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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
THE RIGHT SORT OF RELIGION

We want a religion that goes into the fam
lily, and keeps the husband from being spite
ful when the dinner is late, and keeps the
dinner from being late-keeps the wife from
frettlng when the husband tracks the newly
washed floor with his muddy boots, and
makes the husband mindful of the scraper
and door mat-keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross, and keeps the baby
peasant-amuses the children as we'll as in.
structS thcm-wins as well as governS-pro-
jerts the honey. moon into the harvest moon,
and mas es the happy hours like the eastern
fig tree, bearing in its bosom at once the
beauty Of the tender blossom and the glory
of the ripened fruit. We want religion
that bears not only on the "sinfulness of SIM
but on the rascality of lying and stealing
a religion than banishes small measures from
the counters, small baskets from the stall,
pebbles from the cotton bags, clay from pa
per, sand from sugar. chickory from coffee,
beet juice from vinegar, alum from bread.
lard from butter, strychnine from wine, and
water from milk-canS.
The religion that is to advance the world
will not put all the big Strawberries and
peaches at the top, and all the bad ones at
the bottom. 1t will not offer more baskets
Of foreign wines than the vineyards produced
bottles--and more barrels of Genesee -four
than all the wheatiiclds of New York grow
and all her mills grind. 1t will not make
one half of pair of shoes OF good leather,
and the other of poor leather, so that the
first shall rebound to the makers credit and
the second to his cash 1t will not let a
ece Of velvet that protcsses to measure
twelve yards come to an uIt'mely end in the
tenth, or a spool Of sewing silk that vouches
for twenty yards be nippcd in the bud at
fourteen and n half.--nOr the cotton thread
spool break to the ycard-Stick fifty of the
two hundred yards Of promise that was Civ.
Ell to the eye-nor all-wool delains and all.
linen hanakerchief, be anal lgaumtcd with
clandestinc cotton-nor coats made Of old
WOODEN rags pressed together be sold to the
unsuspecting public for legal broadcloth.- -
1t does not put bricks worth only five dol
lars pr thousand inte chlmneys it contract.
ed to build of seven dollar materials-no
>muggle white pine into floors that have beeI,
paid for hard pine-nOr daub ceilings that
ought to he smoothly plaStercd-nor make
window blinds with Stats that cannot stand
the wind, and paint which cannot stand
the sun, and fastnlngs that may be looked at
but are on no account to be touched. The
religion that is to sanctify the world pays
IS debts. 1t does not consider that forty
cents returned for one hundred cents given,
is according to Gospel, though it may be ac,
cording to law. 1t looks on a man who has
failed in trade and who continues to live in
luxury as "A thief. 1t looks upon man who
promises to pay fifty dollars on demand with
interest, and who neglects to pay it OIL de.
mand, or with interest. as liar.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
NEGROES As WHALETEN.

A writer in the New York Egeniag Post.
in discussing the matter of personal courage
OF the negro, says that they have shown this
quality conspicnously in one of the most dan
gerous callings pursued by Americans. In
the whaling service negroes have long been
tavorltes Tor their desperate courage. Some
dozen years ago very many of our whaling
ships in the Pacific Ocean carried black boat
steerers, and there we're seven instances where
the mates were negroes. Of course these
men were shipped in the Pacific, not bro't
from home. Tney were engaged because OF
their supposed superior skill and daring in
attacking the whale and New Bedford or
Nantucket skipper is not the man to make a
mistake in this particular. That the blacks
make most courageous and trustworthy
whalemen, is tradition of the whaling ser.
vice. No one ever thought of denying it.
Partly, no doubt, this was from pride-they
we're, on their honor, to do better than any
one else. But the same feeling will spur on
the black soldier in The face of the enemy
SO far as remember it used to be accounted
for by saying, "Oh those fellows care moth.
Ing for life, they like the fun" The most des.
perate blow ever saw struck at whale was
by black cook, who acted on the occasion
as temporary boatsteerer. He narrowly es.
capped with his life, and only by the utInos,
presence OF mind and dexterity, the whales
fiukes striking his place in the boat the mo.
ment he had leaped out Of it into the sea
When asked how he dare dart his iron. ne
replied with grin: The mate sung on,
give it to him; and when he says strike
strike, If the whale hits back the next min.
ute"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
VOICES OF ANIMALS.

