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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06
ApPosTIONmENT OF OUR STATE

The AppOrtioDmeut under the new Federal
Census, Of our State for the choice OF Members
Of Congress, for the ten years next ensuing, Is
a duty devolgiug on tue present Legislature, and
we trust it will DO performed with entire fair
ness aud mpartialty. Let the Districts be made
US equal Us may be in population, as compact
and convenient, and leave schemug for political
advantage 10 those who may fancy il.
We have now thirty-three Members, and shall
heucelorth have but thirty. Our total population
being 1851 SAP, our State ratio ia 1855. The
State will probably be districted by tho Les'ia-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06

'ThAae dsrsts, though deficient In poPeaiior,
would very be redundant By reason Of tho upward growth
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06

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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06

have opened their extensive aud sanp
Brock SPRING SUMMER CLOTHING,
0eutlent and Bow, witt deterrun All TO sollS
PRCEs WILL COsMAND CUSTOM,
W suite Of competition u cftb
STRfNaESr TIaYs
Our stock in every doatueut esh from the hands Of tho
best wOkmen able t country and has never been
excited a. variety sud beouy in the City Of New. ok We
hespetk FABRIC fair comparison with the very best
in tie ma kes and saii.hed hat an
RKAL CHHAFSHsS
aev yn bss, say thu pain ONE PcH AND No DEVIATION
ROGERs & RAYHogp,
Nos ~ i2a AID Ic5 Yultou.- and No. PA Broadyay
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11
The Privilege Of Prayer.

In the vestibule of St. Peters, at Rome, is
a doorway, which is walled up and marked
with q cross. 1t is opened but four times IL
century. On Christmas eve, once in TWEEN
y.fvc years, the pope approaches 1t IN state,
with the retnue Of cardinals IN attendance,
and begins the demolition OF the door. by
striking it three times with a silver hammer
When the passage is opened, the multitude
pass into the nave Of the cathedral, and up 10
the altar, by an avenue which the majority Of
them never entered thus before, and never
will enter thus again.
Imagine that The way TO the throne OF
grace were like the Porto Santa, inaccessible,
save oncein q quarter ola ccntury,on the 2oth
Of December, and only with august solcmnl'-
les, conducted by great digni,aries OF hoy
city Conceive that it were now ten yeas
since you, or [, or any other sinner mad been
permitted to pray and that fifteen long years
| must slowly drag themselves away, before we
could venture again to approach God ana
that, at the most, we could not hope 10 pray
more than two Or three times in a lifetime
With what solicitude we should wait for the
coming of the holy day! We should lay CUR
plans of life, select our homes, build our hou-
ses, choose our professions, form our friend
ships with reference to pilgrimage in that
25th year, We should reckon time by the
openings Of the sacred door. as cpochs. No
other one thought would cngross 50 much OF
our lives, or kindle our seuslbllties SO intense
ly, as the thought of prayer. 1t would be OF
more significance to US than the thought o.
death is now. It won!A multiply our trepid-
alton at the thought Of dying, Fear wou!d
grow to horror, at the thought Of dying before
the year of Jubilee. No other question would
give US such tremors Of anxiety as these would
excite How many years now to the time
Of prayer? How many weeks Shall We
live to see it Who can tell
Yet, on that great day, amidst an innumer-
able throug, in courtly presence, within
! sight and hearing of stately rites, what would
PRAYER be worth to US? Who would value it
F in the comparison with those still moments,
that
'secure silence OF the mind,'
- in which we can now find God, everyday >
That day would be more like the day Of
= Judgment to us, than like tbs sweet minutes
y y of converse with our Father, which we have
- every hour.
"Still with Thee, 0 my God,
would desire tobe
BY day, by night, at home, abrca |,
would be still with Thee
With Thee amid the crowd
That throngs the busy mart
To hear Thy voice, mid clamor loud,
Speak softly to my hearts!
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11
What will you do in Heaven ?

