a X I Ml tit 1 .-AW .ft : 1 ; r5 a 93 S3 1 THE BLESSINGS OF GOTEENMEST, LIKE THE DEWS "OF HEAVES, SHOCLD BB DISTRIBUTED iALIKE CPOX THZ HIGH AND THE LOW, THE EKH AND TUS TOOB. . ' i NEW SERIES." EBEASBIRG, PL WEDXESDAY,-DECEMBER. 7, 18-59. VOL. 7XO. 2. . ... ..... , . T E R M S: sTEMOCRAT & SEXTIXEL' IS PCB SlP ii.shed every We lnesday Morning at Osa Dollar and Fiftt Cents per annum, piy.ib'e i-i a Ivan??; Osr. Dollar and Seventy Five Cents if not paid within six months, and Two Dollars if not paid until the termination cf the y.ir. Xo subscription will La taken for a shorter peri'i 1 th in six months. and no subscriber will be it liberty to discontinue his paper until all ar rearages are paid, except at the option of the edit jr. . Any person subscribing for six months will be charged ose dollar, unless the money is paid Advertising Rates. Oat insert n. Tico do. Three do 1 sqmre, 2 squares, 8 b juares. 12 line?! 24 lines I 36 Hues J $ 50 1 00 1 50 3 months. $1 50 2 50 4 00 6 00 10 00 15 CO J t o 1 00 2 00 6 do. $3 00 4 no 7 00 9 00 12 00 22 00 $1 00 ? Co 3 00 12 do $ 5 00 9 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 33 00 i lines or less. I square, f 12 lines 2 squares :s, ("24 lines es. 35 lines) 5 square? Half a c Wir.in, One column. yy- A!I advertisements must be marked with the number of insertions desired, or they will be cntin'i'id wntil forbid, nrnl charged accord? ngl v. FEW GOODS. rTRIin UNDERSIGNED ha jnst received and i is now opening, a full supply of Goods suit able for the scasou, consisting of MADE UP CLOTHING, 3J33TS. SKOEF, HATS. AND CAPS, HARDWARE, Cl'TLERY, ROCC- ! RIES L.C. i-c. Which will be sold Wholesale r Retail at tie VKHV LOWEST .Vaiktt prices it Cash or CvQwtrv IVo-luce. e. hughes. ' Jar.e 23, 1650. tf. " m MIL ROAD B CaMIESL -8 ml scri'oer lias iusi iccc!fj ai Oi.e r L.i.-t of Ti; .:: fis M.-ui.tain llouse j A new A uf ALL KIND? tf SP3IN3 AND SUMMER HATS, wliich he of'e.-j verr 1 w l r CASH. CLIXTDX K. JONES. April, 13,-1?53.-21-Cn. NEW AB.HIVAL. rtlllC UXDF.nSIGXKI), b.,s a.lkd to his J. St-x-'i cf r ) t-s and Hnes c. A very l.trire aid well siertf-il asirtinont f MKX KliADV rawltf bHIUTS, MF.XS JIALEILLES .r. 1 Lii.en Cillars, LADIES 1VIIITE UDCUL'D ISOSE Me:.s lo 1 do ChiMrt-s.s do d do Laii.'s Gloves, and Lil:o Mits. and Gt-:.ts. do. Mcr:H ar.d l-?ys Saspctider. Iliack Xetk Ti: s. Ya-.cv Xcc'i Ties, Ladies airl Gci.t. Liren Iland- trc5ii--fi. White and d! red Liten i'l- ss. Statuary, Carpet Sacks. Trunks and every cth-jr article nece-sarv kett in his lire. Gire h'rrs a c.ul tti-1 examine fr virsel ves. CLINTON II. JONE3. TLT.MS CASH. Jur.e 20, 1S59 tf. DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS! ! J XST OPENED AXD FOR SALE BY F.. FL'XX, II. D., A general assortment of JDEUGS, S1EBICD7ES, H Spice3, Oils, Paints. Dye-Stuffs, iiMIS, WISES. IS- FLUID. Pxket Cutlery, Razors, Brushes. Combs, Station err, lians uooKs, T.I I T I t'-irs. Suuil's and other articles uniiaily kept :n R. S. BCXN, M. D. Ebensb-nrg. May, 4, 1 850.-2 1-ly. J&CILSOX & CLARK, SURGEON DENTISTS, JOIIXSIOWN, FA. ONE uf the firm will be in Ebenaburg during the first tpn dAvsnf each month, .rf TTSv during whieh time all persons dei- rt fitsr his rirjfc-isional servict s can Una Lim at the of!ice of Dr. Lewis, nearly oppo ite Liair's Hotel. may2 j.lSo&tf. t EMO V A L! FA U L G 11 A FF, M A X I J FA C a turer and Wholesale Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Straw Goods, Hats and Caps, No. tiS j North Third Street, bot-.vteu Arch and Cherry, 1'hila- March C, ISoo.) JOiI SI1ARBA1 CJII, -luttlce of the Pmct, SiimmtltvllU, A LL BUSINESS INTRUSTED TO HIS care will bo promptly attended to. lie will tlsoact as Auctioneer at Public Sales whenever his services in that capacity are required. April 23. lSoS;2i P. FOSTER. P. S. SOOX, Greeasbnrs. Ebeubburg. FOSTER &. XGOST, nAVIXG associated t htm .--elves for the prac tice of the Law in Cam .ria county, will at tend to all business intruatec' ;o them. Ofiice oa Cololonauc R w;" Ebeusburi Oct. 7, 1857. THIS WAY. G3T RECEIVED AXD FOR SALE A large and flpsn lid Assortment of American Pock et Knives. (Evry kcife warrante.1.) bv GEORGE HUNTLEY. Angost. 10. 1S53. 