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Year: 1861

The course of Brigadier General Bishop


Polk has been so dcrogatory to the sacred


office which he has heretofore filled, that


no Christian, North or South, can desire
his return to0the profession which he has
deserted and brought into derision. No
pcnitcncc for sin would be sufficient to
wash his hands of the stain of blood, and
1T them TO administer the sacraments Of
his Church. This is not alone because he
is leader Of rebels, but it is because he,
a clergyman, has put on the armor Of a
soldier and gone into the field to kill and
destroy. The heart Of every Christian
man aud woman shrinks from the idea
that the holy offices Of the Church, the
baptism aud the Supper, the instruction
Of the young, the attendance on the bed
of dcath-that these or any Of the duties
Of the pastor and friend should be admin.
istcrcd by one whose voice has been heard
on the battle field, whose presence must
always be associated with scenes Of fury,
Of carnage and horror. Some men may
argue against the idea. Some may think
that they would prefer for a clergyman
man who can fight, preach or pray, as
circumstances may seem to require. But
possibly such persons would feel differ
cntly under a change Of position. No mar
who has not had the occasion to TeqUes
tie serrices of pastor knows how t
Year: 1861

"VEWY PRouD TO-NIGMT."-It was n
cold night in winter. The wind blew and
the snow was whrlcd furiously about,
seeking to hide itself beneath cloaks and
hoods, and in the very hair Of those who
were out. A distinguished lecturer was
to speak, and Notwithstanding the storm,
nearly all the villagers ventured forth to
hear him.


William Annesley, buttoned up to the
chin in his thick OvercOat, accompanied
his mother. 1t was difficult to walk thro'
the fallen snow, against the piercing wind,
and William said to his mother: --


Couldn't you walk more easily If you
took my nrm?"


"Perhaps | could" his mother replied,
as she put her arm through his, and drew
up as close as possible to him. Together
they breasted the storm, the mother and
the boy who had once been carried in her
arms, but who had grown up so tall that
she could now lean on his. They had not
walked far before he said to her:


al am very proud tonight, mother"


"Proud that you can take care Of mc?''
she said to him, with heart gushing with
tenderness.


This is the first time you have leaned
upon me-" said the happy boy.


There will be few hours in that child's
life Of moro exalted pleasure than he en-
joycd that evening, even if he should live
to old age, and should, in his manhood,
lovingly provide for her who watched over
him in his helpless infancy. 1t was no.
BILE pride that made his mother love him,
if it were possible, more than ever, and
made her pray for him with new earnest
ness, thankful for his devoted love and
hopeful for his future. There is no more
beautiful sight than aiFectionate, devoted,
obedient children. am sure lie that
commanded children to honor their father
and their mother, may look down upon
such with pleasure. May lie bless dear
William, and every other boy whose heart
is filed with ambition to be blessing and
"stafF" to his mother.
Year: 1861

Judge Of what pastor he will best ike. II
is very we'll to 90 to church and hear SER
mons to meet Q minister on the sidewalk
and chat, 80 attend prayer meetings ana
other SOcir' religious gatherings, but IN
none Of these does the man learn to know
whether his minister is the one for his
necessities. When death comes into the
family, n household pet, brother, sister,
or possibly husband or wife lies silent,
then one thinks Of requesting the presence
and support Of some one who can lead out
of the gloom; and when the cold begins
to creep over ones own heart, and the
clinging to a spiritual guide is the last
stay in the hours Of doubt, then the good
clergyman is appreciated. No one then
will want him tm come attended by mem
cries Of battle fields, or in the low tones
of consolation TO Le reminded oil the war
cry of other days.


We have no objection to clergymcn 60
ing into the army as soldiers IT they are
led to that course of duty. 1t Is very
true that some who are clergymen by pro-
fession are much better fitted to carry
muskcts than for preaching or pastoral
duties. We know some whose taste, pro.
clivitics and entire style Of thought and
preaching indicate q warlike spirit, or at
least fighting propensity. Recruiting
might be carried on to the alvantage OF
the country in u double sense. among them.


