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Year: 1861

Man, the child Of God, was happy once,
and he was happy because God was in His
proper place the Father was in the heart OF
His child There could be no doubt about
it; the living God Was mans dearest friend
and chictest joy, and his blesseduess was
great, for the source whence it came was ex
haustless. He who is the Treasure Of Heaven
the King of its angels the wealth OF all
worlds, VS. the Father Of man.


So truly was this the ease, that earthly
sonship was only an image Of the closer rea,
ton which bound man to his truest and most
peculiar Parent


Had innocence lasted long enough, sinles';
Cain or Abel light in process Of time have
outgrown the dependent and up-looking feel
ipss which bound him to his earthly sire; and
remoteness Of scene might have interrupted
the intercourse. But no change of place
could have created distance from God or
suspended the communion with Heaven and
advancing years would only have made him
feel more profoundly the tender and number.
less ties which bound him to the Father Of
his spirit-his celestial Sire-his Parent
proper ana supreme.


God was mans Father, and the heavenly
Father communed with His earthly child
He not only gave him food, which built up
his body but be gave him thoughts, feelings.
affections which nourishel his immortal na.
ture- sights TO look at, things to think of,
which kept up the eternal life in his mind.-
And how did that life evolve how was Gods
life in mans soul expressed and exhibited
For one thing in worship. lie could never
say sufficiently how grateful he was, nor how
beautiful, how kind, how adorable lis heaven
" Father appeared. And, for another thing,
that Divine life developed in ben"iicence -
The conscious love of luGnite Goodness made
him exceeding glad, and g'adncss coming from
such source made him gracious, commune
cative, kindly affectioned. Brimmng over
with blessedness, he was the telow.worker
with God and although it had only been to
fetch cup of cold water to companion or
restore to the nest some caIow fedgling that
had fallen over, the smile Of compacent Del
ty in the soul must have found an outlet in
some deed of tender mercy; and, although il
had only been in training rose or grouping
the flowers of q border, to carry forward the
Fathers plan, and finish the Fathers work
was the meat and drink Of Paradise,


A blessed state which was quickly ended
Man sinned God forsook His place ia the
hearts of His guilty and fallen child; ood
alas as He retired the heart closed its doors
against Him. 1t was still hoart-still
great, greedy, aft. ctiooae craving thing
which needs Tor its satisfaction an Infinite and
al!.worthy object. Nu: the one object was
GONE and ever since man lost his " treasure
in beavcn."-eyer since he lost lbat God is
the gold of angels and who was the riches
of Paradise his great effort has been to
find substitute. Instead Of opening tbe
hearts door and readmitting the original and
rightlul occupant, he fills the space as best
he can with idols. Of these the tavorite and
Year: 1861

CdUUdtu III Juc COuuLEy.
The creaking wagons in the shed
The busy fail is heard no more
The horse is Uttered down and fed
The harness hangs above his head,
The whip behind the do or.
His leathern gloves and ho oked bill
To day the woodman throws aside
The blacksmith's fiery forge is still,
The wooden wheel of the old mill
Sleeps in the mill dam wide.
The miller's boat is anchored where,
Far out, the water lilies sleep
You see their shadows mirrored there,
The broad white flowers rellec: ed clear
Within the mill pond deep.
The harrow's in the garden shed,


Hoe, rake, and spade are put away;
Unweeded stands the onion bed,
The gardener from his WORK hath fled !;
IT'S the holy Sabbath day p!
Upon the wall the white cat sleeps,
By which the churn aud mil pans lie
A drowsy watch the house. dog keeps,
And scarcely from his dull eye peeps
Upon the passer-by.
And sweetly over hill and dale


The silyery sounding church bells ring;
Across the moor and down the dale
They come and go, and on the gale


Their Sabbath tidiDgs fling,
From where the white washed Sunday school
Peeps out between the popars dim,
Which ever throw the ir shadows cool
Far out upon the rushy pool,


You hear the Sabbath hymn.
From farm and field, and grange grown gray,
FROM woodland walks and winding ways,
The old and young, and grave and gay,
Unto the old church come to pray,


And sing Gods holy praise.
Year: 1861

unjust War on our part, which, whatever its
issue, would stain the, reputation of this
country, and expose us to the just reproach-
es of the Americans in after time. Such
acts, we feel sure, England win not com.
init, even to save her greatest manufacture
Whenever the Northerners have estab-
hshed an effectual blockade they will be
free to keep it up without Interference ON
our part.


