
for such preference be first presented to his
own Chassis or Presbytery and meet the ap-
proval of the same. But, in applying for
licensure or ordination, every student who
shall avail himself of the privilege of pursu-
ing his studies in a seminary of the co ope-
rating Church, shall conform to the rules of
the body from which such licensure or ordi-
nation shall be sought.
v. INTERCHANGE OF ANNUAL REPORTS.
Each of the Boards and Committees of
the two Churches is directed to prepare and
forward to the corresponding Board or Com
mittee of the cooperating Church, a compact
abstract Of its annual report, which abstract
shall be printed by the Board or Committee
receiving it, in connection with its own an
nual report.
Any provision of this scheme Of coopera.
tive union may at any time be altered or ex-
tended by the joint action of the General
Assembly and General Synod and any pro-
vision of it may be omitted or abrogated by
either body without impairing the validity
of those other provisions on which they shall
agree.
In behalf of the Committee of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States.
B. M. PALMER, Chairman.
3 30 JOSEPH R. WILSON, Secretary.
In behalf of the Committee of the Re-
formed Church in America.
H. D. GANsE, Chairman.
E. 7. CoRwIN, Secretary.
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sus was to be temporal Prince and their
hearts were filled with the fabric of many
baseless hope.
Now the Holy Ghost is provided as
Teacher to remove our ignorance. Remem-
Der that our Lord said "The Holy Ghost
shall teach you all things and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever l
have said unto you" "Howbeit when He,
the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you
into all the truth, and he will show you
things to come" He declared that it was
"expedent" for Him to go and to send the
Spirit; by which he seems to teach that it
really is better for the church to have the
instruction and guidance of the invisible per-
sonal Spirit, than to have those of the visible
bodily Saviour Himself. This is explained
we suppose by the fact that the Spirit is the
Divine Agent who works directly and super
naturally upon the heart of man, for remov-
ing evil passions, for quickening the heart,
for implanting right dispensations, for ap-
plying the truth and making Christians able
to know good from evil. he does not mere
ly present truth effectively before the soul.
He writes it upon the heart and in the heart.
1t is therefore right and dutiful for Chris
tiaDs in all their perplexities and troubles
to form the habit of praying for the Holy
Ghost to guide them. The Father is more
willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask Him, than earthly parents are to give
good gifts to their children. A. G. H.
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cipline of some sort, for the august and holy
presence of God; place where he shall be
uneneumbered with the flesh, and unembar-
rassed by the corruption of the world whose
polluted and polluting atmosphere ne is now
compelled to breathe. This seems plausible.
But the answer is easy. How is believer
sancti6ed? By the Holy Ghost; and if the
Holy Ghost is the sancti6er, He can make
the work complete and perfect on the IN
slant. Even upon the supposition of the inter-
mediate place, He must at last do the work,
and in the last moment preceding the per-
fecting of holiness in the soul, whether IN
the upper or under world, the believer would
seem to himself to be infinitely unworthy OF
the society of the angels and of God. The
supposition, therefore, of an intermediate
place does not help US, except on the theory
that we make ourselves holy by lsbOrious
process of self discipline which it only re-
quires sufficient time to complete; a theory
which might become school q, Stoick phil
ocsIUPnsrs, 5Gt IS utterly unknown ia the
school of Christ.
3. Once more: even when there are no
errors in the foregoing points of the work of
Christ or of the Holy Ghost, there is, in all
Christians but the most highly favored, a
shrinking from the thought of going into the
awful presence of God. Some ante-chamber,
as it were, in which the soul may compose
itself for the interview, seems natural OBJ
iect of desire. Most of us feel this in refer
ence even to men like ourselves, if they have
distinguished themselves by greSt elevation OF
character and great public services. We
cannot help feeling our own insignifcance,
and are glad to come into the presence of
greatness under the shelter of friend'su-
perior to ourselves. But this is no argument
for an intermediate place, for two reasons.
The first is, that the difficulty is not dimin-
ished by the suppositiOn of such place.
To pass from such place into the presence
of God is as awful as to pass from the church
on earth into it. The second is, that we
have an Almighty Friend and Advocate now
within the veil, who is man as we'll as
God. hS will ''cover us with His hand"
Exodus xxxiii: 22) when we enter into
the Holiest. This shows, however, the in
finite Importance of constant communion
with Christ here on earth, lest when we see
Him, He should appear stranger to u.s.
Let US be able to say with Paul, "for me to
live is Christ, 81 know whom have be-
lieved, and am persuaded that He is able to
keep that which l have committed to Him
against that day"-and we need not fear.
