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MARTNSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1866

the qualification of our animal nature
Physical improvements has reached the
highest point of cultivation. Invention
has exhausted itself n every thing that
the art of man can 1evise. But moral
and intellectual Improvement lags far
behind. This then,Iis our destiny. to
develops, to educate sfssnoral and iltel-
lectual nature of man. The influence of
American thought, American genius,
and American freedom, is yet to be felt
throughout the world. Man has been
steadily advancing. Every age has been
an mprovementupon the preceding one.
Every generation is a step in advance If
their antecedents. The great cause Of
human liberty will go forward. Civili-
zation will not stop. Human progress
will not cast anchor. Our energies will
be quickened rather than Impaired. Our
career Of glory is but just bcgun. Just
in proportion as we educate, as we Guilt
vete the moral and intellectual senti-
ments-will we become refined, polished,
and enlightened; and continue to rise in
the scale of human excellence ca
pacities, which are adapted to infinite
expansion,-our minds whit are capa-
bic of infinite deyelopement,a rd approx
imation to the supreme Intelligence,
shall have attained the highest point OF
cultivation. Then, and not till then,
will we fully comply with the command
of the great Christian Lawgiver, "Be ye,
therefore, perfect" Then will the fiery
star of sectionalism set in eternal night,
never more to torment us with its malig-
nant rays. S. S. WILSON.
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"THE NEW Era"

s&6wift and feet as the light of the morning,
Strong as the eagle at the dawn of the day,
I see thee advancing, fearless "NEw ERA"-
Swiftly grim Error is fading away,
ROBBED in white is thy banner streaming,
\ A spirit of beauty ever beams from thine eyes;
Noble in heart with 1siaaness o. erAowing,
Kind lfvslisoz vv1ue for we bid thea arise.
Into the depths of darkness advancing,
Carefully all thy jewels display;
Costly the truth, and thy principles bearing,
q ALI for thy coming wait, happy and gay.
4 Homer may sing of his Trojan Achilles,
Jupiter, Juno, and Venus, of old;
Orpheus too, with his magical music,
Airily sweeping his harp-stfings of gold.
.Lo, see them now fading, as mythical fables,
So great in contrast is thy spirit with them;
!Bacred "NEw Era on to thy mission,
IN Immense thy worth as a valuable gem.
Ivy will trail DER the ruins of Error;
sSoon will the castles of Radicals fall;
Sweeping relentless and bitter CONSUMPTION,
at Like rain in floods, the dust from the wall.
"A beacon of hope to the fainting and falling,
a. Oil spirit Samaritan, olden and true;
Y Joys for the brave, but honest mistaken,
Hope for the vanquished, is bearing thee thro'.
IA Rome of the Ancients, tho mighty yet
II Cesar the Rubicon passed; [perished,
Come, list to its lessons and teachings,
In death the grim tyrant is cast.
1 Kingdoms are mortal, and perish,
VI Mobiles and Princes must fall;
Alas! how the bravest are vanquished.
Rubicon passed and-the pail.
30 Liberty, too, with its Brutus,
In truth, dearest "ERA,'' will rise,
Strong in its mission and virtue,
Strong fer the race and the prize
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SUSANNA WESLEY.
BY REV. ROBERT. NJ. HATEIELD.