But here another consideration arises -
LIS the blockade everywhere effectual It
certainly is not. As might be expected,
when few frigstes and corvettes undertake
to seal up three thousand miles of coast,
there is in the great majority of places no
blockade at all Few only of the American
vessels are steamers, and these are not the
fastest class The consequence is that yes
sells are running the blockade every day
The Federal authorities are just now in a
great passion because steamer, the Ber-
muda, has got inte Savannah with large
cargo of munitions of war. That such a
thing can be done at one of the principal
Atlantic ports shows how Intellectual must be
the general blockade ofthe coast. We would
therefore, remind the Government of Wash
ington that it is only real blockade that
foreign nations are bound TO recognize
But we must also remind our Lancashire
friends that the event also shows that the
cutting off of the cotton supplies is the
work of the South as much as of the North
IL ships can get in, they can also get out !;
and, if the South desired to send us cotton
it has not lacked the opportunity. But it
seems to be true that all cotton expectation
has been forbidden by the Confederate Gov
ernment, in order that foreign nations may
be forced to take side in the quarrel II
would i'll become England to make herself
the toel of such Vaccinations.
Year: 1861

r. "The Act to further preserve the
purity of elections, and guard against
abuses of the elective franchises, by a
registration of electors passed by the
last Legislature, has been subjected to
the test of experience, and found very
conducive to the object in view. The
elections under it have been peaceful
and orderly in very unusual degree


Illegal voting is rendered well nigh i'm


possible; and the confidence of the
people in the fairness of elections has
been greatly increased. The incon


yeniences of registration, which were
much feared at the time of the passage
of the law, have been found almos
wholly imaginary, and trust the ac
Year: 1861

But little doubt can be entertained now,
that the great Federal floating armament is in
tended to operate on the coast Of South Carroll
ma with view Of efftcting an entrance some
where in the neighborhood Of Port Royal; but
what their success will be, rcmains for future
developement There can also, be no longer
any doubt but that said feet has suffered
very seriously in the late destructive gale of
our coast. We have already learned positively
that as many as 8 Of the vessels were wrecked,
and as there were but % drawn up in battle
array at last accounts the presumption is that
large number more must have found wa
terry grave further out to sea. The general i'm
preston seems to be that the feet has been SO bro
ken zap that it Will have to return North for reor
ganization before it can accomplish the object
ior which it sent out; bat how this will
turn out, we, of course must wait to See. A
few days will suffice to enlighten the public as
to the final result; mean tiuae, much interest
will be telt in newspapers.
Year: 1861

It Is said that cry hing shall work together
for good to them that love the Lord. and If that
be frue-of which have no doubt--we hare
evidence that the Southern people do love the
Lord; at my rate everything docs seem 70 work
together for good and it Is evident therefore
that aught to love the Lord who controls ev,
erything.


In every important engagement yet the Lord
has been on our side and victory has perched
upon our banner aud just "a the FederaIs were
making last dying Effort 20 raise sinking
cause, the Lord madJened the elements and
brought destructive storm to break up and
sink the feet. at A1e same time confounding tue
tonges abou, the Federal Capital aud it is repor.
ted that number OF the Cabinet have resigned.
Truly the Lord Is aide and, call. for n due
observance Of the following p.oc1anztions
Year: 1861

We gladly ro-rublish the following letter
from the New Orleans Crescent, in order that
our readers may rejoice with Colonel AsDER-
SON in bis singular gooi fortune. 10 all
southern debtors were as honest as this one,
and evinoe a desire to return the property
in cafes where they cannot pay cash, secession
would not stink so badly in the no'trils Of all
hnnast fv,ay.
Year: 1861




The spirit with which the members OF the
Gcncral Assembly have begun the Extra Ses-
sion, will be approved aud sustained by the
people of the State The expression Of popular
sentiment has been so plain and positive, that
any spirit Of delay. any purpose ofprocrastina.
ton, would have been directly counter 10 the
expressed will of the State. The prompt
adoption Of resolutions expressing the voice Of
the State against the Infamous policy of coer-
con WAS but the enactment of the already
EXPRESSED will of the State with the forms Of
State communication.