About thirty years ago, when stage-coach-
cs still ran, an excellent old clergyman, who,
had keen observation of the world, was
travelling on tao top Of the coach from Nor
wich to London. 1t was cold, winter
night, and the coachman as he drove his
horses over Newmarket heath, poured forth
such volley Of oaths and foul language, as
to shock all the passengers. The old clor-
gyman, wko was sitting close to him, SAID
nothing, but fixed his piercing blue eyes up
on him with look of extreme wonder and
astonishment. At last the coachman be-
came uneasy, and turning round to him, said,
What makes you look at me, sir, in that
way?' Yne clergyman said, still with his
eyes fixed upon him, | cannot imagine what
YOU will do in heaven There are no horses,
or coaches, or saddles, Or brides, or public
houses in heaven. There will be no one to
swear at or to whom you can use bad lam
guagc. cannot think what you will do
when you get to heaven The ooachman
said nothing more and they parted at the
end OF the journey.
Some years afterwards the clergyman was
detained at all inn on the same road, and was
told that dying man wished to see him.
He was taken up into q bedroom in loft
hung round with saddles, brides, bits, and
whips, and on the bed amongst them, lay
the sick man. Sir said the sick man,
i" do you remember speaking to the coachman
who swore SO much as he drove over New
market heath % Yes replied tho clergy
man. I" am that coachmrn,' said he, and
could not die happy without telling you how
l have remembered your words | cannot
Tell avhat you aciN do IN HeaUcn Often and
often as have driven over the heath | have
heard those words ringing in my ears, and
[ have logged the horses to make them get
over that ground taster bat always the words
have come back to me l cannot think aohdt
yow soiN do IN Heouem."
We can all suppose what the good minis
ter said to tho dying man. But the words
apply to every human being, whose chiet in
torest lies in other things thaa doing good,
and being good, and who delights in doing
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11
Have you House where You are Going
Papa?'

Many years ago, you might have noticed,
in one OF our large cities, sorrow-strlcken
young man, with lady leaning upon his
arm, making their way through the crowd
and onward, entering large handsome house
on - street. They ascend silently to
chamber in the third story, in the northwest
corner Of the house, The room is spacious
and airy, the furniture all rich and elegant,
but the room is darkened to the sombreness
of twilight, for sick man lies stretched
upon the couch. He is painting tor breath
but is fully conscious of all that is passing
around them.
The young man who has just entered IS
his eldest son. In the same room are group
of Younger children, from Anna, the child Of
seven, upward to the elder brother. The
wife Of the sick man and the mother of the
children, is we'll nigh PROSTATE In her grief,
for it has come upon her In an unexpected
moment. Two weeks ago her husband was
the strong, active man Of business, full oi his
plans and prosperous in them all. .
These two weeks how quickly they have
been numbered ? The slight illness the fee
bic palor struck frame, then the deep seated
fever, and the mastery Of disease, these have
brought the strong one to the gate of the
grave, and he has summoned his family to-
gether that, in as briel a manner as possible,
he may dispose Of his property to them.
Henry must have the house on -
street, and half the ownership Of block
Adnan and James, the block of houses ill
place Maria the house on-street. Wife
and Anna must remain here and"
But the father can proceed no further.
Choking with emotion and his great weak
ness, have overcome him he falls back, draws
his arms across his eyes, and remains silent
Dear little Anna, his pet, his darling, she
comprehends but slightly the meaning of
their doings, but her heart is breaking ior
her father. He is going to die, to leave
them, this she knows but where is he 60
| ing 3?
1t is not religious family; they have
been kind, amiable and true to each other,
but they have been living for this world. In
the bosom of this child untrammelled thought
pierces beyond the present, and in that deep,
sad stiffness, with that sick man just about
TO step into the dark, unknown future, she
makes the startling inquiry Have you a
house, papa, where you are golng!
Oh, no tho poor man had not house
prepared for him, He had never wanted the
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11
Mljslcllolln.
The Book of Thanks.

l feel SO vexed and out of temper with
Ben, cried Mark, that | really must -
8 Do something in rcvengc?' inquired his
cousin Cecilia.
No, look over my Book of Thanks
What's that p said Cecilia, as she saw
him turning over the leaves of copy-book,
nearly full of writing, in round text hand.
Here it is, said Mark, then read aloud
8 March S-Ben lent me his new hat
Here again January 4-When L lost
my shilling Ben made it up to me kindly
We'll, observed the boy, turning down the
leaf, Ben is good boy, after ALL
What do you note down in that book !!
said Ceccla, looking over his shoulder with
some curiosity.
All the kindnesses that ever are shown
mc-you would wonder how many they are.
find great deal Of good from marking
them down. | do not forget them, as L
might do if only trusted to my memory so
| hope that I am often ungratetul and when
l am cross, or out of temper, almost fecl
good-humored again, if | only lock over my
book
L wonder what sort of things you put
down. said Cecilia. Let me glance over a
page.
Mrs Wade asked me to spend the whole
day at her house, and made me very happy
indeed
Mrs. Philips gave me FIVE shilings.'
sOld Martha Page asked after me every
day when l was ILL.,,
why do you put father and mother at the
head Of the page?' asked Cecelia.
%! they show me SO much kindness ina
cannot put it all down; so just writ
their names, to remind myself OF the grea
debt Of love. l know that | never can re
pay it. And see what put At the beginning
of my book Every good gifS is from above
this to make me remember that all the kin
friends whom have were given 10 me by tn
Lord, and that while | am grateful to them,
should first v,tt all, be thankful to Him.
I think that such of my re",''rS 's nav
ability and time, would find it capital pa
to keep Book of Thanks and may such Il
cannot write them down, yet keep book
remembrance of past kindness in their hearts
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11
4" Yusy..Busy. !

