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Year: 1868

Many persons in our day would be of
Tended, if We were to accuse them of be-
leving that man may be justified by
works and not by faith; and yet it is
manifest, that unconverted men in our
day do not understand the plan of re,
demption much better than it was under
stood in ancient times. They still cling
to the idea, that they must do something
to recommend themselves to the Divine
favor. They too often rely upon their
morality, or their charitable deeds to
shield them from condemnation in the
sight of Heaven.


They sometimes tell us, that they pay
their debts, like honest men, and that they
have never done anybody any harm !;
that they are not drunkards, or murder
ers, or thieves, or liars; and they see no
reason why they should be afraid of not
being able to reach heaven at last. IF
they are not saved, they imagine that
but few will be able to enter into the
rest that God has prepared for his peo-
pie. They sometimes contend that they
are better than many members of the
Church. They have seen persons who
were considered very pious do things
that they would not do for any conside-
ration. In making this declaration, they
are probably not far from the truth -
In our day man may say that he is as
good as many members of the Church,
and yet not boast a great deal, but that
only proves that many persons have con-
nected themselves with the Church, who
fail to walk in a manner worthy of their
high vocation.


There are no doubt many persons in
the Church who ought to be out of it,
but We cannot help that. The tares and
the wheat must grow together until the
time of harvest. Then they will be sep
arated, the tares will be burnt and the
wheat gathered into the garner of the
Lord. Many persons join the Church
under the impression that they have been
converted, and afterwards find out that
they have been mistaken. Such persons
Year: 1868

1 want forgiveness of one sam, and
strength against 1t but God wants to
do more for me, and will for give and de-
liver me from none, till l make further
search into myself, and bring my sins
before Him all together.-Adam.


To pardon and forgive are both the
gracious work of God through Christ.
These two are not the same, though of.
ten confounded. To pardon, is to remit
the punishment; to forgive, is to lay
aside the remembrance. Thus we say,
the Queen pardoms; Christian torgives.
If there be any pardon with God, it is
such as becomes Him to give; FULL AND
FREE. When He pardons He will abun-
dainty pardon. Go with your ha!ffor-
giveness,- ss,-limited and reserved, unto
the sons of men: it may become them,
it is like themselves. That of GoD is
absolute and perfect, before which our
sins are as cloud before the rising sun.
x y We are apt to think that we
are very Willing to have forgiveness; but
that God is unwilling to bestow it; and
that, because He seems to be loser by
it, and to forego the glory Of intlicting
punishment for our sins; which of all
things we suppose He is most 10th to
part withal. And this is the very nature
of u',belief. But indeed things are quite
otherwise.


God hath in this matter, through the
Lord Jesus Christ, ordered all things in
His dealings with sinners to the praise of
the glory Of HIS grace. His design in
the whole mystery of the Gospel is to
make His grace glorious, to erah His
pardoning mercy. The great fruit and
product of His grace is forgiveness the
of sinners. In and by this
God will render Himself GLORIOUS
Oven.


The forgiveness of sin is like the bury
ing of Moses.-J. II. Euans.
Year: 1868

are more to be pitied than to be blamed.
If man can only say, that he is as good
as some of the members of the Church,
that does not prove that he is in very
safe condition.


If an unconverted man were as moral
and exemplary in his department as the
very best members of the Church if he
were as liberal and kind to the poor as
as any of them, that would not consti-
tute any ground of merit sufficient to
justify him in the sight of God. Faith
is the door, and the only door. by which
we can enter into the kingdom of Heav-
en-. Without faith it is impossible TO
please God.
Year: 1868




