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Year: 1862

at dram shops, and on brutal war,
in one year, than has been raised
for the cause of mans physical,
social, and mental elevation, in
twenty years.


But we may be asked, what has
this to do with either preachers or
preaching? Our answer is, Much
every way The whole truth has
not been so constantly; prominent
ly, and faithfully kept before the
masses of society, as it ought to
have been; and consequently the
great requirements Of Gods law
are neither understood, nor obeyed
by the bulk of the people. The
majority of professors assent to
certain abstract propositions; go
through a certain form of worship
every week, and give certain sum
Of money, weekly, quarterly, or
annually, to the cause of God ; and
hope that they will go to heaven
when they die; not because they
strive to form a moral and intellec-
tual character, adapted to a state
of unmingled holiness, and un-
ceasing activity, love, and peace !;
but because, and only because,
Christ died to save sinners. 1t is
not here denied that the tounda-
ton of the sinners hope is the
work Of Christ, but we do most
earnestly contend that men are not
saved simply because Christ died /;
nor yet because men may say that
they believe that He died for them;
but because they are led by grace
through faith in Him, to conform
to His character, to live in harmony
with the requirements of the moral
law, as a rule of thought and ac-
tion, and in sympathy with Christ
and mankind; and thus grow in
their adaptation to that world of
perfect spirits in which Hc lives and
reigns, as Head over all things, for
the benefit of His Church.


The preachers for the people,
therefore, should be men whowould
fearlessly bring the whole truth to
bear upon society at large; but
this must be done in q popular
style, and not in the cold, formal,
dry, artificial, and confined state in
which it is now preached. Breadth
of thought, depth fpathos, strong
emotion, and the full and earnest
concentration of all the actings
and sympathies of the soul, pour
ing forth her longings for the sal
vation, the full and immediate sal

vation, of all who are present
before God and the preacher; to
hear words by which they may be
at once saved, are not now the
characteristics by which ministers
of the Gospel are distinguished
The preaching of the present day
is stiff and dogmatic it acts upon
the comparatively few who listen
to it, more like the sight Of a we'll
finished wax figure, than as the
soul, moving, spirit quickening, and
life giving truth Of God. Scepti
cism, formality, infdelity, the spiri


Of fraud, the soul of tyranny, the
Mammon- God, and the demon o
oppression; all thrive under tn,
preacher whose small rushlight i
insufficient to demonstrate tina
these states of mind, and the deed


of darkness to which they Civ,
birth, are evil.
Year: 1862

There's a sort of people in the
world that can't bear the thought
of making any progress. 'Tis a
wonder they ever walk unless they
walk backward. 'Tis a wonder
they don't refuse to go out when
there's a new moon; and all out of
love and respect for that "ancient
institution the old one,
Year: 1862

His Royal Ilighness Prince Al.
fred has become, by the lamented
death of the Prince Consort, the
heir presumptive to the Dukedom
of Sake -Coburg and Gotha, the
German Diet having settled the
succession on the second son to
prevent the Dukedom becoming
merged into the dominions of the
British Crown
Year: 1862

There is no trouble, however
great, that has not In the core of
its very greatness some drop of
comfort; for the human heart, like
a bee, will gather honey from poi,
sonons blossoms,
Year: 1862

A correspondent writing from Ken
lucky, describes 8 ride toward the late
battle field, and, by the following incidents,
gives one an idea of what it costs to be q
Union man in Secession districts:


Our driver told Us some interesting
scenes Of the times when the people were
studying over that wonderful problem Of
coercion" with which they were so long
amused how he and another and Colonel
Fry, the man who is reported to have slain
ZollicoffeT, were the only Union men in
stanford how he sat on dry goods box
in front of q store, with 8 revolver leveled
and cooked in his hand, while Colonel Fry
made Union speech; how they all car
ried their lives in their hands for weeks;
were ordered and were begged to leave
the country for their own sakes; how they
steadily refused, and said they were born
and raised in Kentucky, and meant to
stay there; or, as the driver expressed
himself 81 just told them that l had
little double -barreled shotgun and little
six shooter, and little knife after those
were gone up, and was going to take my
place on that little door-sill, dead or alive,
and they might do their d-ndest." We
know but little Of what has been gcing on
here. Il does one good occasionally to see
realities, as well as to hear Of them through
the newspapers. Every house 8long the
road had some tale connected with it. In
front Of one sp' 'endid mansion, under the
high piazza, fosted plain white banner
with the Inscription, I" God SaUe the UA.
ios.D


