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Year: 1869

The South will yet be one of the most
prosperous, profitable and influential parts
of the great American Union, and this at a
period not remote 1t will be the realm of
a powerful community, acting conspicu-
Gus part in the future extension and defense
of freedom, intelligence and liberty. To
plant in this Southern land pure and health
ful principles, is The first duty of the patriot
To accomplish that work wisely, effectually
and timely ,sone of the first requisites Is a
thorough feeling of friendship on the part
of all our citizens towards the enterprising
sons of New England and the Northwest
With view to aid in this great enterprise,
and to hasten the prosperity of our beloved
State, we are glad to chronicle the many
cheering indications that we see every day,
that Southerners are returning to their senses
If our people value their liberties, if they
have an enlightened, consistent zeal for their
advance, they will labor to establish schools,
immigration societies, colleges, railroads, and
all works of internal improvement. At this
time the most hopeful sign in North Carroll
ma, and in other Southern States, is the en-
thusiasm with which the spirit of immigra-
tion is hailed and encouraged. Let every
man, woman and child toll and labor to
establish the blessed principles of charity
and generous welcome to the hardy and
thrifty immigrants coming from every part
of the world


E 1t is with pleasure we record the fact that
the various railroads of the South have or
are about to reduce the cost of transporta-
tion to SO small rate that the poorest may
have an opportunity of visiting and inspect
ing for themselves, the wonderful resources
of North Carolina and other Southern States.
The fare from New York Southwark, will
be one cent per mile, with eighty pounds of
baggage In after years, there are few deeds
to which these railroad men VIII look back
with more solid satisfaction than that to
which we refer Organizations Tor the diff
fusion of correct information on the charac-
ter of our State are being rapidly formed.
AS the bulwark of our political salvation,
let us, by every means, on every hand spread
abroad the knowledge of the advantages of
the Eastern and Western portions of North
Carolina. The enemies of human freedom
never were, are not, never will be the friends
of immigration. They fear t-they hate it
they would give worlds to crush it. Our
clement is light theirs, darkness.


To work, then, sons of North Carolina,
be fastened by the mournful past of your
devoted State, and read your duty ir the
signs of the times.
Year: 1869

for. four years will be guided to tran
guilty, peace and prosperity. The Union
for the permanency of which this govern
inent in the flush of victory, supported
by an. army splendid in its equipment.
and a navy the most powerful Z; we
{ ever sent forth, battled, will be maintained
and vindicated against all enemies. The
patriotic men of the nation did not surren-
der their treasure-did not pour forth the
dearer blood of their sons in vain. Thanks
E to the devotion and frmness of General
Grant, these dangers have been averted and
the objects for which we fought in the late
struggle have been efectually obtained and
triumphantly established. Another point in
President Grants speech refers to economy
and retrenehment, .tait1faI collection of the
reuenue and payment ctAsSs public debt. The
consequences which have well nigh blasted
the government from the hot headed ap-
pointments of Andrew johnson are to be re-
vcrsed by the patriotism and energy with
which General Grant will drive out the
thieves, monopolists and robbers who now
ill offices of trust. This paragraph OF the
speech has called forth the most hearty con-
gratulations. as it predicts the end of an ad
ministration which in its folly threatened
the integrity of the Union, and in its cor
ruption disgraced the age to which we be-
long To the whole nation, we may fairly
assume, that this termination of affairs will
be in the highest sense beneficial. The sys-
TEN of injustice and fraud in the collection
of the revenue, now so glaring, will under
the next administration be squelched cor
ruption in all the Departments will be
checked by exposure; and the country enter
upon career of prosperity hitherto unex
ampled in its annals


Another subject, which General Grant p.
preached with great difidence, and which
he touched very pointedly, was the character
of his Cabinet. This was a momentous and
intricate question, and it demanded serious
! consideration. Whoever these gentlemen
may be, there is no doubt that all of them
will be pronounced and trusted Republicans.
They aoM be on smicable terms aoith the
President and share his confidence and
appreciation. They wiU he the best and
most practical statesmen in the country, .Jft-
tel By talent and experience to discharge
the duties Of their respectice offices. Act





ing on these principles, adhering to the
policy marked out in his speech, joining
firmness with character jealous of the ma
tons honor, watcAful of her interests, he
will show an example of dignity and for
bcarance, where honor may be preserved
without material sacrifices.