3t. EPKM- -aEED T. L. HF.TLR t-bensnurg, Johnstown CRCEn &. IIEiEn.Atiorntjgat haw aaxsl ivea in the English and German Unguag-s. ront (lie Century. THE LEGEND OF CARL. TODsCIIAI.lt. Many are the arrows which Father Julius shoots at the follies and vain w if-lies of ordi nary mortals. From his bursting quiver I have chosen a shaft; and he has out only gracefully yielded the bow, but has even shown me how, in spite of its length, it may be drawn without hurt to living creature. It was just as the mcst vigilant cock in the village was flapping his wiugs, preparatory to I caking the milkmaids aud otbei that Merlin, the wizard, rose to er early risers. go. lie had been entcrtaiued like a prince. All night he had drunk the rosiest of wine, and had sun 2 the roariogest of catehes; and faithfully, bum" per lor Lumper, ami eaten tor catch, had Cavl Toisohalk responded, liut Merlin must now go. though Carl assured him tliat a flask of wine yet remained, the like of which the Kaiser himself could not boast. Some other time. Merlin said, but not now. One little favor, however, his guest would ask of him before he weut: If there were any three thiogs in this world that Carl Todschalk desi red, Merlin requested he would name theiu instantly. Carl shook his head; here was a cLauce. Hut what fcbould he choose? he, who was the happy maa of the village, with nothing to desire. "Come now," urged tle wizard, "three wishes wealth, power, fame " "Nay, nay," broke in Carl, "noneof these for me. I'll tell you though," he added. brighteuing lierhals calls to see me to ti'k of uays gone by. to taste my wine, an I to sing some of the rare songs which ouly he knows. But no matter how gooi the wine is. nor how much I entreat, he will go when the clock strikes ten. Now, if you could only bewitch the chair in the corner, iu which he always sits, so that uobedy can rise from it without my permis sion, happy and grat-rful will I be." "It is grautcd," said Merlin. "Two withes yet remain- Choose quickly, aud well." "For the last two summers my pear tree has beta robbed by thieving gipsies. Can you give to it? brauehes the power of seizing the tJucves aud lueezmg them till they roar for pain?" "It shitl! be as you desire, and woe to him who shall vttiturc within the grasp of the branches And now for the last wish." "I would like to live fifty years mere," said Carl. The wizard nodded, and, with a great clap vf thunder, disappeared through the floor, to attend to some little business iu China. There are many quiiot and er.tertainio2 legend? currt nt m the of Friedeu- schiaf (where tha events happeued precisely as they are related here) about th wonderful Tkke and the marvellous Chaik. the choicest of which would fill many of these stately col umns. Hut, leaving these stories for the amusement of the god villagers, we, by the power in as tested, take a raud 1 ap of fifty jears. and accompany the preseut hibtory in its majestic course The Fifty Years rolled around, and found our Carl as hale and hearty an old man as 3-uu would encounter ia a day's journey. The lat day of the last year had come It was winter. Never was seen before such a com fortable room, such a roaring fire, such a jug of punch singing mellow glees on the hob, or such a flue old gentleman, enjoying all these rood thing, as were within the walls of Carl Todschals's house on that bitter December day As Carl lifted the jug from the fire, and peured some of the rich, bubbling liquid into a glass, a kuock at the door caused him to pause for an instant. 'Dear me," he said, pouring the punch from one glass to another to cool it, "who on earth pays me a visit on such a day as this?" A tall form, enveloped in a long black mantle, stood in the doorway. In his right hand he held a keen, glittering sword In his left was an hour-glass, in the top of which Carl noticed, but a few sands remained "My name," said the gloomy stranger, "is Death." "You yoa come very suddenly," stam mered Carl. "Many men have told mo that; doubtless many more will repeat it," his visitor an swered, seating himself m the Chair. Yes." said Carl, into whose mind a pecu liar thought had suddenly flashed, "t will be ready iu a moment," he added, and then begiu heaping wood on the fire. "Why do ycu do that?" asked the stranger. "It is already too hot." "It will be hotter presently, I promise you," replied Carl, pitching on log after log, till tbe Ere snapped and snarled, aud roared, as though it were a pack tf hungry wolves pursuing some wretched traveller. "The fire is scorching me! Let me up. Ha! wbat is this!" Death was a prisoner in the enchanted Chair. I'il serve jou