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Contents of the Miscellaneous Department.

Articles. EDITORIALS. Authors. Page.

A Great Institution 2Colleges and 2University Publishing Company i

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The Sonthern Presbyterian Review --Rob Roy onthe Jordan Southern Agriculturist 2

CORRESPONDKNCK AND COMMUNICATIONS.

letter from Ireland Once a Month.A True Story S. S. C..1

SELECTIONS.

Jfwe Knew Poetry TThe Religion of Dickens ........AA Grave without a Monument 1Two Suggestions for Safety 1Ooing to Sleep 1

The First Canard tFlorence Nightingale on Prison Discipline 1

Blessed be Nothing IThe Grand-Duk- e of RnHsia 1

Wellingtons LBt Words 1

Toiling for Gold 1

Indian Affairs 1

A Sunbeam. 1

Outside Workers 1

FARMER'S D3PARTMENT.

Condition of Crops in July 4Shelter for Chickens 4Chicken Cholera 4"When to Select Seed Potatoes 4

General Intelligence '2

The War in EuropePrick CTrkent 3

f ecul notices and advertisements .3-4

A GEEAT INSTITUTION.

Under the efficient management of thepast few years, the Tost Office Departmenthas become a great institution. It notonly transmits letters and newspapers witha very fair degree of regularity; but.nomatter where a man may live, or how farhe may be from railroads, express officesand banks, he can send money through themails with almost absolute certainty of itsreaching its destination. There are, perhaps, two or three thousand post offices,where post office money-order- s can be obtainedwhich can be sent without any rishof loss; they can be collected only by theparty to whom they are made payable andif lost, duplicates will be issued. There isno post office in the country where letterscannot be registered, and their safe transmission certainly insured. All post masters, who have any enterprise or desire tobe popular with their neighbors will readilyJearn how to register letters.

In very many cases where a complaintnas been made that money has been lostby mail, it has been found on investigation, that the letter was sent to the postoffice by some untrustworthy person, orKas misdirected, or uas never stamped, orwas stamped with revenue stamps insteadof postage stamps.

We may remark in commendation ofthe faithfulness of the Tost Office Depart-ment, that we have in several instancesreceived letters that were misdirected toother cities, but forwarded to us notwith-standing the mistake of the writer. Wehave also received letters containing moneywhich were carelessly dropped into theoffice without being sealed; and thoughreceiving thousands of dollars by mailevery year, we h ive lost very few register-ed letters and not a single money-orde- r

to our knowledge.If any of our subscribers have any doubt"

on the subject, we will be pleased to havethem try the experiment in the followingmanner: i ate a piece 01 note paper, andwrite the name of your post office, and thViname which appears on your address labeiPut the piece of paper and some moneyin an enrelop. Direct to "A. & F. B.

Converse, Louisville, Ky." Put eighteencents of postage stamps on the letter ; sealit up. Take it to the postmaster, ask himto register it and take his receipt. In thecourse of a short time, the person tryingthe experiment will notice by a change inthe date on his address label, that themoney has been received by us and credi-

ted. It is an experiment worth trying.Those who have never tried it, after onceBucceeding, will be gratified at the posses-sion of a new faculty, and will also rejoicein the consciousness of having dischargedan honest debt and aided a good cause.We recommend this experiment to a num-ber of subscribers, in confidence, that itwill please them as much to make the trialas it will us to have the trial made.

The University Publishing Company. Thiscompany has located a branch of its house,in Louisville, which is under the manage-ment of Mr. R. A. Watts, a most compe-tent and efficient gentleman. His placeof business is at the store of Messrs. Da-

vidson Brothers & Co., 1G2 Main street,where a full snpply of the Company's booksJare kept for sale, This is a grand and worthyenterprise, and we are glad to know thatit has succeeded beyond all expectation.

Dr. MoCosh and his family were at Mon-

treal the first of this month. He preachedon the Sabbath for the Eev. Dr. Burns.He was on his way to Cacouna, a favoritewatering place in Canada.

An Editor Promoted Under this headan exchange says the Eev. Dr. Wood-bridg- e,

editor of the Occident, has beenelected pastor of the Howard Street Pres-byterian Church, San Francisco.

