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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
Resolutions of the Ohio Baptist State
Convention.

Resolutions OF the Ohio Baptist State
Convention.
The Ohio baptist State Convention at
its late session at Toledo, unanimously
passed the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The powers that be are or
dained of God, and he that resisteth the
powers resisteth the ordinance of God and
is threatened with damnation, therefore.
|. ReSoired, That it is our right and
duty, as a body of Christian citizens. in
these times OF rebellion against our bene-
ficent government, to tender our hearty
sympathy and support to those who are
entrusted with it.
> ReSOlced That we will accord a
cheerful and earnest support to our rulers
and our armies in their endeavors to
crush this wicked rebellion, until that
object shall be accomplished and peace
and order restored; and that we will offer
up our prayers and supplications daily TO
the Sovereign DispoSer of events for his
interposition in this behalf.
3. ReSOlUed, Since the present terri
BILE war was begun by our enemies with
out any just cause or provocation, for the
purpose Of erertng. strengthening amt per-
pstuating the wicked institution of slavery,
against the moral sense of the civilized
world; and though in the beginning we
had no intention of interfering with the
institutions of the rebellious of States,
yet we rejoice that the progress of the
war seems to indicate the purpose of God
TO be the summary ertiRctioR Of sLauery;
therefore we approve the late proclama-
ton of-hberty of our honored President,
and will sustain him in carrying out that
proclamation till our beloved country
shall be purged of that accursed blot,
both the. cause of the war and chief
means of its prosecution. and will stand
by our country in the adoption of such
further measures as may be necessary TO
put an end to this great rebellion.
In accordance with vote of the con-
vention, a copy of the resOlu tions was
sent to President Lincoln, and the follow
ing is his reply
-s.- EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, Oct 81, 1862.
Rev j. B. SACKET,
Cor. Sec. Ohio Baptist Convention
Dear Sir an instructed by the Pres
ldent of the Unite States to acknowledge
your favor of the 25th inst, enclosing the
resolutions passed at your late Convention,
and to thank you and your associates for
your kind appreciation and warm expires
sions of patriotic zeal
Very respectfully,
.-. Your Ob't Serv't,
......., JNO. G. NIcoLAY,
.-. d. IT,. Priv. Sec'y.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
Experimenting with the Big Gun.

An interesting experimental practice
with the immense Is inch gun took place a
day or two ago, at the Navy-yard. There
were present to witness the operations,
Secretary Wells, Assistant Secretary Fox,
Com. Harwood, and Capt. Dahlgren. The
gun was loaded with shell weighing 375
pounds, which was fired at target, set at
right angles, about 200 yards distant. The
target was built out of solid oak timber,
eighteen inches thick and constructed in
in such manner as to resemble the side
of a ship. The oak plank is also covered
with solid wrought iron plate ten inches
in thickness. The shell, striking the for
midable piece of work, broke into innum-
cradle fragments, some of them rebound
ing to the battery from which the pom
derous gun was fred.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

For the W. R. Chronicle.
To the President of the Soldiers Aid
Society of Warren, and other Aid
Societies of the 18th Congressional
District of Ohio.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov IA, 1862.
Ldaies;-At recent meeting of the
Ohio Relief Association located in this
city, resolution was passed, requesting
the Committee to correspond with the
several Aid Societies in their Congression-
al districts for the purpose of obtaining
further stores for the relief of our brave
volunteers now in the several Hospitals
in and around this City, and that said
stores be sent directly to A. NJ. Gangwer,
537 II. Street, Washington, d. c., the
Secretary of this Association"
In compliance with that resolution
now appeal to you for aid. do so be-
cause the exigencies of the times demand
corresponding efforts and sacrifices of US
all. There are over IL 900 sick and wound
ed soldiers in the Hospitals of this city
and its surroundings. This Society has
done very much. Witnesses for il are in
every Hospital in and about this city,
And not there alone. The sufferers upon
the field of battle have shared its bounty
and its care. This Society appeals to you
| for aid; not only because our Hospitals
are full but because Ohio has nearly twice
as many of her sons in the field as she
had when this Society was first organized.
Winter is coming, supplies of woollen un-
! der clothing in addition to such articles
you have so literally contributed will be
especially needed, and if possible, should
be provided at once. This association de-
signs and will labor to place in the hands
and about them, their little nameless
comforts which no government, however
paternal, and no government agency,
however complete, or efficient, can pro-
cure or distribute. 1t will endeavor to
impart at its rooms Tor by letter. such in
formation as may conduce to the great
purpose in view, by the whereabouts and
the comfort of the sick and wounded SOL
diers from our State. Goods received
from you will be distributed as the ex-
igencies of the case seem to require. We
are aware you have done much already.
But with entire confidence this associa-
tion appeals to the ladies and the several
aid societies of the 18th Congressional
District of Ohio to replenish our nearly
exhausted storehouse.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
The Age of our Earth.

