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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-03
LIABILITIES LIFE OF NAPOLEON

cit has held recognized place in our
literature for forty years, and II VIII prob
ably long retain that place. At least no
work has yet appeared in our language to
suppIaut IL, though there have been II
good many lives of Napoleon. '-BoSfOH
It0HScEpG
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j. n. WATMAN, of South Be.laire, is
engaged il raising his store-room and
dwelling house, so Il, to have it above
high water mark. 1t will add to the APP
pearancc Of it very much.
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spoken of as those "who changed the truth
of God into lie." AS by that covenant
God at first reclaimed people from heath
enism, so by it a people is preserved tor him
and for the spread of His truth. For the
doctrine preached once in infant-clrcumcls-
ion, but now in infant baptism IS the. toanda-
ton dOctrine on which the whole plan OF sal
vation stands. Hush this testimony; put
this witness out of the world, and 1t wlH soon
be forgotten, that man IS born sinner and
needs Saviour Man will forget mis- de-
pendence upon GOd,-yea forget bis helpful
ness and his corruption both! But now,
from generation to generation God is, by
His covenant, calling the children through
their parents And while parents keep the
covenant, it is not possible for their children
to grow up ignorant of God and of His truth.
Let no one object to giving the token to an
"unbeieving infant" 1t is an act of faith
on the part of the parent, done before God!
And 80 this parent not only VOWS in his own
duty to train that infant for the Lord, but he
also sets his accepting seal to the offer which
God makes "I will be God unto thee and
to thy seed after thee" If this we're all, who
could say, cit is nought?'
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! cause of Education ?" More than thou
sand remaining unheard from? Not the
people, certainly. Who are in fault, in thai
from 1,211 congregations nothing was re-
ceived for the Invalid Fund, and from 1,347
nothing for the Evangelistic Fund! Surely
not the people, who were not asked to give.
We have not the precise figures at hand as
to Publication. But We believe that more
than thousand fields were left unreaped OF
what might have been gathered from them
for this eause-slender haryests, it may have
been, in many cases-but in the aggregate
large loss.
We may be pardOned therefore for some
zeal in laboring to secure the adoption, and
diligent, efficient working, of regulations
which, if thus worked by the Presbyterles,
will secure to every congregation an oppOr-
tunity to contribute what it can. And let
this be accompanied everywhere with such
instructions as shall eventually, by the divine
blessing, bring all the Lords people up to
the measure of due scriptWal liberality.
H. A. B.
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Progress of Missions.

When Agassz wished to trace the pro-
gress of the glacier, he found it impossible
to do 50 except by method which enabled
him to compare its condition in successive
seasons. For this purpose he placed row
of stakes in glacier extending in straig ht
line from stakes firmly fixed among the rocks
on either bank. Then, by returning from
year to year and comparing the relative po-
sition Of his stakes. he could determine the
rate and the nature of the progress which
had been meantime made. 1t is by an anal
ogous method that we must trace the pro-
gress which has been made in the world by
and through the instrumentality of Christian
missions. He who looks upon the stream
can hardly persuade himself that anything
is in progress of accomplishment. But he
who is content to compare the state of the
world where Christian missions have been at
work with its condition where the gospel is
still unknown, or the present resources and
activity of Christian missions with their con-
dition century ago, will readily perceive
that the glacier is moving with real and
very vigorous progress, none the less that it
is almost imperceptible to the casual and
careless observer.-Rev. Lyman Abbott,
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A Revival in China.

