Holmes County Farmer from Millersburg, Ohio • Page 1

uSUcgotmM (Bounty Jnvmcv Dovolod to tho advocacy of I lit1 prlnclplci! oflho to Honuriihiiid local now. KVKIIV TtltMlStlAY IIY OFJIOE-SECOND STORY OF TIKE'E BUILDIHO Tor ma or Subscription One year, (In advaneo,) C2.00 Six It US Or AIVI2UTISINt Ono squire, lltreo weeks I ivxrn iiiicni loiifi i iinpriiim unn llircn months dim square, nix Olio sounm, twelvn months Ono fourth column, one. year Olio linir column, onn your Olio column, una year .1 (HI II 01 Id 11 So on 00 00 Of ovcry description executed in tho best stylo ami on rnasonalilo terms. Tim I'aiiMkh has larger circulation than niiy other piper In this secUon of the State. It It now, unci bus been fiir thlrty.elht consecutive vonrn thonlllclal tmpcr of thn county.

Business Directory OFFICIALS. A. T. MAXWKI.r. llp.vitv I).

St. NRt.sost nnoitrn: Hum ('it aui.km s. Vouwr.nK.... Vrnbnle I'loifcullnrr Atlnrneti. Cbiin Clerk.

Sltrriff. Atnlllnr. Recorder. Commttioncri. Oimncr.

Snrri'tor. (iKoitiK f'lK t. ItKIl, 1 A IHI1HH, Mstimt vmuri. Kniui. JAMKH L.

KielU'SOSf PHYSICIANS. .1. J. ISIKIIAItl, ill. rHYmi'IAN A NUlt(lI()r, Mtltershnrg, Ohio, respectfully announces his readiness to glva prompt nttcntion to professional culls.

ori' nn street, .1 uoors wi 01 Mulvnno's. noSiyl Hr. X. IS. Woods, PHYSICIAN' ASD HIIMIKOX, Mlllcrsbnrg, o.

onico on Clay UUIAO, It south of the Court 1 louse, Sfl-l Dr. A. A. Trump, (ir.RM AND r.NOLtsII HOT A NIC 1HIVPI-CIAN. MUlnrsburg, Ohio.

Olllee. on tin- I'nst end of Main street, four doors above, the l'nli. lio Square. .1. Potm-rcm, HI.

D. rilYRIOTAN AN'I) Simc.KOX, Mlllcrsburg, O. Office On Mnln street, I doors east of thp IVinlc. formpily occupied In' Or, Khrlirht. a'-io.

It Win. Kiclii'son, I'll VstOI VND sPHnKON', Mlllcrsburg, o. onlpp On Mnln street, In the room formerly occuvled liy Pr. 1 tol Inir. PHYSICIANS.

ATTORNEYS. 1. T. MAXWFM.1 II. I).

ItEI.I.KIt Itlii.vu'cll Stullvi', AN II AT MIllPisliurK.Ohlo. Otllec, in tho Court House, up stalls. H04II. K. OUITCIIPtm.l).

I DANIEL S. UIII-. Cl'itl'll(9l fill. AT I. V.

MHlprMiura, Ohio. Ollleo In CrltuhlleM's upstulrs. lit 1 VorJto.s trji. 11KEH STJM'1, ATTOTlNr.YS AT T.AAV, MlllershurB, Otllce fonrilnors r.n-t of the ltnnU. Ohio.

2IM TIioiiihx A. T11 I or. KOTAHY ltrtliiipsvllle, Ohio, will lie reii'lv to -ilteiid to nrneiirlnu bnelt ony. Iiountv 'ind pensions Tor disabled nml dlsebiir-bhiJ soldiers, and eolleetlon of claims for the frlpnds of tboso deceased. 21-27 A 11 drew IJcll, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Lnml ami Ol lm AuriMit, Mih i.

us 1 1 vii miio. Office 111 County IteeoiMcr's Olllee. lSiiry I'. I'littiiils, MCF.NSKI) AITCTIONKIOU. Holmes county, Ohio.

Address Mt, Ifope PHYSICIANS. ATTORNEYS. HOTELS. KinpifC EEoiiso, J. K.

FI.KMINa, Proprietor, Mnln Street, Ohio. General Olllee. Oilio ESoit, K. Y. FORtlft I'roprlptov west end or Mnln Rlreet, JllllerslmrR, Ohio.

211-11 JEWELRY, A. IJ. FUV, WATCH MAICKIt ANI threo doors west of Welrlch's Hardware store, Ohio. 21-211 IV. I.

iUo.Oormiok, WATCH AND CLOCK MAlvICll, one door cast of Welrlch's Hardware Stoic, Main Mill-erslmrR, Ohio. Bl-JB JEWELRY, HARDWARE. S. IS. WKIICHOSI, nnAi.KR is IE-I IR, ID ARE, 'Iron, Xails, Agricultural Implements, MIL Kit SHU 0.

Commission Merchants. W1IOL.F CABY, Forwnniing Commission MERCUAISTTS, AND DKAI.Kll.s IM Salt, Fish, Piaster, Wliito Water Lime, runciiAHKiis ot Flour, Wheat, Ityc, (loin and Oats, OLOVKn AND TIMOTHY SEEP, BUTTIilt, K(1GS, LAUD, TALLOW, And all kinds or Dried Fruits. 23-ni) Miixiciisiiimu, 0. Jlli.NUV IinitZKIt. ADAM 1'O'ltV IICKZCIC i l'ETKY, (Successor to Kteinliucher A fti.) Produce and Commission Merchants, iieai.khs in Fr.oim, jiiain, 1 1,1.

sTirrrs, SALT, FISH WHITE 4- If.lTKH U)1S, 4c ic A Nil I'lJltL'HAHKU OF Whe.it. Kyc, Torn, Oals, Wool, SEEDS, DRIED FRUIT, II 13 It (1 c. (UU) Mlt.I.EHPBURO O. Miscellaneous. or.ouui: GEO, CO.