Blu, it is not so much the voice of the LcsiS-
lature against any attempt at coercion, that
receives our hearty approval. This we always
believed would he the action Of the represcn-
taylves Of Nirginia-but the firm and deter
mined purpose of men Of all parties, not to
permit any delay in promptly complying with
the demand OF the people for an immediate
State Convention. will meet the hearty appro-
vel of the people of the State.


The prompt effort of an Old Line Wing like
Mr. Anderson, in the support of both the Anti
coercion resolution, and that for The State Con.
vention, shows that no party spirit OF any con,
sequence. can rctard the immediate action oil
the State.


There arc 4 lew gentlemen in the Legislature
who oppose the prompt action now being taken
By the Legislature, but we feel satisfied that
the rapid march of events will, before many
days, convince them that the only hope for the
State is in promptly placing herself in posi-
ton to protect her own citizens. We iecl nc
disposition to complain Of these gentlemen fol
! ieSiyn: "dclibcration," and would be disposed
to see their reques, complied with, if we had
not the most satisfactory evidence that what
| thew regard as "dclihcration' is esteemed al
! the North rs cowardce, and is detrimental to
every interest. either of the State or the Union.
| Prompt and resolute action is the only hope Of
Virginia. "Deliberation" and delay" are re-
garGed as Indications Of submission and para
ivSc the arm of the Northern conservative


The people Of Virginia feel HOW as Patrick
! Henry did, when he said The first wish o.
nv hear, is American Liberty; the second
American Cnion." This is the spirit so faT
evinced by the Legislature, and such only can
save the honor Of Virginia.
Year: 1861

Should any of our subscribers be
overlooked this week by our carrier
they will please call at our Office
got their paper, and notify us of the
same. Our carrier having seeded
from this establishment, we are COM
PEELED to try another.
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character in
order to form permanent federal government esab
lish justice insure domestic tranquility and
the blessings of liberty TO ourselves and posteri
ty-inyokng the iayer and guidance OF Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America. ~
Year: 1861

'Tis well to smile and sing the while
That love and fortune wait;
But 0, It's better-braver far


For him outside the gate,
Who looks and sees thy life of ease
Compared with his estate,
To bear within his noble breast
"a heart for any fate p
For any fate ! though toll await
Though pleasure passes by;
Though love, the angel of his life,
Looks with averted eye;
To dare and do, to still be true


To every pure emotion;
To pledge himself each day anew
To duty stern DEVOTION
0, this is brave, though care enslave,
Though fate ambition check,
Though many ship launched on life's sea
Drift back again a wreck,
Therell be a glory round the life
Of him "outside the gate,''
Who bears within his noble breast
"a heart for any fate.7
Year: 1861

l was running a night express train, an1 had
a train of ten cars-eight passengers and two
baggage cars-and were all well loaded. was
behind time, and was very anxious to make n
certain point; thus | was using every exerton
and putting the engine to the utmost speed to
which she was capable I was on a section of
the road usually considered the best running
on the line, and was endeavoring to make the
most of it, when conviction strack me that
must stop.


A something seemed TO tell me that to 90
ahead was dangerous and that / must stop if
would save life. | looked back at my train,
and it was all right. l strained my eyes and
peered INTO the darkness, and could see no sig
nal of danger, nor anything betokening danger,
and there | could see five miles in day time. l
listened to the workings Of my engine tried
the water looked at the guage, and all was
right. l tried to laugh myself out of what l
then considered childish fear, but, like Ban-
qno's ghost, it would not go down at my bid
ding, but grew stronger in its hold upon me.


| thought of the ridcule | would have heap
ed upon me if / did stop; but it was Of no
avail. The conyiction-lor by this time it had
ripened into a convicton-that l must stop,
grew stronger, and | shut off and blew the
whistle for breakers according | came TO q
dead halt, got Oft. and went ahead a little way,
without saying anything to anybody what the
matter was. had lamp in my hand, and
had gone about sixty feet, when | saw what
convinced me that premouitions are sometimes
possible. dropped the lantern from my nerve
less grasp, and sat down upon the track, utter
ly unable to stand, for there was a switch, the
thought of which had never entered my mind,
as it had never been used since | had been on,
the road, ard was known to be spiked, but was
into. stone quarry, from which stone for
bridge purposes bad been quarried, and the
switch was left there in case stone should be
needed at any tFae. but it was always locked,
and the switch rail spiked.