"The wind bloweth yhere it listeth.' mot 6l
might nor by power, But by my Spirit, saith th'
| Lord"
Ore of the brethren in China, an extrac
of whose letter is published in the Monthly
Review, has several times of late recurred tc
the subject of revival in that land. HIt
soul seems to be greatly in earnest about IT.
and he suggests that the Church shall be
called, on set day, to special prayer on this
behalf. This suggestion strikes US as neither
wonderful nor vain. 1t is not wonderful that
a servant of God, surrounded by hoary gu
perstitions, and teeming millions held in
bondage thereto, should look to God as his
helper; and it cannot be in vain that he
turns to his brethren on the other side of the
world in order to enlist their sympathies in
praying earnestly that the set time may soon
come to favor this benighted people. The
blessing of God has already accomplished
much in that land. Believers are numbered
by the thousands, and progress, and growth
mark the work as it is at present carried on.
But, oh, how small the results are in COM
parison with what faith longs for How
the teeming millions are crowding down to
the doors of the pit, while only individuals
are giving heed to the voice of salvation !
1t is natural, then, that brethren who are in
the midst of these desolations and whose
hearts are oppressed with anxiety for these
perishing ones, should earnestly desire the
presence and blessing of God and should ask
their brethren to unite with them in seeking
the 0utpouring of the Holy Ghost 1t is
surely an occasion which calls for prayer.
The Missionaries are there; the Gospel 10
preached; faithful instructions are given in
the schools, in the chapela, by the wayside;
the Word of God, and religious books and
tracts are scattered by the thousand what
now is needed? The means of grace are
faithfully used, and the quickening power Of
the Holy Ghost is wanted Let Christians,
then, in this land unite with their brethren
in China, in supplicating God to baptize
their labors with power from on high and to
bring hundreds and thousands of the benight-
ed heather to the light and comfort of the
Gospel. We propose, too, that the monthly
concert OF prayer, the present month, shall
be devoted in an especial manner to this pur-
pose, and in churches in which the monthly
concert is not held, we suggest that prayers
be specially offered for the outpouriDg of
Gods spirit upon China. Who can tell but
that the Lord may hear these requests, and
grant glorious refreshing from His pre-
sence which shall be blessing to that land
throughout all time! "Is anything too hard
for tie Lord ?"-Missionary.
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Christian Courtesy.

A correspondent of the Christian at Work
gives the following:
"While riding in the cars one day with
one hitherto chiefly known to me by his rep
utation as a benevolent Christian gentleman,
and of whom l had been conversiug with a
friend an Nour before concerning his unselish
nature, and quiet, watchful care for others
comfort, l was not surprised, though forcibly
impressed, with what seemed to me very
beautiful exhibition of one of these very
characteristics.
Near him he observed man sitting appa-
rently in very heavy sleep. In the band
of his hat was railroad ticket marked
Smithtown, station few miles beyond his
own destination. On rising to leave the
train, he tapped man on the shoulder who
sat near his sleeping fellow, and asked him
if he was going as far as Smithtown. lie
replied that he was. Then, said he, will
you wake this man when you get there? He
seems to be in very sound sleep, and is
likely to be carried by his station 'All
right was the response, and the good man
passed out, unconscious perhaps how beauti-
fully he had illustrated the spirit of true be-
nevolence. as well as leaving behind him the
sweet smelling fragrance of kind act which
cannot soon be forgotten by bis fellow
traveller, though all unknown to the sleeping
recipient.
All honor to the man who gives gifts of
money and influence. He has his reward.
But thousand-fold more to the man who,
neglecting not these, despises not small
things; verify, he shall have hia reward. In
many character there are records Of noble
deeds begotten of generous impulses, but
such frequently lack the fine touches which
are to it as light and shade are to picture,
thermometers and beauti6ers of the whole"
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FOR THE CENTRAL PREsBYrERIAS.
ZACCHEUs AND SYSTEMATIC BENEFIT
CENCE.