out for this." cried Death, after a fruitless attempt to release himself. "Will you?" quoth Carl. We'll see. Here Aennchen, bring up everp stick of wood from the cellar, and le? Wilhelm helpyou. Quick!" "Stop, stop!" roared the prisoner in tho chair, "would you roast tne like a goose?"' "Not if you talk in a reasonable way But if jou threaten any jnore, I will make the fire still hotter. I have a small request, and if you grant it, jou shsll iastartly bo set at liberty . Yes, yes but draw the chair back a lit tle. Oh! how hot " Carl approached, and drew tbe chair back a f-w inches. This very cautiously. lst Death mibt cafc;h him and throw hiai into the fire, or do him other bodily harm. "Tru moot know." said Carl, 'that, though I haVe lived a long bile, I still visa to spend a few more years in this cottage. Now it wouldn't make any port of difference to you were you to let me off ' for well, say ten years." I do declare," cried his listener, in a great rag, "that this is the most audacious demand I cYer heard of, and before I will submit" Master," said Aennchen. outside, "here is some of the wood' "Pest," said ho in the chair, I suppose I must accede. Ten years you may have and thtn and then wc shall see." Well, Carl set him free, not without some inward trembling. But people in old times kept their promises much better than people iO now, aud Carl was unharmed. Une exhi bition of temper did not make No sooner was he free, than, takiog his sword, he hack ed the chair to pieces, aud threw them into i e .fire- This d,OHe he deParted. Q(1 Ieft I Carl once more a'one. ' "When he c mes again," tbouzht Carl to himself, as he sipped his punch, "I shall have my affairs in order.and will follow hiai con j teutedly." i The ten years granted to Carl under the j foregoiug circunistauces, do not seem to have j been very eventful ones, for the ltgend pas j ses them over in a siugle paagraph. to the ; effect that duriug this period Carl grew very I fat. j On a certain autumn day, Carl was sitting ! iu his garden taking his ease. The Tkkk I was in full bearing ; and such pars ! Large, ripe, golden hued there were dozens of i them, not one of which need be ashamed to j stand before a king. Carl looked at them, ; aud his hcait was glad within him. They j were his to give away, to sell, to cat, to i ke p if he chose ; and then his eyes wandered ' from the Tree, over the garden, to his suug ; cottage yes, all his own, he fell into a rev 1 erie, a reverie plcasentlj- broken at intervals j by the hum of bees, the sighing of the wind on the tree top9, and the sweet child-song which Nina, Aennchen Tochtcrlien, sang at her wheel. "Carl !" said a voice behind him. Though it was long since Carl had heard that voice, he had not forgotten it. His heart sank ; no escape this time, he thought. Has the time really come?" he asked. "The ten years agreed upon expired some months ago: but, being vry busy, I granted j-ou a little respite," sail Death, for it was no less a personage. Here was a return for Crl's shabby treat ment of him on his former visit ! Carl was quite overcome by this kindness. 'Indeed indeed, y;u are too good. Would that it lay in my power to do any thing to show you that I am act ungrate ful " As fate would ave it, at this moment, a large pear dropped at Carl'g feet. Taking it up, he offered it to his companion. The lat ter waved him off at first; hut th-s rich, spicy odor of the fruit, reached his olfactories, and, hesitatingly, he took the pear and bit it to the core. "Ah he exclaimed, '"what a delicious pear : "Oa ly you bo ?"' cried Carl. Tliere are loala of them to be bad for the pickin Wait but a moment, and you shall have a score. With this Udder I will ascend tho tree ; only hold the ladder so that it can not fall." During this speech, the person a llrcssed, having finished the pear, stood looking hun grily at the fruit above hiur Carl now plac- ! ed tne ladder, aud commenced assendin; But the cracking of the rounds warned him to desist, his weight was more than the ladder Would bear. "Alas ! were my ( little Fritz here, he would run up like a:iy squirrel; but the lad der is so frail, I fear we must leave the fruit untouched." "Leave the fruit," cried Death, with watering teeth. "Stuff !" I myself will climb " "But." cried Carl, in great alarm, "did you not hear how th ladder creaked with me. Consider, sir, you may fall." "Nay, my weight is not half