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RLLIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Irish Presbyterians in General Assembly, by
vote OF Sl3 27s have refused TO sanction the Of
instrumental music in their churches.
A Baptist newspaper printed in the German
Language mas been started IN Hamburg and in less than
three months 1t secured 4 600 subscribers
Lutherans of Central Illinois, in Synod as
sembled have Just told their ministers not to bapze
candidate under any circumstances 10y immersion
The success of the assembly III the Yo-
semitic Valley has exceeded expectations Ten denomi-
nations were represented and twenty States and
Territories.
Waite, the converted circus clown, has
raised I'm Portsmouth, n. H., gospel tent capable Of
seating 1000 people. which is 500 more than the tent
In this city, at Broadway ana FOrtythlrd-st will seat
Pere Hyacinthe's church now has 600 sub
scrbng aGAerents which surpasses his early expecta-
tions and among is the Able Carrier Chevalicr
Of the Legion of Honor. and formerly almoner at AK,
who renowned his appointment to join Perc Hyacinhe
in his work.
WESLEYAN Methodists in England expect the
coming annual returns will indicate loss OF 900 mem
bers The Primitive MethOdists also look for loss,
while that branch Of the church known as the Metho
dist New CounecuODsts look for an excess over last
years strength
The National Baptist gathering at Chautau-
qua Lake this year. being The second VIII begin
July 22 and continue nine days Professor W. f. sher-
win of Newark j. being the general conductor of it,
The Rev. Dr.. Thomas Armtagc will preach the sermon
o. sunday, July 20.
Thus saith the ill-natured CoRgreGdtiOndiiSt,
Of Boston: 1t is stated that the organ OF DIR. Tai
IMAGES Tabernacle has been mortgagod for $1,000 In
order 10 send him Europe. We cannot quite credit
the statement stranger things have been true 1t is
q wind instrument"
Mr. Surgeons voice is distinctly heard on
the outer limits OF crowd OF 600 persons in the open
air and it l. said OF him by The Daily Neos of London.
that he has the ndennable power OF 30 saying what
10 81 hath sYapn ftagalx IN
tegibf. and permanently impressive 10 all who hear
ersn."
= A Catholic French edition of Uncle TOMS
Cabin ia which were notes donouncing Protestant
and declaring that slavery is not contrary 30 natural
arder aud that laborers would be happier were
they slaves instead OF freemen. has been expunged by
the Municipality OF Paris from the pIlEe catalogue OF
, the schools.
.,s%p five years the Established Church OF
al HuGSss gained $4,000 communicates in a popula-
ed 10 retire s.This OF communicates Is IL
- policies last in population of only per
As''SsAnt DfVssuspr the flis one OF the Edinburgh
q lta n.t..
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
Making Our Friends At Home.

Is it possible for our friend TO
'.jast make himself at home" In our
house, as We often invite and enjoin
him to dof Something depends, no
doubt, on the friend. but more We
think, Oh the home. Ii the guest
be incapable Of forgetting his own
home, and given to contrasting nm
favorably everything that is unlike
it in others; or If he be one Of the
unadaptive sort-a human "old cat"
who is never at ease when out of his
accustomed haunts, or il he imore
frequently, perhaps, this ia sbe) on.
~ goes out among friends to be
"entertaincd.7 in such q case You
can't we'll mako them at home, nor
avoid wishing them there!
On the other hand, If he desert
the pleasant family quarters and
plant yonr friend amid the unused
tineries of the stiff "bcst room;' il
you keep the children on dress pa.
rade, and break up all their wOnted
good times; if you palpably make .
decided difference in the family fare,
as if your friend came to learn the
qualifications of Your cook or to
Judge of your ability to "keep no.
tel;n If, in a word, your everyday
domestic lite is so broken up that
thaving a guest implies complete
change in the internal arrangements
and economies of the household, he
cannot, if sensible and sensitive
person, feel himself "st home,S for
he will perceive that you are not.
Think what being Eat home'
means to yourself, and try and let
your guests have something of that
feeling. You require certain lib.
erty and an atmosphere Of natural
ness for your contentment; q Knowl.
edge that you are not making any
undue work or worry, and a sort Of
slippers and dressing. gown freedom
of department, for your comfort.
You don't want yOnr dOwn.sitting
and up rising too much planned out
for you. Yon expect to be courte.
Gus and agreeable and punctual, and
to practice the rest Of the household
virtues as much rs in you lies, but
YOU don't want to talk at a mark all
the time, nor to have everything
give way to your entertainment.
, There isn't d better rule of polite
3 ness and hospitality in the world
: than the rule called the "golden."
, The trouble is that we keep IL too
. much for ethical or "great moral
questions, instead of turning it to
! use in the everyday affairs of life
. We can best enable our friends to
p make themselves at home by keep
ing it hOmelke for them.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
An Interesting Letter.
The Great Naval Battle Of the Late War
The Story told BY Participant