X
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familiar. When the Presbytery is satisfied
in regard to his aptness to teach, if he has
completed his literary course, he then goes
to the Theological Seminary and through
the ordinary course. of theological training.
If his literary course is not finished, he first
completes this before studying theology.
While we greatly surpass the Welsh Church
in the richness aud variety of our Sabbath
School music, as well as in the manner of
its execution on the part of the Sabbath
School children, they equally surpass US in
good congregational singing. S. B. c.
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FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
WELSH PREsBYTERIANIsM.

Mr.. Editor,-A minister from Wales who
has recently connected himself with ouT
Church. has given me some facts in reference
to the Welsh Presbyterian Church, and the
particular phase of Presbyterisnism devel-
oped in Wales, that may not be uninterest-
ing to your readers.
Wales, which is a mountainous country
about the size of Massachusetts, is noted for
its high state of cultivation and picturesque
scenery, as well as for the variety and pro-
ductiveness of its mines. 1t is densely pop
ulated, and the great body of the people be-
long to the Presbyterian Church. The coun-
ties, though much smaller than ours, have
each one Presbytery, and some of them two.
The PresbyterieS meet statedly every
month Let those in our Church who are
proposing that our Presbyteries hold their
stated meetings annually, instead of semi
annually, take a note of this. Presbyteries
that are fully alive to their work will find
it necessary to hold their meetings Oftener
than once year.
Their meetings of Presbytery do not or
dinarily include Sabbath, as this, on &C.
count of their frequent occurrence, would
keep the ministers too much from their con-
gregations. They generally meet about
Tuesday, and remain in session some three
or four days. While in session they have
eight sermons daily, and not always very
short ones at that. The people seem to de-
sire and expect this amount of preaching,
and the Presbytery is willing to accommodate
them. Beginning at six o'clock in the morn
ing, (the same hour that our first General
Assembly ordered it's first Committee on
Bills and 0Vertures to meet in Philadelphia
they have two sermons with only hymn
between them, adjOurning about eight o'clock
for breakfast. In like manner they have
two more sermons beginning at ten o'clock;
two more about half past two in the after
noon, and two more at night; the Presbytery
transscting considerable amount of bust.
ness during the intervals. The Welsh style
of preaching, in its life and ferVor, he tell;
me is very much like that of our Southern
Church, in contradistinction from the more
cold and formal style that is prevalent il
some parts of the North. He resided in {
, Northern State some four years.
If young man believes that he is called
to the ministry, the matter is brought before
the congregation through the session. L
| the congregation on consultation concur will
} him in this belief, he is recommended to tn
> Presbytery who appoint committee, con
sisting ordinarily of two Ministers and al
5 elder, to examine him in the presence of tn
congregation to which he belongs, on expert
: mental religion and his motives for seeking
the gospel ministry, and to some extent a
, to theological knowledge and sOundness il
Y doctrine. If the committee and cOngrega
r ton are satisfied on these points, they Sc
s him to preaching, in order to test MS aptHes
Q to teach, expecting him to expOund oni
: those doctrines Of the Bible, with which q
J. intelligent Christians are supposed to b
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FROM TIE ST. LOUIS PREssYrER1As.
WHAT PUT OUT THE LIGHTS

Ny little gll, three winters old, played the foo
Beside me, as pondered theologc lore,
One winter day, but bright:
The golden sunbeams through tn unblinded windOI
poured,
And up the ehimnsy.throat the leaping 6re-tongue
roared:
AL in g moment, sooner much than one can tell,
A dusk-hke dimness on the CHEEKY chamber fell,
As at tn approach of night;
A roaming cloudlet Ger the suns bright disc haC
passed,
And Ger our home-spot, for time, its shadow cast
The child, with feelings made of wonder and alright
Cried out to me, so, papa what put out the light
A year has rolled; and through my window pour'
the sun
Its golden beams into the room, as it had done
Upon the former day;
But on our home shadow rests, and passes not
A cloud has come that flies not by, to be forgot
In the next moments fash of swift returning hight
gloom is in our hearts that does not take to fight
AND has ass'e e aesy' s ~
A gathering to be laid IN Eeaveas stores
The child sports not beside me, rresd or write
She's gone where cloud ne'sr comeh to put out the
light.
How oft we liye-our minds on earthly things intent
To gather wealth or fame or lore our powers bent
Onmindful of the soul
We know the soul blinds had been opened to the
light,
And Gods blest Spirit, with its rays so pure and
bright,
Had filed the soul with joy and peace serene and
sweet;
And from the hearth the fire of grace had thrown
its heat
The days uncounted roll
But suddenly we're conscious that the Spirit-rOOm
Is filed from floor to ceiling, with chilling gloom
And the sad soul, distressed by spiritual night,
Cries out in fear, Keeper what put out the light?