Eev. Dr. Moffatt, the celebrated Africanmissionary, has arrived in London fromthe Cape of Good Hope.

Eev. Dr. Broadhead, missionary to North-ern India, who has been in this countryfor the past few months for the doublepurpose of visiting bis friends and recuperating his health, expects to return to thescene oi his labors early in the month ofuciober ensuing.

Prof, auiiman jas resigned his positionas nisiructoi ot chemistry in the Acauemical department of Yale.

racino Ubserver.After a suspension ofseveral months, the Pacific Observer (Cumoeriana Presbyterian) hasu e aie giau to know that its dituctutiesha-.- e been surmounted, and trust thatneuceiorwaru us usefulness may be will:out let or hindrance.

CHRISTIAN OBSERVER AND COMMON WEALTH AUGUST 17, 1870.

COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

The advertising columns of the ChristianObserver afford an excellent directory tosome of the best schools and colleges in thecountry. The cards of more than fortyare published. We have no hesitancy inexpressing the opinion that it would be dif-

ficult to make out another list of schools-compr- ising

as many, offering equal advan-

tages for the thorough instruction of youth.These institutions include two

Medical Colleges.University of Louisville, Medical Department,

Louisville, Ky., J. M. Bodine, M. D., Deanof the Faculty.

The Medical College' of Memphis. Tenn.,Alex. Frskiue, M. !., Dean of the Faculty.Both of these institutions occupy a high

rank, and our sympathies and feelings are

inclined towards them the more, in thatsome of the Professors, in addition to emi-

nence in their profession, are eminent as

Christian men, and as office-bearer- s in ourbranch of the church.

Colleges.TVe publish the cards of seven colleges:

Hampden Sidney College, Kev. J. M. P. At-

kinson, D. D., President, Hampden Sidney,Va.

Washington College, Gen. R. E. Lee, Lex- -

lncton. Va.Westminster College, Rev. N. L. Rice, D. D.,

Fulton, Mo.Davidson College, Rev. G. W. McPhail, D.

D. , Davidson College. N.C.Stewart College, Rev. J. B. Shearer, Clarks-ville-

Tenn.King College, Rev. J. D. Tadlock, Bristol,

E. Tenn.Cumberland University, Rev. B. W. McDon

nold. D. D., Lebanon, Tenn.We would be glad to see them all full

Most of them have received from time totime highly commendatory notices throughour columns.

Schools With Two Departments.Washington Male and Female Seminary. Rev

S. J. P. Anderson, D. D,, late of St. Louis,Richview, 111.

xFisirah Male and Female Seminary, Rev. R.Douglass, Versailles, ly.

Oak Grove Academy, Rev. Geo. P. Richard-son, Game's Station, (near Grenada). Miss.,

E. R. Humphreys, LL. D., Newport,Rhode Island.The peculiarity of these four institu

tions is, that they receive both girls andboys and have separate departments foreach preserving, as is believed, a health-ful intercourse between the two sexes, suchas is felt in the home circle but guardingcarefully against the evils which are oftenascribed to mixed schools. Rev. Ruther-ford Douglass is well known and highlyesteemed by a large circle of our readers-Rev. Dr. Anderson is the well known pas-

tor, late of St. Louis, one of the few bravomen who rose superior to all the threatsand intimidations and violence of the war.He is a superior scholar, whose enforcedabsence from the pulpit is improved in theestablishment of a first-clas- s educationalinstitution. Eev. Mr. Richardson is anold Iriend of the editors, and is highlycommended as a superior teacher.

Schools for Boys.In our advertising columns will be found

also the announcement of nine good

schools for boys, viz:Staunton Academy, Prof. Chas. E. Young,

Principal, Staunton, Va.Cluster Springs High School, T. Osja r Rog-

ers, M. A., Black Walnut, Halifax Co. Va:.Bingham School, Col. Win. Bingham, Meb-anes-

1j. AUmance Co., N. C.Dinville Colltgiate Institute, Rev. W. F.