There isl chapter in the natural history of
animals that has hardly been touched upon
as yet, and that will be specially interesting
with reference to families. The voices of
animals have family character not to be
mistaken. All the canidae bark and howl.
the fox, the wolf, the dog have the same
kind of utterance, though OIL somewhat
different pitch. All the bears growl, fror,
the white bears of the Arctic SHOWS to the
small black bear Of the Andes. All the cats
maiu, from our quiet fireside companions to
the lions and tigers, and panthers of the for
estS and jungle. This last may seem a
strange assertion; but any one who has
listened critically to their sounds and ana
lyzed their voices, the roar Of the lion is but
\ gigantic miau, barring about the same pro-
portion to that ofa cat as its stately and ma
jestic form does to the smaller, softer and
more peaceful aspect of the cat Yet, not
wi,hstanding the difference in their size, who
can look at the lion, whethe~ in his more
sleepy me cd. as he lies c'Irled up in the cor
ner OF his cage, or in his fiercer moments of
hunger or OF rage, without being reminded
of a cat And this is not merely the resem-
blance of one carniverOns animal to another
for no one was ever reminded of dog or
"o. oy ho'' nSali, all tnc nOrSeS ana
donkeys neigh; FOR the bray of the donkey
is only harsher neigh pitched on differ
ent key, it is true, but sound of the same
character, as the donkey himself is but a
clumsy aud dwarfish horse. All the cows
low, from the buffalo roaming the prairie, the
musk-ox Of the Arctic ice fields, or the Jack
of Asia, to the cattle feeding in orr pastures.
Among the birds this similarity of voice in
families is still more marked. We need only
recall the harsh and noisy parrots, so similar
in their peculiar utterance. Or take as an
example, the web-feoted family. Do not all
the geese and the innumerable hosts of
ducks quaek Does not every member of
the crow family cav, whetheri it be the Jack
daw, the jay, the magpie the rook, in some
green rookery Of the old world, or the crow
of our own woods, with its long and melan-
cholly cav. that seems to make the silence
and solitude deeper? Compare all the sweet
warblers Of the songster falnily-the night
ensale, the thrushes, the mocking-birds, the
robins-they differ in the greater or less per-
fection of the note, but the same kind OF
voice runs through the whole group-Agas-
sic.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
SLAvERY.
From the Continental Monthly

IRON the Continental Monthly stHs stt| 4eU
Bnt slore'y Is the enemy Of fres oos1,n.
ment 1t has commenced and now wages -
unholy war against this Union. and tfns -.
sails the liberty Of our country and Of insn.
kind. 1t has framed government based on
the eternity of chattel slavery, and deir,snds
in in its name to rule the larger portion II ths
Union. 1t seeks to sever the lakes from, ~
gull, and the mighty Mississippi and jte yast
arterlal tributary system. II asks to be l1e
aeons III the commission of alt these heA ven
daring crimes. In the name Of my bieedins
country. Of the millions whom It has doomed
to death, or wounds, or chains, Or misery
IN the name Of the WIDOWS and orphans 4
has made, whose bitter tears and aronizinv
s'ghs now till our land with sorrow in ths
name OF the free and blessed government L
seeks to overthrow, and the glorious Union
y tries to dissolve; in the name Of God Ana
man, OF religion and liberty, the world A..
ra'gns the criminal at the bar of Justice. .
: VOW IS the day of trial: humanity homes and
Tears, mankind await the verdict. tits rem.
dered: Guilty upon every charge Of the il.
dictment; and heaven records tie rishteo,,e
sentence-Siarery must die, that a. I'M.
dna no !, Laoerty may Ace tsrsrsr.-Rob1re d
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
BURNSIDE AND HIS GENERALS.
From Correspondent OF the New York Post.
GENERAL RIrpSsrnv