Yet here it was wide open, and had 1
not obeyed my premonition-warning-call it
what you will should have run into it, and
at the end Of the track, only about ten rods
long, my heavy engine and train, moving at
the rate of thirty miles per hour, would have
come into collision with a solid wall of rock
eighteen feet high. The consequences had 1
done so, can neither be imagined nor described;
bnt they could by no possibility have'been
other than fatally horrid This is my expert
ence in getting warnings from a source that l
know not and cannot divine. 1t is a mystery
to me-a mystery for which l am very thank
full, however, although dare not attempt to
explain nor say whence it came.
Year: 1861

We two are unmarried-Jo and myself
Though not specially anxious to be laid on the shelf
Not lacking courage enough to propose;
Not poverty stricken-quite-in our clothes,
With buttons 0. X. save occasional mishaps-
And by pants a la mode, dispensing with straps
Without frost in locks our hearts or our toes,
And moderate means-that is as wealth goes
Still, we two are bachelors-myself and Jo!-
For lack of the right sort of damsels-you know.
As for coquettes neither 10 nor myself
Is free-loving beau, nor wandering elf
And Beauty-Glone-all Us in vain,
Whilst wit is double edged weapon of pain,
In Fame's shining temple we may enter not,
Whilst mansion of gold is an unconjugal spot
And the girl of the kind we either would choose,
Is not one of the family circle of-Blues,
For the wife of our bosom myself and 10,
Wish another guess sort of girl-you know.
Neither one wishes-nor 10 nor myself
To marry for money, for sake of the pef.
We ask for good temper and-beauty apart
Fair looks no objection with kindness of heart:
An average of wisdom, which implies we confess.
No taste for extravagant living AMI dress.
Virtue (unsullied of course) added to this
And other % fine traits, which are never amiss,
Would make up the maiden whom myself and 10
Would (either one) gladly make Mrs.-you know.
Many young men-like 10 and myself
Would, rather than marry be laid on the shelf
For our love for the woman'-to fear it has grown
With the numberess follies which fashion has sown
We fear not to kiss loves dimples away
But we fear the new icrinkies, where fashion has


sway,


And if there be left one true-hearted maid
Let her cast off her folly and come to our aid
With but moderate views, like myself and 10,
There are beaux enough left, for such girls-you


know.
Year: 1861

CLEARING FIELDS BY BURYING SToNE.-To
clear fields of stone by burying them, is recon-
mended by the n. E. Farmer in brief article,
which we copy below. Our readers can Judge
of the practicability and advantages of the
process for themselves


" With regard to the disposal of stones, we
think there is one rule Of universal application,
which is this On all land that is not so rocky
underneath as to make digging expensive, nev-
er take stone away that is not wanted for
wells or for some other special purpose, but
dig holes and place them in so that they shall
not come nearer than eight or ten inches of
the surface. This can be done as cheapIy as
they can be carted off and piled up in some
other place. There are, at least, four advan-
tages in this process.


l. The surface is relieved of them, so that
they are out of the way in cultivating.


2. If not too far below the surface, they at
tract moisture, and are especially valuable
where deep rooted plants are cultivated in
times of drouth Fruit trees flourish finely
over them.


8. They are storehouses of heat, warming
the soil about them, and the young roots that
penetrate it, and acting like bottom heat in a
forcing house.


i. So much of the land as is dug over to
receive the stones, is thoroughly trencled and
will feel its influences for many years. whether
it is cultivated or kept in grass"


A PRELATE on PATRIOTISM Archbishop
Hughes, of New York, wrote letter to the
great Union meeting in New York, in which
he said


"Stil desirous of peace, when the providence
of God shall have brought it, may say that
since the period of my naturalization 1 have
but one country. In reference to my duties as
a citizen, no change has come over my mind
since then. The Government of the United
States was then, as it is now, symbolized by a
national flag, popularity called the Stars and
Stripes" This has been my flag and shall be
to the end. I trust it is still destined to dis
play in the gales that sweep every ocean, and
amid the gentle breezes of many distant
shore, as l have seen it in foreign lands, its
own peculiar waving lines of beauty. May it
live and continue to display these same waving
lines of beauty, whether at home or abroad,
for Thousand years, and afterward, as long as
Heaven permits, without limit or duration"


" MY good woman" said the evangelist, as
he offered her tract, " have you got the
Gospel here ?"


