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Year: 1861




This was action for an eJeetment. Judgment for
the defendant The plaintiffs title is derived by
descent from her deceased father, Peter Chllcut
To establish her right in severaty to the land sued
for the record of partition of the lands Of Peter
Chilcut made bo order of the County Court OF Bed
ford in regular proceeding instituted for that pur
nose. in 1886 was Offered in evidence. To the ad-
mission of the record exception was taken, on the
Ground that it did not appear upon the face of the
1roceedings that the commissioners had been s1oOr
as required by the act of 1857, eh. IL. And for
this omission the Court held the proceedings in the
nartitiou aforesaid to be imperative to vest the
nlaintif with title of severalty to the particular
tract described in the declaration.


In this the Court erred. The County Court, by
the act of 1887 being possessed of general jursdic-
tion in cases of partition, the doctrine of the books
is that its proceedings will be presumed to be cor
rect in the absence Of proof to the contrary where
they are collaterally brought in question And TINS
presumption has greater force after long Interval
of time as in the present case, twenty years nave
elapsed since the partition was made


II does not follow thEt in fact the eommissloneIs
were not sworn, from the omission OF the rePors ~
state that fact upon its face "a Is the usuSi


The act does net require that the fsct Oh 1ne co.
missioners having been sworn, shall De reelIeo ~
their report or be made to appear upon tne recoru
And if the exception were saken' Oh sne resusn W
Year: 1861

little Sunday school boy day by mother
shop for soap when the shop took leaf from
placed the counter for paper which
boy greatly asonshe and vehsmeny exclaimed why,
mistress, that is the B6leP


WELL what if it beY replied the


1t is Bible repeated Se boy and what you gsng
do with it?


To wrap up the soap was the


But mistress you should that book for it the
Bible p cried the oywith peculiar emphasis


what does signify said ths sharply bought for
waste paper in the shop.


The boy increasing energy, exclaimed What the B5s!
wish was min !; / would not like that


WELL said the woman If ysu will pay what gave for IL
you shall have it.


Thank you replied the boy II will homs and ask moth
erf o some money.


Away he went and Aeshsr meshs please give me some
money!


What for said his mother


TO buy Bible he replied for the at the shop
tearing mn the Bible should
said she sell O. nother do give money
buy that it may not be torn UP ...


His mother said, cannot, nay dear boy; have none


The child cried still begging for money but vaia Then
sobbng he shop said MY mother poer and
cannot give any money; but O. mistress don't the BIZ
ble have told that it is the Werd Of God


perceing the boy be greatly concerned said We
cry you shall have tho Bible you will get Its weight IN
:.


this unexpected but joyful proposal the boy dried up Inn
tears saving sthat will mistress, and thank too


Away he asking for she
him all she had and then ne went to all his ana
more having he hoped collected enough ne fastened with
the under his TO the shop and entering IL
Now mistress have got the paper


Very WELL said the woman, let me weigh it.


The paper scale and the Bible IN tne oner Inc
scale turned boys favor and he cried out with tears
ioy sparkling Ihs Bible ntne ana sezng It ne
exclaimed have got and away be home to his mother,
CRYING as he went got the Bsle have got the BbeP
Year: 1861

We should never be ashamed or afraid to
do good We should be ready to SOW the
seed beside all waters, as we know not which
will prosper. There are many that never
speak for Christ unless upon some public or
set OCCASION. Whenever we find sinners
without God and hope, there is a work to do.
A word spoken for Christ may have result
for eternity.


|: is related that the venerable DR.. Wisner
when travelling through Western Massachu-
sctts, once called at a farmhouse 10 procure
a glass Of water. A young lady very cour-
teously brought one to him. and as she turned
to leave, lie kindly said, My friend, permit
me to ask you before 60, whether you have
vet given your heart to the precious Saviour :?
She told him frankly that she had not lie
conyer5ed with hor tendcrly for few moments
and badc her adieu, expecting never to meet
her again until the morn Of resurrection.
Several years afterwards, when On board
steamboat going from New YORK TO Phil
adephia, be was acoosted by u gentleman,
and asked if be was the DR.. Wisner who
once visited the town Of, in Massachu-
setts. The stranger then informed him that
a lady had requested him, that if he ever met
DR.. Wisner he should remind him Of young
girl WHO once gave him a glass oil water al
farm. honse door. The brief conversation he
had with her that Summers day, had on her
soul to CArist. She senther heartfelt thanks
for kind word spoken in season. He that
Uinneth sous is rise.
Year: 1861

w AnV W w Al pCNlo.