so great as yours. Let go tuv arm; I will go. Hold the ladder." Carl did hold the ladder rery carefully ; he warned the climber against the broken round near the top, but no soouer was the ladder uuiracumbered than he threw it on the ground aud himself alougsido of it, and rolled at cuiid iu a perfect paroxysm of laugh ter. Does any reader require to be toll that, for the secoud time. Death was in the power of Carl loischalk? The hUtory, as if ashamed of the whole transaction, gives but a few particulars of tho scene. Briefly ; Carl demanded aud received a six months longer leave of life The prisouer, when released, desceudiug aud departiug- without E&ying a single word. "I know that I have acted ungenerously," Carl said, "But thea my affairs are iu sad disorder, aud my farm would go to ruin were I to leave it now. I will set about putting thiugs to rights this very day." I am compelled to state that things were not put to rights by Carl, nor was the small est attempt thereat made by him. When exactly five minutes of the six months extort ed by Carl had expired, he commenced cast in 2 about him for some means of exteuding still further his allotted time ; and this occu pition was by him continued, with intervals for sleep and food, till he had devised one of the most cunning plans that ever entered the mind of man. Nothing equal to it for inge nuity and far-sightedness has ever been read in books or heard from the lip of travellers I am given to understand there was uot a doubt of its success in the tuiuds of its au thor. . Bat who is it that has escaped bis desti ny 1 Oa the next visit of death, without savin? ai word, severed poor Carl's head froai his body, i ".My children," (it is (he custom of tho sage Father Julius to say,) -The story which I have just told might lw a better one, and might be narrated in a better manner; but therj are few in which the moral are more palpable Know, and proSt Ky the knowl edge, that, however often w may escape, however circumstances may favor us. howev er cunningly, we may scheme and plot, the debt which each one of us owes a certain erim j creditor, mustyie day or another, bo paid ; and he who, xo thai day, is 'found ready, will bo wiser than was poor Carl Todcualk. C. A. d7" AbvY. the close of the Texan war. a steamboat was running between New Orleans and Galveston, tbe captain of which, in a truiy patriotic way, let it be known that he would transport the discharged Texan soldiers to New Orleans without fee or reward. It may be made a sure thing that tbe worthy steam ooat man was not without calls tine day a stalwart fellow came do wu and demand- i t . - .. . i iu passage on tne atorosaii promise. The captaiu looked at him for a moment, and theu aked, "Wcro you in the war ?" "Yes, sir-r-r-r-r-r," responded the six footer. "What wore yon?" said the captain. "A high private," answered the appli cant "Go right on board, stranger," said the captain. "I've been runniug this boat two jears. and carried up nire than two thous and men that fit; but you're the fust private I've met so far.'' An Irish gentleman, remarkable for his devotion to the fair sex, once remarked : Never be critical on the ladies. Take if for granted that they are all handsome and good. A true geutlemah will never look on the faults of a preity wonion without shut ting bis eyes."' A thief being brought to Tyburn to be executed, the ordinary of Newgate, in taking his last confession, asked him if he was not sorry for having committod the robbery for which he was goiug to suffer! The criminal answered, j-es. but that ho was sorry no for having stole enough to bribe the jury." 5 Soaiebodj' spcakiug of the hurrying pro pensities of the Yankees says: ,If a bi mortar could bo constructed, which would throw an imuicucc bomb shell, containing fif teen passengers, from St. Louis to Boston in Sve luiauieii, Willi an abnolate certaiuty that fourteen would be killed by the explosion, tickets for seats by the "Express B omb-shel) Line" would at once bj at a premium, each passenger being anxious to prove himself tbc lucky fifteenth.' " "Dear Charles always gives me a new dress or takes me to the opera whu I ask him," said a smiling wife, "and on my part I make no objection to his having a latch key " "Humph !"' growled her cynical uncle Horace, "throwing out a chub to catch a sal nion." An AA Scholar. "John, what is the past of see V 'Seen sir.' No, Johu, it is saw 'Yes, sir, and if a sea-fish swims by me it become a saw-fish, when it is past and can't be see?: 'Johu, go homo. Ask your mother to soak jour feet in hot water, to prevent a rush of brains to the head.' ZS?At a late celebration the following dry' toast was given, (the author of which got buttered when he got homo :) Thc pres the pulpit the pettiooats the three ruling powers of the day. The first spreads knowledge, the second spreads morals, and the last spreads considerably.' CcJ- 'That was a terrible affair the murder of Dean, and tl e sealing up of his remains iu a tin box I' 'What Dean:' asked a half doz en voice at one. 