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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10

PRAYER FOR SoLEIERs.-A soldier
who had been in prison at Andersonvile
Ga, and had come home on an exchange
being at the Fulton Street Prayer Meet
ing, said:
/ am here, verify believe, in answer
to prayer. You know l was formerly
in The habit of almost daily attending
this meeting. Often l took part in the
services of the hour. When | went
away, l asked you to pray for me. |
have been kept in answer to prayer. !
am confident Of this. know that 49,,
900 out Of 10000 Of my fellow prisoners
were buried while was at Anderson>
vile. Twice / endeavored to escape,
and succeeded in getting out. / was
tracked with bloodhounds. / hid myself
away in the grass. | knew they were
after me. / knew it was impossible for
me to escape their search. i prayed to
Daniels God that he would shut their
mouths, and not allow them to hurt me.
Both came up to me as l lay in the
grass. One Of them rubbed his nose
over my face; but neither offered to bite
me. | was saved; and ! was always
confident that it was in answer 10 prayer.
| have been in the thickest Of several
fights, and know that many rebel musk
cts have been leveled against me and
yet not single bullet has hit me. | be-
lieve owe to God, as answering prayer,
that my life has been spared. l have
felt assured in every battle that no harm
would come nigh me.
1t does me good to come in here, and
hear your prayers for the soldiers. No
matter how bad soldiers may De, there
are none SO bad that they do not feel
grateful for your prayers. have seen
many soldiers eyes Gil with tears when
i have told them how you prayed for
them. Oh, keep on prayinsl How
much they need your prayers Pray
continually for these men, who jeopar
die theirlives TO defend your homes and
your fresides. They need the prayers
of all who know how to pray.-N Y.
Observer.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10

REBEL FIGURING.-Gen. Joseph 4.
Johnston, in his report to the rebel War
Department, says be fell back from Dal-
ton to Atlanta because Sherman greatly
ontnumbered him. He computes Sher-
mans army at 10000, and says his own
numbered 10000. His losses were TO-
900, and yet be delivered $1,000 to
Hood. He puts Sherman's losses at
least seven to one of bis own, which would
make the Federal loss 10000, and
leave Sherman with only 25,000 men
to take Atlanta from Hood with his 5l,-
OOOi The rebel General makes but
sorry figure, both in fighting aud arilh-
metic. a
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10

crew were far asiern. The boat was
still burning and smoking like mad, and
we could see that most of the pirates
were striking out for the land, for OF
course they could not go near their boat.
But 'tisn't likely one of EN- ever reached
the shore, for the fresh breeze had kicked
up pretty smart wave, and their heads
were under the water half of the time
| took my glass, and went up into the
mizzen top, and for while | watched
the bloody scamps. could see 'em, cue
after another sink out of sight. | knew
that none of them would ever do any
more murders. But in a few moments
tue heads that were left struggling above
the water were beyond the reach of my
sight, and | came down.
'Tisn't much use of my telling how
Ned Grover, was disposed Of, for you can
Judge for yourselves. Yet be was modest
aad mild as ever, and he begged US TO
say nothing more about it. When we
got home, the owners made him accept
thousand dollars, and made me promise
to teach him navigation. Ned is now
four and twenty-as noble a fellow as
you could wish to see--and last month
he left New York as the captain of the
good ship, Daniel Boone.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10


CONSEQUENCES OF THE EARTH BEING
STOPPED IN ITS ORBIT.-If. the earth
should be stopped in its orbit, it would
begin to fall straight toward the SUM-
As it approached more nearly to that
great source of heat it would soon reach
a point where the temperature is as high
as two hundred and twelve degrees, and
then all the waters Of the ocean would be
evaporated. AS it approached still
nearer, the rocks would be melted, and
afterwards they also would be evapora-
ted. Before it reached the sun this solid
earth would be converted into vast vol
ume of red hot gas, which, when it fell
into the fiery atmosphere of the sun,
would merely produce blasts of wind
from the point where it struck outward
in all drections.-Scientifc american.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10
Your Mission.
Ifyou cannot on the ocean