They are not the men for Chaplains.
There is no nobler work, none that re-
quircs higher order Of Christian ability,
none that more honors the workman, than
u Chaplaincy. But the men we speak ol
are out Of their line Of duty in the pulpit,
or behind the drum head. They should
at once assume the coats that are better
to their tastes and abilities. But VIC can
not believe that such men will ever be in
the line of duty in returning to the cIcrl-
cal office. Fighting ministers are not after
the Bible pattern, nor such as men need
as counsellors or guides. We can imag.
inc the shudder with which father would
see his child baptized, or confirmed by
Bishop Polk, or by any Of the order ol
lighting clergy, on either side.


There is manifcStly no fitness in this
age Of the world in uniting the clergyman
aud the fighting man. 1t might be 9th
crwisc IL pistol galleries and fencing schools
were part Of the apparatus Of theolocl
cal seminary, or a professor Of Hnrdee''
Tactics were the associate Of the teacher
of ' Biblical Literature. But for the pres
cut the taste Of the day, and the heart o
every Christian, prefer otherwise. c.-A.-A
Journal Of Commerce.
Year: 1861

REMovAL.-The editorial and count
ing room OF the DG1ocR AND NEws will be
found hereafter in the second story OF Grigg's
block, Perry street The entrance 10 at the
main doorway Office at the head Of the
flight first door Oh the left
Year: 1861

MORE B TIER Than They ARE WoRru.-
a peuton has en- laid before the MIS-
achuse'ts Legislature expressing it to be the
sentiment OF the people OF the ale that the
Cotton States be suffered to 20 out. The
petitioners think that they have always been
more plague than profit, and that the sooner
The Union is id OF them the better.
Year: 1861

FIRE.-The alarm of FIRE at midnight last
night was caused by considerable light
from burning building on the West Side,
little west of Columbus street. We did
not learn what was burned.
Year: 1861

A NEW VERSE TO THE STAR sPAKeLED BAN
NER.-At the Howard Atheneum, Boston,
on Saturday evening, the Star spangle6
Banner was sung by Miss Cushman, with
the addition Of the following verse by Oliver
Wendell Holmes


When our land is illumined with Iiberty's smile,
If foe from within strike blow at her glory
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defle
The flag of her stars and the page Of her glory !
By the millions unclaimed who our birthright


have gained,


We will keep her bright blazon forever un.


stained H
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall


wave


While the land of the free is the home of the


brave.
Year: 1861

FRoH MEXPHIs.-A young man, formerly
a resident of this city, who has recently been
living at Memphis, Tenn, has just arrived
here from that city. He was called upon
by detachment of the Tennessee Guards
and asked to sign their constitution, which
amounted to the same thing as enlisting in
the Southern army. Pleading for an excuse
that he had an engagement down upon the
levee which must be attended to without de-
lay, he n anaged to get away, but watch
was set upon his movements, and he was
again stopped and informed that there was
but one of two things to do-either to sign
or leave town. H chose the latter, and GO
ing to his boarding house, packed up and
had his baggage taken on board the steamer
Glendale, on which he reached Cincinnati.
He represents the state of affairs as almost
reign of terror. Thousands were fleeing from
Memphis and the surrounding country
Several hundreds of fugitives came up on
board the san boat with himself
Year: 1861

The Boston Traveller gives the particulars
Of the tragedy on beard the Boston bark
Czarfna, reported in cur dispatches few days
since:


One Of the crew of the Czsrina, named John
Shaw, an Indian, Of OldtowD, Known among his
tribes "a 'sPushow," makes the following
statement: Os the 18Th Of July the captain
and mate had q row in the cabin, the captain
called on all hands to come and put the mate
In irons the mate Was them armed with q
large revolver; the captain asked him why he
Was armed the mate said, "Go aTay from
me, / am desperate man. ne stood back,
and the captain and mate made up, when We
went forward. -..


On the 30th Of July went to the wheel ut
four il the morning; saw soon after, the second
mate drunk saw the mate with bottle and
cup; he got the second mate drunk, 80 that
be Was epecch1ess afterwards he was quiet
soon after the mate called q man named
John to come aft heard John singing
cut; looked overheard and san him; With
cut in bis head, swimming sang.out to TIE
epanker sheet to John, and he got hold Of it;
he cut the sFanker sheet with hatchet, say
ipp to The man. $50 to Ill with the cap
tain y the man swan behind twenty minu tes;
the mate, with 8 revolver in hand, ordered the
csrpente, and swede to throw overheard
the second mate, who Was on the deck bleed-





mate stood on the house laughing at him;
the vessel was going about two miles an hour.