Come, give me kiss said to a wee
bit Of child, at play on the carpet; but mo,
no. was her quick reply, Ma, me busy:
Her plea was sincere and truthful Tor her
whole soul was absorbed in her playthings-
in the bright ribbon and gIittering beads, with
which she was decorating the toilet of Dolly.
We smiled at so grave an apology, from
such tiny lips; but in the simple Ma, me
busy do We not see miniature reflection OF
worldwide apology busy, busy, with ITS
blind and selfish prayer, more ott-repeated
than any other, have me excused !?
Does not the dust too often gather on our
Bibles, while We plead busy, busy, IN our
care of what we shall cat, and what we shall
drink, and wherewithal VIC shall be clothed {
Is not the required incense too often with
neld from the inner temple, while no offering
is spared ia the outer court Of the disguised
! idols of pride and vanity, and busy, busy,
we dare to plead even in our idolatry"
Is not the morning and evening sacrifice
too often omitted at the family altar, while
the master Of the house pleads busy, busy,
in the workship Of Mammon? In the circle
Of PRAYER, is there not sometimes q missing
disciple who forgets the jewels that are lack
ing in his Savior's crown, while he plead
busy, busy. in his eagerness for earthly
treasures?
Are there not heads, and hands, too bus.
with the cares of the week, to come to tn
Sabbath, prepared for its earnest dutlos-to
weary with the work iay world, to bring I
the sane. t.uary the hearing ear and the under
standing heart?'
Does not the Sabbath school teacher some
times smile sadly over excuses which SCUM
so much like Ma, me busy?' And woul
} the plea with which teachers sometimes see
an excuse from duty, sound less idle, or tr
fling if repeated to angels In their burnln
} love and swift-winged obedience?
II The prst s,tttling child is quick to catch tn
lesson of the nursery, and too surely it como
in requisition through all life in sucA wor'
as this--so full of sin and sorrow. Ever
hour brings fresh demands for the tear
sympathy and the hand Of charity-for tn
, labor of love, and the prayer Of faith. Hal
py for us if we were more conscious OF OF
fearful stewardship ready tor selt-sa
4 ri6ce--more prompt to say to the love OF eas
$ the courtings Of ambition, or the alluremen
| of pleasure, 'Wist yc not that must
Q about my Fathers business "
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11

PARsoN BRowNLow's OPiNIoN.--Parson
Brownlow, editor of the KnorwNe Wh5g,
(Tenn.,) Methodist preacher, one of the
most determined Unionsts in the South, and
who with his loyal and patriotic family, isre
solved to stand his ground, has been calcua"
ting the chances of success in the present
conflict On the claim set up by southern
preachers that God is Oh their side, he says:
: True our young men and their parents are
encouraged by our practical preaching who
never expect to do any fighting themselves
that God is on our side, that our cause is
lust and that we are bound to succeed. We
have been stud dying the character of. God for
the last forty years past, and that, too, in the
sacred biography OF his own writing, and we
confess that we have not come up to any point
of his character Or nature which warrants
the belief that he will identify himself with
the Southern Confederacy in this conflict.
The war has been brought ABOUT without any
adequate cause. 1t has been inaugurated by
men whose works and piety afford no evil
dence of their having had any intercourse
with God or his word
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11

Savior to prepare place for him, and no
body in this wide universe could give him
heavenly mansion Are there not many very
many in this condition ?
Reader have you house where Jou are
going.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11