The men of the world are often wise tc
reach their own ends and secure the objects
demanded by their avarice and ambition.-


Those who struggle successfully for tie mas.
tery in the pursuit of wealth or fame are
sure to " in distinction and secure a reputa-
tion among the men Of the world for wisdom
and skill. With the mass around us, the
great effort is for worldly good. But God
has denominated that man fool, who la
bors for the world alone, even when his Of
forts are so managed as to be abundantly
successful. The sweetest aud faires flowers
of earthly bloom are soon destined to fade
The tendril!s OF the bleeding heart must be
torn from the objects Of earthly love. 1t is
possible for mortals amid the scenes Of this
life to lay up their treasure in Heaven. He
"ho converteth q sinner from the error Of
his ways shall save soul from DEATH and
hide q multitude Of sins. The conquest of
the world, o! itself considered, would be Il
tiif1e compared with the conversion of sim
ner. There is joy in the presence Of the an
gels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Those then must be wise who win souls, and
the endless Developments of eternity will be
throwing increased lustre upon the deed. 1t
is work that might fill an angels heart,
and filled the Savor's hands" 1t should b.
the study and prayer of every proiessed
child Of God, to be successful in work in
volving such results for eternity. The pious
Christian whose life is one Of active and
prayerfu soicitudo for the salvation Of souls,
may be overlooked and forgotten on earth,
but they will be remcmbt red in Heaven, and
tbeir labor, although unknown and uasuug
here, shall swell the triumphs Of that song
that shall be heard there. Wisdom to per-
form this work, should be sought of God, and
to such he will give literally and upbraid
not.


The Committee on Missions of the Old
School Presbytery of Puget Sound, in 1860,
sent out Circular of inquiry which had
among others the following question:


What d t1iculties prevent the Presbyterian
Church from making, at least, equal progress
with other sister churches on the Pacific
Coast?


The first answer quoted is as follows:


The chief obstacle to the progress ofour
church is the want Of an able itinerant minis
try. We want some able man to do the same
work as the presiding elder does in the Meth.
odist Church. Our Board would make
wise outlay of her funds were she to send cut
at once four able extempore preachers, putting
each of them on a three months circuit, and
paying each salary CT $4,000


Another whites :--"The want of an timer
ancy " much against the success Of our cause
on this coast


Another -" The ovcrshadowing influence
of Arminian sentiment is assigned as an OBJ
staclc. But this is in a measure attributable
to the greater energy ard Iaithfulness Of de-
nominations and teachers holding such senti-
nents, in diffusing them"
Year: 1861

SCENES IN CAMP LIFE-ProriSlOn Riot at camp
Wayuc.-T The Harrisburg Telegraph publishes the
following extract from private letter written by
a volunteer at Camp Wayne, Pennsylvania


This morning we had another exciting time when
they issued the rations. Instead OF bread they
gave us crackers about the size of common plate,
and as hard as a brick. When these were dealt
out to the men they began to swear and throw
them awav and soon the camp was Tying tuI OF
crackers The men made wagons and used the
crackers for wheels they made necklaces OF them
and strung them around their necks, and used hem
for epaulets, and every other imaginable way that
they could be used to show their Indignation. Al
length the excitement so great that the ollcers
| became alarmed aud attempted to stop them, but
| it was no use. The men only hoWled, hooted
velled and groaned at thcm and pelted them with
crackers but they finally QuietcA down and Went
to their quarters swearing that they would Kill the
first man they caught hauling crackers or bad meI1
| into camp. On Saturday morning the crackers
and bad meat made their appearance once aS,11h
| but no sooner did the men see it than they male
break for the gates, forced the guards away ant
| went to town. About s O'Clock the town Wa6 tu
of squads Of soldiers, headed by officers, scoarln
the town from one end to the other, driving tn
| runaways to camp; but it took until some aMe
the afternoon to get them in and after they dsd e
thpn in they were not in condition. to drill
therefore there was but little drilling IoUe tht


lay.
Year: 1861

ATTORNEY GENERAL BATES ON TIE WAR.


