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Foa rHE souTHERN EKrEnPnIsE.

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< sy,fb,n tbs ,rcc,nct of 4 cburcb.vard. lonely
An o,d n,., van and vray.
p..,a. a.. -. - hi. ao.a bono. WA s;tt;no
And signing life away.
M. u,the,,a ssoo ,non M, thin hand re,ted.
u Ard tbro, b,s ,,ueer. stole.
IN Quick suceesssen. tear. of bitter anguish,
Wrune from bis xearv sou,
? A ,;,s,e ohi,a. r;fh bro,~ or gent,e beaptv.
And tender s;elot eve--- 80
A fsce Win sa;pt and ebe,,t svveotly b,cnded.
Z went softly s;uu;pu by. a"tF ~
: In tones Of rapture low -, -.
~There is no sorrow ON the earth's wide bosom,
Or panx OF mortal woe
.s
= ea'' aea, y ",''l s'' wv"
ofweary saints, shall yet wear crowns OF glory,
I Wrought by his own dear hand
. IN our blast prornis,d land there Is a city
,,o,S.,, ,.,,y f.,r,e,.t-,3
With giosions mansions, homes Of untold beauty
And Jesus reigneth there
And tbitherward our mortal feet are tending.
Thither we haste amain.
In those sweet homes, all the dear ftiends that
loved us,
shall be with as again.
FOR o. the crave fts iron laws shall omen.
sa And each los. form shall stand
clothed once again With life. and strength. and
~ bcauty.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

MANY hard stories are told at the ex-
pense of the brave sons Of 'owld Ireland,'
but the following timely repartee we consid-
er an exception: f,.ss.
"A tavern keeper in Newark, when Civ
ing New Years presents to his help, told
one of bis porters "a smart Irishman) that
he was about the best man around the
house, and therefore he should give him
the most costly present. Sure said Pat
rick, rubbing his hands with delight, Il al
ways name to do my duty '1believe you,'
said his employer, and therefore I shall
make you present of all you have stolen
from me during the yearp Thank your
honor replied Pat, 'and may all your
friends and acquaintances trate you as liber-
ally
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

TEapRRANcB DRiSK.-The great tempe
rance drink of the day is a beverage made from
what is known among us as the " California
Moss" We know nothing Of the history Of
this curious agent, and can only record tue fact
that mixture Of nolassess and water, and
tablespoonful Of the Moss" put in a bot.
tie and securely corked, viii! produce in five
hours good article Of spruce beer. Mixed
with brown sugar, it makes good sparkling
cider white sugar being substituted, cap
ital champagne Is obtained. A curious fes-
ture Of the Moss" is, while it feeds on The
liquid, it increases with extra. ordinary ra.
pidity. We have found the beverage to be
q good tonic and harmless stimulant.--
We do not assert II ~ o fact, but we have
every reason to believe that the" Moss" Is
identical with the California Vinegar
Plant.
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MmreIlaufurlH Rrahing.
Br Rpousr.
Congregational Singing.