STURGEON ON WHITE CRAvATs,-Rev. G.
H. Spurgeon, in late speech before the Bap-
tst Home Missionary Society, England, ex-
pressed his contempt for certain ministerial
badges, as follows. He was calling for them
to assist in the work, adding that they were
scarce articles What mean by a man
said he, : is not u person with white cravat
and black coat. From my heart wlsI
that these white cravats were done with. No
person wears them bat walters at inns, assist,
ants in drapers shops, undertakers men, and
ministers. believe they are a badge Of ser"
vitudc. / believe they were originally In
vented by the old sort of deacons who used to
control the ministers. They are all dead
nowadays, am happy to say. What mean
by man is just this kind OF person ono
who has got thing in his heart, and means
to do it-if he smash the earth and shake the
heavens in doingit.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-11

and saying what is evil. There is no ma
king money in heaven-thoro is no promo
tion-thero is no gossip-there is no id'cncss
there is 10 controversy-there is no de-
traction in heaven. I cannot Hink 2r10t
you sviN do when you 90 to heauen
The Ohio twenty-second. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-186?, 1861-07-12

4 pounds of onions; 8 8 1beA+ds Of potatoes;
4 tablespoonful of salt, lad of pepper;
add 8 quarts of water look it from one
to two hours, slowly; tRitken the gravy
with flour mixed into smooth paste, with
water or potatoes, mashed fine.
Park, pih Peas or Be'a,s, for Is Men.
To II pounds of pork add 6 pounds of
peas or beans; put them IL cloth to boil,
tying it very loosely; plate them both in
the boiler. Let them boil about two
hours; then take out the pork. add some
-four to the gravy, and put the reas or
beans in it, with two orthree onions cut
up fine; let it boil a little longer, mash
up the vegetables very fine, and serve
them round the dish with the meat
Plain SterH Meat ,Gr IS Nm.
Take II pounds of milton, beef, veal
or pork; cut it into chunks: and put it in
the boiler Add i quarts Of water, ,
quarts to a tenspoouful Of ka4, half a tea
spoonful of pepper, 5nEa>s7>eEF4lions cut
in pieces. Let it boil hsbd -Four; then
let it stew slowly from haif'it; h"ur to an
hour longer, adding pound Of rice, Pc.
tutoes, or any vegetable that can be OBJ
taineI; thirken the gravy with flour mlxer
to a smooth paste in cold water.
St,ped Sat- By ar Park for - Nm
! Wash the meat well; let it soak al
night; wash cut the salt aS much as 20,
Sihle; $ pounds Of salt beet, y pounlS "
salt pork. Of 1 pound Of sugar. , pound
Of >lr.ei onions, quarts Of water, and
pound Of rice; let it simmer gently 10
two or three hours.
The Ohio twenty-second. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-186?, 1861-07-12
A Novel Love-Letter.

The following bona .fde epistle was
found by member of Go. -, during the
sojourn of the 22d Reg. at Camp Jack
son, Ohio. We give it vcrbatina, ct lite
rutuna, ct punctuatume, ct spcllatun1, sup
pressing only the names:
MAY, the 10, 1861.
My DEAR T.: it is with hope
that you will de vote few moments from
the mcny pleasure with which you are sir
rounded to the pcrsual Of short and lily
composed epstly from sincere friend OF
yourn whome trust you have not for
gotteneI | who thinks Of you often when
engaged in the Bizzy seems Of life and
wonders if your thou hts as ottlme' re
,erts to your absent though still luvIey
an troo friend Sdly pcrsumo you are IN
iawing Your self well at the prcascn'
time [ received your kind Letter las night
ami wur glad hear from You would
/ Like two SCI you very match and when
YOUR munths is up want you : cum
h me and spend the balance t a fort
mite talking with me. me ami ~~.'..rp.!
was Il white washing t, day and we talked
a bout You a good cal We have had more
fun to-day than for three weeks she t"ic
me a bout h ckry Nuts woulicnt you IKE
t. cum home again to see u> awl Wonrt
: more. dear IT, | herd that YOU
Scd Sally nccent t" fret for you for she
may 20 to the devil if you did Its al
The Ohio twenty-second. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-186?, 1861-07-12
Fire Low.

