The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-09-14
GENERAL ITEMS.

-RAIN.-There were refreshing rains
here on last Friday night (9th) on Sunday night
Q1th), and again on Monday night 1t had been
four weeks since there had been any rain.
Mr.. William bold, a prominent
merchant of Lexington. Va, was thrown from
his horse while riding in the street, and almost
instantly killed
The Teachers Institute for Augusta
county was held last week in Staunton. Super
intendent, Mr.. Charles Grattan, called attention
to the fact that out of 10000 children in the
county OF the requisite age, only 5000 attended
the schools.
The Boston Herald well SAYS: "Who
would mourn for Guiteau hanged? Nobody.
Who would mourn for the hanging of Guiteau
tby .mob2 Every patriotic citizen who loves
his country and respects its laws. That is the
point of the matter"
Mr.. Moody and Mr. Sankey who are
going, to England this month, make the visit, it
is said, at the request of DIR. Bonar and other
Christian workers in Great Britain. Where
they will begin their labor or how long they will
remain In England has not yet been determined
"A Swedish Congregational Church
OF seventy-fou members has recently been
recognized in Worcester, Mass This move
ment is in sympathy with the reformation
which Is represented by the Swedish Ansgau
and Mission Synod. who receive none to the
communlon' except on the evidence of regenera-
ton.
At twenty years of age Prince
Metternich' the great diplomatist, was ian
D'Alembert and Lalande." At forty, when he
had passed the "vealy" age. he wrote to
frlend:-" read every day one or two chapters
OF the Bible. daily discover new beauties in
it. and PROSTATE myself before this admirable
Book. Now believe and do not criticise''
There is much canting ridicule of
the Puritan Sabbath" ahoat in the world but
there Is not person living, however much de-
voted to business, or pleasure, or study. who
would not be benefited, physically, mentally,
ana morally, by strict observance of the day
as day OF secular rest and religious privilege.
such day as the law of the Sabbath contem-
plates.-N Y. Observer.
"A writer in the Lutheran Visitor
wants a Lutheran Gcumenical Council held,
and believes it would be one of the grandest aft
fairs ever recorded. He claims that fifty mil
lions OF Lutherans would he represented from
the four quarters of the globe, including KINGS
and queens and mobiles of nearly all the nation
alltles OF the earth and that to it the few mil
lions OF Calvlnists, or Arminians or Dissen-
ters' whose delegates assemble in their coun-
CAPITOL BUILDING OF WEST V1R-
GINIA'-Ihe handa0ha Gazettesays: "The work
on the Capitol building is progressing slowly
perhaps TO most observers, but it is surely being
done In the most substantial manner. There
could not be more thoroughly good job We
think the State will have no cause to complain
OF sighted work on this large structure"
The annual report of the Norfolk
and Portsmouth cotton exchange shows. that
the total receipts for the II months ending An
gust 81, 1881, were 1881 bales, an increase of
~, $50 over the previous year The value of
cotton exported direct for the year was ST.
2S6 ,947, an excess in value over the preceding
year of SIS, 301 ,67S.
There is considerable complaint Of
long prayers at the prayer meetings. The
remedy is very simple one. If the people that
pray Will confess no sins and acknowledge no
gratitude which they do not really feel in their
inmost hearts the prayers will be shortened
amazingly but they will more than make up in
quality what they lose in quantity CHRISTIAN
Union.
The populations of Great Britain
Germany, France and Austria are nearly eonai
-Great Britain, 100000; Germany. IS 600
600; France, 100000; and Austria Hungarv
5I,oOo,OoO: The aggregate is about 40 100000.
These empires comprise and aggregate area of
ooO,Ooo square miles of territory. The States
and territories of the American Union, exclusive
OF Alaska, embrace an area of BOO 900 square
miles, with population of only sc, 100000
The state of trade between the
United States and foreign countries seems to be
most favorable to the former. The mportations
of merchandise for the year ending lime 20
1881 amounted in value to $642 664, 628. against
1867 954, 746 for the year ending June 80, 1880.
The reports of merchandise amount to 1900
367,346 for the year ending June 90 ISSi
against $3.50, 63S, sos for the year ending June
30, 1880 The exports of merchandise this vnap
exceed the imports by $259, 7o2,7lS.
The Fourth Presbyterian church
Chicago. to which DIR. Morris, of Lane Seminary,
preached Sunday, August 28th, had some un
wonted visitors among its worshipers on that oc
caslon, in the persons of Red Cloud and Young
Man Afraid of His Horses, of the Ogalalla Sioux
White Thunder, Of the Brule Sioux STANDING
Bear, of the Poncas White Ghost, of the Win
nebagoes, Two Eagle, of the Omahas and other
Indian chiefs on their way home from the recent
conference at Washington. They listened at
ttentlVeiy to the services, and seemed entirely at
nome III such surroundings. The subject of
acter." O-''i
AUGUSTA BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONS
The Augusta Baptist Association met on Mon
day, August 30th, at Neriah church. Rock
bridge. Twenty seven churches constitute this
Association. Twenty two of these were repre-
sented by letter or delegates. There have been
one hundred and sixty sight additions by ban
tism during the year, forty-four by letter and