Let some Of our cheap patriots, who have
spent hundreds Of dollars in bunting, cal.
culste how much nerve It required for that
man to chang out his banner on the outer
walls" when, for sught he knows, every
hay stack might conceal q secession bullet,
and every day might bring down on his
head the vengeance Of some vigilon e COM
mittee, or even q few weeks or days bring
ZOiliooffer's army, which had nothing to
impede il, close 70 his door.
Year: 1862

THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POLITICIANS
We understand that thero IL good deal Of feel
ing manifested in this city adverse to what ia
understood to he the object and effect of the
recent proclamation Of the President In regard
to slavery in the rebel States; and we are in
formed that several citizens claiming to be con-
scrvatiye have been procuring signatures to .
call for public meeting to denouace the pro-
c!amation, and have applied TO distinguished
formed that some of the more advanced radL
Gals Of this city, having got wind of this move
ment set to work to counteract It, and have
been trying to make arrangements to prevent
the holding of such meeting. As it is posi-
bic that the carrying out Of the original design
il is most desirable at such time particularly
to avoid, we hope that it will not be persisted
in. If we are to have public meeting for ths
purpose Of denouncing anything, let it be 10
denouncc the action Of those State Governors
who met the other day In secret session in Al
toona for the purpose Of thwarting the govern
ment in its prosecution Of the war against the
rebellion, and of imposing terms upon the sd-
minstration. But better than public meetings
for either purpose would /: be for our citizens
to go to work and take measures for electing 20
Congress men who will represent our city with
credit to II, instead Of the contemplate poll
ticans and nincompoops who are usually sent
to represent this community in the halls Of
national legislation.
Year: 1862

The Chicago Times says "tbe crowning shame
Of the present posture Of Abolitionism is in the
confession flowing from it that the twenty mil
lions Of Northern people are unequal to the
work OF carrying on this war against seven mil
lions of Southern people, and that the only
course 70 success lies through the savagery Of
arming the seryile race and stimulating It to
indiscriminate slaughter of age, sex, and con-
ditionn = y n
Year: 1862

vTrE REG TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT


w the we'll known reputation of these Machines
for RELIABILITY will be fully sustained, and
in our rapidly increasing business the same care
will be faithfully exercised in every department
If their manufacture Every Machine sold by US
Is WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Year: 1862

The following table shows the number of males
in the loyal States, fit to bear arms, between the
ages of Is and 40 years, together with the popula-
ton Of each State and the number Of men each
should send to the army to make up the hafmilIion
ordered into service hy act of Conpracs.
Year: 1862




This Communication, to the Journal Of
Commerce, points outa familiar and valua-
bic remedy for the suffering from thirst to.
which our brave fellows in Virginia must
be exposed at this season Of the year:


EoW TO ALLAY THIRST.


Having noticed by the letters of the sew
eral correspondents Of the New York papers
the great suffering of our troops on the
Peninsula and elsewhere, in consequences
of their inability to procure good whole
some water, it is suggested that this,
amongst the many Inconvenience they
are subject to, may be alleviated by allow
ing them to have as a part Of their rations
three or four lemons per diem. The juice
Of this fruit is about the only thing which
can abate this excessive thirst so much
complained Of The remedy suggested is
by no means a novel one, having been tried
/ with great success during the French cam
paign in Algeria, where, as is well known
It was almost impossible to obtain water
for the wants Of the troops, and the French
government, acting with its usual prompt
sagacity-and foresight, adopted the plan o.
distributing lemons amongst the mem
Actual scarcity Of water may not be a.
much the trouble with our troops as tht
quality of the same and the quantity in
dulged in, on account Of the suffering
produced By Unsuitable thirst, which car
be checked almost instantaneously, by E,
few drops Of raw lemon Juice.