thsf When Mlassaa1laE said Of ahn Hssey x
might have rendered 3S...l eminent III
literature, that his genius for govern
ment was not inferior to tla.t of Richelieu,
and that he devoted all his powers in
defiance OF obloquy and derision to what
he sincerely considered IS the highest
good of his species,o he only did justice
to the character and memory OF the
Wesley is immortal, tie chaplet that
inwreaths his brow is gu alnaTanth that
no time or change can sale or Wither.
He belongs to q class OF men concerning
whom q decree is registered in heaven
that they shall be had ID Everlasting re-
membrance. We yentar0the prediction
that the time shall GENE When has moth
er viii share largely il The honors con-
1eTged on her illustfi91ssOn. Isaac lay
lor says The mosaer OF HE Weslays Vas
Che mother Oh biebaodI5Hl. Whether, a.
the same author asserts s.nlild IS from
the mother by al law o. nature" we shall
not attempt to determines; but II cannot
be denied that IN this INSTANCE the moral
and intellectual traits of tie unotharWefe
transmitted 10 the so3. Susanna AM
nesley) Wesley was tda daughter of DE.
Samuel Amnesty, Q Nonctnt0rmist min
lister Of London. She sESs Che youngest
OF Q fAnnilg OF 5tea4fH.AgtE children, and
seems to have been Tie fet and iSNoIlte
Of her father. VICE Ha saRl cnaCWheAt5
Of 8 high order, alla enjpylng the best
advantages for education, she gaNecaXly
promise of the superior woman she alter
wards became. Dr.. Glars, who wrote
memoirs OF the Nte5iegt family, Is ei0-
quent and enthusiastic ii describing her
Lar
as 3 wife ana 3slotllze s,Sgeh g woman, /"
he says, 81 have net Heard Of, nor with
her equal have i bssn acquainted. -
This is certainly complimentary TO Mrs.
We5ley--more Sc, Wethiall than to the
wife and daughters oftheYeuerable COM
mentator. Susanna Annesley seems
never to have suffered from diffidence or
want of confidence il her own powers.
Her father was Il sta. uch Dissenter, and
through long years lsbored and suffered
for the Puritan eaJise. His daughter,
when less than thirteen years old, went
over the questions at issue between Dis
senters and Churcfmell, and decided the
matter in favor Of the Establishment,
and against her father and the church Of
his choice. This may have been all right
and proper, but we5confess to a slight
regret that she did not defer this invest
ment for a few years. When about
twenty years Of age she was married to
Samuel Wesley, who held a curacy in
London worth about one hundred ct,ad
fifty dollars a year. Here they remained
for a year or two, and then removed to
the parish Of South Ormsby, when her
husbands pitiful salary was slightly in
creased. In after years he wrotea letter
to the Archbishop of York, in which he
refers to his circumstances at this time,
and says that for six or seven years to-
gether he did not receive more than fifty
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THE NEW ERR.

Every age has its own peculiar char
lacteristics, which distinguish 1t from
Ievery other age. Time is like a mighty
river, ever flowing onward, but its flow
lis not always equable. In some places
1T is smooth and tranquil, in others tur-
|bulent and rapid. At one time it glides
gently along IN a clear and unobstructed
channel, at another, it dashes over rocks,
and roars, and foams, and chafes against
the various obstacles, which impede its
progress. Former ages have had their
wars, theirfamines, pestilenees, and
their revolutions. In Eastern fable the
world is a harp. Its strings are earth,
air, fire and water. At certain periods
an angel flying through the midst OF
heaven strikes the harp, and its vibra-
lions produce those mighty issues ofgood
/ and evil which mark the destiny of our
race. At one time famine, Warand pes
thence followed the mystic touch. At
another, all nature is dressed IN smiles
and HoWers-the fields are waving with
luxuriant harvests, and rich floeks and
f iG4it3 lA0Ni tAtG ttiit t0l77 s.it1 s3AtN--'
themselves over the valleys.
This is The fable, the moral is obvious.
The mighty track OF human affairs is
marked By great epochs. Time is full
Of eras. Every nation has It's efas, lis
sib,itltil, its revolutions, its great deliver
\ anees,
That mystic harp was touched when
n our pilgrim fathers set foot on Plymouth
\ Rock. It was touched again with nla sic
skill ON the 4th OF July, 1875, and It's
quivering strings discoursed their sweet
h est music. THE burden of the strain was
4 human freedom; human brotherhood +;
i human rights; the sovereignty Of the
! people; the divine right Of man to goy-
ern himself. That was an era Of ersss.
NsIhen was the birth Of Constitutional
liberty And what a birth! Already is
the infant grown into a giant. The three
millions Of inhabitants have increased to
thirty millions. Theonenlillion ofsquare
miles have expanded into four millions
1 And the navigation and commerce Of the
Union rival those of the oldest and most
commercial nations. American keelS
ploWall waters, and American commerce
reaches the remotest corners of the earth
Towns and cities have sprung up more
likemagicthan reality. VastandnightS
forests have fled away before the axe o
the White man, and in their places arr
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American productions. No other age
was ever so productive. The name and
number of time-saving, and labor-saving
machines is legion. Such has been our
career. sfhus far it has been rapid, bril-
liant and splendid beyond all precedent.
But here wemust pause. We have reach
ed one of the great landmarks of time.
Events of startling import have been
rapidly transporting around us. Events
having marked and positive influence
on the destiny of our race. The present
age has acharacterall it's own. No other
age was ever more marked, original and
peculiar. The leading characteristics are
earnestness, action, stupenduous move
ment, positiveness. Negatives have no
place in these stirring times. Every day
is teeming with great events. It is an
age of steam, of electricity, of haste, of
wonderful movement.
An age of wonders, action, motion, strife,
With restless millions struggling into life.
"Remove the diadem, "-saith the
Lord, by his prophet. Remove the di-
adem, and take off the crown, "-this
shall not be the same. "Exalt him
that is low, and abase him that is
high" I will overturn, it, and it
shall be no more, until he come
whose rightit is, and will give it him."
This is an age Of overturning, anage Of
change. We have seen the Union-as it
came down to us from our fathers, stand
ing firm upon the western continent in
all itsglory. The star ofliberty sat upon
the sea, and ruled the commerce Of the
world. Freedom walked up and down in
s5v.--~-~,, . = g.. o.p- os.- a,illa.2and
shone brightly from thetops OF our noun
tains. And we have seen that glorious
star, which SO brightly Illuminated the
western hemisphere, declining in the
horizon,-perhaps to set in midnight
darkness,-perhaps, be quenched forev-
er. Tt is freedom that's the great NOV
ing power Of human advancement. It
is the source of the grandast achieve
ments of intellect, the noblest efforts of
valor. What was Holland before she
became free? The minds Of her people
We're as stagnant as the marshes that
covered her soil, until freedom drew
forth and warmed into vitality their
latent and lifeless energies.
It was freedom that ,5ridled the stormy
waves Of the German ocean, Freedom
built and manned the ships that poured
into her Ian the riches eff the world, and
covered her boupdless marshes with a
velvet earpet. made them smile with
fertility, and rejoice in abundance
What was ENGLAND before Magma. Char
=, b,,,.e4 1,a,, c,9ai,Ys and ondoG har thral-
dom2 When ssthe eurfew tolPd theknetl
Of parting day. and enjoined upon her
Whole realm the extinction OF lishtsaha
fires? And what IS England now? Pre-
eminent among thenaticn5of inc earth
in q that the wise most seek to know,
ol. tllo eood desire 10 do. England has
attained & lofty height Of civilization
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A Reasonable .Beiaay,