General Grant pursuing this nnurse in
calm and patriotic spirit, will hand down
to another generation uninjured and unim-
paired the free institutions, which are not
only the glory of America, but the harbin-
gers of civilization to the world
Year: 1869

started and persevered in rebellion. 1t was
this fiat so cursed the State, desolated their
homes and pefsecuted themselves. The
people had rather to-day have military rule
than that of unrepentant rebels. Governor
Holden is in full accord with the heart of
the Union men of the State in this. 1t is
his policy that alone Sean procure and pre-
serve peace The people of North Carolina
could not, and would not, endure to be ruled
by those guilty men who were the authors
of their wrongs in the rebellion and still
persist in that same spirit. The people seek
the means of peace for themselves and fami-
lies. Gov. Holden would secure peace.
The Republican party has done all it is pos
sible to do for peace The people will
know when to entrust their enemies with
place and power while they seek the things
that make for peace. We hope that certain
men will he content with their lot. Their
doom is just. The people fear them. There
is no better day for them. Their cry for
peace is understood. 1t means, give us
office-give us power. That were to de-
stroy all hope of peace. 1t would introduce
traitors to the citadel of freedom. Such
men must learn that liberty is safely en-
trusted to the hands of Republican Union
men. That peace can alone be secured by
their rule--that justice, equality and safety
will be accorded to all men, without respect
to race or precious conduct-to Union men
and rebels-to black and white-to the loyal
and traitors. 1t is the great Union Repub-
lican party of North Carolina, and the Union
that speaks through General Grant and
says, "Let as hare peaee "-and peace must
be had-peaceably if it can, forcibly if it
must be-but at all hazards there must be
peace, and Republicans are pledged to Sc
cure this, and they will redeem their pledge
to the very letter, so that peace and safety
shall be had in every corner of our land and
for the humblest citizen.
Year: 1869

The Charlotte Democrat learns that the mail
rider from Newton, via Woodlawn to South
Point, CASTOR county. has several times recently
Jailed to go to South Point, thus causing incon-
venience and loss to the citizens of that locality.
Why this failure we cannot understand. and hope
the proper authority will investigate the matter.
Year: 1869

70 1t would be amusing if it were not so pit
liable to see how the Wilmington Journal
goes into Mysteries over the recent conflict
IN Congress between Ben. Butler and John
a Bingham, both of whom it designates as
towards. For the consolation of the weep
ing editor, we are happy to state there were
no towards in the Quartermaster's depart
ment of the late Confederate armyl
Year: 1869

of which I cannot be dispossessed by
men who lay claim TO powers which
nobody but the Spirit of Darkness, which
directs their acts, could confer upen
them.


Everyone is now aware how they have
been able to reduce unhappy Spain to the
sad condition in which she 10 at present.
Thanks to the tumultous cries which pro
claimed "a universal and sovereign will,
they have been enabled to substitute for
the supreme power Of the sovereign,
united with the Cortes--the most ancient
and the most legitimate public right in
Spain-a theory as impossible in prac-
tice as it is deceptive in appearance.


Let us all unite, then, to remedy the
general anarchy, and let each of us, In
our spheres of action, do our best in the
name of God to prevent the laws from
being trampled under foot, bad passions
fomented, legitimate right annihilated,
and the temples of Jesus Christ over
thrown,
Year: 1869

A day or two ago q letter directed to
the postmaster of this city, bearing the
signature, "Your Friend" was received
The letter was mailed at Winchenden,
Massachusetts, and was in the words fol-
lowing, to-wit:


"Mr. O. BID, your wife is soon to be
married. if you wish to come to her we'd
ding, come soon"


And then followed, on the reverse, the
following request:


"Please to hand this to BID if he can
be found in the place. He is machinist
by trade"