'Why, Sar Dean !' Z3T Why are young ladies at the break- mg ft AT they can't go off without a beau, and are iu a quiver till they get cue. SS" A terrible accident "occure l on the Indiana Central Railroad ou Friday, the ISth, near Cambridge city. It appears that a rail on the tract running over a bridge had becu taken up tor repairs, and before it could be retraced a traiu of eighteen cars, filled with hog, came along at high speed The engine and thirteen cars plunged through tho bridge iuto the river. The conductor, brakemau, and a drover were killed, and several firemen were injured. Over five huudred hogs were killed. The cars were litt rally smashed to pieces. t&B "Folks sny, Mr. Bvkeeper, that I eau't be trusted out of sight, but I'm in sight no can't I have a cock tail?" No, but you'l get a smash, if you don't vanish instantly." BQX-Tbe Free Lovers have emigrated from California, and purchased, from the San Sal vador Government, a tract of some fifty thous and asres cf good arable laud at 1GJ cents per acre. (XJ-According to the opinion of a distin guished author, GvI-Sence is the father of Wit, Truth his grandfather aud Mirth aud Good Humor his chosen companions. It would be bettor for society if the memory of the giver were transferred to the receiver, and the forgetfulness of ths obliged were constobed to the breast of him that cou tfirf the obligation. A Rcrolutlonarj Relic. Tbe following eloqueut Ilevolu'ionary Ser mon, preached on the 10th of September, 1777, on the era of the battle of Brau?y wine, by the llev. Jacob I'rout, to a large portion of the Aniericnn soldiers in the preseuco of General Washington, Geceral Wayne, and others of the Continental army, was recently di.-covered among the old pajrs of Major Jho Jacob Schin'fitiyer. an offio r of the Revolution. It should bt? perused by every lover of pariotism Jit. I 'trnon Hecurd. REVOLCTIOXAHY SERMON. , "They who take the Sword, shall peri h by the Sword." ". SiAdler and FtXlmcCAmt rumm ? . - - j , . . We have met this evening, perhaps for tbe I jOJ 18 w,:n Jou last time. We have shared the toil of the j Tbe 't"al' God Halts fof you He rides march, the dismay of tbe retreat alive wo have endured cold and hunger, the contume ly of the eternal foe, and the outrage of the toreign oppressor. e nave sat night alter night beside the same camp fire, shared the j same rough soldier's fare; we have together heard the roil of revilie, which called us to dutj or the beat of tbe tattoo, which gave i signal for the hardy sleep of the soldier, with j the earth for bis bed, aud the knapsack for bis pillow. i And now, soldiers and brethern, we have met in the peaceful valley on the era of bat :1c. while the sunlizht is dviug away beyond tbat ,uaD, holds aear. " blasphemy of God yonder heights; the sunlight, that to-morrow tbev hal1 lrish ljthe stcoid. will glimmer on scenes of blood. We have! And n-w. brethren aud soloiers. I bid you met amid the whitening tents of our cncimp meut; iu times of terror aud gloom have we gathered togethei Gad grant it may not be for the last time. It is a solemn moment. Brethern, docs not the solemn voice of nature seem to echo the sympathies of the hour ? The flag of our j couutry droops heavily from jonder staff ; the j I. A Ilia I a1ai tfj-vnn nf ' Chadd's Ford-the plain that spreads Ufore I us, glistening iu sunlight ; the heights of th j Hraudvwine arise gloomy and grand beyond the waters of yonder stream, aud all nature holds a passe of solemn silence on the eve of the uproar of the bloodshed aud ttrive of to morrow. "They who take the Sword, shall perish by the Sword." And have they not taken the sword? Let the desolate plain the blood-soddened valley the burned farm house, blackening in thd sun the sacked village, and ravaged