Ifyou cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest pillows,
Laughing at the storms you meet;
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend hand to help them,
As they launch their boats away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain, steep and high;
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure,
As they slowly pass along,
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver,
Ever ready to command;
If you cannot towards the needy
Reach an ever open hand
You can visit the afflicted,
Ger the erring you can weep,
You can be a true disciple,
Sitting at the Saviour's feet.
If you cannot in the conflict
Prove yourself soldier true;
If, where fire and smoke are thickest,
There's no work for you to do;
When the battle field is silent,
You can go with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
DO not then stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do
Fortune is lazy goddess,
She will never come to you,
Go and toll in any vineyard,
Do not fear to do or dare,
If you want field Of labor,
You can find II dnytehere.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10

WALKING ON A RAFT.-Mace Sloper
Esq, in the Katcker6ocker, tells the fol,
lowing story;
There was fellow once stepped out o.
the door of a tavern on the Mississippi
meaning to walk a mile up the shore tc
the next tavern. Just at the landing
there lay big saft-one of the regular
old fashioned whalers-a raft a mile
long.
Well, the fellow heard the landlord say
the raft was mile long, and he said un-
to himself, 81 will 90 forth and see this
great wonder, and let mine eyes behold
the timber which the hand Of man hath
hewn." So be got on at the lower end,
aud began to ambulate over the wood 10
pretty fair time. But just as he walked
up the river, it walked down, both travel
ling at about tbs same rate. When he
got to the end of the sticks, be found they
were pretty near shore, and in sight of a
tavern; so he landed and walked straight
into the bar room he had come out Of
The general sameHess fittings took him
a little aback, but he looked the landlord
straight in the face and settled it in his
own way:
Publican" said he, "are you gifted
with any twin brother, who keeps a SIM
liar sized tavern, with duplicate wife,
eomporiing wood pile, and correspond.
ing circus bills, mile of from here ?"
The tavern keeper was fond of fun,
and accordingly said it was just so.
"And, Publican, have you, among your
dry goods, for the entertainment of man
and horse, any whisky Of the same size as
that of your brother's?"
And the tavern man said that from the
rising of the sun even to the going down
of the same, be had.
They took drinks, when the stranger
said:
Publican, that are twin brother of
yours is mighty fine man--a very fne
man indeed. But, do you know, I'm
lfeerd he suffers good deal with Chicago
iiptheria."
"And what is that ?7 asked the toddy
'ticker.
at is when the truth settles so firm in
l man that none of it ever comes out
Common doctors, of the catnip sort, call
I lyin'. When l left your brothers con- /
ectionery, there was raft at his door.
which be swore bis life was a mile long. I
Well, Publican, | walked that raft from !,
ill TO tail, from his door to yourn. Now s
know leg time, and TN just as good for q
lyself as for boss, and better for that n
ban any man you eyer did see. al 4
rays walk mile in exactly twenty I
minutes on good road, and I'll busted {,
nth an overloaded Injun gun if I've been Il
lore'n ten minutes coming here, step #
ing over the blamed logs, at that" !,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10

Three or four times couple appear
ed before clergyman for marriage ;
but the bridegroom was drunk, and the
reverend gentleman refused to tie the
knot. On the last occasion he expressed
bis surprise that SO respectable girl was
not ashamed to appear at the altar with
a man in such a state. The poor girl
burst into tears and said she could not
help it. "And why, pray ?" Because
sir, be wont coue when be is sober. !"
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

NASHVILLE, TENN.
100 Hhds. prime New Orleans,
so do do Porto Rico Sugar,
50 do do Cuba Sugar,
100 Barrels Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
20 do GRADUATED Sugar,
100 do A. and b. Coffee Sugars,
IS do G. extra assorted Brands
300 do Yellow Sugar,
500 Bags Rio Coffee,
% Mats Java Coffee,
20 do Laguira Coffee,
10 Bags Ginger,
10 Bags Allspice,
20 Bags Pepper,
rs Barrels Mackerel,
so y bbls. do.
800 Kits do.
50 Boxes Soap,
$50 do Starch,
100, 900 Cigars, assorted brands,
800 Boxes Candles,
100 do Rasns,
5O-Cases Sardines,
800 Cases Oysters.
100 Dozen Buckets,
Son ests Tubs,
Together witheverything usually kept in Whole
sale Grocery Houses.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24
Grave Thought. for SUNDAY.