Among the astounding discoveries oi
modern science is that of the immense
periods that have passed in the gradual
formation of the earth. So vast were the
cycles of time preceding even the appear
ance of man on the surface of our globe,
that our own periods seem as yesterday
when compared with the epochs that
have gone before it. Had We only the
evidence of the dePosite of rocks heaped
above one another in regular strata by
the slow accumulation of materials, they
alone would convince US of long and slow
maturing of Gods work on earth; but
when we add to these the successive pop
ulations of whose life this world has been
the theater, and whose remains are hid
den in the rocks into which the mud or
sand or soil of whatever kind on which
they lived has hardened in the course of
time-or the enormous chains of mount
aims whose upheaval divided these periods
of quiet accumulation by great convul-
sions- or the changes of different ma
ture in the configurations of our globe, as
the sinking of lands beneath the ocean,
or the gradual rising of continents and
islands above; or the slow growth of the
coral reefs, those wonderful sea walks,
raised by the little ocean architects who. g
own bodies furnish both the building
stones and the cement that binds them
together, and who have worked so busily
during the long centuries that there are
extensive countries, mountain chains, is
lands, and long lines of coasts consisting
solely of their remains, or the countless
forests that have grown up, fiourished,
died and decayed to fill the store house
of coal that feeds the fires of the human
race. If we consider all these records of
the past, the intellect fails to grasp chro-
nology of which our experience furnishes
no data, and time that lies behind seems
as much an eternity TO our conception as
the future that stretches indefinitely be-
fore us.-AgaSsi.. .-.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
-@-ONs-

SocIETY.-The pleasure of society de-
pends more upon females than any other.
Gentlemen expect to entertained. Chill
dren are out of the question, and there
fore it rests upon woman what society
shall be-. The pleasure of an evenings
entertainment is graduated by the capae-
ity of the hostess to interest her visitors
in each other, and make them forget
that their own identity is to be lost in ef-
forts to make every one at ease. That
is the great secret of true enjoyment
Some ladies will enter the the drawing
room or social circle, where every persons
neighbor appears like an iceberg, and
the whole atmosphere is chilly and con-
strained, and by their genial, well-timed
playfulnes, throw sunshine and warmth
all over the room, till all mingle in that
easy yet dignifed cordiality that ever
characterizes true geniality. As a lady
aptly expressed it, the hostess is a key
note, and upon her depends the concord
of sweet sounds and the sweetness of the
melody. .... ...
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
ThankfulneS5.

hope, friend, you and are not too
proud to ask for our daily bread and to
be thankful for getting it. II Is
thought to me awful and beautiful, that
of the myriads of fellow-men uttering it,
in care and in sickness. in doubt and in
poverty, in health and in wealth. All
over the world, what an endless chorus Is
singing of love and thanks and prayer,
Day tells to day the wondrous story. and
night recounts it to night. How do
come to think of a sunrise which | wit
messed twenty years ago on the Nile, when
the river and sky flushed and glowed with
the downing light, and as the luminary
appeared, the boatmen knelt on the rosy
deck and adored Allah!
So, as your sun rises. friend, over the
humble house tops round about your
home, shall you wake many and many
day to duty and labor. May the task
have been honestly done when the night
comes, and the steward deal kindly with
the laborer. .-Tackerdy.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
For the Chronicle
THE EMPTY CRIB.
BY MRS c. A. POWERS.