Mr.. Editor,-Your correspondent "Zac-
cheus, in the paper of August 18th, charges
us with undertaking that part of the action
of the General Assembly in regard to Syste-
matte Benefcence, which urges the ministry
to inculeate with greater diligence and fdel-
ity the scriptursl doctrine of wOrshipping
God with our substance" But he is mis-
taken. 1t was no part of our aim to discuss
the whole paper, or to 90 over the whole sub
iect. One is not bound to include in his dis
course the whole chapter from which he takes
his text Nor Ito use an illustration suggest
ed by that Of "Zaccheus need the Vender
of reaping machine always preface his re-
concentrations With treatise on wheat cul-
ture. The due instruction of the people in
regard to benevolent giving is Of vast and
fundamental Importance; as the report well
states. But the incident which gave rise to
the article referred to by Zaccheus, led
us to try to vindicate and recommend the
regulations embraced in the latter part oi
the paper adopted by the Assembly. We
had an eye mainly to the reaping and saving
of those more than sir thousand ungathered
crops which have been yearly left to waste
on the fields, lost to the cause of Christ
Of what use is it to urge the duty of incul
eating the grace of giving upon those who dC
not afford their congregations the opportu
mites to give? But if induced to presen
all these causes to the people, asking then
for their contributions, they will feel con
strained to Justify themselves in this, by set
ting forth what the word of God says abou
this business, and what are the claims of th
objects presented upon the lberality of GOdi
people. One thing, however, we confess =
"We have for good while thought that TN
iniunctions of our ecclesiastical courts wer
aimed too exclusively at the people. VIII
are to blame, g. g. for the deplOrable fac
that last year from 865 of our 1862 cOngre
cations no collections were taken in behal
of Missions to the heathen? Not the people
certainly. Who are to blame that from 80
of our churches no contribution was receive
for the cause of Sustentation? Not the pee
pie, certainly. Who are accountable for tn
fact that "not exceeding One-third OF th
churches ever contributed one cent to th
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Scowling.

Don't scowl, it spoils faces. Before you
know it, your forehead will resemble small
railroad map. There is grand trunk line
now from your cow-lick to the bridge of your
nose, intersected by parallel lines running
east and west, with curves arching your eye.
brows; and 0, how much older you look for
it! Scowling is habit that steals upon US
unawares. We frown when the light is too
strong, and when it is too weak. We tie our
brows into knot when we are thinking, and
knit them even more tightly when we cannot
think. There is no denying there are plenty
of things to scowl about. The baby in the
cradle frowns when something fails to suit.
Constitution scowl," we say. The little
toddler who likes sugar On his bread and
butter tells his trouble in the same way when
you leave the sugar off "Cross," we say
about the children, and "worried to death,
about the grown folks, and as for ourselves,
we can't help it. But we must. Its reflex
influence makes others unhappy for face an
swereth unto face in life as well as in water.
1t bellies our religion. We should possess
our souls in such peace that it will reflect
itself in placid countenances. If your fore
head is ridged with wrinkles before forty,
what will it be at seventy? There is one
consoling thought about these marks of time
and trouble-the death angel almost always
erases them. Even the extremely aged, in
death, often wear smooth and peaceful
brow, thus leaving our last memories of them
calm and tranquil. But our business is with
life Scowling is a kind of silent sColding.
It shows that our souls need sweetening. For
PHYS sake, let us take sad iron, or glad
iron, or smoothing tool of some sort, and
stra ghten these creases out of our faces be-
fore they become indelibly engraved upon
our visage.-Christian at Work.
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A BAPTIST PAPER SAYS that I" the truth is,
that the Saviour himself over and over again
recognized and fellowshipped an 'order Of
unimmersed preachers, and the order still
lives, thanks be to God" Certainly; three
fourths of the ministers of the gospel are
"unimmersed." Why not recognize them
and their works done for Christ's cause and
the fruits thereof, and "fellowship" them il
the breaking of bread
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HOME is next to heaven. And the home
that is we'll ordered, comely, pure and bright
is thus heavenly by the agency of woman'i
heart and woman's hand. No school car
teach the science of housekeeping.
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ALAS how many sorrows, sharp thorns
of trouble that we think the pierced hands
or bleeding feet can never be accustomed to,
have to be accepted as part Of our daily
lives.-Grace Wyatt.
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The instincts of the ant are very unim-
portant, considered as the ants; but the mo-
ment ray of relation is seen to extend from
it to man, and the little drudge is seen to be
monitor, little body with mighty heart,
then all its habits, even that said to be re-
Gently observed, that it never sleeps, becomes
sublime.
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PRIVATE PRAYER.-The root that pro-
duces the beautiful and furnishing tree, with
all its spreading branches, verdant leaves,
and refreshing fruit, that which gains for it
sap, life, vigor, and fruitfulness, is all un-
seen, and the further and the deeper the
roots spread beneath, the more the tree ex-
pands above. Christians, if you long to
bring forth all the fruit of the Spirit, strike
your roots deep and wide in private prayer.
That faith aud support, that strength and
grace, which you seek Of God in secret, that
they may be exercised in the hour of need,
God will in that hour give you before men.
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THE DEEP unaIterable feeling that truth
has a supreme claim over all things else, and
that nothing can justify, not merely the ut
terance of falsehood but silent conniyance
with it,-this feeling is engraven in mans
soul by Him who is the Father of lights. If
we did not believe in the Interchangeable nature
and claims of truth, we could not believe in
Him.-Ker.
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He who gives trihe meanly is far mean
er than the trihe.
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FOR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.