Junkin, Danville, Ky.Forest Ac idemy, Rev. B. H. McCown, D. D.,- Anchorage P. O., (12 miles from Louisville,)

Ky.Hambleton College, Rev. J. W. Heagan,

Elizubelhtown, Ky.Kentucky Military Institute, Col. R. T. P.

Allen, Farmdale, Ky.St. Louis Institute, Rev. H. T. Morton, St.

Louis, Mo.Polytechnic College, A. L. Kennedy, M. D.,

Philadelphia, Pa.In addition to these, we are requested

to call attention to the Trinity High School,a Presbyterian Institution, at Pass Christian, Miss. It wascommenced lntnerallof 1808, by Rev. Wm. Cameron and Prof.E. Lee Blanton, and has had a steady andencouraging growth until i t now numbers59 students. It is an important enterprisefor promoting Pre sbyterian Interests on

the Gulf Coast.Schools for Girls.

The education of our girls is more liberally provided for than that of our boys.

Our readers are referred to notices oftwenty-fou- r good school s. Six of them arein Kentucky, viz :

Belle wood Female Seminary, W. AV. Hill, D.D., Ancuoratre, Ky.

School lor Girls. Rev. R. L. Breck, D. D.,Richmond, Kv.

Sayre Female Institute, Maj. H. B. McLlcllan,Lexington, Ky.

Caldwell Female Institute, Rev. L. G. Barbour, Danville, Ky.

Bardstown Female Academy, Kev. J. N. Cos-by, Bardstown, Ky.

Shelbyville Female College, Prof. W. H. Stuart, abeiby vine, Ky.

- bix areTh YTrgihia, viz:Augusta Female Se minary, Miss M. J. Bald

win, Staunton, va.Alexandria Female Seminary, Judge W. W.

Legare, Alexandria, Va.Stonewall Jackson Institute. Rev. S. D. Stu- -

Va.Fairfax Hall, Rev. S. Billings, Winchester.

art, Abingdon, Va.Boarding and Day School, Miss Julia Read

and Miss Bella Lejburn, Appomattox C.H., Va.

Miss Carrington's School, Miss Virginia P.Camngton, Charlottesville, Va.Two of them are in North Alabama ;

two in Mississippi ; one each in Tennessee,and Ohio ; and two each in North CarolinaMaryland and Philadelphia, as follows :

Huntnville Female Seminary, Rev. Henrie R.Smi'n, Huntsville, Ala.

Florence S) nodical Female College, Rev. W.II. Mitchell, D. D., Florence, Ala.

Fayette College, Edwin H. Fay, A. M., Fay-ette, JilfersonTJo., Miss.

Sardis Female Institute, Rev. D. G. Doak,Sardis, Panola Co., Miss.

Collegiate Institute, Rev. T. D. Wardlaw,Shelbyville, Tenn.

Charlotte Female Institute, Rev. R. Burwelli Son, Charlotte, N. C.Edgeworth Female Seminary, Rev. J. M. M.

caiuwtn, oreensDoro, jn. c.Frederick Female Seminary, Rev. Thos

M. Cann, Fiederick, ild.Southern Home School, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson

M. Cary, and Mrs. General John Pegram,Baltimore, Md.

Steubenville Female Seminary, Rev. C. C.Beattv. D. I).. LL. D.. Steubenvillo, Ohio.

Ches'nut street Female Seminary, Mis Banner ana Miss Dlliaye, Philadelphia, l a.

Miss Byurd's English and French school, .No.1000 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa.The editors have some acquaintance

with nearly all of these schools, and it was

our purpose to have dwelt upon the dis-

tinctive features of each. But most ofthem have already been noticed editorial-

ly, or by communications, and as the spacedoes not allow this, we will only say to

every parent, send your children by allmeans to one of the above, or to someother good school, under healthful relig-

ious and Presbyterian influences.

Fairfax Hall.The Rev. Silas Billings, who has been

teaching for a year past in Winchester, Va.,has purchased the splendid property knownas Fairfax Hall, and established a first-clas- s

boarding and day school. His daugh-

ters are associated with him. They wereeducated at Mount Holyoke, and have beenteaching with great success in Kentucky.Vmong the peculiar attractions of thisschool, are the thoroughness of its courseof instruction, especially in the funda-

mental branches, its moderate charges, andinstruction in vocal music, Latin, Greekand French without extra charge-Alexandri- a

Female Seminary.