I" No sir, We haven't" replied the old crone,
hut the'ye got it awfully bad down to New
Orleans"


MRs. PARTINGroN says that when she was
a gal she used to 60 to parties, and always had
beau TO extort her home But now" says
she, the gals undergo all sorts of deelivities
the task of extorting them home reyolyes on
their dear selves"
Year: 1861

An ingenious dandy in Paris conceals his
badness by having complete set of thirty
one wigs, each longer haired than the other j
at the end of the month he has his nair cut by
beginning again at Wig No. l.
Year: 1861

RULES FOR SELF-GovERNMENT-Always sit
next to the carver, if you can, at dinner. Ask
no woman her age. Be civil to all rich uncles
and aunts. Never joke policeman. Don't
play at chess with a widow Never contra
dict man who shutters. Pull down the blind
before you put on your wig.
Year: 1861

The muscles Of the human jaw produce
power equal to four hundred and thirty-four
pounds. This is only what science tells US, but
we know the jaw of some Of our lawyers is
equal 10 good many thousand pounds year
to them.
Year: 1861

Oar guide was in a terrible state, and had
ran the whole way to Montanvert, but could
find no rope fit for the purpose in the house.
He was in despair, and starting off for Cham
ouny, muleteers met him. Their mules were
laden with wood fastened on with ropes he
begged hard for those ropes telling the men
that young Englishman was being frozen to
death in crevasse. They threw the wood
from the backs of the mules, and came to my
rescue with the guide bringing the ropes with
them. Knotted together lit seems there were
three in all they made up length-about
sixty feet-enough to reach me.


With the assistance of my delverers, was
able to walk slowly back to Montanvert, where
l was Immediately put into comfortable bed
and where the injuries had received, (which
were Insignificant, considering the depth had
fallen were carefully dressed. dreamed with
unspeakable dread, of what had happened
when lying in the bed, and have dreamed of it
in many beds since | believe that nothing
would induce me to go among ice and snow
now without long and strong rope. | offer
the caution to all other travellers in Switzer
land, out of a great experience and a great es
cape.


Your CHOICE FOR ONE DoLLAR-TnE
NEW METALLIC ALLOY" Oride" is a new
metallic alloy, extensively used in this country
as substitute for gold. Stores have sprung
into existence all over the country for the sale
of it, and newspapers contain flaming adver
tisements of a full set of iewelry for one dol


lar, being the stock of a large manufacturer, !"
or merchant, "who is obliged to dispose Of his
stock on account of the panic" 1t is French
discovery, and is called by the French gold
oride 1t is manufactured to a large extent in
Waterbury, Conn. 1t bears a very close re
semblanec to gold in color, density and fneness
of grain so close that it deceives every one
but practical experts. Its component parts
consist of pure copper, 100 parts zinc, or
preferably tin II parts magnesia, G parts :;
sal ammoniac, Sc parts; quick lime, Is parts ;
tartar of commerce, 9 parts; and they are
mixed as follows the copper is first melted
when the magnesia, sal ammoniac, lime and
tartar in powder, are added little by little :;
the crucibe is now briskly stirred for half an
hour, so as to mix Thoroughly, and then the
zinc is added in small grains by throwing it on
the surface and stirring it till it is entirely
fused the erucihle is then covered and the
fusion maintained for about thirty-6ve minutes;
the surface is then skinned and the alloy is
ready for casting. The fineness of grain in
this alloy gives to those objects of art compos-
ed of it delicacy and purity of detail that
cannot be obtained from bronze. The alloy
is essentially ducte and maleable and can be
cast rolled, drawn, stamped, chased beaten
into powder or leaves, or treated in any other
way the artizan may desire. The discovery of
this alloy is really wonderful, and its use will
have tendency to place within the reach of
all, the useful, ornamental, and higher products
of art. An immense number and amount of
articles are manufactured out of this alloy, and
sold South and West, and none but excellent
Judges can tell It from gold.