Run not after blessings; only walk in
the commandments Of God, and blessings
shall run after you, pursue and ovortake YOU
do not wish for any heaven on earth be-
side that Of preaching the gospel of Jesus
Christ to immortal souls.-Hesrg Martin.
We should give as We receive, cheeriully,
quickly, and without hesitation for there
is no grace in benefit that sticks 10 the
fingers.
Saints are not SO much afraid of suffering
as they are Of shining; in suffering the Of
Tense is done 10 US, but in shining the oflense
is done 10 God.
am no more surprised that some revealed
truths should amaze my understanding than
that the blazing sun should dazzle my eyes
--Ho'reg,
How long may il take a man to embrace
Christ as his Saviour As long as il takes a
drowning nan 10 let 90 a straw and lay hold
cf an offered rope
Never despise counscls from whatever
quarter they reach you. Remember that the
pearl is keenly sought for in spite Of the
coarse shell which envelopes it.
A daily conversation in heaven is the
surest forerunner of constant abode there.
The spirit Of God first brings heaven into
the soul, and then conducts the soul to
heaven.
The spirit Of Christ sweetly Gains the soul
of the suffering believer, not by taking away
all sense Of pain, but by overcoming 1t by
sense Of his love.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24
"We Live I'm Deeds. NOT Years.

A pleasant, cheerful, lively, generous,
charitable minded woman is never old. She
is as Young at sixty as she was at eighteen
or twenty and those who are old ut sixty
or seventy, are not made old by time They
are made old by the rayages Of passion, an
unsocial and ungenerous nature, which have
cankcred their minds, wrinkled their spirit
and withered their souls. They are made
old by envy, by jealousy, by hatred, by sus-
picion, by uncharitable feelings, by SANDER
ing, by scandalizing and ill-bred habits
which il they avoid, they preserve their
youth to the very last, so that the child shall
die, as the scriptures say, at a hundred years
old. There are old women who pride them
selves on being eighteen or twenty. Pride
is an only passion, and vanity is as grey as
the mountains. There are dry, cold, dull,
heartless and indifferent. They want the
well spring of youthful affection, which is
always cheerful, always active, always en-
gagged in some labor Of love, which is cal
Culated 20 promote and distribute enjoy
menL There is an old age Of the heart,
which is possessed by many who have no
suspicion that there is anything old about
them and there is n youth which never
grows old, love who is ever boy, n psyche
who is ever a girl.-Lift Illustrated.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

"OH, GoDl If thou dids't but know 3"
was the opening sentence of a prayer by one
of those divines who think they know much
more than the Almighty Some clergymen
give God good advice. Some inform Him OF
the latest news. Others use the form OF sup
plication to launch sharp arrows at their
brethren. Rev. Mr.. Boynton, the new chap
lain to the House, made an opening prayer,
with stump speech in the belly Of IT, !"
thus:
I'VE thank Thee, God, that the Congress of
the United States represents one great free ma
ton: that by the organic law there is virtually
now freedom throughout the whole land No
manaele chain, slave master Is legally exist
ing and we pray Thee TO give to Congress wisdom
and courage and advice TO carry. out all such
measures as are needed to make the gift Of free
dom not an empty formality, but convey With 1t
all the rights and privileges of manhood
This information was not quite correct.
As the Legislature of Iowa had not yet
passed upon the amendment to " the organic
law" but were yet TO act, the amendment
was not yet complete. 1t soon will be;
probably is by this time; and the reverend
politician should post the Almighty On the
subject, with all promptitude. God knows
so little; and these men so much Albany
IN, " Arqus t..r.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24
The Rev. Cbauucy ssiIes--ssWhai COnsti-
tUfes IIeaVenY.s

