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Drinking i'm Ireland. .

Professor Leone Levi tells US
the proportion per thousand of per-
sons committed for iunkenness in
England and Wales is seven, while
in ireland it is over eighteen. One
person in every 81 of the population
of Ireland was arrested for drunken
ness in 1879. 1t is somewhat start
ling to think of that, adopting rough
methods of calculation, it may be
said, in 1879 about one person in
every eleven of the total popula-
ton either received official relief
or was officially arrested for being
drunk. The estimated value of
spirits and beer consumed in
Ireland during the famine year of
1879 was about e9,375,ooo-a sum
exceeding half the total annual val
uation of all Ireland. In that year
sum equivalent to nearly two.
thirds of the annual value of Ireland
was expended in relieving distress
and supplying liquor. 1t is note
worthy fact that the operation of
of the Sunday Closing Act in the
first year of its application $3.50
reduced the number of arrests for
drunkenness by nearly 5000 and the
total value of spirits and beer by
over fI,5oo,ooo. The movement
which eliminated in that particular
act embraced men of all creeds and
classes in Ireland, and it is one of
the few blessings she conferred
upon himself. 1t is an evidence of
the great dormant political force
which might be asserted by the sta
BILE and true men of Ireland, and
encourages hope that the influence
of the great unstaid" may yet be
shattered by the consolidated power
of common sense Ireland, finding
its expression in current of healthy
public opinion. Meantime the null
titude of pot-houses in poverty
stricken districts is at once the me-
mortal of magistrates work and the
guide post to guide Parliament
sincerely anxious to do true Justice
to Ireland" The prevailing custom
in remote districts is to combine the
shirt license with all other branches
of trade. Drinking is found to in
crease the business, for a muddled
brain takes an optimist view of
shop debts. In remote districts
nothing hardly can be bought ex-
cept in house also selling spirits, so
great has been the anxiety of the
! local magistrates not to make invid-
ious distinctions in granting Ecen
ses,-Blackwood's Magazine.
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to 5000 per acre, and the farmer is
obliged to raw an annual rental of
from IS to $40 per acre, besides his
large yearly expenses in fertilizers
to renew the soil. The total ex-
pense thus incurred by the farmer
of France is far more than the price
at which lands of equal fertility can
be purchased in many of the richest
sections of the West. As the weld
of wheat in France is from ? to DC
bushels per acre, it is evident that the
prime cost of producing that cereal
there is from eighty cents to one
dollar per bushel. On the narrow
} margin about that, he must make
his living, pay for necessary help,
repair of implements, and realize
his surplus-if any. The figures
given in regard to France apply
equally to Great Britain and other
countries of Western Europe
With land, then, for the American
farmer alta price less than the an
nual rental expense abroad, without
need of fertilizers, and with freight
rates by this new all water line at
twenty-seve cents per bushel from
St. Louis to Havre, what forbids
that the producer of the Mississippi
Basin should furnish provisions
at such rates as to create a practi-
cally unlimited market, and hold
the same for generation to come?
Within the district Immediately
affected by this line of transporta-
ton were produced last Iaer 2,ooo,-
100000 bushels of corn, wheat,
rye and oats, alf of which would be
raised in price by rise in that sent
abroad. An increase of one cent
per bushel would aggregate $780,
100000 on the entire crop; and if
cheaper freights add even four cents
per bushel-and we cannot see how
they can add less-the total gain to
our farmers will exceed the average
annual yield of all our gold and sill
yer mines. Nor does this include
the immense tonnage of other artic-
les, Which must share the advan-
tage with grain. Add them, and it
is evident that the gain to the
Western farmers annually by the
establishment of this line-should
the anticipations of its projectors be
realized-must exceed $Ioo,ooo,ooo.
And yet this is but a beginning.
The increase in yield of corn for
1850 over 1870 was fifty per cent,
while the yield of wheat was doub-
led. With the same ratio of in
crease the yield twenty years hence
will approximate 5,ooo,ooo,ooo
bushels. The riches of the great
Northwest are practically inexhaus-
tible; we have as yet but scratched
the surface of our boundless resour-
ces.
A scheme promising the marvel
lous results claimed by its ad-
herents-and these, it must be ad,
mitted, are many and rapidly in
creasing-and constituting key to
a speedy and full development of
the grand resources of our country,
deserves the most thoughtful atten-
ton. We will therefore proceed to
the consideration of the barge sys-
tenn, the present and future of the
great river, and the mechanical con-
struction of the Jetties, to determine
the probabilities of their perRan
ence and future success.
w. BooKwALTER.
New Orleans, April, 1881.
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The Response OF Earah toHeayen.