WIIOI.KSAIJ3 DSUSGISrS GROCERS. IlKAI.l'IIS IN Foreign Domestic Wines, Liquors, MAUICI3T KTUEUT, AlfltON. O. V. Ooniipctpil with Hunimll Co.

Oil Works J. 1. dood Heliums of 1'i-ti'olciiiii. 1:1 JOHN OVSKEY, PKAI.KIl IN BOOKS, STATION2DRY, YaiiUcu Notions, Sic, MiLuumuuiia ouiq. W.

R. PI1IERO MI30IIANKJAI, AM) Ol'KKATlYE DENTIST. Ohio, OFFICF. Ui stnlrs nbovo llr.lin. linn omec, A.

Htll'i'ls, AUUriONUKU. Address Nash. UU. Ilolinflt ooiinty.Ohln. VOL.

27. MILLEUSBURG. OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1805. NO. 47.

nrnnntn Select Poetry. "The Conquered Banner." BY A CONFEDERATE. mil ttml liniinurl lor 'lis wenry, 'Holltlll ttH Stlllfllx lll(MI'-lll'(ll(lliy l'or thi'iu's not 11 mini to wnvc It, Ami thelo'H not 11 HWoi'il tox.ive It, Anil thi i'ii'H not 0110 Irll lo lux It In the I1I00.I which hi'ioes it Anil its loes now scum nml hruvo It! ruilit.lililelt, let It rebt. 'J'hUo tho ImnniT itown I 'tis tnttprcil llroUeii In Its slittl'iiuil Hhutti'ii'il, Ami I lie viilliinl liots 1110 Ki'utleicd, O'er whom itllrnteil hlli. Oil! 'lis luinl turns to fold II lluril tothlnk thMoM lunio to hold It; llnril Hint tliosu who omu unrolleil 11 Now must lull 11 with iislch.

l'url that ImtiticrS furl Itwullyj Onenteii thoiisiiuil liultoil It fclmlly, Ami ten thouiiimts Hilly, mildly, Hwnri! It would foiever wilve Hworot hut fociiiaii'v sword rould never Ilemts lllct. thelr's entwined "llll Unit IIhk would Hunt I'oicvcr O'er tllelr trct'dom or their cruva. I'url It! for the linnds thut urnspod It, And thn henrts Hint loudly clusped It, Cold and dend lire lying; now; And that li.innur, It is triilllng, While ni'ouiid II sounds thn M'Alllnc (II Us people In their woe l-'or though eouquereil they udoro It; Low tlieisildileiiil linnds I tint horolt, Veei lor tliosu that tell helore II, l'nrdoii those who (nil nml I ore it, And oh widely they deplore It, Now to lull uud lold 11 so. I'url Hint banner! true 'lliRory, Yet 'tis wreathed uroiind with ulory, Ami 'twill lle 111 siiiiKiind story, Though itslolilsare In thediist; l'or Its lame 011 brightest pnites, poets ami hysiiKes sou ndlnt! down throUhnRr l'uil llslolds though now we must. Kurl Dint banner! softly, slowly; Tient Itnentl.v It Is holy l'or It dumps aboM' the dead; Tom lilt not imlold It nevi l'or it droops theie mini forever, l'or its people's huiax uredetul.

Select Story. DANIEL BRYAN'S OATH. ol Daniel liryan had lioon a lawyer nf etui-iiuncc, luit had I'allen, thrntiph intoxication, to bepjjary and a dyiti conilitinn. 15iyan had innmcd in his better days the fister ol' l'flton. At leiijith all luipi's were uiven ttp.

Week al'ler week would the fallen man lio di link nn tho flour, and tint a day of teal nuuked hisfuuic. Idoubt if Mich another ease was known. lie was ton low for cuuvivialty. for those with whom ho would have would not. think uilli liiui.

All done in nflieo and ehiiuiber, lio r-tilj coiitiiitioil to drink, and even his veiy life seemed the nflVpi inir of tho jug. In eaily Mn'os hVlton had a rill tojjoto Ohio, lief'oie he nut he visited hi itel. Ileofiei'od to take her with him, but she would not 1:0. "Hut whv May hero?" urtred tho brother. "You an; filling away ami disease is upon you.

Why bhould you live with such a liiutc?" "Hush, Miws, speak not," rtnswornd tho wife, keepiiif: back lier tears. "I will not IciiM' him now, but ho will won leave 1110 heeannot live much lonirer." At that uiomciit. Daniel entered the apirt-ment. He lookeij like a wanderer from the tomb, lie had his hat on and bis jus in bis band. "Ah, Moses, how are yo?" ho for he sould not speak plainly.

'I ho visitor looked at him for a few moments in silence. Then as his fbaturus assumed a cold, stern expression, ho said in a stiouitly emphasized tone "Daniel liryan, have been your best, friend but one. My sister is an anjrol, though matched with a demon. I luno lovcd you, Daniel, as I never loved man before; you are generous, noule, and kind hut I hate you now, lor you arc a pcrlect dovil lnoirnatc. Look at that woman.

Sho is niv sister sho illicit now live wjth me in comfort, only she will not doit while you arc alive: when you die she will eome to 1110. Thus do 1 pray that uod will soon civo I10r.1n.vs to niv keeping. Now, Daniel, 1 do sincerely hope that tho lnst liitelliircnee that reaches mo IVuin my native place after I have readied my new home, may be that you aro lioatl. atop aUoscs, 1 can retorm yet. "Vou cannot.

It is beyond your power. You havo had inducements cuouch to have reformed half tho sinners of creation, and you are lower now than ever before. (Jo and die, sir, as toon as you can, for the- mo ment that sees you thus, shall not find 1110 atnona the Bryan's and ho drew himself proudly up. (Jo, ho said in a tono of tho old sure-ami. "(3o to Ohio, and I'll send you news.

(Jo, sir, and watch tho post. I will yet make you take back your words, "Never, D.miel Bryan, never." "You shall! 1. swear it!" With these words Daniel liryan hurled tho jug into the fire place, and while yet 11 thousand fragments were flying over the floor, ho strode from tho house. Mmy sank fainting 011 the floor. Moses bore her to a bed, and havm-; called in a neighbor, huiricd away, for tho stage was waiting.