town, answer let the whiteuiug bones of the butchered farmer strewn along the fields uf his homestead, auswer let the starving moth er wilh the babe clinging to her withered breast, that can afford no nurishment. let Her answer, with the death-rattle mingling wilh the murmuring tone?, that mark the last ! struggle for life let the dying mother aud uer babe answer ? It was but a day past and our land slept in the light of peace. War was not here wrong was not here. Fraud and woe, and misery, and want, dwelt not among us. From the eternal solitude of the green woods, arose the blue smoke of the settler's cabin, and golden fields of corn looked forth from imid the waste of the wilderness, and the glad music of human voices awoke the silecce of the forest. Now ! God of mercy behold the change! UndT the sanctity of the name of God, invoking the Redeemer to their aid, do these foreign hirelings slay our people ! They throng our towns, tbey darken oar plains, aud now they encompass our posts ou the beautiful plaiu of Chadd's Ford. "They who take the Sword, shall perbh by the Ss-crd." Brethern think me not unworthy of belief, when I tell you tbe doom of the British is near. Think me not vain when I tell you that beyoud the cloul which now enshrouls as, I see gethering thick and fast, the dar ker cloud and tbe blacker storm of a Divine retribution. They may conquer us to-morrow. Might and wrong may prevail, aud we may be driv en from the fi. Id but the hour of God's ven geance will come ! Ay, if in the vast solitudes of eternal space it in the heart of the boundless univeie. theic throb the bciag of an awful God. quick to avenge and sure to punish, then will the man George of Brunswick, called king, feel in his brain and in his heart, the vengeance of the eternal Jthora ! A blight will be up on his life. a withered brain, aa accu-el in tellect; ivight will be upon hia children, and upon his people. Great God ! bow great the punishment ! A croaded populace, peopling the dense towns, where the niau of money thrives, while the laborer starves; want striding a niong the people in all the. forms of terrors ; an igr.orant and God-defying prie.-thood chuckling over the miseries of mi'.lious ; a proud aud merciless nobilitj adding wrong to wrong, and heaping insult upou robbery and fraud ; royalty corrupt to the very heart; aristocracy rotten to the very core; crime and went linked band-in-hand and tempting men to deeds of woe aud death; these are a part of the doom aud retribution that hall come upon the English throne and the English people. Soldiers I L loot around npon your fam iliar faces with a strange interest ! To-mor, row morning we will all go forth to battle for need I tell you your unworthy Minister will march with you. invoking God's aid in the fight ? We will all march forth to bat tle ! Need I exhort you to fight to fight for yonr homesteads, aal for your wiveo and children. My friends, I might urg? you to fight by the galling memories of British wrong! Wal ton, I might tell you of your father, butcher ed in the silence of midnight, on the plains of Trenton t might picture his gray hairs daubed in blood I rutght ring bis death shriek in your ears. Shelinirc. I might tell you of a mother butchered and a sister outra ged; th UbsIj farm-beat, tk astauh- th J roof in flames, the shouts of the trooper, as tbev disnatebed their victims, the cries for j mercy, the pleading of innocence for fity. : misht paint this all again in the terrible I col- i ors of the vivid reality, if I thought your j courage reeled such wild excitement. ! But I know you ate strong in the might of j the Lord. Ycu will go forth to battle on the morrow with light hearts and cettrminea spirits, though the solemn duty the duty of avenging tbe dead may rest heavy on your souls. And in the hour of Lattle, when all around is darkness, lit by the lurid cannon's glare, and the piercing musket's flash, when the wounded strew the ground, and tbe dead lit ter your path, then remember. Sp'diers, that on the battle cloud He sweeps onward with the march of the hurricane charge God, the Awful and the Infinite, fights for you, and you will triumph. "They who take the swot d, shall perish by the sword." You have taken the sword, but net in the spiiitof wrong and ravage. You have taken the sword for j our homes, for your wives, for your little ones Y'ou have taken the sword for truth, for justice