*Dr. Waddel's report, page s.
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x *According to Rouston's Critical Greek Concor'
dance, diakonos occurs thirty times in the New Tes-
lament in twenty of which cases our version renders
il minister; in seven, seruant and in three only,
deacon The verb diakOneo, and its derivatve,
diqkonia are found thirty and thirty four times
respectively, and with about the renderings in
the English version. 1t is curious Circumstance,
that the old Anglo Saxon seems not to have been
able to furnish suitable term for dOuos or diakonoS
and hence borrowed minister, Servan Deacon or the
correative words serf and slave.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-03

NEW ORLEANS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1875

of the Democratic State Central Commit
tee: comedies the State to Hartranft by
0.OOO majority. Outside of PHILADELPHIA
the vote will be very close.
ranft 470 msjority-a gain of 1877.
LycominR county, estimated, gives Dem
gain of SO.
Berks county, about 63O0 majority, a
Democratic gain of 1000.
Snyder county, estimated, about 400 ma
jority for Hartranft, a Republican gain Of 35.
Democratic gain of 49,.
Schnylkill county gives Pershing 1900
majority, Democratic gain of 233.
Montour county-Pershing' majority $50,
| Democratic loss of $780,
Bucks county gives Pershing 300 major
ity, a loss of IL.
Adams county gives Pershing 525 major
ity, Democratic gain of 80.
Delaware county gives Hartranfr 1S0 ma.
Jorlty, Republican gain of 40S
York county gives Pershing 5000 majority,
Democratic loss of %.
Clinton county gives about 700 majority
for Persbing, Democratic loss of 255.
The Democratic majority in Bedford
county is about $50, Democratic loss OF
1856.
Scranton city-Complete returns give
Hartranft 800 msjority-a gain of 5i9 over
the vote of last year.
Luzerne county polled light vote.
The largest Republican gains were made
| in the city of Scranton. The Democratic
majority for the State ticket in the county
is estimated at 1000 The Republicans
claim the election of part of their county
ticket.
Northumberland county gives Pershng
about 800 majority, a gain Of IA.
Belalr county gives Republican major.
ity Of 200, gain of 636.
Wilkesbarre gives Hartranft IA majority,
Democratic gain of 100.
Luzerne will give from 1900 to 20O0 Dem
oeratic majority.
Huntington county gives Pershing about
3O0 majority, a Democratic gain of ISL.
Cumberland county gives 800 majority for
Pershing, gain of los.
Columbia county gives 1900 Democratic
| majority, loss of 80.
Lebanon,county gives Hartranft 1900 ma
Susquehanna county gives Hartranft ZOO
| majority, Republican gain of Al.
Centre county gives Perehing l4O0 major
lty, Democratic gain of 435.
HARRISBURG, November 2.-Harrisburg
city gives Hartranft 800 majority, Re-
publican gain of over 800.
WILKEsBARRE, November 2.-The Ply
mouth borough gives Hartranft $40, Perish,
ing 27S, Democratic gain of 100. Re-
turns come in slowly, but from majority
OF the districts heard from, Piolett runs
slightly ahead of Pershing.
SCRANTON, November 2.-Dunmote bor-
ough, six wards complete, give Hartranft
l07, and Pershing $50, Republican gain of
rs. Plymouth borough, six wards com
plete, give Hartranft $40, and Pershing 27S;
Republican loss of 100.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-03
NEW JERSEY.
Republican Majority Elected in Both
branches of the Legislature.