We do not know where to find BID
just now, but would say 60 him that the
least he could possibly do, under the cir
cumstsnces, would be to accept the
invitation and attend the nuptials. If
man won't accept an invitation to his own
wife's wedding, we'd like to know what
he would accept. According to our way
of thinking, it is the best thing he could
possibly do.-Bufalo Commercial
Year: 1869

When Miss Logan was playing at the
South short time ago her manager hap
peued to be veritable cockney, with a
chrenic habit of omitting his his where
they should be, and inserting them where
they should not be; as art for heart,
"hedge" for edge, aud the like. On ar
irving at the place, Miss Logan was indig-
nant at finding that no room had been
prepared for her, and said as much. At
this the manager bawled out at the top of
his voice: miss Logau's room is hell !
Ere, boy, make fire in hell, and put
Miss Logan in there" The good humor
of the lady was at once restored; for she
knew that he referred to the room marked
on the door with the capital Va.
Year: 1869

While the philantbropists aud social
scientists have been wringing their
hands over the alarming increase OF In
fanticide in this country, New York
woman has taken the first practical step
toward checking it She has set spsrt
$4,000 as the nucleus of fund for the
endowment Of q new charity, comprising
city bureau at which newborn infants
will be received without any questions,
and q farm upon which they will be
carefully cared for, until they are
adopted, or some other provision made
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

The following remarks from the pen of
DIR. Guthrie are commended to the consider
alton of our readers:


The calamity which stand in dread of,
and which, next to the withdrawal of the
divine blessing, is the greatest Church can
suffer, is that the rising talent, genius, and
energy of our country may leave the minis
try of the Gospel for other Professions
"a scandalous maintenance" Matthew Hen
ry says, "makes scandalous ministry. =
And I will give another, equally true:
"The poverty of the parsonage will develop
itself in the poverty of the pulpit" have
no doubt about it. Genteel poverty, to
which some ministers are doomed, is one of
the great evils under the sun. To place a
man in circumstances where he is expected
to be generous and hospitable, to open his
hand as wide as his heart to the poor, to
give his family a good education, to bring
them up in what is called genteel life, and
to deny him the means of doing 80, is
enough, but for the hope Of heaven, to en-
bitter his existence.


In the dread of debt; in many daily NOR
Notwithstanding, perhaps, some old &C
quaintance, whom he dared not ask to his
table, lest his prudent wife should frown
upon his extravaganza: in harrassing fears
what shall become of his wife and children
when his head lies in the grave; man of
cultivated mind and delicate sensibilities has
trials to bear more painful than the priva-
tions of the poor.


1t is bitter cup, and my heart bleeds for
brethren who have never told their sorrows,
concealing under their cloak the fox that
gnaws at their vitals.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Editor,-I have just been reading the
essay of DR.. Dab2ey on the subject of
"Call to the Ministry" And l beg you to
allow me, through your columns, to say that
l regard it as the most sound and valuable
discussion of the subject that l have yet seen.
1t presents, in my humble opinion, the true
and only true view of the grounds on which
the question is to be decided. by any whom
it may concern. And being written with so
nervous pen, am sure that few who take
it up will lay it down without giving it
thorough perusal.


But my object is a more practical one
than that of mere commendation. Let me
recommend to pastors, and to other Chris
tians who would desire to induce proper
consideration of subject so practical to
many of our brothers, sons and church men,
bers, and of so much moment as respects
the interests of the Church and the world,
to put this admirable treatise in the hands
of our prOfessedly piOuS young men, accom-
panying this use of it with their prayers
that God may give those dear youth the
heart to do their duty to Him who bought
them with His blood, and to dying world.