IF there's any thing I hate, it is "a
reasonable being" Says the lazy moth
er to her restless child whom she has i'm
prisoned within doors and whose active
mind seeks solutions Of passing remarks,
"Don'tbother, Tommy, do be reasonable,
and not tease with your questions.n-
Says the husband to hissielS oroyertasiz-
ed wife, When she cries from sheer men,
tai OF physical exhaustion, GLOW L hate
tears, Go be q reasonable being.7 Says
the conservative father to his son, whom
he would force into some profession or
employment for which nature has utter
ly disqualified him, "Areyou Wisefthan
your father. 90 be q reaSonablo bgihg.o
Says the mother to sWeetsiXtaeH Wnom
she would marry to siXty-4iNe year old
money bag, saHhinl5 what q thing it is to
have Il fine establishments; do be q Fea-
sonable being
AS near as lear set AZ Il, 70 10 a. raa-
sonable being, is to laugh When Jour
heart aches, it is to give confidence and
receive none; 1t is faithfully to keep
your own promises and never l4inI such
q trifie as having promises broken to
YOU. It is never to have or to pr8satil-
gate a dissenting opinion. 1t Is either
to be born a ioot, Or In lack OF chat 10 BE-
come a hypoerite, trying 10 become a
reasonable being" FANNY a9I9iSE.
TIE effect Of medicine often depends
iar less upon what it is than upon who it
is that gives it.
THE occondatioas of a ship Of war are
very incomplete unless she is prepared
to receive 6oayders.
WE pity the family that sit down to a
broil three times day.
WE know child that would be a
very pretty little girl indeed but for a
male-formation.
MANY persons carry about their char
acters in their hands; not few under
their feet.
WHAT is mine, even to mylife, is hers
love, but the secret of my friend is not
mine.
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FROM WASHINGTON,
kentucky DeIegafiOn--Genersl
ImbOdpn.