The Rev. Chauncey Giles delivered a SER
mon on the subject "What Constitutes
Heaven on Sunday evening at the Swe-
denborgian Church, in Thirty-fifth ST.
between Fourth and Lexington-ayes In
commencing his sermon he said that there
must be some essential and positive element
growing out Of the Divine nature and mans
relations 10 the Lord 10 constitute heaven
and heavenly happiness. The first step in
the investigation of this subject consists in
determining what these elements are. There
are two aspects in which the question must
be viewed, first, what constitutes the Divine.
or the Lords part; and second what consti-
tutcs heaven with mans part. Viewing il
from the Lord, Swedenborg says il is the d.
Uine of the Lord which makes heaven Bv
the dirine of the Lord he means a divine
love and divine consideration flowing into
the souls and Understandings Of the angels.
On mans part heaven consists in receiving
this love and consideration and reciprocating
them-receiving il in the form and order in
which il exists in the divine mind, so that
all mans faculties may act in perfect harmo-
NY with the divine. In these two acts of re-
ceiving and giving arises all our happiness
in this world and all the blessedness of the
angels. This is in perfect accordance with
the declarations of our Lord, "The kingdom
Of God is within you" 1t is our absolute
unity with the Lord in heart, in understand
ing, in everything that must constitute our
happiness This is thedivine element in the
problem of heaven. The human element is
man. Heaven does not consist in reward
of place, nor in the mere pardoning of sim
The act Of pardoning is merely negative
Does murderer when pardoned feel any
more love toward his fellow men than when
he is on the point of suffering the penalty of
his guilt God may introduce such person
into heaven, but such a person could not en-
joy its happiness. All our happiness must
depend to receive the divine of the Lord, and
Heaven consists in loving with a certain and
unchanging love
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

CHURCH ETIQUETTE.-lt is fashionable
with many 10 come late to church, long after
the services have begun, to the ediication of
the curious in the congregation, and the COM
fort of the nerves of the pulpit 1t has
lately been decided on high authority, that
the following rules are to be observed on
such occasions
Let the lady advance one pace beyond
the door of the pew she wishes to enter, half
about face, and salute. The pew must then
be vacated by such gentlemen as are in it,
by flank movement. The squad should rise
simultaneously when the lady presents her
SELF and face by the right flank, then deploy
into the aisle, the head man facing the lady,
and the rest walking 70 his right and rear,
the direction of the line being changed by u
right comtermarch, and forming again into
line, up and down the aisle still faced by
the right flank. The lady, when she secs
the coast is clear, completes her salute, and
advances TO her position in the pew. The
gentlemen break off by files from the rear,
and resume their places. Great care should
be taken, Of course, by other parties not 20
enter the aisle when this evolution is in pro
gross, until it is completed.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF MEXICO.
This consists of one Archbishop, eight
Bishops. and about ten thousand inferior
clergy Of all orders 1t is the richest church
established in the world. Its landed prop
erty. mortgages and rents are estimated to
he worth about S150,OO0,00O; to say nothing
of the untold millions invested in cathedrals
and church edifces, which are all Of the
most solid and costly construction, and are
said to be as valuable now as the day they
were built. With their gold and silver yes
sells. candlesticks and other ornaments, these
buildings (of which there are one hundred
and eight in the city of Mexico alone) are
estimated at S50,000,000. The landed prop
ertv is continually increasing in value, IN
the same measure that the silver mines are
becoming more productive. The revenues OF
the clergy are still very large, though not so
numerous as they were when Mexico was
Spanish colony. At that time the annual
income of the Archbishop was Sl30 600 and
that of the bishops, united, 100000. The
Archbishop is the financial as well as the
ecclesiastical head of the church, and subor-
dinate TO him there is a single person IN
each diocese, by which this vast property is
controlled.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24
Prepare the Vegetable Garden