Congregational Singing.
We are gratiied 10 fhd that the subject OF
congregational singing is beginning to oecupy
the attention OF Christian people who. on Sabbath
day, are accustomed to attend the sanctuary
The farce which has been so long acted. and sub
stitated for this delightful part of religious wor.
ship. rs nearly played out. We refer to the per-
formance of the choir. In almost every congre-
CATION these representative singers perform some
difficult piece of music. which not one of the con-
gregation can touchS and this is called singing
TO the praise and glory OF God. Alas! we think
II would be much the truth, 10 call 1t sing.
Ing 10 the praise and glory Of young ladies, aud
young gentlemen What a buriesqne suoh n
performance must appear TO angels, II indeed
they condeseend 10 witness It. Nor can 1t be
less 90 In the estimation of human beings who
take common sense view Of the subject. How
widely different TO those Of the present day were
the views Of congregational singing expressed
by DR.. watts:g eE 90 -
"Lord, how delightful ts TO sec
whole assembly worship thee;
At onco they sing, at once they pray
Tacy hear of heaven and learn the way"
II that sacred bard could be awakened from
MS yeeceIut Wuhuutfst hhu eht1f e'hpooe ""y W
our churches now, he would have TO alter his
verse 10 something like the following:
oh how Ridiculous 'tis 10 SEQ f.9
An audience sitting silentlyj
when praise should all their voices fro
81. They simply glance up to the choir.
We do not, however, mean to treat the subject
liahly or sauriasiIy but rather seriously as IL h
one which demands the devout consideration OF
al sober minded Christians. We think that
all who attend the services Of Gods house should
to the best Of their ability. Join in each part o.
religious wosship; rot only should they offei
prayers to God secretly with those Of the minis
Ter. but shouid audibly mingle praise In singing
THE is due 10 tho God Of all their mercies 90,
come. ssith tho sweet singer In Israel. "lct nj
sng unto ths Lord new song let us make ,
joyful noise pnto the rock Of our salvation. lie,
ne come before his presepee with thanhsgivipg
and show ourselves glad in him with songs"-
Sing unto the Lord new song aud his praise
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Col. KING, of Gonzales county, in Texas, who
is an equal enemy Of hard money and grammar,
having proper contempt for both, and who
lives as he says, "down to the foot OF naviga-
ton," near Gonzales, a little creek which runs
dry in summer, recently delivered himself of the
following emphatic remark: "Ef owe a man
an onjust debt. and make him lawles tender
Of a blank bill and he infuses to incept it, but
persoos out writ for to level on my property,
ef I don't make sacrament of him I'll be
bustid I" =.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

a LITTER from Constantinople states that the
astrologers of the Sultan have just brought out
in that city the Turkish almanac for the new
year, which begins in March. The science of
astrology still enjoys certain degree of consid.
Grafton in the East, and faith is placed in its pre-
dictions. On this occasion the astrologer of the
almanac has left the place of certain Friday in
the new year blank, which has caused great un-
easiness in the capital. ne lie is old man Of the
time of the Sultan Mahmoud, whose death, in
1889, he indicated by the same means The be-
levers in the science, therefore, feel fully per-
suaded either that the Sultan Abdul. Maid will
not survive the year, or that some other grave
event will threaten the Turkish Empire.
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TIE Belle ABoLrTroNIzEp. "A friend has called
our attention to a sentiment published in the Do
mcstic Bible illustrated. Mr.. Golden, who put
out this book with marginal references, and va
rious readings, in his comment upon Ezekial 9th
chapter and 18th verse, which reads, "Javan,
Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants j;
traded the persons Of men and vessels Of brass
in thy market" says:
This detestdbls traffic, ,ctich is still carried on
in the trorld ought TO be held in universal ezecra-
tion, and the base souls that encourage slavery to
be aigmatised as muderersr
This book is extensively circulated in the
South. A Mr., or brother, Swobe, sold many CO.
pies iH Cherokee Georgia, but, perhaps, did not
know that il contained such sentiment In
regard to this he can speak for himself Thus it
is in the name of the Holy Bible such sentiments
are spread among Southern people. The lan
guage Is strikingly similar to that used by the
famous Spurgeon.
Will the Southern press pass this aroundH
1850 Georgia Banner d Baptist.
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RrasoxABLr CURIOSITY IN a DYING MAs.---It was
bright thought, that Of Smithson, the founder
Of the SIN ithson Institute, when he was dying of
an unknown complaint. Smithson had five doc
tors and they had been unable TO discover what
bis disease was. At length they told the patient
that he must die.
My friends, after die, make post mortem
examination, and tind out what ails me; for real.
ly have heard such long and learned discus
sions on the subject. that am dying 10 know
what the disease is myself"
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TAXING IT CooLLr-NeW York mer-
chant (excitedly) This will never do, sir
no, sir we must have our money, sir, or
we'll put the account in suit immediately
Country merchant twelve months be-
hind. .)-Wal, now, if that's what ser going
to do, allow me TO recommend a neighbor
of mine, Squire Jones Hes mighty
prompt collector ..... .ea
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