In the life of the great Reformer Lu-
ther we have striking illustration of
the Importance that ought to be attached
to the doctrine of justification by faith.
That doctrine is not held by the Roman
Catholic Church. 1t teaches that men
may obtain the pardon of their sins by
the performance of acts of penance, pre-
scribed by the priest, to whom they have
confessed the crimes they have commit
ted. Luther knew no other way of OBJ
tanning conscience free from guilt, when
he was brought to look upon himself, as
a condemned sinner in the sight of God.
The holiness of the Divine law terrified
him. He knew that it was written
{" the soul that sinneth it snail die lie
became anxious to fly from the wrath
which is to come. He tasted and prayed
night and day; but still his conscience
was oppressed with sense of guilt. By
the severity of his acts of penance he
wasted away to a skeleton. His hagard
looks proclaimed the inward sufferings of
his soul. He became an object of pity
to all who looked upon him. He was a
priest and belonged to one of the monas-
tic orders. He devoted himself without
ceasing to the performance of his reli-
gious duties, but derived from them no
benefit. His anguish of spirit still con-
tinued.


At last he was told by one of his Su-
periors in the Monastery, or by an aged
priest, that he must first love God, be-
fore he could be sincerely sorry for hav-
ing sinned against him. That informa
ton caused beam of light to shine in
upon the darkness of his mind; but he
did not obtain permanent peace, until he
became better acquainted with the plan
of redemption. In the Monastery to
which he belonged, he found a copy of
the Scriptures in the Latin language,
chained to pillar. He began to read it
with absorbing interest, and gradually
the truth burst upon his mind, that a
sinner can only be justified in the sight
of God by faith, and not by the deeds of
law. Then for the first time he saw with
the clearness of a sunbeam, that the
blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin,
and learned how vain and worthless were
all the acts of penance he had been per-
forming


AS soon he learned from the Scriptures
the doctrine of justification by faith he
began to teach it to others. His doing
so, soon brought him into collision with
the authorities of the Roman Catholic
Church. They attempted to silence him,
but he boldly set them at defiance, and
continued to preach up the new doctrine,
from which he had derived so much con-
ISOLATION. He translated the Bible into
the German language, and in the end
was mainly instrumental in bringing
about the great Reformation from Pope
ry, which occurred in the sixteenth CEN
tury. How much the Christian world is
indebted to Luther and other kindred
spirits, for all the knowledge we possess
on the subject of religion
Year: 1868


How bright the stars! How calm the sea
How silent is the hour of night
Far from the world my thoughts would flee
And seek in heaven their chief delight.
Speak to my soul, We clouds that fly
Across the evening sky so blue;
Tell me, is He, who reigns on high,
Forever holy, just and true?


II.
Tell me of God, We stars that shine
Within the diadem Of night;
o speak His praise in notes divine
Who gave you beams of wOndrous light,
And seut you forth to roam afar
Amid the boundless realms of space;
His power, hlS glory still declare,
While Fastening on your rapid race.
Year: 1868

which will be sufficient to duplicate lines to all,
nearly an, the paying points reached by the present
monopoly.


The present telegraph Companies of the country
have been consolidated into one huge monopoly,
and are now earning over six millions of dollars per
year or over one hundred per cent on the actual
cost of their lines their present capital having been
watsred over one thousand per cent.


The National Telegraph Company have recog-
milton from the United States Government Of the
importance of their enterprise with grant of the
most valuable franchises ever conferred upon a
Telegraph Company. No competing line has ever
had the right now granted by congress to this Com
pany to construct and operate lines every Rail
road and Mail Route in the United States The posi-
ton of this Company differs from that of any com
pany ever befOre organized. The question of the
right Of way is forever settled.


The Stockholders Of this Company can not be sold
out or transferred to any other Company. The act
Of Congress under which this company has been
organized prohibits any transfer of the franchises
granted
Year: 1868

II is stated upon the best authority says
the st. Louis Democrdt, that large cen
tracts have already been cnlcluded by GER
tain parties at Keokuk and On the Illinois
river with the Mississippi Valley barge COM
pany for the transportation Of corn in bulk
to New York city, via New Orleans, at low
rates Of freight, through bills Of lading to
New York being given by the company.
This will definitely settle the feasibility Of
Through shipments Of grain from this city to
New Yerk Or to any port in Europe, and
iTs success viii assure an early and radical
reconstruction Of the whole carrying trade
Of the great Mississippi valley. The en-
terprise IS one which we trust to see event
nate fortunately, for great results depend
upon it,
Year: 1868