In December there is often a mild spell
in which preparation can be made for spring
i'm the garden. A deep soil is essential TO
the production of garden vegetables I; but if
the soil is unfortunately shallow, and with
an unfavorable sub-soil, measures should be
taken to deepen it. Works upon garden
ing presuming that the soil /. is of course
deep, direct trenching. In this operation,
properly performed, the gppund is dug at
least two spades deep, and the lower soil
brought 10 the surface and the upper soil
put in its place below. There are many gar
dens in which it would be decidedly poor
management TO bring poor sub-soil to the
top, and to bury the good surface mould a
spade deep. Where the soil is shallow, the
aim should be to increase its depth and bet
ter fit it for the growth of those plants, the
roots of which penetrate deeply. In small
gardens this work can be done with the
spade, and at this time of comparative leisure,
provided the ground be not frozen nor too wet
The usual method of working is to dig a
trench about three feet wide and a spade
Deep throwing out the soil on one side; put
a good supply of manure into the trench and
spade it well into the subsoil at the bottom.
This being done, commence a second trench
close to and parallel with the other, throw
ing the top soil into the first trench, working
in manure at the same time The subsoil in
the second trench is treated the same as that
in the first one, and the work is continued
by making trench after trench, ndmanuring
each one in the same way, the top soil Of the
first trench is finally put into the last one.
If the garden is sufficient size, it should be
so arranged that the greater part Of the labor
can be done with horse. 1t is great say
ing to substitute the pillow and cultivator for
the spade and hoe and to do this requires
little forethought. All those plants which
remain in the same place for several years,
such as asparagus, rhubarb, aud the peren-
NAL herbs, should have a location by them
selves; the remainder of the garden, which
at most needs but a single path through the
centre, will then be left unrestricted. 1t is
a great waste of space to cut large vegetable
gardens into beds, as it costs about as much
labor to keep the paths clean as it does to
cultivate the. crops. Gardens laid out in
beds and edged with box or other edging,
may look very neat, but they are unprofi-
table. Every crop, the nature which will
admit Of, should be planted in rows suff
GENTLY wide apart to allow of cultivation
with horse power.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24
Facts About Milk.

Cream cannot rise through great depth
of milk II, therefore, milk is desired to re-
tain its cream for time, it should be put
into deep, narrow DISH and if it be de-
sired to free il most completely of cream, it
should be put into broad shallow dish, not
much exceeding one inch in depth. The
evolving of cream is facilitated by rise, and
retarded by a fall Of temperature of the
dairy-50o fahrenheit-all the cream will
probably rise in SO hours but at 700 it will
perhaps rise in half that time, and when the
milk is kept near the freezing point the
cream will rise very slowly, because it be-
comes solicited. In wet and cold weather
milk is less rich than in dry and warm. The
season has its effects. The milk in spring
is supposed to be the best for drinking, and
hence it would be best for calves; in sum-
mer it is best suited for cheese, and in
autumn, the butter keeping better than that
of summer, the cows less frequently MIXED,
give richer milk, and consequently more
butter The mornings milk is richer. than
that of the evening. The last drawn milk,
the "strippings" at each milking, and at all
times and seasons, is richer than that first
MIXED, which is ever the poorest.-M Y
Jour. Of agriculture.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

How TO CLEAN RIBBoNs.-A lady sends
us the following receipts for cleaning ribbons,
which she wishes published for the benefit
ofthose of her sex who wish to trya success
full experiment, as she has done. In these
hard times all economical hints are accept
able: Wet the ribbon in alcohol and fasten
the end of it to something firm hold the
other end in your hand, keeping the ribbon
out straight and smooth rub it with piece
of CASTLE soap until it looks decidedly soapy;
then rub hard with sponge, or, ifmuch
soiled, with the back OF knife, keeping the
ribbon dripping wet with alcohol. When
you have exhausted your patience and think
it must be clean, rinse thoroughly in alcohol,
fold between clothes, and iron with hot
iron. Don't wiring the ribbon; iIyou do, it
will get creases in it that you cannot get
out.-Erckdnge.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-24

HEALTHFULNEss OF APPLEs.-There is
scarcely an article of vegetable food more
widely useful and more universally liked
than the apple. Why every farmer in the
nation has not got an apple orchard, where
the trees will grow at all, is one of the mys-
teries. Let every housekeeper lay in a good
supply of apples and it will be the most
economical investment in the Who'll. range of
culinaries. A raw, mellow apple is digested
in an hour and half, while boiled cabbage
requires five hours. The most healthy dessert
that can be placed on the table is baked
apple. If eaten frequently at breakfast,
with corse bread and butter, without meat or
flesh of any kind, it has admirable effect on
the general system, often removing constipa-
ton, correcting acidities and cooling off feb
rile conditions more effectually than the
most approved medicines. If families could
be induced to substitute apples-sound and
ripe--for pies, cakes and sweetmeats with
which their children are so indiscreetly stuff
ed, there would be diminu5ion in the sum
total of doctors bills, in single year. suffi-
cient to lay in stock of this delicious fruit,
for the whole seasons use.