We have examined with interest a cata-

logue of this institution. Judge Legarehas associated with himself an able corpsof seven assistant teachers. He was edu-

cated in the University of South Carolina,where he graduated with high honors; andis commended in very strong terms, notonly by the professors of that institutionand the University of Virginia, but byRev. Drs. J. D. Mitchell, and J. J. Bul-

lock, and many of his patrons who havehad ample opportunity to judge of hisabilities as a teacher, and his excellenciesas a man-Cluste- r

Springs High School.

The Cluster Springs property, at whichEev. J. B. Shearer President of ,StewartCollege, has established an excellent schoolfor boys, has been rented to Mr. T. OscarEogers, a graduate of the University ofVirginia, who will succeed Mr. Shearer inthe, school.

Forest tHome Academyhe Louisville Courier .',,: ; ;;.

tices this first-clas- s schoc.Some fourteen years ag e noticed ris-

ing, in an entangled forest on the Frank-fort railroad, some thirteen miles from thecity, the first building of Forest HomeAcademy. This promising enterprise hasnow grown to enlarged and village-lik- e di-

mensions, and new buildings for schoolpurposes are still going up. This is oneof the best schools to which youth can beentrusted. Rev. B. H. McCown, the prin-cipal and propietor, has a full facultytwo very experienced professors, and aveiy adroit assistant professor for survey-ing and civil engineering with compassand transit theodolite in the open field.Mr. McCown himself labors nine hourseach day in the school-roo- and he seesthat professors and pupils do their duty.

St. Louis Institute.As the Rev. II. T. Morton is r. para- -

tive stranger to the readers ot f. islianObserver, the following introi.i.' y theRev. Dr. Andersoii, will not

As you are aware, I hav- . ' or ayear associated with Rev. K rtonin the above nam:d school. as Ithink, by the providence of Goo, ro anoth-er field of labor, I wish to express myhigh sense of the unusual excellence of mylate associate, as a teacher. Mr. Mortonis a thorough scholar, fully versed in theadvanced art of teaching, and for patientfidelity and energy in im-

parting instruction, I do not know hissuperior. Parents may feel pertect confi-dence in committing their sons to hiscare. In my judgment he has peculiarclaims on the Christians of St. Louis, for,so far as lam informed, his is the only In-stitution in our city where the Bible hasits proper place in the course of instruction.And the benign influence of the dailystudy of the Word of Life was abundantly manifested in the exemplary conduct ofthose under our charge.

I earnestly recommend him to the patronage of lovers of the Bible of all denom-inations.

S. J. P. Anderson.Principal of Washington Seminary, lilt.

For the Observer ana Commonwealth.

STEWART COLLEGE.

Messrs. Editors : Permit me. in a few- -

words, to call the attention of your readersto Stewart College referring to the "An-nouncement" in another column, and to com-

mend it to parents and guardians having sonsand wards to educate. My share in the workof restoring this Institution to active opera-tions, and the resulting official intcrioursewith several Synods of the Southwest, oughtto save this note from all unseemliness in theview of any.

Thanks to the kindness of friends in Kentucky and North Mississippi, as well as inlennessee, tne college grounus anu Dii.uiingsare in excellent condition. As to the primeconsideration of health, this region reallyremarkable : I know of none more favorable.The culture and morality oi the people, whileperhaps not all that could be w ishe 1, is cer-tainly all that could be expected, and verymuch more than can ordinarily be found. TheCollege Boarding House will be open furthose who who prefer it ; but the fact thatstudents from a distance will find homes in I helamiiies of tho college professors acd othercit;zens of Clarksville, can hardly fail to

a decided advantage in the judgment ofthose who are compelled to send their sousand wards to be educated at distant Institu-tions of learning.