In the United States Supreme Court, on Tuesday,
Attorney General Bates preficed tribute to the mem-
ory of Judge Mclean with the Glowing remarks the
war:


"I look abroad over the country aud behold ghastly
spectacea great nation lately united, prosperous and
happy and buoyant with hopes OF future glory torn into
fragments, aud a land once beautiful and rich in the
flowers and fruits OF peScefu culture, stained with
blood and backened with fire. In all that wide space
from the Potomac to the Rio G'ande, and from the
Atlantic the Missouri the still small voice OF legal
Justice is drowned by the incesslut roll OF the drum
and the deaenng thunder of artillery To that extent
your Just ard Law ful power is practically annued and
the laws are silent amidst But lei US oce in the
hope that these caames only for seasor that the
same Almighty hand which sustained our fathers in
their aduous Struggle to estabs1 the Curious COnsitu-
ton which this has long and so wisely admins
tered will not oe Withdrawn from their children in
struggle no less arduous, to maintain IT, Now, indeed,
we are oyershadowed with dark cloud, broad and
gloomy as a nations pail bat thanks be TO God, the
eye Of faith and patriotism discern the bow OF pro-
mise set in that cloud spanning the gloom with its bright
arch to foreshow the coming Of day OF sunshine and
calm and to justify hope of speedy restoration OF
peace and order and law
Year: 1861

KKMovAL.-The editorial aud count
ing room OF the DEMOCRAT AND News will be
found hereafter in the second story OF Grigg'.
block, Perry street. The entrance is at the
main doorway. Office at the heal Of the
flight. fret door on the left.
Year: 1861

those CoMMissIoNREs.- Oar opinion
's that the Auditing Commissioners have done
wrong in failing to fulfil their appointment to
be here on the 5Ih. There are many who have
been badly disappointed by this. At leAst
they should write and let us know how they
are getting along. what their prospects are.
aud ho ~ they hko tho wOtk as far as tn, y
have got. IL would he soma satisfaction
Year: 1861

TIE 18Th CNIFoRMeD.-Th 18th
Reg men, has received il- uniforms n0d equip
ments. and will coon be ready to take the
field. The first dress parale OF the Regiment
took place yesterday evening The bye
scarcely recognized themselves in their new
and elegant costume Both the l3 h and l4th
Regiments are now liable to leave for the
South at any day. The uniforms the same
as those furnished the other regiments.
Year: 1861

We understand that Governor Kirk
wood received a dispatch from Wash.
ington Yesterday morning, which stated
that Congress was about to appropriate
for the purpose OF paying
the expenses which the States have
been subjected to in raising, equipping'
and paying troops. We hope it is so.
There will probably have to be . war
tax levied anyhow, and in that case
Iowa will have tax to pay even if she
now foots the bills of her own troops out
of her own treasury.
Year: 1861

DRUSK!-In our peregrinations about
town yesterday We came across poor wretch
on Perry street. lying fiat on the side walk
dead drunk. He bore the appearance Of hsv.
ing seen better days; and if this should hap
pen to meet bis eye, We trust it will be the
means Of causing him to reclaim his manhood,
and once more take his position among men.
Year: 1861

IMPORTING PIGs.-We saw at the
express office yesterday four very fine white
Chester pigs. imported from Indiana by farmer
McEwen, Of Jersey Ridge, this township. Our
farmers are paying good deal of attention to
improving the breed Of swine, which is highly
commendable
Year: 1861

EscoURAoINe.-We are glad to see
little freshening up 10 the grain market, and
hope the prices will continue on the advance.
There 10 some hope now that the new crop
will open At fifty cents per bushel-perhsps
higher
Year: 1861

tHrrfA FROM GOV, sxwA1p
The following h The reply Of the Ssorstafy
Of stais 10 a patriotic address.


DEPARTMENT or STATE,


Washington, November n, 1861.
To The Synod Of Ne,o York and New Jersey


REVEREND GENTLEMEN: The minute contain
ing your resolutions on the condition Of the
country, which you directed to be sent 10 me,
has been submitted 10 the President Of the
United States. ~ NJ.


am instructed to express to you his great
satisfaction with those proceedings, which are
distinguished equally by their patriotic senti-
meuts and a purely Christian spirit. 1t is a
just tribute to our system Of Government, that
it has enabled the American people to enjoy
unmolested more Of the blessings of Divine
Providence, which affect the material condi.
tons Of human society, than any other people
ever enjoyed, together with a more absolute
degree of religious liberty than before the in
stitution Of that great Government had ever
been hoped for among men.