He then looked at me and told me not to be
afraid, as he was not going to hurt NE yet.
TIE remainder Of the watch we're on deck
at the time. He cut at one, and he es-
capped; he cut at another, and struck him on
the back; told the captain he did net Waat
to hurt him then; the carpenter Weat for
ward; be told all hands to get down On deck
the largest boat; got chains up for ballast. He
tcld me he was going to leave the ship and
set her On fire; said the crew might 60 to h
With her; told me he was going to take me,
the steward ald two men; told another maa
ttat he should not take me and steward il
the morning he called all hands, and said he
WAS captain Of the ship, and that The first man
who diEobeyed his orders he would immedi-
ately put q ball through him; he told me to
work; We worked upon the boat At tTo
o'clock he told us to throw tha captain over.
board; he lay in berth, with head ont and
clothes, and we threw him overheard; in the
evening be called all hands aft, and put US in
irons.


That afternoon, at 2 o'clock, I saw the mate
running forward, the carpenter having struck
him With lap-maul; he shot at the carpenter,
who ran forward and jumped over the bow,
and hung upon the chains. He showed his
head up and the mate shot at him; he then
went overheard the mate ran aft, and one
Of the men struck him On the head with q
hammer OF axe; he lived till seven o'clock
put the wheel down to save the carpenter
but could not see him Just before be va:
struck with the adz he shot the passenger,
Russian he fired the revolver six times Ut
then continued en- the same tack till we saw
the English bark Harlequin, from Glasgow t<
Montreal We hoisted the colors union down.
Year: 1861

MILLS STARTING Up.-The Nayyaannssu
Valley has heard Of preparations making to
start up several Of the mills IN tfat vicinity
which have been standing still for time past,
The manufacture Of cloth for the army Is to
be the immediate business,
Year: 1861

It Is not believed, says the Washington cor
erespondent of the Eosniag Posi-, that Senator
Breckenridge will dare show his head here AT
the extra session of Congress. There is evil
dence in the hands of the Union men Of Ken.
lucky which would hang him, ifthe Government
were TO think it best to make an example Of
him. He has been in correspondence with tina
rebel camp having made offers of help from
Kentucky. He is most clearly guilty OF tpea-
son against the Government, and under such
take his seat in the Senate TO make laws for the
country he is plotting against.
Year: 1861

The toll Of day is ended,


The night is at his moon;
And the harvest song swells blithely up
Beneath the harvest noon:
Then tread quicker measure,


And chant a louder strain;
With dance and song. the days prolong
That bring the golden grain.
From out the distant mountain


Comes the voice OF the cascade,
And the nearer CLEAN of its silver stream
Makes glad the silent glade;
Through all the shadowy forest


Is heard the fall of leaves
And the timid hare tresds stealthily
Among the nodding sheaves.
And now, on every hillside,


The purple vintage glows;
As when n deeper radiance falls
From daylight at its close;
No time is 1t for sadness,


Dependency or fear,
When Autumn comes in gladness,
To crown the fruitful year.
Dear is the pleasant leaf zine,


When all is soft around
When frost.imprisoned rivulets


Are melting into sound,
And dear. too, is the season


When Spring and Summer meet;
When the woods are fnint with odors,
And the hills are dim with heat.
But Spring is but for pasture.


And Summer but for show;
While Autumn, like crowned king,
Has riches to bestow;
So he shall he the monarch


OF all the shining year,
And crown he shall wear, and n sceptc
Of fruits, and the golden ear. Ibear
Year: 1861

fall short about 0 hours. 1t is more prot
able he win last through or die in the at
tempt. If he should sacrifice his useless life
in his cruel and self imposed task, it would
doubtless be the best use he courd make of
1t, as such an issue would probably defer
other simpletons from like attempt.