There's an empty cradle, standing
In the corner Of the room,
Where the pale. earth-shadOWs blending
With the softer skies of June,
Cast their half regretful glanees,
Across the oaken floor,
As if to chase old memories
From the heart, foreyerm0re.
Here's the downy, saOw white pillows
Inviting the little head,
While on the floor, his ball and bat,
Call loudly for the dead;
But to the sorrow stricken heart
No answering note is given,
save angel trhispers, from the gates
That Ope' the way to Heaven.
The shadows gather thick and fast
Within the darkened room,
While pitying faces smile on me-
From out the gathering gloom;
A tiny voice comes soft, and low,
From the corner shaded deep,
And o. / seem to hear once more,
The music of Willie's feet.
They come, they come like the gentle dews
Steal over the nights young breast;
They come, those rosy, dimpled feet.
Like a dove to the old home nest;
And press him closely to my heart,
As in the summer of old,
While joy as the goodly Shepherd,
Ger the lost one of His fold.
List / for the infant prattle.
That parted those cherub lips,
And l long for the soft caressings,
Of those rosy fingeT-tips;
But the little hands are folded
Ger the breast, so cold and still,
That my heart beats fercely. wildly,
And my beings all achill.
Harkl the midnight bell tolls loudly.
And the household one by one,
ST lie Ouf iaf
And | am all alone
There a holy ealmness hovers,
Around the empty bed,
For the little form Is garnered.
With the silent. sleeping dead.
LORDsrOWH, o.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
What We May Be.

No human being can be isolated and
selEsustained. The strongest and brav-
est and most hopeful have yet acknowl-
edged or unacknowledged. to themselves
moments of hungry soul-yeaInings for
companionship and sympathy. For the
want of this, what wrecks of humanity lie
strown about us. Youth wasted for the
mockins semUlance of friendship. Adriit
at the mercy of chance, for the grasp of
true firm hand, and a kindly loving heart,
TO counsel 1t is affecting to see how
strong is this yearning, so fatal to its pos
SCISSOR, if not guided rightly, such life
anchor if safely placed. "Friendless p
What tragedy may be hidden in that
one little word None to labor for; none
to weep or smile with none to care whe-
ther we lose or win in life's struggle. A
kind word or a smile. coming TO such an
one Unexpectedly ut some such crisis OF
life, how often has it been the plank to
the drowning man. lacking which we
must surely, have perished. These, sure
Iv we NAV bestow as we pass those less
favored than ourselves, whose souls are
waiting for our sympathetic recognition.
Fanny Fern.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
The Telegraph Round the World

The Pacific Telegraph Company have
erected their wires between the Missouri
and the Sierra Nevada, distance of ] :
600 miles, and thus completed the tele-
praphic communication between the At
lantic and the Pacific, in four months and
seventeen days. The company have en-
tered into arrangement with the Emperor
of Russia, by which, conjointly, they viii
construct continuous line through Brit
ish and Russian America, across Behring's 3
Straits, and through Asiatic and European
Russia. so as to connect st. Petersburg
and Washington. This line will be a.
900 miles, and collected materials for ex-
tending the wire from Siberia to the
mouth of the Amoor, the Mississippi oi
Asiatic Russia, -ii5-.1r -
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

AxEcDOTE OF A CoUNTRABAND.-A Capt
in one of the Maine regiments at Port
Royal has colored servant named Tally,
who has talked very bravely when spoken
to about joining the coIored brigade. To
test his courage the captain recently told
him that he was about to visit the main
land, and asked Tally if he would go with
him and help fight the rebels. Tally, at
ter scratching his head and rubbing his
shins a few moments, replied: Dun
know bout dat, boss; Use ober on de
main short spell ago, and trus de Lord
to get me ober here, an he dun it; but |
dun dare to risk him again, boss"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
The Rebel Response to Conservative
OVertureS.

The Richmond Wing, which is one OF
the official organs ofthe rebel government,
spurns with contempt the suggestions
made by the Van Burens and the Woods,
for reunion and compromise. 1t says,
''The sooner they surrender the hope and
abandon the effort the better for them.
We think no better of the proposition
when coming from conservatives, than
when coming from radicals" There we
have it in plain language. Our conserva.
tive friends can see from this, what all
their efforts at conciliation are likely to
amount TO. In another place the Wing
says, "They can never conquer, nor coax,
nor cheat us into reunion" ~
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
Prisoners of War-The Exchanges
IN our Favor.