OF all classes Of clerks in government
employ meme are worked so hard and are
so poorly paid as postoffiee clerks. In
every other branch of the government
service higher salaries are paid to clerks,
and less service is exacted from them. In
the New Orleans postofice the number Of
clerks is entirely inadequate for the prompt
and proper performance of the arduous
duties required of them. Their monthly
salary is abeut the same as similar clerk
ships in Northern cities, where the cost of
living is considerably less than here, and
the number is so small that they are com-
PEELED to work more than the number Of
hours demanded elsewhere.


Proper Representations by the business
men Of New Orleans would not fail obe
needed by the pOstofice department at
Washington, and wOuld speedily lead tolan
order allowing an increase Of clerks, as q
substitute for the order received here few
lays since dismissing nine of the number:
We are aware that in fit Of economy
our assistant postmaster general is in the
habit Of curEailing the numbered clerks,
but postmaster who Keeps himself faEnil-
lar with his duties and the business Of his
Office seldom fails to possess sufficient in
fuense to prevail on that high officer to
right the wrong. .I..4 ~. .sr
Year: 1868

What will Democrats do if they
get into power? In answer to this
question Gen. w. A. German, of
Minnesota, very pointedld said in a
recent public speech


If the Democracy get power in
the government, they will reduce
the tariff tax OH all your tea, and
what you drink and wear.


They will restore the Union, and
turn over all the Southern States,
expenses to be paid by the South
alone.


We will turn out and abolish ten
thousand abolition freedmen bureau
off ce-holders, and save millions OF
dollars to the peoples pockets.


We will bid the South support
themselves, and 60 to raising colt on
and sugar, and we will continue to
raise produce to feed them.


We will pay the public debt in
the same currency we pay you and
the same you pay each other, unless
otherwise expressly agreed, and
thus save millions more in the pock-
cts of the people.


IF We pay the rich in gold, We
will pay you in gold. If VIC pay
you in paper money we will pay the
plethoric bondholders in paper
money.


We will enact laws to enable you
to buy your goods where you car
buy the cheapest, and SILL where
you can get the best price,
We will protect labor from the
encroa chment Of capital.
We will leave each State to gov
ern itself limited only by the Fedc-
raj Constitution.
We will reduce the army in the
South, and send them to the plains
to protect the frontier and new
routes to the far West.
We will restore commerce, peace
and good will between the North and
the South.


We will reduce the taxes, both
State and National.


We will lession the Office holders,
a2d release you from taxation to
support them.


We will restore peace at home
Id maintain your honor abroad,


We will give equal rights to all
and grant exclusive privileges tt
none.


We will substitute calm states
manship for mad Jacobinism.


We will make pets Of the negroes
no longer at the expense Of th'
whites, nor force suffrage for then
at the expense and against the vii
of those who have created and main
tanned the government.
Year: 1868

Japonica played out and genuine leather
used instead at his shop one door west of
the Furniture Store on Market street.
Genuine Boots and Shoes, made to order
at living prices. Repairing done promptly
n18v9l
Year: 1868

A Monster ofthe Air-A very trauge Story
| Translated from FL Ferro Carril of Santiago
Chill. March I'll


Yesterday, about FIVE o'clock pm.
when every one had finished work at the
m inc (Garin mine), and the workmen il
group were awaiting their evening
meal, we saw coming through the air 9
gigantic bird, which, at first sight, We
supposed to be cloud surrounded by
the atmosphere, and divided from its
companions by chance current of air


As the object in question came nearer,
filling US with very natural feeling Of
surprise, we were able to note that il
was an unknown creature of the air-the
roe of the Thousand and one Nights u
perhaps, or possibly Leviathan of the
deserts. From whence did it come
Where was it going? It's direction was
from northeast to southwest; its flight
rapid and in direct line.