A THICK headed. squire, being worsted by
Sidney Smith In an argument, took his re-
venge BY exclaiming e.a- ..95
"1fI had son an idiot, I'd make him
parson."
"Very probably" replied Sidney, e but I
see your father was Of different mind"
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CorLD Nor HAVE rBE GosrEL ron THE FoxEs.-
That was novel but not SO bad an argument
which the mountain member urged In the Ken
tucky Legislature; ~
&. "A few years agoa bill proposing a premium
on fox.scnlps was under discussion. II had been
somewhat roughly handled in debate by mem.
bers from the more popular regions, where foxes
were scarce, and Mr.. L., from one of the
mountain counties, rose TO reply. give only
his perorationi "And are we. Mr.. Speaker--we
Of the mountain regions-not only to witness the
annual destruction of our crops, but actually to
be deprived by these varmints Of the consola-'
tons of religion This woke the house up. and
sit it agape for an explanation. He continued :
"You know, Mr.. Speaker, that we live in n
rough country that your fancy churches-your
Presbyterians and Episcopnlians-never send
preachers among us. We depend for the Gospel
upon the circuit riders Of the Methodist Church !;
and, sirs everybody knows that they cannot be
induced to travel where there are no chickens,
and that chickens cannot be raised where foxes
abound" The argument was unanswerable, and
the bill became law.
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A Difficult Question Answered,

"Can ahy one tell why when Eve was manu-.
factured from one Of Adams ribs, hired girl
wasn't made at the same time to walt on lier r.
We can, easily Because Adam never came
whining to Eve with ragged stocking to be
darned, collar. nr.string TO be sewed on, or glove
to be mended fright away. quick nowl" Be-
cause he never read the newspaper until the sun
got down behind the palm trees, and then stretch.
ed himself, yawning cut, "Ain't supper most
ready my dear n Not he. He made the FIRE
and hung over the ten kettle himself, we'll ven.
ture, and pulled the raddishes and peeled the
bananas and did everything else that he ought
TO He milked the cows, and fed the chickens,
and looked after the pigs himself He never
brought home hnlfadozen friends to dinner
when Eve hadn't any fresh pomegranates, and
mango season was overt He never stayed out
until eleven o'clock to "ward meeting" bur-
rahing for the out and out candidate, and then
scolded because poor dear Eve was sitting up
and crying inside the gates To be cure, he act
ed rather ccwnrdly about apple gathering time,
but, then, that don't depreciate his general help
fnlness about the garden. He never played bill.
liardS nor drove fast horses, nor choked Eve
with cigar smoke. He never loafed around cor.
ner groceries while solitary Eve was rocking lit
tie Gains cradle at home. In short, he didn't
think she was specially created for the purpose
of waiting on him, and wasn't under the impress
sion that it disgraeed man to tighten his wifes
cares little.
That's the reason that Eve did not need n
hired girl, and we wish it wns the reason that
none of her fair descendants did
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1t is said that females never fail to pay
for the papers they read-that is, if they
subscribe, they pay their subscriptions. We
once heard one of the Oldest editors in Fir-
giDia say, that while he had lost hundreds
Of dollars on male subscriptions. he had not
lost a cent on the subscriptions of females
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

sTHE meanest man in America lives in
Cleavelsnd, Ohio. He applied to justice
recently for an execution npon the sooodca
leg Of man who owed him "a. No gSn.
stable could be found 20 serve The execution.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

"CAx you tell me-" asked blooming
lass, of suitor, one day, what ship car
ries more passengers than the Great Easternl
"Well, madam, really don't think can"
"Wby. it is court shipP replied the
maiden, with conscious blush
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A MOTHER said, sonny, you have iefs
out good deal in your prayer" .
al know it," said the little four year old
but what's the use of loading up my prayers
as would, an old cannon 7" s
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A COOP story, all the better for being undoubt-
edly true, is told Of nm Interview between a very
distinguished American and the present Pope
His Holiness, designing a special compliment
had expressed his desire that the American should
visit him, ut fixed hour and in familiar way.
This was accordingly done. The Pope met his
visitor most graciously, and very soon expressed
his great qualification that Catholics enjoyed
such unrestricted liberty in the United States
Without waiting to calculate the embarrassment
which his remark would occasion, following
hastily the first impulses Of his nature, the
American accepted the compliment to his
country, and expressed the hope that his Holi
ness would reciprocate this privilege of liberty to
his own spiritual children, by granting an equal
liberty to Protestants in the Roman States. The
embarrassment Of the Pope was instant, and the
American discovered the uneasiness which he
had occasioned. Following, then, his next i'm
pulse to remove this embarrassment, the Ameri-
can added, but we carry out the logic of our
institutions" "Yes. yes" exclaimed the Pope,
lifting and dropping repeatedly his hands, as if
extravaganuy grati6ed by happy deliverance,
"yes, yes, we carry out the logic of our institu-
tions I"
And 80 we do That Is the difference Pro-
testantism carries out its logic in freedom; Ro.
manism its logic in despotism; the one has made
the United States; the other has made Rome.
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"DoS'r you mean to marry, my dear sir"
"No, my dear widow; I'd rather lore all the
ribs I've got than take another"
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"A:S,r one man as good as another r.,
said an English radical. Faith, yes, and
a great deal bether," replied an Irishman.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-19