General Burnside is hungry enough for
glory, as soldier should be, but he Is not =
self sufficient or an over. confident man n
ne is enterprisng he is cautious. He i.
careful enough in preparation, but he kno,rS
that after preparation he is expected to f,oht
and fighting, Is expec. ed to win. n sav
,nas nc IS aoie 70 manoeuver on the field q
battle two hundred thousand men, trained in
modern tactics, is to say that no is able ia
40 what no man on the continent has beer
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
THE EMPTY CRADLE

In the stl and quie. chamber
There's an empty cradle bed,
With print upon the pillow
OF a baby's shining head,
'Tis fair and dainty cradle;
Downey, soft, the pillows white,
But within the blanket folded
Lies no little one TO night.
Once the mother sat beside Il,
When the day was growing dim,
And her pleasant voice was singing,
Soft and low cradle hymn.
Now there's no more need Of singing
When the evening shadows creep,
For the cradle bed is e-ipty,
And the baby gone to sleep.
Little head that use to nestle
In the pillows white and soft
Little hands whose restless fingers
rolded there In dreams so oft;
Lips were pressed with fondcsI kisses,
Eyes we praised for purest rays
Underneath the church yard daisies
They have laid you all away.
All. the empty, useless cradle
will put itout Of sight,
Lest our hearts should grleve too sorsly
, For the title one tonight.
We vii. tn nix how safe forever, ."A-
In the better told above, e.
That young lamb for which we sorrow ri
Resteth now IN Jesus love.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
Ar a bantism in the western mart e Ke,

Ar a baptism in the western part Of Ken
tucky. a few weeks since, g ri of shy dispo
tion, about to be emersed. very naturally
resisted the attempts of the minister to lead
her into the water, and after short strug
gle, began to sob and cry Nth great violence
At this oment. Will, crowd Of spectators
were anxiously watching the result. young
er brother Of the girl stepped up to her and
exclaimed, in an under tone, ."don't be
scared Sal, they're only In fun -
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12

HOME AFTER BUSINESS HouRs.-The road
along which the man of business travels in
pursuit OF competence or wealth, is not a
macadamized one, nor does it ordinarily lead
through pleasant scenes and by wel-sprngs
Of delight. On the contrary. it is a rough
and rugged path, be;et with "wait- IA bit !"
thorns, and full of pitfalls, which can only
be avoided by the watchful care of circum.
spection. After every days journy over this
worse than rough turnpike road, the way yfarer
needs something more than rest: he requires
solace: and be deserves it. He is weary of
the dull prose Of life, and athirst for the DO.
etry. Happy is the business man who can
find that solace and that poetry at home
Warm greetings from loving hearts fond
glances from bright eyes, welcome shouts of
children, the many thousand little arrange
men:s for our comfort and enjoyment thar
silently tell Of thoughtful and expectant love.
the gentle ministrations that seat us before
we are aware Of it; these and like tokens Of
affection and sympathy constitute the poetry
which reconcilcs US to the prose Of life
Think OF this, We wives and daughters Of
business men! Think OF the tolls. the anx.
ieties. the notifications and wear that faith
ers undergo. to secure for You comfortable
homes; and compensate them for their trials
BY making them happy by their own firesids
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
THE TRIUuPns OF xNOwLEDo,rrE,.