SCRIBE
Year: 1861

The extracts which We publish to-day from
letter written to his constituents, by Mr. BE.
gar, II member of the Virginia Legislature from
Norfolk, indicate a view of pending questions,
similar to that taken by Mr.. Brent, OF Alexan'
dria, from whose recent speech we published
extracts.on Monday. 1t is a view which has
already been taken by many other Union men
in the border States, and will be by all Of
them, when they recover from the effects Of
the false line of tactics upon which they were
thrown by the propositions of Mr.. Crittenden
in the Senate.


Instead Of playing into the hands of the
Democratic disuniouists, by joining them in
the demand for unattainable amendments of
the Constitution in respect to the Territories,
as being essential to Southern interests, Messrs.
Brent and Segar take the true ground, that
the character of all the Territories is such, that
slavery will not go into them under any cir.
cumstances, and especially while there is such
q vast body Of unoccupied lands in the slave
States adapted to slave labor. They maintain
that the Territorial question is therefore mere
abstraction. The Union men should have
taken that position in the first place, instead
of seconding the Democrats all winter, in an
agitation which could have no practical result
except to foment disunion.
Year: 1861

sideration, as well as mere party success. The
President will doubtless remove those who hold
mere partisan appointments, but we hope he
will not deem it important to displace the vet
erau officials of the Government. ALPHA.
Year: 1861

A soldier writing from one of the camps
on the Potomac, thus alludes to the pecu.
liar music made by bullets passing through
the air:


1t is very good place to exercise the
mind, with the enemy's picket rafting close
at hand. A musical ear can study the diff
ferent tones of bullets as they skim through
the air. | caught the pitch of large
sized MIME yesterday, it was aswell from
f fat to F, and as it passed into the dis
tance and lost its velocity, receded to d, a
very pretty change. One OF the most start.
ling sounds is that produced by the Hotch.
kins' shell. 1t comes like the shrek of q
demon, and the bravest old soldiers feel like
ducking when they b. ar it. 1t is no more
destructive than some other bullets, but
there is great deal in mere sound to work
on mems fears. The tremendous
scream is cause by ragged edge Of lead,
which is left on the shell. In favorable DO.
sitions of light the phenomena can some.
times be seen, as you stand directly behind
a gun, OF the clingiDg of the air to the ball.
The ball seems to gather up The atmosphere
and carry it along, as the earth carries its
atmosphere through space. Men are fre~
quently killed by the wind of a cannon shot.
There is a law which causes the atmosphere
to cling to the earth, or which presses upon
it with force at the surface, of Is pounds
to the square inch; does the same law, or a
modification, pertain to cannon balls in
fight? | do not renenb of meeting with
a discussion of the subject in any published
work. 1t is certainly an interesting phio.
sophie question.
Year: 1861

The Irsbune's story of the running
away of Captain Dnponts clerk grew out
os what the boys call a d" SELL" Some wag
lnnocently remarked that the clerk had
gone to parts unknown" with all the pa
pers, orders, &c. Without stopping to
think that be himself was ignorant of the
destination Of the feet, the vigilant especial"
at once informed the Tribune that the clerk
had gone to secesh.
Year: 1861

If dire misfortunes overcast


My pathway, now so bright,
And stern adversity's chill blast
My gladstone spirits blight,
Or pride and waywardness abide
Within my heart again,
Will you, whatever woes betide,
o! will you love me then?
If four score years, perchance, shall bow
This form, erect and light,
Age whiten the fair auburn locks.
And make the eye less bright;
If Time, with unrelenting hand,


Deep lines the once smooth brow,
Will you his blighting power withstand,
And love me then as now?
If Fortunes swift revolving wheel


Should crush US in its round,
And we in Poverty's deep tolls


Were ruthlessly inbound,
Could thus thy heart still cherish me,
Or would it then grow cold
o, Willie would you love me then