On passing a short distance, and over
our heads we were able to note the rare
structure of its body. Its great wings
were clothed with brown plumage. The
head of the monster was in shape similar
to that Of grasshopper, with enormous
eyes, wide open and brilliant as stars,
and covered with something like hair or
bristles; the body, lengthening itself like
that of serpent, was covered with bril-
liant scales, which emitted metallic
sounds as the strange animal moved itself
along.


Surprise resolved itself into a fear
among the workmen in the presence of
such a phenomenon. The whole stock
of pathological science possessed by
the good miners was in vain exhausted
to find the name and qualities of the
strange bird which had just passed with
out leaving sign. Some assert that in
those moments they perceived detesta-
on being burned. Others that their
sense was not offended by any unusual
odor. The supsrstitious believe that it is
the devil in person they have just seen
pass, while others recollect having been
q witness, some years ago, in the same
place, to the passage of similar mon
strous bird


As the whole affair is in the extreme
curious, we have thought it our duty to
communicate it to you, Withholding all
useless comment, for the truth is we can
not explain satisfactorily to ourselves
what we have seen for the first and prob
ably the last time in our lives. Can it
be possible that, 10 the desert of the
Cordilleras, nature pleases to give
life to those monstrosities, and rearing
them in solitude for many years, when
they have attained sufficient strength
they commence their fight through
space with no other object than that of
transporting themselves to other regions
where death masters them aud she earth
guards their skeletons to the confusion
of sages, who. on meeting them, believe
they have found antediluvian remains ?
Year: 1868

TPUBLIC-NO. s.


An Act to facilitate the collection of the direct


tax in the State of Delaware


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the valuation enumer-
ated IN the assessment list for direct tax in the
State of Delaware, completed April nineteenth,
A. D., eighteenth hundred and sixty seven, be-
ing the valuation of real estate owned at or
near the time of the completion of said assess
nent, is hereby declared and made lawful as
sessment OF the direct tax of scventy-four thou
sand six hundred and cighty-three dollars and
thirty TIN Zee and Onethird CENTS apportioned to
the State of Delaware by virtue of an act OF Con-
crest entitled An act to provide increased rev.
enue from imports to pay interest on the public
debt and for other purposes" approved August
fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, upon the
valuation therein enumerated with the same
force and effect as if made with reference to the
date mentioned in the thirteenth section of said
act and that all existing provisions Of law for
the collection of said direct tax in the loyal
States, except as provided in the fifty-thrd sec
ton of said act shall be applicable to the collec
tlon of the tax therein assessed The notiica-
tion of the time and place where appeals would
be received and determined relative to said as
scssment, given by the assessor Immediately
after said completion, shall be deemed a lawful
notice and all proceedings under said notice,
and in general in relation to said assessment, are
hereby made as valid and legal as they would
lave been had the assessment been valid from its
commencement.





time within which the assessor is required 10 de
liver the assessment list to the collector shall be
within twenty days from the passage of this act


See. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
lien provided for by the thrty-third section shall
be and remain in force during two years after the
taxes assessed in accordance with the first Sec
tion of this act shall become due and payable


Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all
necessary expenses in procuring copies of the
State assessment lists and for advertising con-
nected with the assessment and collection of tn e
tax shall be paid out of any money in the treas
such expenses being first approved by the Secrc-
tary of the Treasury.


Approved February 81, 1868.
Year: 1868

An act for the protection i'll certain cases of per-


sons making disclosures as parties, or testify


ing as witnesses.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
rcsentativcs of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That no answer or other
pleading OF any party and no discovery, or evil
dencc obtained by means of any judicial proceed
ing from any party witness in this or any for
cign country, shall be given in evidence, or in
any manner used againt such party or witness, or
his property or estate, in any court OF the pro
cecding by or before any officer of the United
States in respect to any crime or for the enforce
ment of any penalty or forfeiture by reason of
any act or omission of such party or witness {:
Provided That nothing in this act shall be con,
strued to exempt any party or witness from pro-
secution and punishment fo- perjury commit
ted by him in discovering or testifyng as afore-
said.