The overthrow Of the Government might
therefore justly be regarded as calamity not
only to this nation, but a misfortune to man.
kind. The President Is assured Of the public
virtue and Of the public valor. But these are
unavailing without the favor Of God. The
President thanks you for your invocations Of
that indispensable support, and he earnestly
solicits the same invocations from all classes
and conditions Of men. Believing that those
prayers will not be denied by the God Of our
fathers, be trusts and expects that the result Of
the most unhappy attempt at revolution will
confirm and strengthen the Union Of the Re
public, and ultimately renew the fraternal af
fections among its members, so essential to q
restoration Of the public welfare and hsppi-
ness.


I am. very sincerely, your very humble
servant,


WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
Year: 1861

MASON AND SLIDEL.-Slidell. born in the
North and married in the South, has devoted
more than forty years Of his life to an attack
upon Northern men and Northern institutions (;
and Mason, who has subsisted upon the money
which he married In Philadelphia, seems to
have had no other purpose but to traduce the
city that has supplied him the means of living
Year: 1861

The ladies of Rhode Island are preparing to
send to each volunteer from that State Christ
mas gift Of a pair Of socks and mittens, the
name of each soldier and the company to which
he belongs, to be attached to the articles.
Year: 1861

Tho complimentary breakfast to Governor Bucking.
ham and the officers Of tho Eleventh Connecticut reg
ment will take place at tho Astor Honsc at O'Clock
this morning Tickets DO had application at tho
Office. Governor Buckingham will receive the Sons Of
Connecticut aud their families at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
atcight O'Clock this evening" without further notice Tho
regiment Is due here at eight O'Clock this morning
Year: 1861

public servants but little power for mischief. and

 have with equal wisdom provided for the return

 ot that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no Administration, by any extreme wickededness or folly can very seriously injure the Government in the space of four years. My counrymen, one and all, think calmly and

 well ufon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. Ii thtr: be an object to hurry any of you m hot has!e to step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated ny taking time but no good object can be frustrated 1 by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the ol;l Constituton unimpared, and on the sensitive point the laws of your own tram- l ing under it. while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if 1t would, to change eth. r. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispate, there still is no single reascn for precipitate ac- ton.

 Irte' 'ligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reIia ce on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty.

 In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow country men, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war The Government will not asssil you. ! ou can have no conflict without being your selves the ageressors.

 ou have no oath registered in hea7en to de- stroy the Government, while 1 shall have the most solemn che to preserve, protect and de- fed it.

 am 10th to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies.

 Though passions may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle field and patriots grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touch ed, as surely they will be, by the better gels of our nature.
Year: 1861

A QCARREI. WITH WIFE-Wait until
she is at her toilet preparatory to going
out. She will be sure to ask you if her
bonnet is straight. Remark that the lives
Of nine tenths of the women are passed
in thinking whether their bonnets are
straight, and close by saying you never
knew but one who had common sense
about her. Wife will ask who that was.
You with sigh, reply, "Ah! you never
mind" Wife will ask yon why you did
not marry her then. You say ah,trac,ly,
"Ah! why indeed p The climax is
reached by this time, and a regular row is
sure TO follow.
Year: 1861

A young man who applied a: recruit.
ing station across the lakes for enlistment
was asked "If he could sleep onthe point
of bayonet p when he promptly replied
by SAYING, "iie could trv it, as he had often
slept on pint of whiskey. aaa the kind
they use in Delhi would kill further than
any shooting iron he ever saw.
Year: 1861