THAT young man who drinks, bets, swears
CANDLES, and idles away his time, is on a
thin place in the ice.
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The editor OF an Indiana paper Saws.
"more villainy rs on foot" We suppose tha
editor has lost his horse. =
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15
The Confession Of 2 Democrat.

--@ep2ndcut Of t Mlwau-
kie SeHtHfct writes Of an incident on the
Hudson River r. r., in which he was part
ly a participant. An old man sat by his
side, and, finally addressing him, the Mil
waukean said:
''sir. You seem to have travelled a great
distance?"
YES, some two thousand miles"
"Ah, indeed; what part of the Wcst?"
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin"
Then you can express an opinion as to
the result Of the Presidential canvass in
those States?"
No. l can't. Imight have done so be-
fore lett home, but now that | have got
back, l confess 1 don't know anything IL
bout It."
E. don't You find the sentiment very
strong for Lincoln"
'.Ycs-sentiment, indeed, rather than
sense. The Republicans enlist all the SEN
t%ia-ent; they are a sentimental set"
Seeing l WIS more amused than sur
prisel, he continued:
"Scc here. I'll tell you. I am sixty
years old, | have raised 4 family Of four
boys, and raised them all in the orthodox
Democratic faith. Fifteen years ago my
boy John went to Illinois. and voted the
Democratic ticket regularly. l did We'll
with John and helped him stock his farm
and pay off his mortgage. lie was . smart
boy-wasJ john. Well, sir, when that de-
bate between Douglas and Lincoln was IA
ging in Illinois, John got a crotchet in his
head and became . Republican. 1t was a
hard blow for Inc, tell you. Wei. Phil
grew IN, and | set him up in Des Moiues,
him ! quarter section and told him
to get married. Phil did we'll, but the
frst thing | heard was that he was 4 Re
publican, and the young scamp tried to
convert me by writing long letters about
the Kansas muSs. SC. | talked pretty
sharp to both Of them, but they both voted
for Fremont in spite Of me. But there
was Roger and Dan at home vet, aad | felt
sure hat they would never desert the faith
IF their father. l set Roger up in Iowa,
alongside of his brother, with i faint hope
hat he might reclaim him. And Dan
went OF to Rock county, Wisconsin; and a
year ago ! found out. sir, that Roger was
publishing 4 Republican paper, and Dan
vas making speeches Tor . Republican
~Iove.nor in Wisconsin. 1t nearly broke
ny heart, but what could l do. The boys ,
aid they, now saw the error Of voting for
Buchanan. Well, sir. a few months ago
nsdc up nay mind to 20 West myself, for
he first tine in my lie, and see about
did 50 West, and l happened
Q hear Douglas max. arpoech while was
way from home. You may not believe !
t, sir. but I'm going home now. and | !
out know whether I'm a Democrat OF 4 {
republican myself"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15

The funeral of Mr.. Gales, late editor Of
the National Intelligence, was very in
posing. business in Washington was -sus-
pended, and most of the foreign ministers
and members of the Cabinet attended. be.
sides all the persons now living in the city,
who had been employed in the Intelligence
Office during the last fifty years. lie was
in the 10Th year of his age. and for two
thirds of his life. was connected with the
Intelligenccr office. For several yeais
past he has been very inirm. but eontii-
ued his usual visits 20 the office until To-
wards the end of the week proceeding lis
death.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15

SEVERE TnUyDER STORHtN P~ITTsBUEGH.
"A terrible thunderstorm swept over
Pittsburgh and vicinity on Tuesday, doing
much damage by rain and lighting Nj
merous buildings were struck, three peg
sous killed, and several seriously injured.
The house Of Isaac Prescott. ESQ. in Low
er St Clair. was struck. and Mrs. 7. in.
stantiy killeL. A carpenter Was killed at
New Brighton. and a man in Ross town
ship. Several buildings in Pittsburgh
were struck. and no less than FIVE dwelling
houses Two valuable horses we're killed
The rain fell in torrents, flooding CELLARS
and doing much other damage. The ChrOA-
icle p%ronounces it the seversst storm ever
felt IN Pittsburgh.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15
How about Finding Federal Office
holders down South if Lincoln should
be Elected.