Sec g And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from its passage, and shall
apply to all pending proceedings, as well as to
those hereafter instituted.


Approved Feb. 25, 1868.
Year: 1868

A SNAKE IN A WATERMELON
boy named Golfer, who sells papers oc-
casionally for the sake Of making few
dimes, yesterday invested fifteen cents
Of his earnings in watermelon, on
Dcaderick street. He took it over to "A
stand in the market-house, and, in COM
pany with a "chum," proceeded to have
Il luNurlant feast, a large jack knife,
which Golfer had purchased about two
weeks ago with his savings, was brought
into active operation. The melon was
cut in two but horror! inside in one
half of the melon was II young snake,
yellow as leak and about nine inches
long. The half in which he had his
habitatiOn was nearly all hollow. The
younge snake darted his forked lounge
ilercely and aimlessly about five or six
times, the first dart he made hitting the
forciingcr of young Golfer, who lmme-
diately ran or to the drug store on the
corner of Cherry and Cedar streets, but
finding no doctor he hurried up Cedar
street still further,


We learned afterwards that the ply
siclan cut or the first joint of the bitten
finger, and sent the boy back home in
Il hack telling him it would be all right.
The little snake was caught and put in
to II fruit jar by Whitesides butchers :
assistant, who lives out in German.
town. 1t is a most extraordinary lusus
nature, and it seems impossible to
account for how the snake could have got
into the heart Of large and apparently
SQUAD melon. The part in which il
was found was thrown violently against
post by Cotter, and was bruised and
broken in such way,it was impossible
toascertainwhether there were any holes
or damaged spots on the rind.- The case
l. decided unusual. NdShriite Times.
Year: 1868

TuADDEUs STEVENS, the father of
the oppressive reconstruction measures
Of the Radical party, was the only
member of 1t who had the frankness
and honesty to avow that they were
unconstitutional, and that Congress, in
adopting them. was acting "outside the
Constitution" Now that the Great
Commo ner is silent in the grave, the
Radical leaders are trying to pursuade
the people that all their legislation was
entirely constitutional and legal
Year: 1868

WATCH TIE MOVEMENTS OF THE
ENEMY.-Our friends will do well to
keep an eye on the secret oath bound
Loyal Leagues, established Throughout
the Country these associations are in
tended to decoy the unwary into the
support of negro equality, and negro
rule. Watch them, Democrats, never
was there greater occasion for watchful-
moss and zeal.
Year: 1868

Now If there is any truth in figures
that shows an increase of the debt, in
one year, of fortY-two millions eight
hundred and thirty thousand nine hun
dred and forty-cight dollars, or more
than three millions and n half per
month.


The increase in the last year is more
than dollar per head for every man,
woman and child in the country.


So mach for Radical vcrac'ty.
Year: 1868

such as are generally kept in country store.


l respectfully invite ffe citizens of Odessa and
vicinity to call in, and examine my prices and
you will find that they will compare with the
lowest city prices.
Year: 1868

Poor Vallandigham! After fighting
so hard for the nomination after resort
ing to every possible device under the
sun to gain his object, the leader of Ohio
butternuts finds himself assailed, assault
ed and wounded in his own camp. Some
of the dissatisfied Democrats of the Hid
District have issued a lengthy manifesto,
charging him with every sin of omission
aud commission; they make him out a
worse man than we thought him and
to cap the climax, conclude with an earn
est appeal to the Democrats not to sup
port him. Here is the closing paragraph:


"They develop the heartless ambition
and treacherous nature of one who has
long been known to those who, by closer
contact and easier facilities of Judgment


fairly and fully appreciated his elements
of character, as a person consumed with
ambition, disgustingly selfish in all his
social aud personal relations; sordidly


mean and meanly sordid in all his pock-
ct interests and influences, utterly indif-
ferent to any political aspiration but his
own; jealous of any one who aspires
above him, and malicious hater of any
old friend who happens to stand in the
way of his designs-a man who, thus
exposed and thus known, is eminently
unworthy of your suffrages and respect"