THE REIGN OF TERROR SoUTu.-The nature
OF the slavery despotism that is now ruling in
the South is faithfully and impressively de
pictued in the following extract of letter
dated June 9th, written by a sterling resident
of Lewis county, Tennessee, born and raised
there, to friend in Folsom:


| don't know that | shall live two DAYS
longer. When Lincoln called on this State
for two regiments, our traitor Governor and
others of the same stripe, commenced an in
tiammatory operation for the purpose of getting
this State out of the Union, and although
four-ffths of the people are for the Union, yet
the nature Of slavery is such that on day after
tomorrow, perhaps nine-teDths of the people
will vote to go out of the Union Then it will
go hard with the Union men, | have been
already told by lawyers and merchants of Co
lumbia that | had got to leave or be hung
am not scared, but feel that it is very mpru-
dent for me to stay here longer-I have been
trying to leave here for years, but - not
helping me, | have been unable to 90. shall
leave, alone, as soon as | can raise means to
pay my way Somewhere. When l get off, if l
do get off, will write to you. Y You cannot
imagine the ignorance of the people here-'tis
as dark as Egypt. And such a time as there
VIII DC I'D the sunny S0utn VIII aSlOnlSh
after ages. Andy Johnson, Parson Brownlow
Emerson Etheridge, Nelson, and few others,
are all the men Of talent that remain firm to
the Union. Bell, like other dogs, has returned
to bis vomit.


God is in this thing IF Lincoln will do his
duty, the political iangs of slavery will be
broken before the scene closes. If they " put
me through" and you hear from me no more,
be assured that remember, with becoming
gratitude, all your kinduesses. If fail, my
wife will have some person write to you, or
write herself
Year: 1861

How SAVANNAH MERCHANT OuTwrTTED A
VIGILANCE CoNMrrEE.-A merchant of Sa-
vannah, Southern born at the time when the
rebellion first broke out, wrote to his CORE
spondents at New York, in calm dispassion-
ate manner, expressing regret that trouble
existed, and hoping that everything would be
adjusted to the satisfaction of both North and
South. He received no answer to these let
ters-much to his surprise. In the meantime
a New York vessel, of which he was part
owner, arrived at Savannah and reported to
his house for business A few days afterward
he was waited upon by the Vigilance Commit
tee. who presented him with pile of letters,
and very coolly informed him if he could not
write in different tone he must leave the
State. Comprehending the case at once, he
sat down and wrote to bis correspondents, de-
failing abuse of Northern men after the most
approved style; he then sent for his Captain,
and told him he must take a cargo for Liver
pool, as he could not give him one for New
York. The cute Jerseyman caught at the
dodge Immediately, and spread the report that
he was bound for Liverpool. An half hour
before his sailing the merchant took him into
his private room. locked the door and explain
ed his position; he gave him list of all his
correspondents in New York, and charged
him to call upon every one of them and assure
them that his letters meant nothing You
see," said he, " the character | have been
compelled to assume you must not think me
the fool made myself to appear There are
two sets OF paperS-you will be overhauled at
the Fort: show the Liverpool papers, and
when you get to sea destroy them and put for
New York'


The captain was as shrewd as the merchant
he was overhauled at the Fort he showed his
Liverpool papers, whereupon the officer in
command expressed a strong desire to charter
the vessel to bring cargo of provisions from
Liverpool, and actually offered him $4,000
The captain at once assented to the offer, and
the charter party was made out The parties
went even so far as to arrange how to land the
cargo by signals in case the blockade interfer
ed with the entrance of the vessel into the
harbor. 1t is needles TO say that the bogus
papers were all destroyed, and the vessel land
ed $4,000 worth of cotton in New York.


The above is vouched for by one of the
principal mercantile houses in this city-Bos
ton Commercial advertiser.
Year: 1861

very end of this month or the beginning of Co.
tooer. About that time there will be Kind In.
quiries about the second fifty millions of the
loan, and no doubt increased vigor on the part
OF those who are opposed to the war. But II
Gen. Mcclellan obtains any very eonsid erable
victory, and Is able at the first stroke to break
through the she'll with which the Confederates
have covered their soft parts in the interior OF
the States, some measure shoft of secession and
Independents may satisfy them; and when they
are nenaced with destruction they may put up
with an offer to live on fair terms with their
coDquerors. Il is to be seen whether the latter
will then offer them what they might easily
have obtained at an earlier stage Of hostility.
Year: 1861

aT One of the most extenslve shoe dealers in New Orleans has given notice that he is taking measures to manufacture his own stock, so that articles can be sold upon terms as favorable as those usually obtained. This is step in the right di- rection, and if :he mechanical resources of the South are generally developed, we can soon demonstrate our independence in every particular.