For inonth Daniel hovered over tho Blink of tho grave, but ho did notdie. "Ono gill of brandy will savo yon," said the doctor, who saw that tho abrupt removal of stimulants from a system that for long venrs had almost subsisted on nothing else, was neatly sure to prove fatal. "You can surely taku a gill and not take any more." "Aye," gasped tho poor man, "tnkoagill ani break my oath Moses 1'olton shall never hear that brandy and rum ever killed 1110 If tho want of it can kill mo, then let 111c die. But I won't die I'll live till Moes l-'elton shall eat his words." Ile did live. An iron will conquered tho the lnesM-nger death fcent Daniel liryan lived.

Fur 0110 mouth ho could uut walk without help. Mary helped him. A year passed away, and Moses Feltnn ictMrncd to Vermont, lio entered tho com house atBuijington, and Daniel Biyau was on the floor, pleading for a young man who had been indicted for perjury. Folton started with surprise. Never beforo had such torrents of clofucnco poured from his lips.

Tho caso was to tho jury, and the youth was acquitted. Tho successful counsel turned from tho court room and met Moses Felton. They hhook hands, but did not speak. When they reached a spot where none others could hear thoin Bryan stopped. "Moses," ho said, "do you remember tho words you stioko to 1110 year ago?" "I do, Daniel." Will you now tako tlietu back unsay thi'iu now and forever?" "Yes, with all my "Then I am in part repaid." "And what must bo tho rcmaiuder of tho payment?" asked Moses." "1 must din an honest, unperjured man Tho oath that has bound mo thus far was made for life." That evening Mary Bryan was among tho hnppieft nf thn family.

A RICH STORY. In one of the small interior towns of Now England, licro the superstition of our ancestors still possess a hold 011 tho people, thu fiicts ocrimod few years h'iiico of which the following hi a true narration An honest farmer inid liH family preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving at his wife's father's, in an ndjucont town, were hutiied and confused xlienicly on tho day recoil-ing tliat festival, by the multiplicity ol'things which must bo done before they could leave homo with safety. The houso was lo ho "banked up" and tho gleanings of tho harvest cabbage, turnips and so forth, put iutolho cellar, that tho external exlranco thereto might bo closed for thu season. Having cariied in the vegetable, thu boy were dispatched to the barn for straw to fill tho passago with, whilu tho good man himself was busied on tho opposite hide of tho houe. 1 An old ram, the honored patiiarch of a hirge Hock of sheep kept on tho farm, hav-iing got a tasto of tho scattered cabbage, (leaves unobserved entered tho cellar and 'silently continued his feast.

Thoavenuu! (hrouith which ho had entered was imme diately closed up, and all the necessary work land arrangements being completed, tho larger boys and gills sot out on foot in high 'gicu, 1110 uug running aim uari.ing ueioro. tiicm. after, tho parents and their little ones, having put out the fire and fastened, tho doors and windows to keep out thieves, btaitcd 011 tho same destination On thu afternoon of the day following the festival, tho family rcturned'hoinc, accompanied by some young cousins, "fjome of their youthful neighbors of both sexes, were invited in, and a meiiy Thanksgiving ia-rottsal was in full tidu of successful opcratiu, when ono of the boys, who had been sent into the cellar with a little two-wick candle, which gave ju-t enough light to make darkness visible, to draw cider, ran hack into tho room, with cycsglaiing wildly, uttering tho half sufl'oe iting exclamation "Tho devil inn thocellar!" "I'ooh." said the father, "you havo only been frightened by your own shadow; give 1110 tho light." Saving this, bo seized tho candle leaving the candlestick fast in the bund of the boy and boldly lushed to ihu cellar stairs, but before ho had descended half the stops, the largo saucer eyes and enormous horns of the ram caused him to retreat as much terrified as his son, exclaiming enough, tho dovil is in the The good man seized tho great bible, and attempted to read, but the caudle sputtered, burned blue, and threw such a feeble light on the sacred pages, and lhabook ttenibled so much in tho hands of the reader, that ho e.iuld not di.stjnanish one word from another, 'flic little children cried and clung to their mother; the gills nestled elo-e to their favorite swains, ami thc whole house was shaken with thu agitation of its half demented in habitants. One bright thought, however, occurred and a tucssenirer was sent tor the minister to come and "lay tho devil." Tho parson, 11 man more celebrated for L'ond untitle, piety, and credulity, than for talent and lieioisin, slipped a small bililo into his pocket, put on his baud and surplice, that ho misht anneal- as formidable to his great antagonist as possible, and hastened to thetvliolol hisdistiesscil panslioneis. Oncoming lo thu house, the reverend man was hailed as a deliverer, and implored by at least a dozen voices at the sanio moment, to drive the devil away.

But few moments weie lost in asking questions which no onn could answer, liofiiro thn narson pushed forwaiilasa leader, with tho mi mo penurious light, into tho cellar, thu most courageous of the company keeping close behind him. lie reached the foot ofiho stairs, tho eyes of fire, tho shadowy outline of tho enormous horns, magnified ten-fold at least, by tho terror of those that beheld them, removed all doubt if any had existed in his mind as to the infernal nature of the being with whom he had to contend. The divine instantly fell on his knees, and. with uplifted hands, began to pray in bis most fervent manner. Tho ram not understanding the pious man's motives, but sup- posing by tho motion of his hands that he was daring him to a butting contest, made a pass with all his might, at his suppo-cil adversary, hut deceived by his swelling dimensions of his drapery, missed the slender body of thopiie.st, and, drnwing hastily back to renew the assault, hooked 0110 of his horns into thu belt of thosurplico and pulled the priest with him into tho cellar.