AA@ASNFHS OF KNOwLEDOH.
IN the Continental Nonthly for Dece,n.
Der there is an article from the pen of Hon,
ROBERT j. WALKER, entitled "The tUmon"
In speaking of the press of the North, and
It's influence on moral and intellectual deyel.
opement, the distinguished writer most elo.
quently and truthfully says @-n.# hHS
This intellectual etfuIgencc radiatcs bv
Gay a''G by night 1t is the sun in its meri.
o'aH spieii"or, and the stars in an ever uu.
c'ohuea armament. 1t has centre and CIR.
e"ihlerencc' but knows no darkness. Igns.
rance van,shes before il; wealth follows in
''S 'ta'n laoor rcjoiccs in its association.
anu nhuS IT'S products more than doubled
.i'e'o'h nails It's presence, and religion gives
coro'ai welcome; churches, schools, aca.
de'n'es, colleges and universities acknowl.
cages its mighty influence Science pcnc.
"a'es the secret of nature, and unfolds each
nc" ulscoVery Tor the benefit OF man. Coal.
the offspring OF the sun, develops its latent
e"e,Sy, ana water contributes it's untirinr
hydraulic power. Machinery takes inore
ana more the place OF nerves and muscles.
cheapens clothing and subsistence and aIi
tne necessarIes OF life, and opens new fields
OF INDUSTRY, and more profitable employment
ior iaoor' steam and lightning become the
slave OF man. lie performs the journey Of /
Gay IN an hour, and converses in minutcs
around the globe. The strength ofmun rnav
not have been much increased, but his pow.
er Is augmented thousand. fold. His lifc
may not have been materially heightened.
but, IN the march Of knowledge, year now
Is as century, compared with mans pfo.
gress IN the darkness of the middle ayes
Inc eternal advance toward omniscience GOES
on, but is like that Of the infinite approach
OF the asymPtote, which never reaches tho
hyperbohc curve. The onward march of
science Is in gcomotrical ratio, so that IN
time, the Intellectual progress ofa day in the
future, must exceed that of a century in the
past. knowledge is enthroncd as a king.
ana grand truths AMI new ideas are his min.
'sters. Science takes the diameter of the
earth's orbit as base line and unit Of ,neas.
urement, and with it spans infinity, and ri.
anguates the nebulous systems amid the
shadowy veTges Of receding space. It's 70.
searches are cosmical upon the earth and
the heavens, and all the elements minister a
Its progress. Sink to the lowest mine. y
.athom the oceans depth, or climb the loft.
lest mountains, Or career through the beav.
ems on silken wings, and 1t is there also. -
Oh--on--on nearer-nearer-- nearer
IL moves forever and forever, with accelsra .
ted speed, toward the infinite eternal. d Such
arc ,re. the tirIumphs of knowledge; and he who
dinuses It among our race, or discover Ara
disseininates new truths, advances man near.
er ms creator. He exalts the whole race
ne elevates It in the scale of being. and raises
II INTO h'sher and still higher spheres" I
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12

a conntry boy who had read Of sa;lore
neav,ng up anchors, wanted to know II i -
sea- sickness that made them do il.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12

a Corkonian on being asked Il be,atfSst
slept on his .6st. ~
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12

The ANDANTE Of NATURE.--It was an Au.
tumn evening, warm, and softly veiled. We
noticed the sonoreusness at this season, and
the indesc,ibable mystery that :eigns at this
time over all nature. One would say that,
at .he approach of the deep sleep of winter,
every being and thing composes itselfstenlth-
lily to enjoy one remnant OF life and anma-
tion before the fatal benumbing Of the frost
And all beings and things in nature, as tho
they would elude the step of time, as though
they feared to be interrupted and surprised
in these last frolics of their feast day-pro-
ceed noislessily and without activity to their
nocturnal orgies. The birds send out stihed
cries, instead OF their trumpet notes of sum
mer; the insect in the furrow sometimes
allows an indiscreet exclamation to escape
HIM, but Immediately he interrupts himself
and hastens to carry his song or plant to
another point Of call. The plants hasten
to exhale last perfume, as much more
sweet as it is more subtitle and restrained
The leaves turning yellow, scarcely dare to
trenble at breath of air, and the focks
feed silently without cry Of love or comfort.
-GeoTye Sand.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
l.. CssApya An.
Q. g. REINTGEx,
AMERICAN HOTEL.