GLORY to God on hight"
Pealed in the starry sky;
In softer accents then,
While gleam'd the sternal fires,
Sang the angelic choirs,
"Peace and good will to men!'
And this the answer given
BY the dark Earth to Heaven,
ITO arms! to arms! to arms"
Nor was it long deferred,
And still each morn are heard
The trumpet's shrill alarms!
And to merry tune,
AS in gay saloon,
Men lightly step to death;
Some bound DER yawning waves,
Some march to grassy graves,
And sing with their last breath.
But when the cannon booms,
The ravens shake their plumes,
The ghoul-like vultures scream;
And soon the crashing bones,
The mortal shrieks and groans,
Dispel the soldiers dream.
Yet still the nations fight,
Needless of wrong or right,
Willing, or blindly driven;
Blood saturates the plain,
Blood dyes the azure main,
And almost sprinkles heaven.
"Glory to God on high"
Resounds the starry sky,
peace on the earthr" but when?
Not till the earth grows wise,
And all the people rise,
And say Amen! Amen!
Henry S. Stokes.
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GRANGE DIRECTORY, 1850.
NATIONAL GRANGE.

NATIONAL GRANGE
Master-J. ]. Woodman. of Michigan.
Overseer-Put. Darden of Mississippi.
Steward-A. ]. Vaughan, of Tennessee.
Assistant Steward-Wm. Sims, Kansas.
ChapIain-S H. Ellis, Ohio.
Secretary-W. M. Ireland, Washington
City.
Treasurer-F. M. Mcdowell, N. Y.
Gate Keeper-O. Dinwiddie, Indiana
Ceres-Mrs. H H. Woodman, Mich.
Pomona-Mrs. M. L. Darden, Miss.
Flora-Mrs E. M. Nicholson, n. ].
L. A. S.-Mrs. VIM. Sims, Kansas.
Executive Committee-Wm G. Wayne,
New York; D. Wyatt Aiken, S. Carolina.
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Deputy Lecturers.
ARKANSA AS.

GENERAL DEPUTIES.
~. Scott, Texarkana, Miller county
w. R. Price, Conway, Faulkner county
COUNTY DEPUTIES.
w. w. Pace, Camden, Ouachita county
P. w. Parker, POTTS Station, Pope CO.
Thomas Orr, Texarkana, Miller county.
B. N. Huffman, Hampton, Calhoun co.
T. !. Rice, Tulip, Dallas county.
Henry SHIRLEY, Van Buren,, Crawford co.
David R. Ford, Batesville.
7. F. Dawson, Smithville, Lawrence co.
Robert w. Hall, Canton, Fulton county
w. H. Coghill, Cross county.
I. v. SCOTT,
Secretary Arkansas State Grange.
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The Grange Campaign
in Mississippi.
WORTHY MASTER DARDEN,
Of the State Grange

Of the State Grange.
Will address the members of the Order
and farmers generally at the following
times and places:
Kingston, Adams county, May II.
Wilkinson county, May IL, I6, II.
Amite county, May 19, 20, III.
Pike county, May "a, IS.
Lawrence, May II, IS.
Simpson county, May 81, June I.
Copiah county, June 3, 4.
Lincoln county, June 6.
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ALABAMA STATE GRANGE