With the same love of old?
Year: 1861

Mr.. H. J. JeHett the nominee Of the Ohio
Democracy for Governor, has at length,
by letter, signifed his acceptance Of the
nOmiasiiOrl In this letter he in several
particuiars gives the lie direct to the plat
form upon which he has been placed. lie.
sometimes uses language that is q little
vague, but the differences he would have us
draw are that he does not in all things
agree with those whom he is called to serve.
If his remarks about the cause of the war
mean anything, they mean that it is
Ohargeabls 70 the ambitious demsgOgues of
the South, . proposition which the nomi-
mating Convention rejected BY large
vote In common with others Of his party,
he seems to think the present war Fuinous
TO use his own language, if persevered
in, must result in our common ruin
Notwithstanding this opinion, he s,ys-
and We must think he does so for
the sole purpose of tickling the popular
ear-that il elected, he would in emo way
weaken the arm Of the Government in no
way impair the efficiency Of our army, but,
on the contrary, as matter of economy
as we'll as Of humanity, he [Tl would i'm
part VigOr and energy to both" If the war
is to "result in common ruin" it is not
quite clear wherein would consist the''ecOn-
Omy" Of imparting vigOr and energy to the
army. One of these propositions, then,
must fall to the ground, and as the follow
ing IS consistent with the platform upon
which Mr.. JeEett has permitted himself to
BY placed, We are forced to accept ii IS IN
dicating his real sentiments:


81 would invite them into 8 National
Convention, where We might consult and
advise together for our common good,
aud by wise measures provide against any
and every line of policy which, if psrse-
vered in, must result in our common ruin
Year: 1861

There is no truth, telegrsphs Colonel
FOrney, in the reports that Garibaldi pro-
poses to help us cut of our troubles. A
gentleman, personally acquainted with
Garibaldi and his son, received a letter
from the latter . few days ago, in which
the son says he desired himself to come out
and take part in the struggle now goin 2
on here for liberty, but that his father OBJ
jected, on the ground that ours was fam
lily quarrel, and could be settled more cas-
lily without foreign interference than with
it; that it was based on a political ques-
ton in which the nations were not inter
ested, and in the settlement Of which they
could not become parties. These are now
the views and sentiments Of GsFibaldi as
expressed by his son in a private CORES.
pondence Of very late date We learn
from other sources, that the Government
understanding that Gsribaldi would accept
g commission in our service if properly ap
preached, sent him high offer by the last
steamer, but We expect the above is about
the truth PittSbulgh Chronicle.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
writing from New York, says of Col Bsr-
dan and his sharp-shOOters,-whO have
been accepted by the War Department and
win be mustered in as soon as a regiment
is organized


Berdan and his shsrp-shooters are
among the greatest lions We have just now,
in military way. On Saturday last they
gave an exhibition of their skill at Wee
hsEkeu, about quarter Of o mile from the
Forty second street Ferry, and the Preeis
ion with which they fred was something
really astonishing. At the distance Of six
hundred feet they fairly riddled o wooden
life-size figure christened Besuregard.
About fifty shots we're fired, every one
striking the middle Of the body, not lower
down than the hip, nor above the neck;
and Berdan himself is able, every time, to
hit nose, eye, or mouth, just as the bystan-
ders request him. If he succeeds in or
ganizing large body of men, as he con
templates doing, and doubtless viii, they
viii form one Of the most terribly effective
corps We can send against the enemy. Un
less jeff Davis wants to become "Death on
the Pale Horse, he had better not, in the
next rencontre, make himself quite 60
conspicuous on that white horse, as they
ssy he did at the battle Of Bulls Run"
Year: 1861

An engineer, who has lived many years iu the
South, was on Monday invited to leave Agers by
committee of the citizens of that place. He was
charged with having said that there were Union
men hereabouts enough to wipe out all the bloody
Secessionists, etc. Though he denied having ut
tered such language, he deemed it prudent to
leave.


A man named Gihon was yesterday afternoon
arrested by the Mayors officers, being charged by
Mr.. Stinson, of the Verandah Hotel, with being an
Abolitionist sailing under false colors. Gihon
bitterly denied the charge. He said he had been
a Democrat all his life that he was Secretary of
the State of Kansas under the Pierce Admnistra-
ton; that he subsequently published a Democratic
paper in Patterson New Jersey; that before the
late election he said he would quit that part of the
country in the event of LincoFn's election; that
the election of Lincoln broke him up, and he did
quit and came South and that his name was now
on the roll of Capt Chafin's company, the Rough
and Ready Rangers, city company now at Camp
Walker He furthermore declared that the charge
was altogether false and malicious, and that he
could prove his character by far better men in this
city than his prosecutor He was detained in GUS
tody until hearing could be had