1t seems like an almost 1nnocess,rr
caution, but every days news is demon.
Strat1ng It's Importance.
neither with cannon or small-ar,ns
the tendency among inexperienced troons
~ 10 shoot over the heads Of the enemy
Even among disciplined soldier, this j. :.
constant fault At the battle of Fort
Su'n'eF the re''e'S assert that the shot
went over the he Ids; az Sewa]Ts Pni.,t
the same thing according to thymj vc-
curreI
In the use of musketS. the reason !.
evident: IN bringing down the nruzzIe TO
am the recruit. in state Of unnatural
excitement, thinks he has it low cn,u.,h
ana bLnzes away. Ones xteruth Of an
INT II thus lost IN correct sight. IN Ike feet
whore the enemy are, and the best aim.
are thus rendered useless. An olI Ken
tuck General put the whole caution into
a phrase more precise than elegant, when
he cried: "Shln EN-, hoys.."
And Prescott, at Bunker Hill. was
equally explicit. but not quite 50 exact,
when he told his men to fire at the waist,
bHnls \ fire directed at the knee, will
generally strike the breast In order not
t" throw away your ball. fire low. OF
course we must be understood to speak Of
battalion voliIes or firing by file, and not
Of practical sIarp-shootcr>, who snuff a
candle at one hundred yards, if such there
be among us.-I%HrIcLphiu Bulletin.
The Ohio twenty-second. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-186?, 1861-07-12

NORTHERN RIGHro.-The time is riro
Tor the due co sderation Of Nortborn
rights. Long have our ears boon en-
with decIanatory sounds respectino South
ern rights; but since South C,rcrno H.
initiated war, forbcarance ON the n.rt 81
the North has heen Transmitted ;nto do
termined feeling that hereafter ;,,.,;a.
snail be 10 people Of all sections and
equal rights secured to every citizen
Among the rights which Nortberror,
WILL hereafter claim are the folIow;
l. The right to travel witbout 49,
leSt0tIon, through all parts Of the T-n;o
l he right to collect debts, in the
South, due citizens Of the North ' !
3. The right to express political I:
non, through the press or the b.Ilot-ba-
without fear Of prescription.
r. The right to be Northern mon ,;.1 :
mon principles u.s. 3
d, o. l he right to feel that slavery !, mn
a o'''"e institution, to he perpetu,tod &C.
ever as the basis Of American civ;l;v..; .
g. The right to he Americans 1
3cctIonalists. N''N t'o - =
The Ohio twenty-second. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-186?, 1861-07-12
excitement in Camp .
CAMP TuRLEY, July, 9, 1861

A. meeting of the officers and mem
hers of Company E, Twenty-oeco"Tr urIs2
imept O. V. NJ, now IN camp u nrs.
harrisburg, Virginia, the following ,op pI
adopted: o., r,..,,ont Sun,
published by Messrs. Leeds " liaIn'' h,ra
Batavia, Ciermont County, on,o; " sof
r"ms to our observation, in which lSSueO'
july 3, 1861, are sentiments ana INV NV
trines inimical to the Perpclu''y .. Wv
Union and reasonable in their tendenc,e',
and as they have charged upon those ''.a'
h,ve enlisted in this war, by taking up
arms to sustain the Constitution, the on
;nn and the Enforcement Of the Laws,
and to crush out Rebellion wherever ~
NAV show its dctormcl head, to DC Gu
r,Icl in the subjugaton Of the 9ou'n,
with the object in view OF netting . tnem
yl,vrs to Instruction, and freeing them
from their honda &c; therefore, be 1t
R,SoIvrI That we, as soldiers of COM
pany f, Twcnty-Sccond Regiment y: v
NJ, hereby express our unquaI'ncI u'S'Pl
probation of the course pursued ny S",u
Leeds 4 Harmon in giving pubhclty 10
such unpatriotic and reasonable doctrines
and in disappearing the object Tor
which VIC have offered our services to the
country. II,
Rr>0irrd, That We are here for the
T. purpose of protecting loyal citizens IN
| life. liberty, property and the pursuit OF
happiness, and dealing death to all traitors
and rebels to this government, wherever
they may be founu.
Rr<olrn1, That they arc requested not
to send any more Of their infamous papers
to this company. :.
: Rrsolr,d That while we are engaged IN
,uppre>Siny treason and rebellion III the
i South. we think it the imperative duty Of
our Home Guard to strictly attend to al
, such traitors as, h. b. | eels 4 Co. have
= proved thcm elites to be-takn5 Their pa
" TER Of July ID us st n'lHd. .
R. y'r"I 4!ez.-E7 : - 1872
75f7'r;e ilsF .@3ae.
, ''"', pF'Mfe1p tAp' harrisburg, Va
A., +, Wiley,
j. \. HOTTER.
{, A. WE>IERFIELD
E3H"NT DAVIDSON,
RI >Nt.L +. SMITH
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