But alter all, in the most important sense,the Faculty is the College. And it is exactlytoucliiug this point, 1 feel most free to com-mend. To those who know these gentlemenall commendation is needless. To other, 1

say, they are capital men, in every sense wellfitted for the great work they are to perform.Indeed, I hesitate to give full expression tomy conviction in this regard, lest it seem anexaggeration. I know of no equal number ofgentlemen to whoce care I should more cheer-fully anl confidently entrust the education ofyouth in whom I feel an especial interest.They are all graduates of the University ofVirginia, all are in the prime of life, all expe-rienced and successful teachers enthusiasti-cally devoted to their noble profession; andthey enter on their work here with the earn-est purpose to build up a tirst-clas- s Institu-tion, alter the pattern of the best Virginiaschools.

I do. therefore, cordially commend this Col-lege to the favorable considers' ion of all whooit may suit to tend sous or wards here to beeducated.

Very truly, vour,1'. . DAVIE?.

Vi.iassni.LE, Tenn., August 1, li',),

Correspondence of the Observer and Commonwealth.

LETTER FROM IRELAND,The Franco-Prussi- War Religion of Charles

Dickens A Remarkable Letter A Unita-rian at the Lord's Table A Question forCommutators.France and Prussia are up in arms

against each other, and the conflict is likelyto be "desperate and bloody. Both arewell prepared and anxious for the engagement. How it will eventuate, it is impos

sible to say. The French will fight with

all the fury of revenge and ambitionThey owe Prussia a long standing grudge.

Blucher and Waterloo are not forgottenPrussia, on the other hand, will not permitherself to be humiliated by France. Theother powers are keeping aloof. They as-

sume a neutral attitude. But it is just possible they may be compelled from it, andforced to join some side. Italy still gaspsfor freedom and independence, with Romeas its capital and seat of government. ThePope, therefore, may look out for his safety

if the French troops are called away fromRome. Russia looks southward with covetous eye, and several of the smaller pow

ers dread annexation. War is a scourge,but is it not sometimes employed or ovelruled for good purposes ? English sympathy is with Prussia. Irish, Eomish sympathy is with France. The King of Prussiaspeaks in the tones of a stern man, deter-

mined to be brave and fully alive to thegravity of his position. His sternnessbodes well for Prussia, if it be representative of the people's will, and I think it is.

France is boastful. The Emperor, withunusual outspokenness, says he will stakehis dynasty on the issue.

Sometimes injudicious friends do moreinjury to a man than his bitterest foescould. This is likely to be illustrated in

the case of the late Charles Dickens. Hisindiscriminating and unwise eulogists haveclaimed for him merits which he did notpossess, and this has drawn attention todefects which might not have been broughtto light but for this. His genius is praisedextravagantly ; but if it confined itself tohis genius, few would demur. When, however, ministers of the Gospel attempt tohold up the great novelist a3 a great Christian teacher, it is time for those who distinguish or respect the fundamen talcharacteristics of a truly Christian character, to protest. Dean Stanley has takenthe lead in Christainiziny Dickens. NoChristian truth is contained in his writings. His reverence for Christ was profound and sincere, it is said, but he had nosympathy for any of those great Christianinstitutions organized to effect the conversion of the world. I would abstain fromswelling the chorus ol his eulogisers. Iwould also abstain from handing him overto a hopeless destiny. He should be leftwith his Maker, who endowed him with hisgreat gifts, and who will hold him responsible for his use of them. I have as littlesympathy with those who consign him toperdition as I have with those who desireto place him in the calendar of Saints.The editor of the New York Independent,not a very reliable authority in such matters, ranks him with Beecher as a Chris-

tian, but Theodore L. Cuyler, a regularcontributor to thesame paper, mournswith very bitter lamentation over thenovelist's hopeless grave. There is butone meritorious key into the kingdom ofheaven, but there are more ways than oneto this key. There are many instrumentalkeys. Christ is the door. Faith opens thedoor faith accompanied by repentance.I think, sirs, there is more need now thanever to keep in the old paths to dwell onthe safety of the old paths even to mag-nify their safety.

"Alia and did my Saviour bleed,And did my Sovereign die?

Did He did devote His sacred headFor such a worm as I ?

Was it lor crimes that I had doneHe hung upon the tree ?