The years viii roll: and soon to us the time will come
When the dark shade of death viii overcast our
home
The time for us to die
Years they may be of interminged Joy and pain,
Remembered years of spiritual drought or rain,
Years filed with darkness, or with might soft
and sweet,
Years thronged with trouble, or with cheering hope
replete;
Yet speedily they'll Ay.
Few they may be, or many: for we can not look
And read the number, which is written in Gods
book:
o, Sayiourl when from dark ming earth we take our
fight
Thou Son of Righteousness, arise turn on Thy light
McCredis, No. J. F. G.
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FoR TIE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
THE DISEASE AND ITS DOCTOR

We believe that sin has corrupted and in
jured man in all his parts and faculties.-
This injury reaches to both mems moral af-
ffections and mental faculties. We have too
many proofs that in questions of mixed char
acter, involving both moral dispensations and
intellectual faculties, the feelings control the
opinions. That is to say the state of the
heart governs the ideas of the mind. This
being true, then whatever can determine the
state Of heart will govern the opinions and
the actions of men.
We concede that the powers of man are
necessarily limited by his position as crea-
ture, finite creature. Adam before the
fall was finite and not omniscient. The an
gels in heaven are not omniscient There
must be some limit set upon the powers Of
all finite beings.
But much of the ignorance that troubles
the human race is produced by sin; it arises
from the state of the heart. When our first
parents aspired to higher degree of knowl
edge than God had allowed, they failed, they
sinned, they fell into the dust and filth of
ignorance. They knew less afterwards than
before, because they had sinned. This in
creased ignorance is in part the retribution
for their first sin, and, like other consequent
ces, has been handed down from sire to son.
Hence blindness" is the figure used by the
apostles to show mans natural state; and
enlightenment" that to show his improved
state under grace.
The enlightenment of Christians however
is an incomplete and progressive work.
1t is one element of sanctifcation, and con-
tinues according to circumstances, while the
Christian lives. ad IH
There are few things that conscientious
Christians feel oftener, or more sadly than
their ignorance. Many times they cannot
discern between good and evil. Blind ignor-
ance is the constant burden of confession
the daily lamentation and woe of many a
sincere child of grace. 1t is burden in
nearly every step, lamentatiop on nearly
every breath, woe on every throb of the
covenanted heart. 1t hinders the student of
Gods word. 1t distresses the pastor who
would keep and train his fold most wisely.
1t distresses the parent who would raise chill
dren in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord; the master and the mistress who
would govern we'll their asrvants and promote
their virtue and their salvation; the teach
er, the scholar, the soldier, the mechanic,
the merchant and the professional man. 1t
often destroys pleasant relations among
neighbors, and even in families sometimes
among the members. 1t disqualifes even
the saint from worshipping God Sin spirit
and in truth" King David erred in form
ing his purpose to build God house. Pc.
ters judgment was misled when he saw the
TRANSPORTATION Of Christ. James and John
and their mother erred when they begged
seats at the right and left hand of Christ.
The APOSTLE led astray by the glare Of
worldly pomp, erropeously thought thst Je,
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Church to be used, as civil authority
punishment of offenders. 1t has
and penalties, with which to visit Its
The sword is not entrusted to ths {
but to the magistrate. 1t cannot 2 ~
it, touch the person or outward Q
any under its jurisdiction. 1t ire
moral and spiritual in its nature | CT
derive force only "from its own e !, Il
appreciation of an impartial pubs nd Il
countenance and blessing of theef ! Hes
of the Church"
But when the laws of Christ az mini
tered in name and spirit, for ,emoy
of offences, the vindication of IN honor
Christ, the promotion of the puri' and gel
eral edifcation of the Church, q also th
benefit of the offender himself we ma
anticipate the approval and hltssag of th
Head of the Church, the ap.,rob ion of a
enlightened and upright MI d the ell
vation of the Church in pur sower an
efficiency. M.
FRO pE nfNSrr 1YT,rl
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AN EDITORIAL notice of woman's grocery
store reads as follows Z" Her tomatoes are
as red as her own cheeks; her indigo as
blue as her own eyes, and her pepper as hot
as her own temper.
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The CHINESE have saying that an gn-
lucky word dropped from the tongue cannot
be drawn back by coach and six horses
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Gen. VII. +, fGen. xvi. 1. tIsa. lz.f4
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THEIR OWN SIN.-They that are lost will
find that they have "loss their own souls."
Mark viii: So
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Richmond, Jan. 25, 1875.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-02-09
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