Colonel Ludlow, an able and intelligent
officer onf the staff of General Dix, has
just completed arrangements with the
rebel Commissioners for a mutual exchange
of all prisoners of war. The result, as CIV
en- in report from Fortress Monroe, is
mofe favorable to us than was generally
expected The boasts of the rebels, of
the immense number of prisoners they
have taken from us, prove to have as lit
tie foundation as many of their other as
sertions and the account now stands in
our favor by about six thousand privates
and six hundred and seventy officers.
Thus, though at Harper's Ferry and on
some other occasions we have lost more
than the enemy, and thus given him oc-
cassion for his boasts, it appears that on
the whole, and taking the West with the
East, the advantage is largely with U.s.
What is true of prisoners is tue equally
of the general results of the war. The
rebels may have gained some slight ad-
vantages in the East but their blows
have been returned with heavy interest
in the West and our losses on the PENN
sula have been made up by the successes
of the armies under Rosecrans, Grant,
Schofeld. Curtis, Mitchell, Morgan, and
Others. The average of success, like the
surplus of prisoners held, is on our side ;
and now that an energetic and hitherto
always successful captain is at the head of
our greatest army, We may hope to see
the East retrieve for itself what it has lost,
and rivafthe West in the CELEBRITY and
value of its. operations.-N. Y. TI1eS.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

An army correspondent says the loss
Of Fitz John Porter from the army is not
considered a very serious one. Even
many of McClellan's best friends think
him semi-traitor. He has never been
in any engagement without getting whip
ed, and when an opportunity was given
him, as at Manassas and Antietan, to dis
tinguish himself, he withheld his troops
from battle.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
Enumeration of mixed varie-

Enumeration of mixed varie-
ties of goods on hand and for
saleat BAkN,M's Hardware Sales
Rooms at Warren, Ohio. n. b.
JAMES G. BsooKs would be hap
py to see his old and new friends
he can sell them goods at rates
ruling far below former prices.
Be sure and call on him at Bar
nuns.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

Tomorrow never comes; tits times
horizon. ~.
Time ,cds. is past; thus can'st motif recall;
Time is. thus hast;employ the portionsmall'
Time future is not; and may never be;
Time present is the only time for thee.
Feeling is truer oracle than thought;
hence women are oftener right than men.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
THANKSGIVING HYMN.

The God of harvest praise;
In loud thanksgiving raise
Hand, heart, and voice;
The valleys smile and sing,
Forests and mountains ring,
The plains their tribute bring,
rhe streams rejoice.
.. bless his holy name,
-...d purest thanks proclaim
Through all the earth;
To glory in your lot
is duty-but be not
Gods benefits forgot,
Amidst your mirth-
The God of harvest praise;
Hands, hearts, and voices raise,
With sweet accord
From field to garner thrOng.
Bearing your sheaYes along,
And in your harvest song
Bless ye the Lord
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

E-ftfl-s
las To Carriage and Buggy Builders BGRNUx & Co.
.l-E would say-"We in the market-no house can
.underseIl u.s. Never fail to give us call. Orders
s1tisd promptly. Goods sent by hack railroad,
..ss.r t'..7 ~
-=s eanal teamsters. or yeur "neighbor Bear it in
mind, BAREUN has long been adealer in this class
Of goods, i vel acquainted with Eastern manu-
fsoturefs Rolling Mills and heavy Jobbers there
- fore s fully posted to the market and just
sell at rates which defI competition.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

Shall that cry that comes from the
blood-stained couch. and from that ema-
ciated and sick husband, son or brother
pass unheeded. trust not
U. Fl. HUTCHINS,
One of said Committee
Papers in the 18th District please copy.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
nEsIRoUs of operating, dur.

hESIROUS of operating, during
IL the present and coming season. in what may
be called Lively cash and short time trade at
very low rate of profit. in accordance with the ne
cessities of war times. shall offer to farmers
hoase builders. mechanics. merchants, steam mill
'- men. housekeep and all others. every descrip
don of HARDWARE HOUSE, PAINTS. AxLEs. IRON.
sLI NAILS, GLASS, SASH. DooRs and SL1xDs at right
1 .7lssS doom figures. IT :
Instead of keeping the biggest stock west of the
mountains" We have aimed TO be supplied with
every variety of goods in our line, which will be
constantly replenished by direct shipments from the
Eastern manufacturing districts and the large job
bing Houses of New York, Boston and Philadelphia
from whom. by recent arrangements. en-
sbled to buy at IOp rates. hence and in
D fact ss;u sell cheap.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