| A FRIEND TO THE ARMY.
New York, August, 1862.
Year: 1862

The party could not fail to notice the
Winans cigar-shaped steamer, which lay
nearly out Of sight in the Potomac river.
What she is here for no one knows, but a
Brooklyn gentleman detected seven sailors
from the North Carolina on board of her,
and it is possible that they are the seamen


selected from that vessel for some hazardous
enterprise some weeks ago. If the inven-
tion and mechanical skill Of the Winans
can be rendered subservient to the gov
vernment, great many people in Balti-
more and Washington will rejoice. This
reminds me that some of the rebels in
Baltimore and hereabouts threaten, if they
are compelled to fight they will take care
to 60 over to the rebels and help the cause
they love most Drafting will doubtless
drive class Of these fellows over to the
enemy.
Year: 1862

The following paragraph, extracted from
the Portland Transcript is capital illustra-
ton of the importance of punctuation.
There are two ways of pointing it, one Of
which makes the individual in question a
monster of wickedness, while the other con
verts him into a model Christian. Let our
readers exercise their ingenuity on the prob
lem, and see if they can discover its two fold
solution:


''lIs is an old and experienced man in
vice and wickedness he is never found oppo-
sing the works of iniquity he takes delight
in the downfall of the neghborhood he new.
er rejoices in the prosperity of any of his
fellow creatures he is always ready to assist
in destroying the peace of society he takes
no pleasure in serving the Lord he is uncom.
monty dligent in sowing discord among bis
friends and acquaintances he takes no pride
in Iaborng to promote the cause of Christi
anity he has not been negligent in endeav.
oring to stigmatize all publ teachers he
makes no exertions to subdue his evil passions
he strives hard to build up Satan's kingdom
he lends no aid to support the gospel among
the heathen he contributes largely to the
evil adversary he pays no attention to good
advice he gives great heed to the devil he
will never 60 to heaven he must go where
he will receive the just recompense Of re-
ward"
Year: 1862

The conviction forces itself upon many
that the day is not far distant when the
Southern Confederation must be recognized,
and that recognition may be expected to
bring about fresh difficulty, in which we
must be prepared to maintain our policy.
1t is with this view, and as demonstration
Of our intention to hold our own way, that
the Government are sending out 100, 900
men to Canada without any reference to the
reply of the American Cabinet. If Messrs.
Mason and Slidell landed at Liverpool to-
morrow, not a soldier the less would be sent
out. If we are to have war with the
North, in connection with the United States
schism, there would be no more favorable
time than the present. 1t would be a short
and decisive war, and would have vital
influence on the preservation of peace and
the uninterrupted freedom Of commerce for
many years to come, without our having to
pass through the ordeal of social and mer.
camille confusion which wars, as general
rule, entail. Our military departments are
working double time. The clothing estab-
lishment at Pimlico was at full work all last
night and the preceding one.


London Con. Manchester Guardian, Dec. 13.
Year: 1862

When child comes in fresh from his
play, with the blood bounding through his
veins, his brain is full of life and vigor, his
ideas are all clear, and he can learn more in
fifteen minutes than lie can in two hours af
ter his brain is faigued and bis whole sys
tenn has become Ianguid by confinement at
his desk. From pretty extensive inquiry we
are satisfied that the present murderous sys'
TEN of long confinement in school is contin
ued hy want of fraukness between parents
and teachers Nearly all parents are op osed
to the practice, but it is kept ny Ivy the teach
ers under the mistaken idea that they will
give dissatisfaction by reducing the hours Of
their own labor. Not only should the gross
amount of study be greatly dimi shed, but
recesses should be more frequent Thirty
minutes is quite long enough for any young
child to s,ulv, and one hnur + child of
any AGE. The human brain is not Ike
steam engine that tie longer you run it, the
more YOU oct oct Of it. What the brain can
do depends wholly upon its condition. Any
person can accomplish more mental labor
in one hour when the brain IS in a healthy
and active state, than he can perform in
mcnth when the brain is tired and exhausted.