Master-Ben. G. HarrisOn, Selma.
Secre'ary-L. L. McCurdy, Perryville, Per-
ry county.
Executive Committee-A. v. Gardner, Sell
ma; S. A. Sparkman, Flint, Morgan county;
T. D. Cory, Mulberry, Autauga county.
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TEXAS STATE GRANGE

Master-A. j. Rose, Bell county.
Secretary-R. T. Kennedy, Frsestone.
Executive Committee. R. Biggs, Marion;
A. M. Kellar, Bell; VIM. Boothe, Lamar.
DISTRICT LECTURERS.
Second DistrTct-A. D. Wallace, kel-
leyville, Marion county.
Sixth DISTRICT H. c. Thompson, Prai-
RE Lea, Caldwell county.
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Many agricultural writers are urg-
ing the farmers in the Cotton States
to grow larger crops of cow peas.
There is more money in that crop
than in cotton.
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FLORIDA STATE GRANGE.

Master-W m. ii. W1IsOn, wilson.
Secretary-R. F. Rogers, WelbOrn.
Executive Committee-J. c. Waldron, SUI
wannee Shoals; George W. Waldron, Suwaneo
Shoals; George Umstead, Houston.
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ARKANSAS STATE GRANGE.

Master-E. P. Chandler, Dallas county.
Secretary. v. Scott, Miller.
Executive Committee. S. Williams, Prai-
rie; C. e. Tobey, Pope; John T. Jones, Phil
lips; Thomas Orr, Miller; ". Scott, Miller.
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GEORGIA STATE GRANGE

Master-T. J. Smith, 0conee.
Secretary-E. Taylor, Bolingbroke.
Executive Committee-L. F. Livingston,
Covingtou: B. Rainey, Acworth; J B. Eber-
hart, Point Peter.
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Farmers should mediate on what
'ney read, and read that they may
nave food for meditation.
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The I7th of May is the time an
nounced for the appearance of the
revised New Testament.
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Secretary Arkansas State Grange.

GEORGIA.
Banks county,. D. Gunnels, Banksvllle.
Bibb-William Davis, Macon.
Campbell. S. Dodd, Fairburn.
CIarke-B. F. O'Kelley, Athens.
Clay-P. B. Hobbies. Cotton Hill.
Clay toni. D. Lee.
Cobb-D. W. Orr, Acworth.
Dade-W. A. Chambers.
Dawson-H. S. Jay.
Decatur county-W. Berrie Mcdaniel, Glen
Julia, Florida.
Elbert-U. f Deadvy,er, Doves Creek
Early-v. 81. Armstead, Cedar Spring.
Gordon-O. II. Davis, Sugar Valley.
Harris-J. A. B. Dozier, Cataula.
Harris-Major Finn Harget, Mountain Hill.
HART. z. Brown, Bowman.
Henry-T E. Brown.
Lowndes-Wm. Leigler, Valdosta.
Madison-J B. Eberhart, Point Peter.
Miller-T. M. Brown, Colquitt.
Montgomery IS. Ii. Clark.
OgIethorpe-J. W. Martin, Point Peter.
PoIk--W. Everett, Rock Works.
Pulaski-W. S. Lancaster.
Quitman-G. P. Dozier, Hatcher's Station.
Randolph-W. F. Davis, Coleman's Depot.
Spalding-H. T. Patterson.
TeIfair- McRae.
Terrell-W. S. Martin.
Thomas-Dr. j. P. Turner, Boston.
Walker--N. A. Keown.
ngton-W. ]. Henderson, Davisboro.
Wilkinson-J. M. Langford, Gordon.
E. TAYLOR,
Secretary State Grange.
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Master-H. w. L. Lewis, Osyka, Miss.
Secretary-John McGrath, Baton Rouge.
Executive Committee-H. W. l.. Lewis, Osy-
ka, Miss; Mckinley Gibson, New Orleans, X.
81. Day, Baton Rouge.
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KENTUCKY STATE GRANGE.
LOUISIANA STATE GRANGE.