While thus in tho power of his victorious foe. ho lost hope as it regarded himself, and tho natural benevolence of his disposition bur.st forth in tho exclamation "Brethren, tako caro of yourselves tho dovil has got 1110." This exhortation was better obeyed than any he had delivered from the pulpithis fiiends all fled and left him to his fate. Among the company was a shrewd young fanner, who had, from the first, supposed tho liend to. be somo domostiu animal, but being a lover of fun and, willing to see a comedy, kept his thoughts to himself and pretended to sympathize with others in their tears, llu thought it time to interfere, and, snatching a pitch pjno knot from tho blaz-ingfire, expressed hisdetcrinination to rescue tho preacher or perish in the attempt. "Don't, don't!" shouted several.

"What does the devil caro for fire?" "Take along tho bible if you will go!" suggested another. But, unheeding tho suggestion and thu manifestations, of concern for his safety, ho pushed into the cellar, seized tho aniiiial by 0110 of his bonis and dragged tho struggling ram up stairs', calling to theastonisbod parson, "Follow mo Tnu honored devil was led in triumph, followed by tho Ecclesiastic, in the midst of thu company, A momentary silence and hanging down of heads ensued, but tho past scene was too ludicrious to admit of sober reflection, and loud peals of jaughtor burst forth from ev.cry side, during which tho ram was turned out at tho door, tho parson absented himself without ceremony, and thn sports of the evening wero resumed with better spirits than before. Night the Poor Man's Friend. Night luvels all artificial distinctions. Thu bugger on his pallet of straw snores as soundly as a king on his bed of down.

Night kind, gentle, soothing, reficshing night the earthly paradise of tho slave, the sweet oblivion of tho worn soul, tho nurse of romance, of devotion; how tho great panting heart nf society yearns for tho return of night and rest. Sleep is God's special gift to (ho poor; for tho great there is no timo fixed for repose; quiet they havo none; and instead of quiet jy awaiting tho approach of events, thoy fret and lupine, and starve, sleep, and chidu the hours, as if to-morrow wero big with tho fa to of some great horcaftur. Thu torrent of events goes roaring past, keeping igcr expectation tiptoe, and drives timid sluinbcraway. say that the quickest way to destroy "weeds," is to many a widow, Jt is a most delightful speoies of husbandry, Night the Poor Man's Friend. A SERMON Night the Poor Man's Friend.

A SERMON Preached on Thanksgiving Day, in the Presbyterian Church of Washington, Ohio, by the Pastor, Rev. W. M. Ferguson. 1 1 "Tim People svhlch wero lift nf tho Hword 10111111 Krucu 111 1110 xxxli lin CJ ln.l All thcl'iopbcts of old were ministers of tho (jospel; though wo modern ministers of the Gospel aro nut Prophets.

Yet, strange to say, soniu of us of late huu imagined seers, having mov.UL'hty "bur- dens to dchvertoour rulers 111 both Church aim oiaie, on me ruicimy uiauc Known Will of'Uod and duty of man said Lnrilcii be ing an illigato mixture of nacrcd and noliti- cm components, in which the latter has very standing the glory of those latter-day gifts, tho Prophets the superior excel- over all of us of being inspired of God and not of or Satan, which enabled them to unveil the future coming events for the admiration and interests of all who heard and believed what tlicy pro- claimed. Thus they soothed the minds of the sor- rowful with the balm of Hope, that noted medicine of tho miserable to which we all 1:. c.i:... iui'k 101 luuei 111 iiiue.oi uriuess. ei 1 in seal that heaven enstamped luuiis-ions avouching their au- i ue uroau scat upon thcircoiuuii.v thoiity to speak in "tho Lord's was tho immediate fulfillment in wavs of merev nr of some of thee predictions before thu very eyes of thojo who heaid them.

This was an mrncst of tho truthful- ness ol the whole and should havo begotten .1 cuiiusiuiiuuig laiin 111 it as a uiviue rove- lat ton. and peculiar, however, as was .1.1 C. .1. nils jiieai gin 10 loose they noveu- exercised hallowed in real or enemies. humility and lor the gl aving giving and and tho latter to eiikiudlo expectancy and hope How hi-tory asa'lheouracy, to ulicit thu gratitude nation's hcait to the great Giver of ot the all good I With what stirring emphasis docs David rehearse, again and ng.iiu, tho wonderful histoiy of his people i the sweet l.viics ofi his inspired lyiu Heir him: that men would praise the Lord for His good- ness a in ,..,1.

idiildrcn of men WII'IWIIUI muni U1L- 'Give thanks unto tho! is, all tine ministers of the Gospel "now say that Ills mercy enduroth forever." "Let them that the Lord" that is, all ch'iistians "now say that His mercy en-dureth foievcr." Thus sang thu royal son ofJesse. He was as pious as he was poetic. Hear him aga "'lhy loving Lord, is beli tin: foru lninu eyes, as look upon thy dealings with myself and with the wonderful kingdom over which I havo e.lllod to lule. Therefore, ho Lord, my soul and forget not all His benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities who hcaleth all thy diseases; who rcdeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies." Such a crown, unlike those composed of cosily genis by human hands, can never cause pain to the head or heart of the wearer but it will give contentment that, "Walks the sunny gl.ule And Ipcls a bliss spring o'er the 5oul lleyond I ho wealth oi'Ki to purchase." For, true content is a crown that loyalty seldom wears. David knew this, and, hence, he adds them exalt tho L'ird in thu congregation of thu people, and praiso Him iu thu assembly of thu Lldcis.

It is better to trust iu the Lord than to put confidence in man, or in Princes." There is certainly something truly grand in such grateful, reflections. Indeed, it seems to mc the picture reaches the sublime, as iu fancy wo view these mightv men of God standing before the assembled thousands of Isiaultjieir breast swelling with the love, and their faces shining with the light of heaven reaching with ono hand into tho future, and with tho other into the past, and bringing together from each tho sensible evidences of God's loving favor to his people in rich memos enjoyed and iu Mill i ichor piomisus to be fulfilled. Such sight, I say, was enough to raio the soul of every considerate beholder into tho sublime of devotion and fill his heart with thankfulness ami his lips with praise. As for ourselves, horu convened, wo are not prophets. Wo.lay no claim to inspiration.