The following letter from George
Russell. written just after the fight
of the Merrimac, then known as
the Virginia, with l. :. mrn-of.
war, is published nj the request OF
those who knew the writer
G.. :. STEAMER VIRGINIA.
Portsmouth, Va, March 18Th lSG2.
DEAR SisrER-Thc Sth and 9th
of this month will he remembered
by me rs long as live To remcm'
Der ANYTHING. Those two days
have been rendered illnstriOus III
the history OF the Confederate
States. But oil, such scenes rs
Witnessed. such wholesale slaughter
of men. IL almost chills my blood
10 think of it. saw men shot to
pieces, their heads. arms and legs
LAYING around OF the decks OF the
Yankee ships. The wailings and
proanings of the wounded and dy-
ing were awful. | suppose you
have heard something OF the night
already. The newspapers nave
been filed with accounts OF the
two fights, but will write you IA
| short and true account of the Two
DAYS fighting. On last Saturday
morning, having got everything
ready, we cast loose from the Gos,
mort Navy Yard, and proceeded
down the river towards Hampton
Roads. On our arrival in Chcsa
peake Bay we discovered two large
ships of war laying OIL Newport
News. and q number OF others
LAYING at Old Point. little lower
down the Bay. We steered direct
IL towards the. two at NcwpoI'
News. they were tho Cumberland
and Congress, both very large
sbips. AS soon as we got withil
range of them both sides opened
terrible fire. We did not check on
speed at all until We ran into TIN
Cumberland and she SINK in tiftee'
minutes afterwards. She had near
IL six hundred men on her, out W
killed a great many of them befor
we sunk the ship. What we didn'
kill we're all drowned, except a fey
that we're either taken prisoners o
= swan ashore, which was prett
long swim for the cold weather
The ship was about half a mil
= from land. | tell you it was a
!. awful scene. men with their arm
e and legs shot off trying to say
e themselves, but they were doomed
" As said, few Of them wei
h saved, but several hundred WEI
l. killed or drowned. But we did M
finish the Cumberland without 10
We ing some brave and noble men
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
The Second Place.

Eek Gov. Hendricks has reiterated
TO the indianapolis Journal his
declaration that it is his positive
and irrevocable" intention to de-
cline second place npon another
presidential ticket; that he is not
an aspirant for the place of Vice
President and would not accept .
commission to that Office If offered
to him today; that it is, 10 bis
opinion, a less honorable and less
responsible position than that OF
Speaker of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, and lees remunerative
than his law practice 10 Indians,
and that he does not desire to en-
ter the White House from the be0k
door.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
Grow Beautiful.

Human being may Outgrow dis
ease and become healthy by proper
to the laws of their ply
steal constitution. By moderate
daily exercise and suitable food,
human beings may become strong
in limb and muscle. But is there
any process by which human beings
NAV grow beautiful Live as we
may, age dims the fustre of the eye,
aud pales the rose Oh beauty's
cheek, while crow feet and burrows,
and wrinkles, and lost teeth, and
gray hairs, and bald heads, and
lettering limbs, and limping feet,
most sadly mar the human form
divine. But while this is true, dim
as the eye is, aud pallid and sunken
as may be the face of beauty, and
frail aud feeble that once strong,
erect and symmetrical form, the
immortal soul, just Hedging it's
wings for its home in heaven, may
look ont through those faded win.
dows as beautiful as dew. drop OF
summers morning, as melting as
the tears that glisten in affections
eye-by growing kindly, by cult
waiting sympathy with all human
kind, by cherishing forbearance to-
ward the follies and foibles of our
race, and feeding day by day on
that love of God, and man which
lifts us from the brute and makes
us akin to angels.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
WOMAN'S WORK.
DY MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND ["xARrFA."