Master-A B. Smith, New Castle. 80
Secretary-J. r. Carter.
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TENNESSEE-DIST DEPUTIES.
EAST TENNESSEE.
DR.. j. P. Rhes, Island Mills.
A. F. Naf, Greenegille.
W. G. Wilson, Athens.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Elihu Wells, Oak Hill.
NJ. r. Elliott, Saundersville-
j. o. Griffith, Nashville.
j. T. Sparkman, Leiper's Fork.
A. D. Wheeler, Vervilla.
T. G.. Moseley, Belle Buckle.
WEST TENNESSEE.
B. M. Tillman, Henderson.
j. s. Longaore, Paris.
B. F. Malone, Capleville.
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MIssIssIppI sTATE GRANGE

Master-Put. Darden, Fayette.
Oyerseer-J. 6. Macarthur, Meridian.
Lecturer-Baxter Wilson, Lexington.
Steward-J. B. Bailey, Lake.
Secretary-Mrs. Helen A. Ably, Hermans-
Vile, Clnborne county.
Treasurer-H. 0. Dixon, Jackson.
Executive Committed. J. Ably, Port Glib
SON L. f. Afford, Jackson; DR.. j. B. Bailey,
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EenfIon he vlsIter but few STATES the last
year, but has decided to devote his time,
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lean people more than any queA.sn (savs
nnaA had dome. and that The rrnhIefr
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TENNESSEE STATE GRANGE.

Master-T. B. Harwell, Giles county.
Secretary-John II. Currey, Nashville.
Executive Cemmittee-Dr: j. NJ. Head, Gal
latin; II. q. Norman, Murfreesboro; Isaac
Lytton, Nashville.
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become 4 subscriber.
When al farmers colnbil
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Y usefuf literature. and IS conversant
II questions of interest and political
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= .le'st ana ctFtiftisfastfc supper O 1tf1t
ordeF attracted the attention Of the farm
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Of H., appoYtHHrnt OF Commissioner
fn.se Faris ExnSsition. ht.;rar s,ne. of the
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4 paper wen received by tine rcadIng
der throughout the country III the meet. with all
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The following table, comparing
the year ending August 81, 1870,
with the year ending at same date
IN 1850, is from the inspectors
books at New Orleans:
I879-Corn, 3,5o8,83a Wheat, 1907 900
Iooo-Corn. 8,42I,I4o Wheat, 5,2547os
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Presbytery of Savannah

Met in Pennington on the 14th of April, and
was opened with a sermon by the Moderator,
Rev. B. E. Goode. Eleven ministers and nine
ruling elders were in attendance. Rev. D. K.
Mcfarland was chosen Moderator, and Elder
C. c. Varnedoe, Temporary Clerk.
The death of Rev. c. B. King having been
brought to the notice of Presbytery, com.
mittee consisting of Messrs. Axson and Nc
Farland was appointed to tender the sympa-
thies of Presbytery to the bereaved family; and
also to prepare suitable memorial to be pre-
sented at the next stated meeting.
The greater portion of two days was spent in
the consideration of the Revised Directory for
Worship. A considerable number of changes
were adopted as recommendations to the Com
mittee of Revision, chief among which were the
expunging of all the forms of prayer, and a
change in the order of the different chapters
On the subject of Retrenchment and Reform
the unanimous opinion of Presbytery was decid
edly adverse to the report of the Minority, and
in full sympathy with our present plans.
Rev. j. t. McBryde was dismissed to the
Presbytery of Eastern Texas and Rev. r. P
Kerr was received from the Presbytery o.
Macon.
Rev. 7. w. Montgomery and Elder A. H
Hensell were chosen commissioners to the AS
sembly, with Rev. NJ. c. Britt and Elder S. E
Ives as alternates. Walthourville was choser
as the place of the next stated meeting, anC
Presbytery adjourned to meet in Savannah or
May 9th, at II o'clock A. NJ.
R. O. WAY, Stated Clerk
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Presbytery of Brazos