We cannot divine the futuic we are not able oven to tell what a day may bring forth. Yet, as Christians, wu can reflect on and feel Ihu goodness of the Loul to us all in' the past, as wu unite and lift up our voices in thu old song that thus begins "When all thy mercies, my God, ilslnysoul i.urvc.s Transported with tho view, I'm lost In wonder, love uud praise." So that if thu ancient prophets had tjio.ad-vantage of us in that noucr of niedietion. wu havo the advantage of them in scono it to griiti their tin- giving nain or alarm to they use it exclusively to the neglect of the oppo-ite andinoio common functions of re- flections, which related to what hud beat, as um iu in-rjc uiu loriuer mis. .1.. I I 1 T.

1' having as truly an object to awaken thanks- 1 nn 1111.11.J Liiiiui- nt) I'ncm'ni' I 1 1. i iir iii ifiinn i ii i i i i in (i ii i v-i wiv.ti tv iinib UIU pll 111 I'll 1l(Ut s'lV (ll'lt Illsi niiirnt' iiml tif.it 1 CiNit'di' in Wsii iiiv. niiirii Wl LtllUII I HilL reflection, for wo havo thousands of nioro of tho past with its concomitant his- as a field, for reflection, than they pos-1 sossed that is, wu havo all they over had and twenty-five or thirty centuries besides nnd need I say, that many of the most im-' portaut events that have Occurred since time tiijgan, have taken placu sihcc all those have fallen asleep in death events oucu. glimuieied to them in the dim and distant visions of expectancy, now glow up- on us fioiu tho pages of histoiy iu all thu and lich glory of actual facts. From thu vast catalogue wo name tho advent of tho Savior His eventful life works, words, stiirctings, death, ascension mid glorification.

outpouring of the Holy Spirit Calling! of thu Gentiles Spread of tho Chuiuh Its' tiiuiuphs und glory over all opposi-j tion Tho Itofoi mation Tho discovery of tho new its colonization Tho. blocking of it out into individual States mi 'i l- .1 rue uui.u.ng wioiu inio a consom.aiu.i Uovenmiciii -l no rapid giowtn ot this to greatness-Its march Westwaid led by the' Star of Empire, till, now it rcnohos from ocean to ocean, covering a continent or, to change tho figure, liko a mighty giant clad in uriiioi-, its military tramp now shakos tho Id, causing tyi ants abroad uud traitors at homo uliko to tieinblo. Truly, us a "peoplo left of tho sword" Great Britain, wo "have found graco in wilderness" of tho West in a wilderness, oiK-11 wild in solemn wastes, or Imriblu in MViigo grandeur, wu havo found tho tirui-c of Freedom of thought and action tho grace of Independence ol tho dieta.ol tyrants the graco of Liberty of eoiiscioueo.to worship God where and how wo wish tho graco of Union, "0110 and insoiurublo" tho graco of wealth truly wonderful the ciaco of Powor irresistible- thn gratw of .1 Pe too 11.w1.11 1....1 uui uinaiMiiiii ui ui uuu. im uiu 1 .1 .1 1 f'uulUi, as hem in foolish and wicked men, who cuti help but love her ill for her honoy and milk are freer, fre.hcr, sweeter and richer than ever flowed in tho world-ourselves famed land of Israel. What did David or or Isaiah, or Jeremiah, or any or BuOot in look a little clo-cr (and with brevity) to the text and paullcl our eondi-lencu tion arid blessings with thoe of thu Jews, and learn that wo have greater rea'orm to render thanks to "the God of than they.

i 1 a down lioni heaven and strewed around thn path of God's people; so that thev are said hem agreeably to the petition ol Moses "If thy l'ltKSKNCi; go not with mc, carry us notup hence." nus iu emu a itntuictcr. I 'I' .1.. 1 1 1 1 1 ti irn VI rt it mil iinLJ rwtlivittnir vrtiii i Ki'ivi'. i.i nn iii i iinrt'n 11 tr niwi tx-u vi 1 11- 1 I ill If OVtlf'fl-f 111 rt fl'loS inctWll. tinli in ti u-nfil rtmtrtnfi i-iVi th-if ta 111 1 iiiiiv UIU rulers, and of grace to tjio hearts of many of thu ministry.

0, that in this wilderness Is-tory, racl's God may fulfill to us tho promise, "I am Ho that teacheth theo to thy profit, and 1 will lead theo in theo in the way thou shnuliUt choose." i His presence gave them pardon. i How often did they need this? How of-piopheta 1 ten did they grieve him, provoke him, niitr-thtit liiur against him, di-triist till his promises! So have we. Ho had compassion on them: So will ho have on us if wo repent and re-beauty turn to him again. How unthaukfitj how unmindful, how distrustful; how; faithless, hopeless, uncharitable, unforgiving, incorwoiideifnl rigibly bad havo wo been, to say nothing of i tho sins that have mixed with our most ho-Thu ly set vices closet, cold! family altar, formal! sanctuary, frosty! Sabbath, no delight! ser-trials, nions, our sermons! Aim, wc havo heard them as antique talcs told to our tiring! Our inotics too, what imperfections cleave to them even when tho acts of which they i I .1 .1.. found graco in tho wilderness.

Wo aro monuments of his mercy. 0, g.ivo thanks to tho Lord for his pardon-speaking I love, for his mercy enduroth forever! Fi-woi nallv: His nrosenco wasntsiV.mce. SotheJcws of' found it so havo wo. tholsuflicint for us as. was strength wo nro pilgri once heavenly an! the gracef Glory re-1 splendent.

As the nun, Miming aiit docs round the world to wnko up tho Numbering subjects of Oriental desriotimn tn thn fnell 1 a 00 'iec- ouch uraccs Bought, or, even II 111 41 HIJI-'I I it iV ulso be Ln Pu'V Whl 1l I an llie SOUS Ot 1110 blessedness of good did thev over ieion greatness, in comparison with us, tho free' people Jolt of the sword we are to understand thu prophet a meaning such as escaped tho poriU of death anterior to their exodus from Egypt. There they had been endangered by excessive (oil, bo- M. ..1 .1 .1 o'A jut not iiuiug l.Uiiosioiuiies. 1 1. 1 mwi w-ii, i.iiijus.ioiiiues.