Among the parliamentary papers recently
issued in England are two small volumes
containing some information collected by
Mr.. Edwin Chadwick during the recent ed
ucation inquiry. Mr.. Chadwick shows in
these papers that the present practice Of long
hours of teaching is wide cause of ener
vaton and pre,lispositon to disease, and in
duces also habits of listlessness and dawdling.
The half time system is found to give near
ly, if not quite, as good education us the
whole time; and common sense tells US that
a bov who has acquired the same amount of
knowledge in half the time of another
boy, must ave obtained proportionately
superior habit Of mental activity. 1t is this
aertness, combined with the bodily aptitudes
created By drill, that gives the comparatively
stunted boys Of the town preference over
strong, robust lads from the coast. Good
scboo omasters say that about three hours a
day are as long AS bright, voluntary att
tenton on the part of children can be Sc
cured, and that in that period they may real


" be taught as much as they can receive;
all beyond the profitable limits is waste.
Hence it is urged that part of the present
long school hours be devoted to gymnaslic
exercises or drill, as part of the system of
education or that the half time system be
more adopted 1t is a frequent complaint
of runaway apprentices and vagrant children,
that the work to which they were first put
was really very painful to them; but chill,
dren while at school might be gradually I'M
troduced and accustomed to labor and exer-
ton. Early physical training would remove
or diminish congenital defects or bodily


weakness. 1t is estimated that an addition
of at least fifth might be made to the
efficiency and value boy as laborer in
after life-an addition equivalent, in the
mass, to the produce of the one'ifth more
of population, without the expense of ad


ditional food, clothes or shelter, to maintain
them. Scientific American.
Year: 1862

OLD GARDENs.-All gardens-especislly
old ones-should have a dressing Of lime
once every five or six years. If, before the
lime is applied, they were dug twenty inchea
deep, and the subsol thrown on top, the
effect would be surprising. 1t would be
douby as productive Ashes and salt, every
three or four years, are also excellent. Many
persons enrich their gardens heavily year
after year after barnyard manure, and then
they wonder that their crops are annually
growing less. If they would follow our sys.
tenn, occasionally lining and sailing, as we
have often recommended ed-of course onlv
applying one of these agents in any one
year, the ground would soon he brought to
its original fertility.


Digging deeply the gardens late in the
fall, allowing the ground to lie in Jumps, for
the action of the frost through the winter.
will also be found to have an excellent effect.
Year: 1862

AN ARGUMENT FOR INDIAN Com AS AN
ARTICLE OF FooD.-From an article on
"Cheap Food for War Times, etc" publish
ed in the Americon 1griculturist, we take
the following in favor Of corn:


Did it ever occur to the reader how little,
comparatively, we, as people, use Indian
corn! This crop is grown more generally,
and with more certainty than any other, and
its actual production far exceeds than of all
other grains taken together And yet few
pounds of meal per month, for dessert pudl
dings and occasional other dishes, is about
the extent of the consumption of corn in the
great majority Of the families in the Northern
States. Some families use much more, but
these are exceptions to the general rule.
And yet, bushel of ground corn affords
quite as much heathful nourishment as a
bushel Of wheat. A bushe of corn weighs
Sc pounds, and bushel of wheat 60 pounds;
but there is more waste in grinding the
wheat, in the form Of bran and shpstuff
[ (orn differs from wheat mainly, in having Il
little less gluten, and rather more oil and
starch. For the coolest half of the year
the oil and starch of the corn are better
adapted to the wants of the body than the
large amount of gluten in wheat. Corn con.
tains all the elements needed in the body,
and in iust about the proportion they are re-
quired in winter, while they are nearly suit
ed toi food in warm weather. A bushel Of
corn contains four times as much nutriment
as bushe of potatoes.


We have just examined the market prices
OF wheat corn and potatoes in different parts
of the country. The examination shows first
that taking the country together, the price
of bushe of corn and bushel of potatoes
is about the same, (they vary considerably in
some localities, but not generality and sec
ond that a bushel Of wheat sells for twice
and a half as much as bushe of corn.
| We therefore find that, on an average an
amount of nourishment costing one dollar in
the form of corn, costs two dollars and
half in the form of wheat, and four dollars
in the form of potatoes (Four ffths of the
weight of potatoes are water) So then, of
three families requiring the same amount of
noulishing food, what would cost one forty
dollars year in the form of corn, would
cost the second one hundred dollars in the
form of wheat and the third one hundred
and sixty dollars in the form of potatoes,


Why, then, do people not consume more
corn? Answer-Fashion and custom has
much influence, and ignorance of the value of
corn or of good modes of cooking it, does
the rest.
Year: 1862

No SURRENDER OF PRINcIpLE.-The fol-
loving extract is going the rounds of the
Democratic papers; the author is unknown
to us:


"Does the fidelity to the Constitution and
the Union demand of the Democracy a sur
render of their principles? We say no-a
thousand times, no; and the man who esteems
Democracy bat garment to be worn in the
holiday of peace, but which must be laid
aside when the gathel inc storm Of adversity
is rocking the fair fabric of our free insttu
tions to their foundations, has been a stupid
schola rindeed in that great school of poll
tics The Constitution and the Union are
the foundation and the vital spirit of Dem
ocracy, amp it would be as inconsistent and
contradictory to suppose a Democrat must
lay aside his Democracy to support the Con
sttution as to suppose that a Christian must
lay aside his Christianity to support the
the doctrines of the Cross. 1t is said that
till the present crisis is past and the country
is rescued from the perils which surround it,
party feelings should be lail aside and all
loyal citizens should unite in their efforts to
support the Government. The true Democ
racy can support the Constitution, the Union
aud the enforcement of the laws against al
aggressors, without divesting themselves OF
a single principle, and without laying aside
their party feeling, because that feeling is as
true to the Constitution. and the Union, as
the needle to the pole. No man who has
any regard for principles, or who is at heart
Damocrat, can sanction any utilization with
Republicans. TimeIservers, changelinys and
political medicents alone URGE Il fusion"
Year: 1862

How TO PUZZLE A REPUBLICAN PoLITI-
oIAN.-Inquire of him monthly the princi
Piles Of Of his party for twelve consecutive
months, and make verbatim notes of his
answers every time to each of which make
him ailix his signature. At the close of the
year confront him with the various reports
Year: 1862

cePeeAaAy tAe HNuQtls AuQ QWDer8 them
selves.


Now while it needs the best financial
skill and thought so to legislate On this
most Important subject Of currency, that
the people may be guarded against fraudu-
lent and breaking Banks, worthless paper
and all the sharp tricks and practices of
brokers and cashiers; it is also the duty Of
the Convention TO make such laws as shall
provide for the laboring aud industrial
classes, all those great advantages and hclps
which they find in safe credits, and the free
and secure employment of home or foreign
capital Banks are, if legiimatcly organiz-
cd and conducted, the means by which la
bor can avail itself Of the immense assist
ance- OF accumulated capital The issues
and circulation Of well managed Banks are
al important to the development and en-
r1chnlent Of any, and most especially Of
new country. This circulation cannot be
banished OF destroyed. It is true that it is
a modern invention, and therefore is to be
ranked in the same class as other beneficial
and mich needed inventions. It takes its
place with Republican Governments, a Free
Press, Reaping Machines, Steam Power and
Telegraphs; and to refuse 10 use the vast
power, the labor-saying machinery Of
Banks or paper money, would be as absurd
as to travel on foot, or stick to the old
fashioned modes Of conveyance, for fear
the steamboat would blow up, or the cars
run off the track


II is not by high-healed and stiffncck-
ed opposition and assaults upon all Banks
and their issues, that the people are to be
protected; but by framing such regula-
tons as shall shut out the coils, and forbid
the abuse Of paper money. There aresuch
guards and securities, the fruits of financial
skill and experience, as may render bank
ing system sound and safe, while it renders
incalcu1able aid and help to the men who
are carrying forward the vast labor and en-
terprisc of society,". While the toiling and
struggling men who bear on their shoul-
deTs the heavy burden Of the industry,
business and exchanges Of society should
never be left prey to the arts and frauds
Of financial knayery and rotten currency:
it should also never be forgotten that no
heavier blow can be given to their pros
pelity and increasing fortunes than to de-
priye them Of the prodigious helps which
labor always finds in the ready and gen
crous use Of abundant capital


The enterprise, productive business
and commerce Of our modern social life
are upheld, carried on, and vastly facilita-
ted and increased by the use Of good paper
money and sound banking institutions. To
undertake to root up and fling away all
these, and go back to hard money and hard
old times would be strong proof Of insan-
ity. They are a great good, and like any
great good, may Of course be greatly
abused and therefore let the Convention
employ its best talents and all its powers
in guarding against such abuses. But se~
rious)yto cripple or wholly to destroy them
would be unwise policy, the same as strik-
ing of all hands because some hands will
forge and pick pockets; or cutting out ali
tongues because some tongues utter false
hoods and lies.