WASHINGTON, October 6.--Garrett Davis
to-day headed another Kentucky delegation to
urge the removal of General Palmer from
command in that State
A brief session of the Cabinet was held to-
day.
General Grant and his staff arrived here this
morning. 1t is said the General is much an
noyed at the publication of his expressions
enormously attributed to him.
The ex-rebel General Imboden is here. His
pardon is believed to be doubtful.
The office of Provost Marshal in the Depart
ment of Washington was abolished to-day.
RETURN OF COLORED TROOPS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-The First District OF
Columbia colored regiment returned to Wash
ngton this afternoon from the South. Their
appearance on the streets attracted immense
crowds of spectators, of their own color par
ticularly. Their colored fellow citizens will
give them formal reception and dinner TO-
morrow at the Campbell Hospital
CAPTAIN wIRZ.
Captain Wirz is now suffering from inham-
nation of his right arm, which was wounded
by shell. He seems to have recovered from
the depressing effect of nervous attacks, and
now exhibits marked calmness during the
trial.
BASE BALL.
The majority of the Excelsior Club ar
rived here to-day, and have been in the hands
of the hospitable Nationals. The base ball
match between the "Excelsiors' and the INA
tionals'' tomorrow will draw large crowd.
A delegation of the ''Athletics' are expected
Tomorrow Their gentlemanly action with
regard to the proposed game with the 'At-
lantic'' have won for them hosts of friends,
while it has cost the "Atlantic' the loss of
many admirers. The refusal of the ''Atlan-
ties to fulfil their engagement to meet the
"Athletics' in Washington will probably result
in there being no games this season between
the champions and the "Athletics," as there
certainly will not be with the ''Nationals. -
On Tuesday the 'Enterprise," of Baltimore,
enter the lists with the Nationals" The
President, it is expected, will visit the grounds
tomorrow for brief time.
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Pardon of EmbOden Doubtful.


New ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-The New Orleans
and jackson Railroad has been completed
through to Canton, Miss Trains will soon
commence running
Advices from Matamoros say that Cortinas.
Cavalo and Escovede's combined forces are
marching to Matamoros with twelve hundred
Liberals. They are robbing and plunderine
the whole country.
Capt Neyes' cavalry are operating between
Matamoros and Monterey.
A force of 900 Mexicans defeated $500 Bel
glans, near Earomara. in the State of Micho-
acan, on the 18th of July, capturing 10
prisoners, 600 stand of arms and six pieces of
artillery. They then proceeded in the direc-
ton of Tehuatan.
Telegraph lines were in process of construc-
ton to connect the principalities of the Empire.
Ne'o orleans, Oct. 4.-Cotton firm: sales of
$500 bales at 44(a 45c. Sugar firm and ad-
vanclng. treights and exchange are unaltered
NEW ORLEANS, October 5.-Alfred Jones'
the Erie railroad defaultcr, was arrested here
to-day.
Cotton is excited and has advanced two
cents Sales 1000 bales at 46@47c.
NEW ORLEANS, October 6.-Cotton firm.
Sales of 1000 bales at Acc. Stock, 1000
bales. Sugar and molasses quiet
The Planters Convention on the subject OF:
broken lines met yesterday. The convention
petitioned Gov. Wells and Gen. Candy to as
sist them with aid from the State and General
Government in the work. Both promised to
give attention to the matter.
Governor Wells has accepted the guberna-
toral nomination.
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| out u healthy condition of affairs Manufacturing
operatives, from the very centre of manufacture in
England. are coming to the United States in consid-
cradle numbers and Others before them have dome.
will probably seek and find employment in the Mid
| die and Eastern States.
This fact contains several valuable hint, to tbc
people of Virginia. 1t is now fast becoming. evident
that the North is able to compete with the world in
the fneness of the texture well the cbgapncs.
of its manufactures, and this because the skiIful
labor Of the world is cmgratng there. In short the
South is like the worm it touches the outside of the
nut and finds it bitter; like the squirrel the North
gnaws the centre and finds good, sweet meat.
From gentlemen calculated to know / learn that
Je Davis is greatly pleased with his new quarters at
Fortress Monroe. The building Carroll IIalD in
which he is confined, is situated within the fort and
Is divided off into mess-rooms a library officers
quarters, and a place for holding co,u9s-mal5iol-
FROM JET room gallery extends to the ramparts
SO that when he walks abroad he need not encounter
the gaze OF spectators. 1t is an improvement upon
his late casemate quarters still it must be a tedious
confinement to the proud spirit of the occupant
Had the naughty leader Of the rebellion chosen he
could nave been foremost among the leaders of a
happy nation, and instead of holding disputed
place in her history, he could have transmitted as
fair fame as any statesman of his day
The Kimberly Brothers of your city are the most
enterprsing gentlemen doing business in this place
AT the end of main street they have erected imepge
buildings for the storage of their goods and TO Il
above FIRMS Norfolk and Portsmouth chiefly indcbt d
for supplies of ice, bread and meats The firm,
have also established a mammoth Photograph gal
cry on Main street. Norfolk. where pictures equal to
those made in any northern city can be found.
The game season has fairly set in and the Norfolk
market each morning is stocked with wild ducks
geese, swans, bear, deer, squirrels, raccoons, Ec
The charming Webb Sisters are at the Norfolk
Opera House. These young ladies are great fayortcs
with the residents of Norfolk, their society being
eagerly sought after by the first families On Mon
day next the Sisters appear in Petersburg in the play
of the Corscan Brothers. Manager Genn is using his
best energies place before his patrons the best to
ent in the country Away
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Affairs i'm Teyag-

New ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-The San Antonia
Herald learns from General Merritt that it is
the intention of the Government to give citi-
zens on the Indian border full protection.
General Merritt sent out strong detachments
to scour the country. General Custer with his
division Of cavalry would soon be ordered to
Austin, from which base of operations detach-
ments would be sent out into the country lying
Immediately north and west of the State Capi-
tol. The work of reorganzing the State Gov
ernment is progressing as rapidly as possible.
One hundred and five counties have completed
their organization, and thirty yet remain un-
organized. The universal good conduct ofthe
soldiers is the theme of almost constant re-
mark. The Houston Telegraph says that while
collisions take place between the civil and
military authorities in other States, none occur
in Texas. Governor Hamilton and his ap.
pointees are very popular. The 18th Regi
ment of Illinois Cavalry arrived at Houston Oh
the 18th.
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Episcopal General Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, October 1.-The Convention
assembled at 10 clock.
message was received from the House OF
Bishops relating to the conduct of Archbishop
Grey, of Cape Town, in South Africa. and
the detection and so-called heresy of Bishop
Colenso, and congratulating Archbishop Grey
on his course in said affair.
A message was received from the House OF
Bishops to the effect that the House was salts
fled that the Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, d.
D., has been validly consecrated to the office
of Bishop, having been elected to the exercise
OF that Office in the vacant diocese of Alabama,
and that without an examination of circum-
stances occasioning certain canonical irregu-
larities in the election and conservation, and
expressly declaring that its present action shall
Eever be construed or accepted as precedent,
this House hereby accepts the Right Rev Dr.
Wilmer as Bishop of Alabama, and consents
to his Episcopate as such, provided that the
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies is willing
to signify its concurrence in such acceptance
and consent, and that thereafter the Bishop ot
Alabama shall transmit in writing to the pre-
siding Bishop, to be by him committed to the
custody of the Register of this House, the
promise of conformity comprised in the office
for the consecraton of a Bishop in the ordinal
After long discussion on the proposed new
Canon relating to clergymen entering the
military or naval service the Convention ad
iourned
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STATE AFFAIRS,

THE DRoUGHT.-The severe drought still continues
In many parts of the county we hear serious COM
plants of the scarcity of water. Indeed the runs
near this village, which have seldom been known to
stop running in the severest droughts of midsummer,
have now entirely stopped running. Up to this time
our farmers have not commenced sowing" wheat, the
dry weather prevailing to such extent that they have
been unable to prepare their lands for that purpose
Meanwhile sickness, principally chills and fcvcrs is
generally prevailing throughout the county.
PRoLIFIC.-A coOred woman, residing near Nan
jemoy Church. in this county, has given birth to four
children within twelve months. The first was born
in December last and about two weeks since she
gave birth to three The last three were boys;
averaged at birth five pounds each, and are now
living and doing well. They are named, VIC under
stand, at the suggestion of piously inclined gentle
man in the neighborhood, Ham, Shem and Japheth.
Port Tobacco Times
DEATH OF SAMUEL L. GOvENEUR.-Mr. Samuel L.
Governeur resident of the lower part of this Valley,
and gentlemen well known throughout this county,
died at his residence Friday night last, the 18th
ut, in the QSth year of his age.iddetocn Register
SALE OF MILL PROPERTY.-Messrs. Mitchell Il
Stump sold their mill property, at the East end of
town, last week. consisting of grist and mill,
dwelling, and about eight of land to Col. J. c..
Hill and Mr.. E. A. Alexander, both of Elkton for
$4,000. The purchasers will take possession on the
lst proximo-(ecH Wbi1