The writer of this feels deeper interest
in the subject in view of some of his own
remembered experience of difficulty in re-
gard to the question, and of the peril of fail
ing to make choice which, though he can.
not believe himself able to glorify in such
fruits of his ministry as many of his breth-
ren, he can say that, for all the world, he
would not now be willing to forego the re-
membrance of life given, though but too
imperfectly, to the work of winning souls to
Christ L.
Year: 1869

Let no poor worm of the dust then, sup
pose he is initiating David when he hates
another worm like himself. "The religion
of hate is not derived frcm the Bible. Poor
blind creatures as we are, would "deal dam
nation round the land" Jonah wanted all
the Ninevites destroyed, and was vexed be-
cause they were not; Peter would call down
fire on the Samaritans. The feeling with
too many of US is, that God is too slow in
furnishing those we esteem our enemies. We
are told that, ''if mans ways please the
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him." Let US then, with deep
humility of heart, strive ''to love our ene-
miles, do good to them who despitefully use
us and persecute US, that we may be the
children of our Father who is in heaven.
This is God-ike, and true moral greatness,
and we can only thus attain that true
"peace'' which the world can neither give or
take away SUB UMBRA.
Year: 1869

"God has established so intimately this
law of nature, that "out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh," that it is
impossible that music and devotion can be
divorced The melody which the heart makes
in itself strives and rushes to the utterance
of the lips; and the sweet repose of the
soul, in its rapt communion with God, is
nursed by the solemn harmonies that come
from without. Think of the transactions
which are going on, day and night, around
the throne of God; where the sea of uplifted
countenances reflects his countenance, and
ten times ten thousand tongues utter the
volumed music that bursts from many ador-
ing hearts. No scene on earth can so re-
semble this as whole congregation, lifted
up on their feet, and joining in one chorus
of musical worship. This is the only true
conception of ecclesiastical music and when
this is realized in practice, one most i'm
portant element is gained of the beauty of
holiness. In order to this, the melodies of
the church should be simple, to bespeak
those feelings of devotion which are among
the simplest of the human breast. Its
harmonies should be broad and grand, to
embrace the whole soul. and bear it strongly
up. Its symphonies should be short and
easy its voluntaries fitted to the character
of the occasion and the spirit of the sermon u
Year: 1869

My Dear Friend,-I have had it on my
mind, for some time, to write you letter.
This may surprise you, as l frequently see
you in passing about. You may be surprised,
on the other hand, that l, protesting to be a
friend, land 1 feel assured that you have no
doubt of my friendship and kind feelings to-
wards you,) should have conversed with you
on every variety of subject, and yet should
never have introduced the most important of
all subjects. intend to be delinquent in
this respect no longer.


And, now, my dear sir, let me take the
liberty "a liberty l feel free to take,) of ask
ing, "What are you living for?" Or, in other
words, "What is the chief end of your life ?"
Is it to glorify God that you may enjoy Him
forever? Or, is it to crafty self and attain
selfish aims and purposes? You are doing
either one or the other of these two things.
Every man is either serving God or serving
mammon. No man can serve two masters.
And how shOrt-sighted-how vain are the
aims and purposes of those who serve man.
mon-the God of this world They follow
one another-they rival each other in the
pursuit after wealth, or honor, or pleasure,
only to find, even in case of success, land
how few succeed, as they call it, out of the mul
titudes that are engaged in the eager chase,
only to find, 1 say, that they have eagerly
chased mere butterfly, which when grasped
loses all its beauty, or that they have only
crushed with their teeth fruit of Sodom
which, though fair and inviting in appear
ance, turns to ashes when tasted.


Let me invite your attention-let me call
you off from this vain pursuit to other-to
higher-to nobler objects of desire, even to
the pursuit after riches that endure, after
honors that fade not-after pleasures and
joys substantial aud secure. Ny text is,
"Seek first the kingdom of God and his
Righteousness, and all other things shall be
added unto you" You have Gods word
for that. And even in point of policy, how
much better are Wisdom's ways than all
other ways Look at it, If you will make
Gods glory your aim, you have the word of
Him who cannot lie, that you will be better
of, even in this world, than those who make
the world the object of their pursuit. "GOd-
illness is profitable for all things, having the
promise of the life that now is, as well as of
that which is to come" Having opened up
the subject, l leave off for the present, hoping
aud praying that, in this life as well as here
after, you may thank, not me, but God, that
your attention has thus been called to this
great-thiS only great subject.


