The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-02-26

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Need exhort you to fight the good 6ght, to Eight for
! your wives and children!
My friends. might urge you to eight by the CALLING
memories oil British wrong! Walton-I might tell
you Of your father butehered IN the silence Of mid
night on the plains Of Trenton. I might picture his
grey hairs dabb!ed in blood, might ring his death
shrek in your SheImire-I might tell ysu Of
mother butchered, and a sister outraged-the lonely
farmhouse, the night assault, the roof in James, the
shouts Of the troopers they Dispatched their victim,
the cries for mercy the pleading Of innocence for pity
might paint this all again. in the terrible colors Of
vivid reality, il thought your cournge needed such
wild excitement.
But know you are strong in the might Of the Lord.
You will go forth TO battle the morrow with light
hearts and determined spirits, though the solemn
duty-the duty ofavenging the dead-may rest heavy
on your souls.
And in the hour Of batle when all around is dark
ness, lii by the lurd glare and the piercing
musket fash, when the wounded strew the ground,
and the dead line your path, then remember soldiers
that God is with you. The Eternal God fights for
you-he rides the battle cloud, he sweeps on
ward with the march Of the hurricane eharse-God
the awful and the Infinite, fights for you, and will
triumph.
They That take the sror shall perish By the ,rrord"
You have taken the sword, but no, in the spirit o.
wrong and ravage. You have TAX, the sword for
your homes, for your wi1cs. Cor your Tins ones
You hive taken the sword for truth, and Justice
and right and to you the promise be Of good cheer
for your foes have taken the sword in defence of all
that man holds dear, in bIasphemy ofGOd-they shall
perish by the sword
And now brethren und soldiers, bid you farewell.
af C,u
souls Of the faen-many of may live to tell the
story of the fight Tomorrow, and in the memory Of all
will and lnger the quiet scene of this autum
nal night.
Solemn twilight advances over lhe valley; the woods
on the opposite heights fling their long shadows over
the green Of the meadov-around Us are the tents Of
the continental hosts, the suppressed hustle OF the
camp. the hurried tramp OfIhe soldiers and frO
among the tents, the stiffness snd silence that marks
the Of battle
When we meet agaiu, may the long shadows Of
twilight be flung peaceful land. God in heav-
grant il.
Let Us pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION
Great Father, wo bow before thee. We invoke
thy blessing; depreeate thy wrath; return
thee THINKS for the pdst ask thy aid for the fu
ture Far in ;imes Of trouble oh Lord, and
sore beset by foes mereiess and uHpiyng the sword
CLEANS cur land, and the dust Of the soil is
dimpeued with the blood OF our neighbors and
friends.
Oh! God of mercy, pray thy blessing on the
American arms. Make the man of our hearts strong
in thy wisdom; bless, beseerh, with renewed life
and strength, our hope, and thy instrument, even
George Washngton-shO~er Thy counsels on the
Honorable the Continental Congress; visit the tents
Of our hosts, comfort the soldier in his wounds and
Affections him Cor the fight, prepare him for the
hour Of death.
And in the hour Of defeat. oh God Of Hosts, do
thou be stay, and in the hour triumph be thou
guide.
Teach US to be merciful' Though the memory Of
CALLING xrOngsb be our hearts knocking for admit
lance, and they may ill with desires for revenge,
yet ret Us, oh Lord, spare the vauqushed, though
they never spired Us, in their hour Of butchery and
bloodshed. And, in the hour death do thea guide
into the abode prepared for the blest so shall we
thanks unto thee through Christ our Redeem
er-God PROSPER THE cAUsE-AMEN.
Interesting to Old Psspis.-we find in an old pa
per the following method recommended to aged peo-
pie, as means of enabling them to preserve their
eycsight, or to recover it after il has failed:
EVERY morning, when washing YOURSELF dip your
face into the water, open your eyes and keep them
under the WATER long you hold your breath.
This Strengthens the eye and ceanses il from the
rheum which deadens the sight and considerably az
fleets the bail. A gentleman in Maryland, by the
name OF james Calder, after using spectacIes for
twenty-five years, followed this plan, and at the age
OF seventy recovered his sight so as see without
them. Dipping tire crown of the head into cold
water, every morning. both winter ard summer is
preseryative agaiust the head and ear-ache, and will
materially asst the other Operuton 10 its effect upon
the eyes"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~ said little girl with
rosy cheeks TO elderly dsme, ''whnt makes it
thunder and lghten:''
''Well, my darling, I 'spect the light from the
blessed sun gets lodged in the clouds, and when
snag ont gifts together, il busts The streak that
flies out is the ghtnn' and the bustn il the thun-
deri''
AMALGAMATroN -tsye learn that white SER
want girl married in this city yesterda, by Jus
tice Of the peace, to a black The couple, we
arc told, applied to nearly orqne all the clergymen
here in Bridgeport to egnlize the union but they all