and right, and to yoa the promise is, "Be of good cheer," for your foes have taken the sword ia defiance of all all farewell. Many of us may fall in the fight of to-morrow God rest the souls of the fall en! Many of cs may live to tell the story of ti e fight of to morrow; and in the memory of all will ever rest and linger, the quiet scene of this autumnal night. Solemo twilight advances over the valley the woods oa the opposite heights fling their long shadows over the green of the ruea- dow m are '.be tents of the nfnt1 L?5t; be suppressed bustle of th Cooti- le camp. the hurried tramp of tbe soldiers to and fro among the tents, the stillness and silence that marks tbe era of battle. When we meet again, the long shadows of twilight will be flung over a peaceful land. God in Heaven grant it! Let us pray. PRAT& OF THE KEVOLLTIOK. Great Father, we bow before thee. We invoke thy blessiug, we deprecate thy wrath; we return thee thanks fur the past, we ask thy aid for tbe future. For we are in time of trouble, oh. Lord! and sore besot by foes, merciless and unpitying; the sword gleams over our land, and the dust cf the soil is dam pened with the blood of our neighbors and friends. Oh! God cf Mercy, we pray thy blessing on the American arms. Make the man of our hearts strong in tLy wisdom; bless, wc beseech, with renewed life and strength, our hope, and Thy instrument, even George Washicgton. Sh:wer Thy counsels on the honorable, the Continental Congress, visit the tents of Gur hosts; comfort the soldier for his wounds and afflictions; nerve him for the fight; prepare him for the hour of death. And iu tbe hoar of defeat, oh! God of hosts, do Thou be our stay, and iu the hour of triumph be Thou our guide. Teach us to be merciful. Though tho ciemorj- of galling wrongs be at our hearts, knocking for admittance, that they may 11 as with desires of revenge, yet, let us, chl Lord, spare the vanquished, though they never spared us. in their hour of butchery and bloodshed And in the hour cf death, do Then guide us in the abode prepared for the blest; so shall we return thanks unto Thee, through Christ our Redeemer God jirosjfcr our cause. Arncn A Permanent iSonie. To have a bom e which a man has hiaself reared or purchased a home which he has improved or beautified a home, indeed, wh ;ch, with honest pride and 'natural love, he calls his own is an additional security for any man's virtue. Such a home he leaves with regret ; to it he gladly rviurn3 There he fiu-is innocent and satisfying pleasures. -There his wife and little ones are happy and safe, and there alibis best affecti-iis take root and grow. To fueh a pair, as time ad vances, tbe abole of their early and middle life, whence they Lave perhaps, all departed, become constantly more dear ; for it is now a scene of precious memories the undisturb ed, declining years! And say what lapse of time, what varied experience of prosperity or sorrow can ever efface the good impression made by such a home on the tender heart cf childhood ? To the tempted youth, to the wanderer from virtue, to the Ead victim of misfortune, such rememberancj has often proved a strengthening monitor, or a bealicj balm. Nor can this kindly influence wholly fail so long as tbe dear objects of that famil iar scene retain a place in memory, connect ed, as they inseparably are, with thoughts of a father's counsel, a mother's tenderness, a sister's purity, and a brother's love. IFontan T a'rioli'ttn. This is tbe patriot ism cf Woman : Not to thunder in senates, or to usurp dominion, or to seek the clarion bla?t of fame; but. faithfully teach by prccert and example ttat wtsJrm, integrity and peace h:ch are tbe glory of a ratico. Thus, ia th wisdom of Providence, has she been pre pared by the charm of life's fairest season for the happiness of love; incited to rise above the tricing amusements and the selfish pleas ures which once engrossed her, that she might be elevate J to the maternal dignity, cheered under its sleepless cares by anew affection; girded for italabots by the example of past ages, and abjured to fidelity ia . its mcst sacred duties by the voice of God The well known Sir Thomas Deelv says that 'Old Nick' was the first individual that ever spoke German. When h called up hi battalions to fight the beavently Lost (see Milton) he used the lbrted Mattcts: 'JV7-S ecru avm r
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