With best wishes for your welfare, now
and hereafter, L.
Year: 1869

The american Presbyterian, in very SEN
sible and timely article, enumerates some of
the things which the elders can do. We
give an extract:


"Elders can do many things that the pas
tor cannot do. They can promote peace,
unity, and good understanding among the
members of the church. They can allay
jealousies and alterations, and prevent the
springing up of any "root of bitterness" to
disturb the harmony of the flock. They can
be active and foremost in showing courtesies
to strangers, and in winning the careless and
the Indifferent to the house of God They
can keep the standard of Christian fidelity
high in the Church, by causing it to be seen
and said that they are always in their place
at every service, and every call of duty is
sure to be answered promptly and oheerfully
by them. When the pastor calls for laborers
in any new field; when he would rouse the
church to greater spiritual activity; when
he wishes to enlarge the benefactions of the
congregation, and secure for them the greater
blessedness' of giving; they can supply him
with the best arguments and illustrations, by
responding to the call with promptness and
cheerfulness. 1t is hardly possible that any
pastor can fail to carry his church with him
in any good work, if he has earnest, devout,
highly esteemed, honorable men in the elder.
ship to enter into his plan, and sustain il
before the congregation.


"Elders can visit the sick, the poor, the af
Aicted, the dying. They can carry the bles-
sing of peace and consolation to the house
of mourning. They can go, as Jesus went
in meekness and lowliness, to the careless
and wandering, and win them back to tht
fold by words of gentleness and love. They
direct the anxious inquirer to the Lamb O
God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
They can make themselves acquainted will
the children and the young people, SO as tt
call them by name, and give them word o
cordiality and good feeling whenever the,
meet them. They can meet together to pray
and to devise measures for the increase ant
upbuilding of the church. They can carr,
themselves with such sacred and thoughtful
propriety, when acting officially in the ordi
nances of the Church, that all observers shal
be made to feel the purity, the selectness
the sanctity of the Lords house. They cal
infuse into the whole body of the Church
spirit of devotion, of liberality, of self-denial
of self conservation. They can do much t.
make the whole Church known and charac
terized by pure, earnest, strong, spiritua
l;fa +"
Year: 1869

once caught an expression that you have it,;
but it is not so with me in Chinese. I may
get an expression from my teacher one day,
and the next day may try to use it with him,
and he looks blank at me; and when he finds
out what it is am trying to say, he tells me
I ought to have said chi instead of chi, or
yeu, second tone, instead of yeu, fourth tone.
There are also in the Chinese some sounds
to which our organs have never been accus.
toned, and this adds to the difficulty. Yet,
withal, believe | can say that I have never
engaged in any study with more interest and
less fatigue than in the study of this difficult
language. The prospect of preaching the
good tidings of salvation to my fellow-men
here, certainly ought to keep me from flag
ging.


AS regards physical comfort l am as well
off here as man should wish to be. The
two gentlemen whocame with me, and myself
keep house together, and we are warm and
well.fed. Our "staff' is rice, and we never
see bread on the table; but we get fish, sweet
potatoes, molasses, mutton, eggs, &c. The
Chinese have great variety of good provi-
sions, and have not yet seen the pictorial
man of the Biographies, who hawks about
cats and rats dangling from a bamboo pole.
Yet. there is great deal of suffering among
the poor people. Beggers are numerous,
and many of them are wretched looking OBJ


ects. We had snow here last week, two or
three inches deep, which remained on the
ground for several days, and there must have
been much suffering among them. My duty
here is blessed one, and though l am sepa-
rated from my country and those most dear
to me. 1 do not repine, but am thankful that
have been called to the work in which l
am.
Year: 1869

RICH AND NOBLE RELATIvEs.-"I was
reading lately of very good answer made
by very little boy, who afterward became
very distinguished minister of the gospel.
One Of his school-fellows was boasting one
day about the number of rich and noble re-
lations that he had. Then he asked the
future minister if there were any Lords in
his family. 'Yes, said the little fellow, Il
know there is one at least, for I have often
heard my mother say, that the Lord Jesus
Christ is our elder brother.'"