Republican Majority Elected in Both
Branches of the Legislature.
New YORK, November 2.-Returns re-
ceived from New Jersey indicate that the
Republicans will have majority in both
branches Of the Legislature.
Essex county sends one Republican Sen
ator and eight Assemblymen to one Demo.
cratic cAssemblyman-aRe Republican gain of S..
The Republicans gain two Assemblymep
in Hudson and. two in Mercer counties.
The Republicans have elected their Sena.
tors in Essex and Union counties, where the
Democrats expected to be successful, and
have also elected the Senator in Salem. The
Democrats have elected Senators in Mon
mouth, Warren and Somerset. AS it now
stands the Senat, is a tie, with two coun-
ties, Camden and Gloucester, to hear from,
both Republican heretofore.
CAMDEN, N. j November 2-The whole
Republican ticket is elected in Camden
county by majorites ranging from 500 to
1900. A. c. Scovill, Republican, is elected
to the Assembly from the first district BY
504 majority; Lund, Republican, to the As
sembly from the second district by 600;
Sewell. Republican, for the Senate by about
600 majority.
WOODBURY., n j., November 3, A. M
Gloucester county elects Mathers, Repub-
lican, Senator, by 300 majority; Lodge, Dem
ocratic Assemblyman, by so majority;
Moore, Republican Assemblyman, by $50
majority.
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WHOLE NUMBER 264O.

for the Senate. are elected in the first dis
trict over Mckenzie and Gray, independ-
ents.
Richmond has elected the Conservative
ticket by 500 majority.
Despite the exciting contest in this city
the election passed off quietly. large
but not full vote was polled. The returns
from eight precincts show that the Inde-
pendents, who opposed the Conservatives
only for State Senators, have gained largely,
and If the remaining precincts together
with Henrico county, which is a part of the
senatorial district, show similar Independ-
ent gains their candidates will be elected.
The Republicans had only one candidate in
the field, and he runs behind the Independ-
ents.
The Conservative candidates for the SEN
ate are Bradley johnson, William E. Tan
ner and c. E. Worthen; the Independent,
w. c. Knight and p. H. Starke; the Repub.
lican, Norman d. Smith. There is no oppo-
sition to the Conservatives for House dele
gates. Meagre returns from the State show
gains for both Conservatives and Repub-
licane; the former, however, having the
largest. In some counties where the Re-
publicans have no candidate they are sup.
porting the independents 1t is more than
probable that the general result will not
materially alter the complexion of the
Legislature.
Full returns from city precincts have
changed the aspect of affairs. General
Bradley F. johnson, for the State Senate,
against whom the Independents made the
strongest fight, has msjority in the city
of $50. Returns from the country greatly
reduce Johnson's majority in the district,
but his election is certain by over 200 ma
jority.
The two other Conservatives for the SEN
ate are elected by much larger msjorites.
Returns from fifty II precincts in differ
ent counties show increased msjorities for
the Conservatives. whose gains in many
cases are large. Tho Republicans show
only small gains and in but few instances.
1t is impossible to estimate the extent of the
Independent move ontside of this district.
as the returns are too meagre. The Con-
servatives carried the city of Lynchburg
by small majority, gain OF over 100 on
last vote, when the Republicans carried the
city. Norfolk city elected all Conservatives,
there being no opposition. Republican gain
in Norfolk county will probably elect j D.
Brady, Republican, to the Senate, and Con.
nor, negro, to the House. Portsmouth
elected Conservative to the House.