Amazing pity, love unknown,And grief beyond degree."

There is more sound saving theologyin those lines than in ten thousand cartloads of the sermons that are preached inmany of the pulpits, just now. A philos-ph- y

little better than Grecian is eliminat-ing papers of the present day as its glory,its power, and its life. The best way todie, is to die in the faith of the Gospel,for those who have lived and workedtherein.

The following letter explains it-

self, and illustrates the liberality of someministers of the Gospel. It is written byan Episcopalian clergyman to a lady inembarrassed circumstances, who had placedher son in a charitable institution, underBaptist auspices. You have such clergy-

men in your midst. Let thei look intothe following mirror, and see what mannerof men they are.

" The Vicarage, , May 17, 70." Dear Mrs , I can't tell you the

pain your letter to Miss has given me.It is, I think, the height of cruelty to handover your poor little boy to the Baptists.It is a sin of which you can hardly fail tolive to feel the misery. We pass no judg-ment on those outside the visible Churchof Christ they, many of them doubtless,belong to the invisible Church, the com-pany of true believers. It is for God tojudge them as to their errors. They, ifthey act up to their light, will, we believe,be saved.

" You have been taught the truth. Youknow it therefore what is not sin in themis sin in you. I cannot conceive a greateract of injustice to a child. God's blessingwill not and cannot rest on such an act.Better your boy should be a day laborer onthe roads than a Baptist. May God inmercy open your eyes?. 1 trust it is not yettoo late. If you have not sent him, don'tsend him if you have sent him, send forhim back. Fancy the wretchedness of see-J.'- g

Liu one day teaching error and oppos

ing the Church of our dear Lord. Youbelieve when here in the Church, and Ican't but believe ;that you still in yourheart believe it. You have known thevalue and blessing of its ordinances. TheChurch of England teaches, and I taughtyou, to rest only on Christ's merits, to lookto Him for pardon and peace, but it alsoteaches what Jesus and the Apostlestaught the necessity of repentance. Ifear you have come under false teaching.Very many others are returning to thefaith sad, most sad, that you should bewandering from it. I will not cease topray for vou that God may show you yourmistake and sin. I do most sincerelygrieve over you ; lew things have painedme more than your conduct in this matterof your child. I had rather you hadturned Baptist yourself than thus have in-

jured your boy. I hope it is, however, nottoo late.

" Save him from such a fate. I knowyou will then feel more at rest. Youknow, yes, your conscience, now tells you,if I mistake not, that you are actingwrongly, contrary to the will of our dearLord and Saviour.

"He has given you light. Oh, choosenot darkness. You know what the Churchis, and the bles-ing- s and grace and pardonit can bestow.

Yours sincerely in our dear Lord," J. ."

The Irish General Assembly adopted, ata recent special meeting, a list of trusteesfor the Commutation fund. The Modera-tor, in his closing address said that com-

mutation by the ministers of the IrishPresbyterian Church was an accomplishedfact. Four hundred and sixty ministershave either signed the commutation deedor declared themselves ready to sign it.

Much feeling has been created by theUnitarian member of the revision partyof the New Testament having partaken ofof the Holy Communion with the othersin the chapel of Westminister. TheArchbishop of Canterbury has been mem-

orialized on the subject, and the ritualisticalparty are incensed beyond measure at whatthey deem a very scandalous innovation.They seem to be more outraged than theevangelicals, although the latter are greatlydissatisfied. The Unitarian minister partook of the brep.d and wine in the name ofthe Trinity, for in this way they were ad-

ministered by Dean Stanley, therefore Icannot see that any compromise was made.If aDy at all, it was made by Dr. Smith.To administer them to him, knowing himto be a Unitarian, was a recognition of bisChristian character; and, in the judgmentof the orthodox, a Socinian cannot be aChristian, because he rejects Christ, whois the only and one foundation of theChristian Church. This subject is verycomplicated and involves many collateralquestions, very difficult of solution."Eating and drinking unworthily" is avery serious offence one which is chargedwith everlasting consequences. But whatis it to eat and drink unworthily ? Is it toeat and drink without discerning, in asaving sense, the great work which thebread and wine adumbrate ?