4 correspondent of the ". Y. Herald,
who has been staying with John c. Brock
inridgc for some time, writes Of the mar
Tow Of matters:
The impression entertained by some
Northern people and presses that Major
Breckenridge is a disunionist. and that his
friends aim at tie breaking up Of the
American ~conlcderacy, is certainly errone-
Gus. and gross injustice Is done to Major
B. by the circulation of such reports
Some Of his warnest and most intimate
friends have assured me that even in the
event Of such a calamity befa4iing the coun-
try as the election Of Lincoln, they might
be FESTIVE. but would not submit to the
dissolution Of the Union upon any prctext.
"iiow viii you Gil your Offices in case Lin
coin should be clected?' | asked Of 4
strong BrccAinridse oficeholder in one of
the adjoining counties, the other day
"Oh, there will be no trouble about tLat.
sir; there arc plenty Of LINCOLN men at
heart here now, only they don't dare ayow
themselves" Some Of these persJnages
have actually begun to consider Lincoln's
election 4 tore@one conclusion, and are
making their arrangements accordingly
The extreme Southcrners viii chafc under
such a state Of things, but that viii be all,
and the iudicious distribution of the fat
ctHccs viii se.ve as Z soothing saiyc in
many a severe case. l have heard some
k~cntuckians, strong pro-slavcry men, de-
that Lincoln's position is not 50 bad
the slave holders after all; he would
slavery where it is; that the pres
ent fugitive slave law Is all they Gould ask.
1t IS only the want Of fidelity among
some Of the States that prevents its exc
eution; and that slavery viii only 90 where
soil and climate and the fitness Of other
things-naturally direct it,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15

VISIBLE ADMINISTRATIONS Representa-
tive in the Ohio Legislature, Geo. Converse,
Esq. was present the other evening at n
Douglas pole-raising in the North Ward.
and being loudly called for, responded in
flaming speech, brilliant with gems Of clo-
quence and rhetoric. In the course Of his
remarks. Nc had occasion to refer to the
law pissed by the Democratic Lecislat ure
to preserve the purity Of elections, in which
a person having a visible adInixture Of
African blood was debarred from the
elective FRANCHISE. He stated that the
Republican smade 4 great sdo about this
admixture of blood. Said hc.-"suppose
q man was half white and black. what
would you call hin?-Ip pause for & reply"
An urehin-i in the crowd responded in . clear
and manly voice-"Why, sir, he would be
Il Douglas Democrat" This reply threw
cold water on the effect Of Georges .elo-
quence, and he subsidized amid roars Of
by the outsiders Columbus jour.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15
The Congressional Convention,

For the 2tst Congressional District. com
posed Of Asbtabula, Trumbulland Mahon.
ing Counties. for the purpose of nOmina-
ting a Republican Representative to Con
gress, and a Presidential Elector, will be
held at the centre Of Johnston. on
thursday, A1gUst le, at 10 O'Clock, Az
The superintendent agreed upon by the
Congressional Committee of the District is.
o. delegate for every one hundred votes
cast for Hr, Denriscn at the last gubcrna-
'torial election, and one delegate for every
fraction Of one hundred, oyer fifty, which
will give to Trumbull county thirty-one
delegates. These arc apportioncd to the
different townships IS follows:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WEsrERN.-Nr.
Kennard the English Engineer of the At
lantic and Western Road, SAYS
Il expect within a few days to receive
orders to start the work on the Ohioportior-
Of the line. | have the stisfaction to state
from practical experience, that the est
mates | have made are sufficient. both as
to the amount and time. and should the in
structions to which l refer arrive as ex-
pectcd, ! see ne reason why the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway may not reach
early in 1851. and Dayton within
the same year."-1kron Beacon.