DY MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND ("XARlFFA.
Darning little stockings
For restless little feet,
Washing little faces
To keep them clean and sweet,
Heating Bible lessons,
Teaching catechism,
Praying Tor salvation
From hcrCsy and schism-
Wuuiau's work,
Sewing on the buttons,
Overseeing ratiuns,
soothing with kind word
Others lamentations;
Guiding clumsy Budgets,
Coaxing sullcn cooks,
Entertaining company,
Reading recent books
Woman's work.
Bnrying ont of sight
Her own uuhealing smarts,
Letting in the sunshine
On other cloHded hearts;
Binding mp the wounded
Aud healing of the sick,
Bravely marching onward
Through dangers dark and thick
Woman's work
Leading little children,
Blessing manhood's years,
Showing Ia I'll. sinful
How Gods forgiveness cheers;
Scattering sweet roses
Along auothrr'S path,
Smiling hy the way>ide
Content with what she hath
Woman's work.
Letting fall her own tears
Where only God can see,
Wiping OIL anothrr's
With tender sympathy;
Learning Ivy experience,
Teaching by example,
',Y,arning for the gateway
Golden, peaily, ample.
Woman's work.
Lastly comrth silence,
day of deep repose-
j Her locks are smoothly braided,
Upon her breast "A rose;
Lashcs resting gently
Upon her marble cheek,
4 look Of peaceful quiet
Upon the forehead meek.
Pale hands softly folded,
The kindly pulses still;
No smil, the dead lip knowcth,
The noble heart To thrill;
Her couch no smoothing ncedcth,
She craycth for nd care;
Loves tcndercst cntrraty
Wakes no responses there.
Fresh grave in the valley
Tears, bite: sOh>. regret;
One more solemn ic-.>oii
That life may not forget.
Face forever hidden,
Race forever nun
Dust Ia dust" voice saith
And woman's work is done.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21

y y
pumping the water out of onr ship
al the way up the river. The Virgin.
ia is now in the Dry Dock under.
going repairs; great deal of her
iron was knocked of, aud some of
her timbers broken; we also lost the
iron plough oil the bow, that was
the reason we could not sink the
enemy's floating battery. However,
we will soon have her ready to 20
again. There are about one hun.
bred men working on her every
day and part of the night. We
did the Yankees more damage than
any battle that has been fought
during the war, destroying millions
of their property and killing about
fifteen hundred of their men.
In my last letter to Albiu | told
him we would soon have fight,
but | had no idea that it would Dc
quite so desperate. As | told You
in the beginning il was an awful
scene.
We have large number of
wounded Yankees here in the Hos.
pital, and they say they wish We
1rOuid have killed all their men at
the land batteries mt Newport News,
for frin. on n flag of truce, but
they lett in double quick when we
commenced Smelling them, aud We
could not do it.
do not know exactly how many
men we lost in killed and wounded.
| am glad we lost no more than we
did. There is one person that am
particularly glad they didn't kill,
and that's myself. They came very
near getting me several times, but
they couldn't quite come it. have
IA piece of shell now that they fired
through the port hole, and it came
very near my head. They Injured my
eyes considerably, and that Is the
reason | did not write You an nc.
count of the battle sooner. We
had prayer meeting Oh board the
ship as soon as We got back, which
was the first had been to for some
time.
Our ship will he ready to go out
again before long, and then you may
look to hear of something startling;
and think we will be- able To give
Old Abe another thrashing as bat
as this one. This is two lombard
ments have been in, but the on
nj ChichalnacOmac was mere child
. play by the side of this one. lonl.
hope that may come ont OF tn
next as well rs did the other tive
Several Georgians got hurt il
: the fight last Saturday and Sunday
One poor fellow got shot i'll tn
neck. lie is at the Hospital and
think will get well. All the boy
from Georgia stood to their place
/. and fought like tigers. Not one q
I them would leave his place until II
| WAS shot down.
, have fonr months longer (
|, serve before my time is out, and
: hope to be able tn assist IN dom
the Yankees good deal of damag
p by that time, and then. as M
D.. health is not very good, ! think
e shall rest awhile, for month
/. two ut any rate.
|. Yours truly,
4 GEDRGE RUSSELL
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MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public and regular board
ers will find this house as comfortable
and well supplied as the resources and con ron
dition of the country will permit. The
charges are very reasonable. The Stage
Stand is kept at this Hotel. ow
have also attached to my hotei a new
and commodious Stable, we'll supplied WIN
provendrr and water. and good ostier III
WAYS on hand TO attend 10 stock.
The travelling public Will do well 70 give
me q call. A. j. hklNoLD"'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21
Business Laws.
Yours truly,
GEORGE RUSSELL

Ignorance of the law excuscsIo
one.
An agreement without consider
alton is void.
Signatures made with lead pen
ellis are good in law.
A receipt for money paid is not
legally conclusive.
The acts of one partner binds all
the others.
Contracts made on Sunday can
not DE enforced.
a contract made with minor is
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A contract made with a lunatic is
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Each individual in a partnership
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cannot be collected.
fla note he lost or stolen it does
not release the maker; he must pay
it.
An indorser of q note is exempt
from liability il not served with a
notice of it's dishonor within TWEEN
tyfour hours of it's non payment.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-21

A scientific gentlemen, wto has
given the subject much thought
SAYS that when a man knowingly
faces death he thinks Of everything
that ever happened to hin. r.
delinquent subscriber pevog knew'
ingly faces death. '- p ~ : &.