Bruiting this theological difficulty, orrather this knotty Christian question, re-

calls a conversation which I heard lately,in reference to what one addressed to Job.He was told to curse God and die. Now ifJob had don) as he was requested, wouldhe have died? Would cursing God entailcertain and inevitable death on the individual who would do so? It seems as ifJob's counsellor thought so, but I wouldlike very much if some of your ablean I learned readers would recur to thepassage and give an explanation. Youhave some able Biblical scholars amongstyour constituency.

Very gratifying intelligence reaches herefrom Spain every now ad then. Thework of Scriptural enlightenment progres-ses better and more encouragingly thancould be expected. Several Protestantministers are laboring in various parts ofthe country with marked success. Thatcountry was for a long time sealed againstthe light, but the revolution opened it tothe missionaries of the cross, and they aredoing all they can to disseminate the wordof life there.

Once A Month.July 27th, 1870.

JLtcrfiit publication

The Southern Presbyterian Review,for July. Columbia, b. C., printed at thePresbyterian Publishing Houe.The follow'ng are the contents of this

number: The History of Baptism, byRev. S. J. Baird, What is a Call to theGospel Ministry. Providence and Pray-

er. A Memorial of the Rev. DavidHumphreys, by the Rev. John McLees.The Nature of the Atonement, why it is

necessarily Vicarious? by W. L. ScottEsq. The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, by the Rev. Joseph R. Wilson D.D. The General Assembly of 1870.Critical Notices of DePressense's Religion,and Reign of Terror ; Washburn's Re-

miniscences of the Indians ; Innes Lawsof Creeds in Scotland, and MoncriefTsCreeds and Churches in Scotland, &c, &c.

The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nilb, Redsea AND (Jennessareth, &c. A canoecruiser in Palestine and Egypt and thewaters of Damascus. By J. Macgregor,M. A. With maps and illustrations,New York : Harper & Brothers, Publish-ers, 1870. 12 mo. pp. 464.The Rob Roy is the name given to a

water craft, a canoe, 14 feet long and 26

inches wide built under the direction ot

the author, to navigate the rivers and seas

of Asia and Africa. It is probably thesmallest vessel ever launched in which one

can travel long and far and sleep at the

end in comfort. This vessel was conveyed

from London to Alexandria, where the

author embarked in the waters of Afri ;a for

a six months cruise in his which wa

the great curiosity to the people of theEast, especially to seamen. This work isa journal or narrative of his voyage fromPort Said, through the Suez canal, on theNile, the river Musshier, the Eed Sea, hisvisit to Beyrout over Mount Lebanon, withRob Roy on wheels, the Abana, a river ofDamascus, his voyage on the Jordan, andthe waters of Merom, the Sea or Lake ofGalilee (which has four names, Tiberias,Chinneroth and Gennessareth. To thelovers of adventure, his narrative is a storycu great, interest, containing notices ofmany things overlooked by other travelers.

For sale by Davidson Bros. & Co., 162Main street, Louisville.The Southern Agriculturist, is thetitle of a neat monthly quarto of aboutthirty pagss, published by Major Thos.J. Key at No. 08 Main street, Louis-

ville, Ky.Major Key is well and favorably known

through this State and many other portionsof the Sot:;h, and we doubt not, that theenergy and earnestness with which he hasdevoted himself to the editorial work, willmake a periodical well worthy of a perma-nent place in every farmer's home. Sub-scription price, $2 a year, in advance.

General SntcUigcnrc.

North Carolina. In the recent elec-tion in North Carolina, the Democratshave carried the Legislature by a hand-some inajorirky and elected five out ofseven Congressmen. Harris, negro, forCongress in the Fourth District, is defeat-ed, and a Democrat elected to fill the va-cancy in this Congress, caused by Deweese'sresignation. The Legislature will elect aa Democratic United States Senator inplace of Pool. In those portions of theState where it was maintained that an in-surrection existed no disturbance of noteoccurred on election day.