A most cruel edict had gone forth from the throne against tho lives of their unborn sons and when they departed tho land under tho lead of Mo-es. Pharaoh followed with, his six hundred chariots of iron, either to destroy them, or to bring them back, bound, into his dominions, But, God's hand shield-1 ed them, and brought thum into "a wilder a wilder- which they ims.s, ls irui', iut one 111 "found grace." fheir w2s vidmik "SJ aSS laC 3 I a Uto'Sl the i. been running over you have enjoyed all that heart could wish. Think nf the many thousands of dollars vou have given in late years to sustain the gospel at home and abinad-ol the thousands you have ex- ponded in the recent erection of this noble church edifice oi'thc tliousands upon thou- sands yon helped to iais0 for the defense of votll- coilllti am vet nil I vnn have been building grand houses lor your- day you have far moro wealth than you had '1 his "grace" was lint illdiL'irmtl to tlin 1 i.uiis 1,1 our. ir was an ototip.

nrr. r. 'V. 1 1. in iia.ciraiiii 111 uuifi urus, 11 ji.tiiu 1 iuai i.us nun If.ia M.o II when these expenses began.

Whohasgiv- en you all this? Like the unwastiug barrel meal, or cruise of oil of old, so did you una your resources. 1 on have always had enough and to spare. In God's providence witn you, vou nave louuu grace the wildcniess." 2. This prcsonio was a proxrvtttion God not only provides lor, but prmrvrs his peo ple. Israel lound it so.

He that miraculously fed and clad them, kept them carefully as his jewels, or ton Jerly as the apple 1, superior to us in numbers, and in power, and in -wisdom, ho lias kept from harming us, although led on by the old lion that goo3 around seeking whoni he may devour. Thu rod of Jaw i has beer, on our side; lie helped, ho delivered, he preserved us Lie-el be his name for the grace of his protecting power. 3 It was also a God was to Israel a breaker up of their wav. All their aried journo.yings in the lone wilder- ness wero determined by. by the pillar of.

followed more implicitly the teachings of his word as the only nilo to direct us how wo aro to glorify and enjoy him, and thus secure the great end for which he gave us being. "It is not in man to direct his own siclitcd nnd prone to err are we! How of ten do wo wek to escape events that prove mm 10 owain niosMtijrs tlinf iirnvn (V tlm tii vvi fill Iivli'miiii" tnnnr nwn nn- his tim great sin of the day in both church and Sato, lhus Bible and Constt tut.ons aro laid, aside, ignored, rejected, tnougiit to ho "played out, and men jud ot what is right or wrongtrouiyc er than trout conscience, beni from passion, rather than from ami thus dash themselves and others in under tho impulses of an fiendish phrenzy! Woe to virtue and order when madness rules tho hour! Ihen truly: "The times nro out of Joint Liberty plucks Justin by ihe nose; Tho b.ibe beats tlm nurse, and quiet athwart (iocs all decorum." 4 How well our la to condition as a nation verifies this. From such a state of diaboli cal fanaticism "good Lord deliver us" by the return of reason to somo of our civil are. tnu so.ii aio iigm 1 ct wou nas not cut us down, mis pit tied mid spared us "another was our day. so was our ins.

Kiacu uu? ui-vu runs wo havo lound md travail, Wo havo' L'raco for both trial and had help from Conscience. is yet 1 faithful God word yet shines His Gos- nel is still nroclaimed Ilis ordinances still refresh His houso is still a rofugo (at least iu some places) from the storms of passion. uniii lit i -if tn it linm tin. hi-rt Iir r' i night u. illume thum.

Onward they went ufter this till they reached the rest lor winch hey set out. this be apphed? Has hc not been to us a most bles-ed Guide' even itom our youiu up; mat we nau soling His truth still lives Blessed ho His' holy'namo; His3till roswinW, God-with-'iiroscncofornvor ills comings aru sun sweui -1 usopii 11 mo t'c rath-1 governed i princnue. t0'ru animal, or us to provide, to preserve, to guide, to for civo, to assist and to tavo alithat ir Him. iiuw jrc, First-All that wo find to ho jood in this wii'ierncM state, is "grace, 11' I cucomi ho would Id have seen and felt 1,1,3 rat0 wo moro I'ir- noy. it is on tho wale hi 11 1 christian that can say, "I sou and led Ins gracious hand in all things." Pel 107: J3.

Carnal men are not so i 1 1. iiiiiu iteiiieiuour mat inucu 01 tills gOUIinOSS Arc We rcvcnselll I. tinluririV- 1 1 ing, unmerciful, implacable to all who op- nn. .1. A I "uo u.e.

ui iiiu re- verse, kind, charitable, social, docile followers of Jesus? In each other's case, of ftrneiH'1 And knowing from our own conscience a3 well as from Cowpsr, that "Those Christian 4 hest flcserv the nam Who make pkack studiously their ulm: I'KAbh! Ixith tlic duty and the prizo Of him that creipsand him that lies." Thus let in live grateful for the past- i .1 1 tho proscrit hopeful lor the IuturL'' ana thanklul lor all. They All Will Do So. cnverner vnnmr mfimnni. nnn. t.n la.

her arms arnunil tlio necl- that matters were fearfully in earnest. In rare and mortification he rushed home-! (ward, arriving just in time to surprise hi'31 oruv sisrer. inn iiinn wire ot thn I r. mm, uiki I UliUIIUU UNU w.iflnl 1.a l.Ir. him imtrnfAf mi nn .1 n.i luniui 111; CUUL.11 I It'll 1113 UIU tlnr ti? WK lnm m-ilnrnnl LiK.itii,ln t.

