, 1865-03-01

Do we not owe It to the world, to posterity
to the God Of Justice, to hold The sword fin,
and fight with unyieldtng courage and IN
"arer1ng faith to exterminate system which
produces such horrid fruits Shall we Ieay,
the smallest root or fiber of such a svstsr, r.
curse the earth and insult Heaven in fntnrs
ages?
TIRE R1CHm0NO wing oy P.sv.
ING.
AT the outset Of the rebellion JeH
Davis was rcbuked by his people FIR or,
dcr1ng days Of fasting and PRAYER. Even
the rebels tnstincIve1y felt that a fight for
slavery had nothing in common with snch
pus1tanica1, Massachusetts, customs as fastjot
and prnycr.: They therefore denounced tbcm
as Yankee humbug and ridiculed JEFF. Da-
Wis Tor appointing them. But that eeo,istie
and sclt-willed charlatan vas determined tn
DC behind In nothing that pertained to first
class revolution. He therefore ordered the
people to fast, and the people used his fast
days-aceording to the Richmond WHiq-asa q
mere holiday" /. e., they met, drank Bour-
bon at $500 glass, and !" fought the tiger,
But terrible times hare come upon the rebels.
They are beginning to feel that something
extraordinary must be done, and F" If there
Is anybody in their crowd that can pfay he
must try his hand.", The Whtg in referring to
The coming fast on the 10th, seems disuosed
like The first murderer Cain, to bring an offer
ing with which, IN their view, Jehovah can
not well avoid being more than sat
isfed, Notwithstanding tho fiendisb
cluelty they have displayed in
their treatment of our prisoners. If empty
forms cou1d reconcile an offended God to the
blood Of tTo hundred thousand men which
calls from the ground against this rebellion
and It's leaders, to the cruelty that inausur.
ated It, the black crimes that have attended
1t, and the "great cloud of Witnesses" that
encompass 1t with their maleaict:oas, then
indeed would the following blasphemous re-
commendatlon have some flavor Of piety;
It Is proposed, trst that all churches shall hsye
at least three public services the first carly in tho
morning. the second st II o'clock, and the third
churches as can Will keep their doors open and
the services IN operation without 1ntermission dn-
ring. the whole day. the ministers relieving one
may need third. that the country churches pro-
trnct their services through four or hye hours
fourth, that the people really humble themselves
necessary to Keep up their health 1ftu, that ali
light conversation and un~ecomipc amu.emcnt he
discarded, md ths dsy be truly observed as day
fasting and prayer, 1t should be observed ~ the
Bible difccts.-Rachsnond HAiq.
Had the rebels been prepared to observe
this, or any o'hcr fast, as the Bible directs"
there would have been no slavery, no rcb:l-
lion, no war, no bloodshed, no devastation
end ruin of the South, no necessity for this
fast. Let the rebels observe this fast "as the
Bible directs" Qsa!ah wi, 4-1o,) and the
war is at an end:
~ Behold ye fast for strife aud debate, aud to
snste with the tist Of wickedncss: 81 shall not
fast as &c do this day to make your voice to be
t. Is it such mt that have chosen. A day
for Fan to atlnet his soul, l. it to bow down
hfs head g bnlF1sh md % spread taekc1osh and
IN acceptable day to the Lordt
~6. IL not hi. The fast that haye ehoscnf to
loose tie bands Of ss,ekcdness, TO undo the heavy
and to lst ths oppressed 60 free, and that
~. l. it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, SC.
rs. Then shall thy light break forth az the morn
1ng' I'D thine health shall .rring forth speedily;
glory Of tie Lord shall be thy reward
t+5. Then shalt ,hou call aud the Lord stall, ,an-
4WcI. thon shalt CT and he shall ssy here am.
yoke. the putting forth Of the finger, end speaking
IT, 1UDu QfNW Q1l INF SOUL 10 the hun.
sry and satisfy The afflicted soul: then shall thY
light rise IN obscur1ty, and ttJ darkness be IL the
IoonGay.n
No wonder the chiyalry regard fasting rs
Puritan custom The Puritan Influences
did *'let the oppressed 70 free and break every
yoke'' throughout the New England, Middle
and Western States, and they enjoy the pro-
missed reward their light broke forth as the
morning, and still shines as the MONDAY.
AN EXTRAORDINARY INVENTION.
Fer sonc months past the existence of a
new and extraordinary process OF utilizing
NIL mineral Goals, and especially the poorer
qua!itics Of bituminous coal, has been known
by heartay 10 men engaged In the manuiac-
tute Of iron In this country. We publish
,hls morning description, in part, Of this
process, known us the ''Sieman Invention"
from the pen Of Professor Daniels, who has
spent sene time in Pittsburgh recently, e1-
amining the Earne, as 1t has been put In prac-
ical operation there with results exceeding
even the expectations Of those who have
gune to the expense of testing It, The gist
Of the mstter il that q process has been dis
covered not only Of extracting the on,orie, ito
use questionable term,) from any kind Of
coal, in = perfectly pure state, but of convey
irg IL in Tubes in the form Of gas any re.
quircd distance to supply furnaces, etoTes, or
anything else which may require to be heated.
Not only 70, but 1t ia claimed that the pro.
cess enables the manufacturer To obtain q
large amount Of heating power from COM
mon air and common water, by separating
their constituent elements and bringing
oxygen and hydrogen into ncw combinations
Of great utility. The project of setting
the river on fire is therefore in 4
fair way OF being realized. Many
Of our readers will call to mind IN interesting
experiment By French chemist, year or
two SINCE, who succeeded, By passing it Of
stcam through col Of iron pipe submerged
In melted tin, In so detachIng the hydrogen
from the oxygen of the water, that he was
enabled 10 burn them both BY turning the
supe1heated steam upon piece Of burning
coal, Tie latter WAS observed to burn with an
Intense heat for long time, proving con-
clusively that the elements Of the water were
performing an extraordinary part in the COM
bustlon. This idea seems to constitute
considerable part Of the Sieman invention.
We commend the description Of this re-
narLable invention to the attention Of the
public. The possibilities OF the discovery ale
so immense, that 1t is difficult to bring the
mind to believe in such an advance in the
march Of economical science. II only small
part Of the Sicman process'' ahall prove
available to the arts and uses for which It is
designed, It will achieve for the inventor
place among the wor'd'sgreatest oenefactvrs.