Met in Bryan, in the Presbyterian church, ac.
cording to adjournment. Opening sermon by
Rev. R. H. Byers.
Rev. E. D. Junkin, D. D., was elected Mode
rator, and j. Sorley, temporary Clerk.
Rev. N. M. Woods was received from the
Presbytery of East Hanover, and a committee
was appointed to install him pastor of Calves
ton church on the Second Sabbath of May.
Rev. ]. w. Sexton. as principal, and j. W.
Miller, D. d. as alternate; Mr.. j. N. P. Cramer,
principal elder, and W. D. Mcdonald, alternate,
appointed Commissioners to the General Assem-
bly,.
In the matter of Retrenchment and Reform,
Presbytery adopted the following:
ResoIUed, In the Judgment of this Presbytery
it is not advisable at present to make material
changes in the mode Of administering the bene-
fcent operations of the Church. That we favor
economy wherever practicable, and great caution
in the adoption of assumed reforms.
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this rate it would seem that our vacancies would
soon be supplied. But God in his providence is
scattering them far and wide We have dis
missed Mr.. Lapsley to Memphis, Mr.. j. D. Nc
Lane to Tuscaloosa, H III. Mclean to West
Hanover, Virginia, Mr.. Rohback to st. Louis,
j. G. Duncan is laboring in East Alabama Pres
bytery. So the waste places in our bounds are
not likely to be supplied to any great extent by
our own candidates. Some of them are anxious
to go as foreign missionaries. but our Committee
has not the means to send them out.
We gave good deal of attention to the Di-
rectory and suggested, as we thought some i'm
portant improvements, which will be forwarded
to the Assembly.
Rev. w. II. Richardson and Col. G. P. Wald-
en- were elected commissioners to the General
Assembly, and Rev. G. W. Boggs and James w.
Lapsley as alternates
After a laborious session of nearly six days
Gncluding the Sabbath), Presbytery adjourned
to meet on Saturday before the Sd Sabbath in
October at Vine Hill near Selma.
G. w, BoGGs.
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Greenbrier PresbYtery

Met in Maiden, Kanawha Co., w. Va, May
4th, and was opened with sermon by Rev. j.
H. Lewis. There was an unusually full attend
ance of preachers and elders.
One new church was enrolled (' Martins Bot
tom" Pocahontas county,, and committees ap-
pointed to organize four oilers.
Rev W. L. Bailey was received from Ebene
zer Presbytery. He now labors at Point Pleas
ant Licentiate l.. A. Mclean was received
from Fayetteville Presbytery, and Mr.. j. w.
Holt, just from the Seminary, was licensed.
There were earnest calls for the erection of
churches in the many rapidly growing COM
munities in our bounds.
In regard to the much discussed "retrench-
ment and reform" it was resolved that no such
radical changes should be made without unmis-
taxable evidence of their necessity.
In regard to the Revised Directory of Wor-
ship, Presbytery desired the whole to be recon-
mitted, with directions to give no literal forms,
but full and clear statement of principles, and
adapt, if necessary, to the present Book of Or
der.
Rev. D. S. Sydenstricker and Elder S. Clark
go to the Assembly.
Presbytery meets next fall at Green Sulphur.
Summers county.
Long will we remember the hospitality and
kindness of brother Brown and his good people.
NJ T. 7,
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second-class matter.l
Presbytery of Montgomery.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS

An overture referred to a committee at last
meeting was modified and ordered to be for
warded to the General Assembly. That part
which requires overtures for the General Assem-
bly, to be published in February, was omitted.
The overture as adopted asks that all overtures
to the General Assembly, with the answers
thereto, be printed before action, for the use of
members read three times before adoption and
never read first and second time en- the same day
A commission was appointed to ordain and
install licentiate W. H. Ochiltree pastor of New
River church on the 4th Sabbath in June. The
examination took place at this meeting.
Rev. w. T. Hall preached doctrinal sermon
Friday night on Romans iii: %. Rev. S. R.
Preston to preach the next doctrinal sermon
Rev. R. R. Houston alternate.
A petition from Blacksburg on raising salary
&c. by tithes, was allowed, in so far as it does
not abrogate the contract of the pastors call.
Home Missions received special attention.
An appeal was made and collection taken up
for the new house of worship at Buford's.
The Statistical reports show an increase of
contributions, especially to Foreign Missions,
which receives about 81, 100 against about 800
last year. P.
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Presbytery of Lexington

Met at Bethesda church. May 11th twenty FIVE
ministers and nineteen elders being present at
the opening. The retiring Moderator, Rev.
William 7. Price, preached the sermon. Rev.
G. L. Hogue was elected Moderator, and Rev.
A. H. Hamilton and Elder H. w. Henry, of
Waynesboro' church, Clerks.
The death of the Rev. Henry Brown, mem
Der of this Presbytery, was announced, and a
committee appointed to prepare memorial of
him.
Rev. James Bolton, of the Chassis of New
York. General Synod of the Reformed (Dutch)
Church, was invited to sit as a corresponding
member.
The Rev. William NJ McElwee was received
into this body from the Presbytery of Eastern
Texas
The Committee on TRANSFERRING the Records
of the Presbytery reported that the records from
1856 to 1880, sixteen large volumes, had been
transcribed, word for word and letter for letter,
the copy containing 5,651 pages, stitched and
bound in nineteen volumes, with paper covers.
The total expense of this good work was $176. .25.
Mr. Charles McCorkle, of Rockbridge, was the
transcriber.
Rev. Samuel Brown and Colonel Preston
were appointed to prepare a paper expressing
the sympathy of the Presbytery with our Oldest,
most infrm member, Rev. William G.. Campbell
Calls from Bethesda and Walkers Creek
churches for the pastoral services of the Rev.
William M. McElwee were placed in his hands
and accepted by him.
Lcentiates A. R. Cooke, of Montgomery Pres
bytery, and Josiah Mel. Seabrooke of Charles
ton Presbytery, were, received on certificate
under our care.
The pastoral relation between Rev. D. c.
Irwin and Timberridge church was dissolved.
Rev. DIR. F. P. Mutually and Rev. P Fletcher
were appointed to represent the Presbytery in
the General Assembly which is to meet in Staun-
ton next week, with Elders William M. Tate
and David S. Bell.-Cor Dispatch.
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Presbytery of South Alabama

Met in Jacksonville, Ala, on the 4th of Nav.
and was opened with sermon by the retiring
Moderator, Rev. j. M. Crane, from Heb. iii: 13,
Rev. E. T. Baird, D. D., of Uniontown. was
chosen Moderator, and Rev. E. P. Palmer, D. D.,
of Mobile, temporary Clerk
The narratives from the churches and the re.
ports from the several standing committees
showed an Improvement in the number OF
churches contributing to the various objects OF
Christian benefcence.
The report from the permanent committee on
the Sabbath showed that efforts made during the
past year in the way of petitioning the Legisla.
ture for law stopping steamboats,, freight and
excursion trains on the railroads, had accom-
plished nothing. A bill was introduced but
was crowded out at the last.
The Presbytery requested every bishop and
licentiate to preach on the subject of Sabbath
Observance, and in every legitimate way pro-
mote better observance of the Sabbath.
The most important and interesting business
of this meeting was the examining and liconsure
of the candidates for the ministry, III. II. Nc
Lean, Philip Rohback, and Thos. Cummins.-
The Presbytery also ordained Mr.. j. P. Word
on calls from two of our newly organised
churches, Harpersville and Coleca, and appoint
ed committee to install him at an early dav.
These are young men Of fine promise. The
Lord has greatly blessed our Presbytery in Civ
ing us so many candidates. In one year we
have sent forth eight licentiates. And still we
have some others in course Of preparation. at