.1, .1 LOIIILU llllll ai 111 llir l.lll.i: III 11I HHIK. 1 n-linn rr.lerln.. (lin w.i. uu-iu- iiiiniiinn. rt.m,nm nt u.

iivwviil Ul JWlill IUICI. UVUIV 1. 7 ing youiu, anu ner nps in sucn uli'siui proximity 10 nis as to convince our hero I i his fair betrothed, receiving in reply "the gratihing intelligence that she was a good-of for-nothing, miserable huzzy, and he must I onm i i tn in I.r. v- 'v r. there found my mother old Dr.

1'. ou di. ell, never mind, my son; they all will uo so. A young man, tho son of a well to do farmer, had the u.ybrtun? to become deep-. nan uiu 10 ueconie aecp-' ly enamored of a young lady, and after a brief courtship, proposed and was accepted.

But what was his surpriMj one evening, iTi aU ffiSSt li 3 U0 1 7. ir. "i made a bold dash for the barn, running rectly upon his mother, kissing the old fa IC Ul- mrr Hie old ilv ribvsiei.m. who bail 'stolen n. on her as she was looking after the poultry.

This was too much, and with a groan young man turned undiscovered, awav. re- solved to pas the night with his grief, neath the stars, fearful of further revela-' rlnt.c clmntil h. HWUJU III. IH.HI.MLII lllC of another roof 1 he morning encouraged hereupon he related the inconstancy of not to or notice her wholly unworthv. again, one so (i "But he continued, faltcringly, that is not all.

OM all? What can there be 1 tin." liUJkl- llUU-liUII. HUM 1 1 1 1.1 I i. iiuu uui uij -'my tnm ter, in the arms ot a rascally young lawyer. w-ici. iiiiir.i;u lih; mother; "u.yel.ild? The rungrateful, wicked creature! Is it for this I have given her ,1101110 and circd for her husband andchil-! drcn? I will do it no longer; such conduct infamous-am to be so disgraced! She shall leave day and never enter my prc-ence again.

"But this is not the worst, mother. "Not the worst? I can imagine nothing wor.se: what can it be?" m. j.0111 sisicr: snricKcu me outrage "When sick and discouraged by such re- peated exhibitions sin. I left the house. Facts and Philanthropy.

the Cincinnati F.VCT-Tlin frcnd.nen won't rk. even to supply the most prcs-ing necessity. riiU.ANTiiitorv then give each ot them a forty-acre farm Fact They hang about the towns to beg id steal 1,0 and steal rri .1 i i uu. iiicn amcuu uiu laws so as 10 ai-, then, to sit on juries and testify in the -0W- tn, -i a- uj are nuKcu gerous. I'iiil Then oLliterato in your society i ail dlsiinciions on accuuut oi uoior.

iimir im .1 i.i .1: aru uiciiiscitcs iiiiccicu iui luuuisuaiu uis eases. I lltfiici piuui tyiuu uu of the unity of tho human race, or of the higher moral endowments of tho African. 11111., Give them an abundance of bibles, tracts and testaments. 1 1 iT Tlm M-niiinn is i 1-1. 1 ai 11 inli-Aa nnd tho men aid them iu the traflia and di 1I1U OUUIi.ll iuiisiuuiu invuinui ,1 the men aid thorn in the trallii- ami ili- vide with them tho proceeds.

ln II. This proves their eminent fitness for tho holy state of matrimony, which, with tho aid of Divino Providence, we havo introduce! among them. Fact They arc universally unfaithful tho married rcl.ition. Pint. This only shows how like they are to ourselves.

i eiucauou, anu cnurcucs lur uicir couvcr-t l0J' Fact Thoy have neither; foresight economy, and are at once helpless and dan- Earth not our Abiding Place. 1 pass beforo us like shadows will stay in our Bulwer eloquently cannot be- licvo thatcartli is man's abiding place. can't bo that our lilh is cast up by the oceans of eternity to float a moment upon its waves and then sink to nothingness! l-o why is it that the glorious which leap like angels from the tuu.plo our hcait, aro forever wandering about uu- .1,... ,1,.. ,.,,) V' saiisiieu; uy is uiai uiu laiuuuw una clouds come over wan a beauty mat is not oi earth, ana men pass on aim icavo us mm iioni.

their favorer Involmoss? Whv, iiuifo non their favored loveliness? is it that tho stars, who hold their festival nround tho midnight throne, ato sot above tho grasp of our limited faculties, forever mocking us with their unapprochablo glo 1... 1 forms of human beauty aro presented rvt ivnit ui any. wny is ii uiai uiu ungiii. our view, and then taken trom if, leaving tho thousands streams of our affection flow had; in Alpine torrents upon our IbV ghe" aoX th is rcVm wl ore ho rain ere is .1 rca.iii nero uio uu wo are horn to: of earth: there how never fades- low never laucswnero uiu siars spread beforo us liko islands that slumber on tho oee.n.-.ind where the' he lies that HOME AND FRIENDS. Oil tlitro's power to innlcoeitrli hour A nvrwtm henvnn Ic4lgnH III If or nnn ronm to lirlna It homci 1 houuh fw horn tm Hint nnd It: Um Jor llilt'K' cloo l)jr, t.

Nature nnvo ut; or lltn hnth hrrr no clinrmn so Uctr. A hoine nnd frUnd around u. oft destroy the prtucnt Joy niul i.rnlitp them: hilst flow fu rn nt our feet. I we'd uu lit 0011 to 1 ,,1,0 1 om, I or things no fat ntlll crcntfruro When youth' hrllit tpell hnth Ixiund Ui: Hut soon w'ro touafit tlmtrnrth hath DtUEQt LIUo home and rriendt around u. Tim friends that speed In tlmo of need, liopo's inn rood ls shnken.