The Citors From almost all parts ofthe country we hear tidings of an abund-ant harvest. Usually there are some de-ficient localities even where the generalyield is large. But it would seem that,with no exception worth mentioning, theblessing of a bounteous Providence hasrested everywhere on oursoil. Our Texasexchanges contradict the rumor of a par-tial failure in that tate, and assert thatthe crops will be larger than the averageyield of good seasons. The same reportconies from the Northern States, from theEastern and Western States. And it be-comes us to express our heartfeH gratitudeto the giver of all good, for these tokensof His bounty.

Texas Items. The Guadalupe TexasTimes says every farmer there declares hehas the best cotton in the county, nonecalculating on less than a bale and a halfto the acre, some more. No worm hasyet made its appearance, nor is any ex-pected till next moon, when theie will bea fine crop in spite of the woim.

The citizens of Goliad are taking meas-ures to ascertain the practicability of irri-gating the San Antonio valley.' A committee has been appointed to report, andthe report will doubtless be favorable, asit has been ascertained that there is a fallof II feet i'i a e u( two miles.

Drougb - i n n ticut. TheHartford .' mys - '11. 3 drought isvery severe in oousecticut. All vegeta-tion sutlers. Except in meadow lands,no pasturage is left. Corn is curled up;many farmers have already cut their cornstalks for fodder. Late planted potatoesare a complete failure.

FOREIGN.THE WAR IN EUROPE.

The public have already received an accountof how Louis Kapoleon declared war, how theFrench community beaaine impatient for thegloriou6 victories that had been promised, howSaarbruck, a point just beyond the boundarybetween France and Prussia that was feeblydefended, was attacked by an enormous forceand captured, and how the exploit was tele-

graphed over France as a brilliant, a gloriousachievement. Then followed days of anxietyin Paris. No news-cam- e from the seat of war.Then painful rumors flew thick and fast, andby degrees were succeeded by a fearful panicin France, in consequence of great militarydisasters. The Prussians advanced. Saar-

bruck was evacuated by the French. Thebattle of Weissenburg was fought on Friday,August 6, resulting in the defeat of McMahon'scorps of the French army; then the battle ofVTarth on Sunday the 7th, resulting in stil'more serious defeats of the French army; thenthe retreat of the whole French army, and theconcentration ot both armies at Wentz orMetz on French territory, forty miles fromthe frontier, and 200 miles from Paris, prepar-ing for another great struggle.

The Battle at Wcerth The following arethe telegrams giving the Prussian account ofthis great battle.

An official dispatch, dated Han burg, Aug.8, says :

'Yesterday, alter the battle of Warth, theeremy ietired in the greatest disorder. TheFrench artillery endeavored peisistently tsmake a stand at Kicderbronn, but that townwas taken by the Bavarians. The enemy re-

tired en route to liitsche. The cavalry ofYVurtemburg captured the enemy's stores andfour pieces ot artillery at Keichsboten. Deadand wounded covered the route of theretreJt-in- g

artuv.'This morning we have occupied Hagenau,

evacuated by the enemy. The Herman troopshold both sides of the Saar, having occupiedSairequmiiies and Fcrbach, after a slight re-

sistance by the French."The King of Bavaria makes the following

report concerning the battle of Warth:"Early on the morning of the 7th inst., just

as our troops had left their bivouac to marchon irzolzheim, the thunder of cannon washeard. Our movements were hastened, andwe soon came up ith the First Corps, whichwere engaged with the enemy. The Bavariantroops were placed in action at once, and par-ticipated in tbe assault upon the heights ofGuemene, which were carried about i o'clock,the French being repulsed In disorder andwith heavy loss. The action was severe andsanguinary."

TneKing has issued a congratulatory orderto the Second Corps, thanking them for theirsplendid conduct and gallantry.

The losses of the French in the battle otWarth, on Saturday, were 5.000 dead, wound-ed and mis-unj- anil 6,009 prisoners total 0.

AlcMahon's baggage and many cannon,and two long railway' trains, with stores andmunitions, were captured. The Prussiancavalry, in their pursuit, bagged thousands ofstra'lers, who lii'.d thrown :i way their ai n;s.TLe tota' Prussian ios was 3,J:.t) dead, wound-ed and m;s?ii.g.

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