A CaIl Str. 3, Barnum L Co.. Hardware -ROOms
Warren. 0hie.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

Pine Doors,
Sash,
- 1a- Blinds and Paints,
-Esg -. 900
S2ai ~ b.. Blind Hinges,
S5dt lsa
s1s2z Door Locks,
Latches,
House Trimmings, ell kinds,
40 Putty. Oil, Glass,
a.5 Nails, every size,
,l.-r ~ ...- ---- .a-
Lumber,
Lath,
Cleveland Shaved Pine }
~. 81 .t = Shingles, !
Cut Pine do
Gut Poplar do .sf
e.
-l.-4 -th
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26
.Eiu5H0a1 YssA&isA st
dHJI0{ va Z ~ 5LiLHJia
n. HI. BARNUM a CO.

Jobbers and Retail Dealers in Iron, Nails Glass.
.rI Pine Doors, Sash, Hardware. and Wheeler's Wa
ter Drawer. Market Street. Warren, o.
E.B.-orders filed promptly Goods warranted to
suit.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

Henry had not been slain upon the
field of Monmouth; but, severely wound
ed. almost beyond the-hope of life, he
had been made a prisoner and carried
away by the retreating foe. Weeks he
had fingered, unable to be removed, and
months waned away ere he regained suf-
ficient strength to walk, and then. among
other prisoners he was kept till the end
of the war, when he was released and ar
rived home Just in time to be present at
the First and Last Thanksgiving of his
mother
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

sell at rates which defv Competition.
r4FE-. diss-l ss1st ,-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-26

For the W. R. Chronicle.
To the President of the Soldiers Aid
Society of Warren, and other Aid
Societies of the 18th Congressional
District of Ohio.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1862-07-10
The Last Resort of the Rebels.
ruztR paoaRAnaE FoR The FUTURE.

Memphis, June 80 The Auelanes ofihis
morning has an editorial based upon Ipforms-
sion receiysd. lram.!xsl. II formed 'orces 10 me
South, stating that a pew programme has been
determined upon by the SOuthesa ieaders,who,
ncthine abashed by their past discontinue. are
moyiae. themselves for tremendous effort
They consider that the territory recen,ly given
up has weakened the North and correspond
'ihgly' strengthened iha South. They expect 10
hold Richmond and Virginia; but even If they
forced to yield them, they have. no idea OF Civ
ing up, but will Hght to the last, and when they
can light no longer, instead of surrsndering
instesd OF having their property contiscs'ed
and themselves disFranchised, they will make
a direct proposition to France and England TO
become a colony or appeOdage, II this alter
native IL forced cran them, they will aim 10
breach Tie s4oJect 10 Napoleon rather than
Englsnd.
n. The ApqIanche gives. The above asihe almost
cariaiG Oolcy Of the Confederate leaders. and
ne DR. Faulkner 10 known to be one of the bes
iufssmed persons 10 the South. considerable,
credit may be stiached 10 this plan. Z. = ,.-.>
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1862-07-10

seem TO eo-m the bulk Of all freights going up
the river now. Yesterday the Lady Franklin
left for Cincinnati with a ine trip composed
largely Of these articles. The Sunny South
also left for Cincinnati with a fine trip, includ-
ing l33 bsles of cotton. 247 hegshesds and 100
barrels Of sugar, and about 500 barrels molas.
ses. II 10 astonishing to End the amount OF
cotton coming forward. Notwithstanding all
,hs, has gone forward, there Is az much 90 the
leves now az there was the 6sst day eommo,
ca ton was opened Sugar. too which wa,
only permitted to be boarded 10 small qua n itie'
has become quite abundant, and though fol
weeks every upward hound boai has been load
ed with ii. the supply continues sbundan..--
Both cotton and sugar. however. rate high
"a, Gle. 70 a5c per pound for the former, an
&c. to loo Tor the latter.