Do show uu till that como what will, Wo aro hot nulte romalten. TIioiiKh nil were nlRht, If hut tho light I'rom frleniUliIp'n niter crowned Tn-onld prove the bllns of eurth wan thU- Our homo nnd friends nround us. Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog. the New York Saturday 1 v.ou.,unt3e 1 1 'hO nminal ,111.1. 1 tniii, omiiey lJ.i- I bun prettv near up to the chin and set nun (i-oori he went out t0 the auJ A around in tll0 nmrt for all'a' he ketched a frog anJ fL-tt-lietl Itlra in and gave hitu to this 1 I i I 1 I 'It might J- -i nnrrit or it he a but am 1 lts onl Just a lnntpii it 'i ,,1 nrin CarLIUi, and turned 11 arOUnd tills waj anu frogs, and uiaybeTyou don't 1 understand 'em maybe you've had 1 .1 i i i ftj 55 SiiSVSS matter was of awav.

and when ho was going out at tho door his thumb over his shoulder tun i.i viit au nn n.a Pr Ttr' iS Thish ycr Smiley had rat terriers and chicken cocks, and torn cats, and all them kind of things, till you couldn't rest, and you couldn fetch nothing for him to bet on but he'd match you. Hu ketcbed a frog one day and took him home, und said ho ca'Iated to educate him; and so he did noth vnu pen thn irntf tvhirlinrr mr hl-o ilnnnlitint enn lnm turn nnn ---e a summerset and maybe a couple if he got a good start and come down flat footed and alright, like a cat. Ho got lnm up so in the mutter of kctching flic3, and kept him in practice so constant, that he'd nail a fly evcryilmri'as'far as ho could sec it Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do most anything and I believe him. Whv. I havo scon him set Dan'l Webster jdown here on this floor Dan'l Webster I was the name of the' frog and out, "Flies! Dan'l, flies," and auickcr than vou could wink, he'd spring straight up and snake fly ofTn the counter thete and flop down on tho floor again as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with his hind foot as indifferent as if lio hadn't no idea he'd done any more than any SSliSSZ mode st he was anj Sfl v'u was so gilted.

And when it come to fair 1 souare jumping on a dead level, he'd get over moro ground in ono straddle than you ever see ol Ins breed. dead level was his strongest rstand, and when it come to rould ante up moncv on him he had a red. Smiley was mon strous nroud of his frog, and well ho might be, for fellers who had traveled and ben everywhere all said ho laid over any frog that ever they sec. Well Smiley kept tho beast in a little lattisc he used to Iilm flmen tmrn tntnert.nns rind lnv for sometimes anlayUf 3 a Mow, a stranger. in thu no was como across nim ana nis nn c.i.-a- "U'lml I.

ln ni tr. I.M. IIIIKII. I. JVkJk IIUIIl uU io-i r- nn.rn.n tlll'n.

II .1 00d for" ell, fcmiley says, ea'y and careless, good enough tor onctlung should he can out jump any nog in uaiver- as county. Tho feller took tho box again and took another long particular look, and gave it back to Smiley and said very deliberate, "Well I don't see no points about that frog that sany better any other trog. "Maybe yoiulon't," Smileysays. "Maybe 1 vtlUV-j UllU wuj uu iii luiij uuiaiuivi inwtt imi-n 1 Anyways, I've got my opinion 1 Ull)l 111 can out jump ary frogiu oQUlltV AmJ tl0 feller studied a minute, and then tinder sad likp Well 1 nn a a'-fj I'j bet you And then milev avs "That's all right that-s you hold my box a Iniimte po nd get vou a frog;" and so tIa. rIlr took the bos.

and put up his forty jj a and set down to 'So hc set there a pood while thinking and ic i. fros ut and pried his mouth open and took tSasnoon and filled him full of shot filled I feller and savs "Now it vou are ready, set him alongside of Dan'l with his fore paws just even with Dan 1 and 1 11 give the word. Xlien he I says, "one, two, three, I aim mm the feller touched up the frogs from behind, the- new Iionnod riff livelv but I Dan'l gave a heave, and hystcd up his shoulders so like a Frenchman, but it was coul4" 1 TiLnnMnmn as solid as a anvil, and hecouldn no more stir than it ho was anchored out. cniuey anJ itartcJ Smiley ho stood stratehing his head and looking down at Dan'l a long time, and at last ho says, "I do wonder what in the nation that frog tbrowed off for I wonder if i i .1 h-t ho guys, "I do wonder what in the na- tion that fro: 1 .1 ,1 uicto uiu 1 SUlllClUIll uiu lliaiiui ,,1111 he pears to look mighty baggy somehow 1. ketched Dm 1 by the na i of the neck, I hfted liiu.

up and by blame "'V. Uo" 1 me 10 1 11 Iam turning him upside down, lie belched "outaliout a douWo-handful of shot. And 1 1 .1 1 then he sco how it was and ho. was tho mud; lost man he set tho frog down and tooK after tho feller, but hc never ketched him. i The Test Oath.

in It of! 10 Tho Nashvillo Gazette moralizes on tho Congressional test oath "Congressional ley hasmade a scat in that body obtained by swearing alio, and the same tost will admit ono to practice law iu tho Federal courts. It is now proposed that our Legislature shall offer tho exclu- lvo privilege ol pr act cing in ie otate Courts upon tho same tcr is The result of ch a policy earned out will, of course, nil tho halls of Corcss with members who ought to bo in the State prison, and Uho lawjers ose tlo prisoner dock. In all time and in al countiics test oa lis emanate from a moral coiiuntion. which it is 111 their nature to in- nMoo.lo,.. which it is in their nature i tpi" VTA'' i l-Von Anv lmt honest -i 'i --f' and (JOnSClClltlOUS 111011 from CIIJOJ ing tllO in rinnonn nn IIU UIHUUS H1W iiisw -j---- them." Dorsey Indicted.

to thJ nimis uiado in Tho report of the Com-ere nil'rion appointed tocxatuiuo tho Treasury uac ctment re utes to a I ihe grand Jury 01 1 is county 1 "Vr. nr foy, lato Ltcawtm of tho fa lata of Ohl0 "'p u. uu i. appears, to nu geucrauy uuueis.oo.. 1 his trial will his trial will bo adjourned to a future sosston.