GEO. SECDsID Proprietor, Main Street
\T Cedar Fails Iowa. The above Hotel has lately been
enlarged and .Ievly furnished throughout and pre-
pared to att to the wants Of all who may favor
with call Ihave in connection with the above House
large and commodious Stable with good osters in attend
ance. The Office OF the Western Stage Company Is at
this House. Stageseave daily for the East South and
West. -'..'.'.1 .--.- '-.-. 1.sf
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12

II. ka.EEE,

TTOE NEE AT LAW, VIII practice
IA IN the counties of Black Hawk, BIchanan Bremen,
Batter Franklin Floyd, GruHdy and Chckssaw, and in
supreme Court. Oce Hatch Aliens store Over
mans Block, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 3:ll
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
GARTER HOUSE.

TOHN l.. WILCOX. formerly of the American
- Hotel having leased the above house, would return
his thanks to the public for the liberal patronage formerly
bestowed, and would be happy to welcome all his old
friends at the Carter House, Main St. Cedar Falls Iowa
STAGES leave this house daily for the North South and
West.
Cedar Falls July 90, 1861.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-12
NO. 81

thought capable Of. But one man in history
has been thoroughly believed to be coupe.
tent in strategy on so immense a scale. But
that. on battle scene Of vast dmentions,
General Burnside will fail to know the mo.
ment when reserves shall be sent to the hello
| OF the right grand division under Sumner.
or the left grand division Under franklin. or
the center grand division under Hooker. il
to believe that he has not deserved the com.
mand that he has held and the successes he
has won. He has none of those balcfLl mil.
'tary Jealousies which sacrifice armies and
causes lest the honors of ctoiY may be re.
fiected upon rival. If the supports he or
ders De marching to victory, they will be
forwarded with hearty speed, not only with.
out one pang Of envy from him, but with all
patriots joy, though their coming BE- to
another's brew. f'E
TIE SUBORDINATE COMMANDERS,
General Sumner, deserves the post cf hon.
or. on the right. Tried, faithful, fearless,
going into battle in the bravery Of full uni.
form and waving plumcs, often appearing
exposed in the frsnt of fight, when his dast.
ing presence lent spirit to weary, hard press.
ed and wavering men, he is an energetic and
useful officer. General Franklin il an Able
and highly trained soldier, and will acouit
himself well in the command of corps.-
But make way for the Center Grand Division.
under Hooker Let the Toe who fronts the
men ne leads look well to their lines :. that
day. How like lion he stormed down ON
their oeated, broken lines at Antietam,-
"nen ne started that morning, impetuous,
reslstless, his men who had caught the flrev
impulse of their chief, halted for no obstacle
and were swayed by no foe. Over infantry.
cavalry, artillery, they fought their way. and
as they went it was clear to see that by mid
DAY tins resistless advance would roll I'm tho
rebel hosts like scroll, and by sun down
hold 1t captive in its hand. But when At
o'clock, Hooker fell, struck by ball, men
who had watched his splendid advance. his
magnificent success. exclaimed, "whcre ia
the man who will follow up these rlorious
advantages. or who will sec that thew aru
followed up2' No such fflah followed
Hooker that day. On distant part o. tl,s
held' Burnside. stubbornly lighting his way
to the bridge, and then across it, did won.
GERS. But no mind equal to maintaining
the fruits Of Hookor's grand advance light.
ened over that part Of the fruitless tield of
Antietam. >" - -
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-03
The Difference,

Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island was elected
by the democrats and Bell Everett men. The
election was actively contested. Afterwards
the organized and armed southern conspiracy
made war on the government. Gov Sprague
was among the foremost to raise troops and
send them to Washington. He devoted HIM
self to the work in such manner as won him
the praise of all patriots. When the question
Of his reelection came up, the republicans
were among the most earnest TO have him re-
elected. How has it been in Massachusetts?
Gov. Andrews promptness, energy and fidef-
ty in support of the government have given
him national reputation, and made his name
dear to loyal men throughout the country
But how has he been treated by his political
opponents in Massachusetts? They stir up
against him the most malignant partizan OPP
position. They conspire to detame him, and
employ all means in their power to falsify his
conduct, injure his good name, and defeat his
reelection. This difference should be noticed.
1t is very significant