Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-07-09

              1 J V v'OL. IX. MOUNT VERNON. OHIO THURSDAY, JULY 1863 NO 35 HIE MOl'M UKKON LLI'IELICAN., TERMS: For ono year (invariably in advance)$2,00 For six months, ljW TK.R1I8 OF ADVERTISING. One square, 3 weeks, 1.00 One square 3 months, 8,00 One squaro, 6 months, 4,50 Ono square, 1 year, C,00 "ne square (changeable monthly) 10,00 Changeable weekly, " 15.00 I'wo square, 8 weeks, 1.75 Two squares, 0 weeks, 3.25 Two squares, 3 months, 5.25 Two squares, (3 months, 0,75 Two squares, 1 year, 8.00 Three squares, !i weeks, 2.50 Threo squares, (1 weeks, 4.50 .Three squares, 3 months, (5,00 vl lireo suuares. G months. 8.00 Three squares. 1 year, 10,00 I Due-fourth column, ehan. quarterly, 15.00 One-third " " " 22.00 Oiic-hnlf " " " 2X.00 One column changeable quarterly, 50,00 Select poetry trvm tits Eveniog rVst. "OLD STARS." "Hung he the heavens ttith Mack." His mighty life was burned away l!y Carolina's tirery sun; The pestilence that walks by day Smote him before bis course seemed run. The Constellations of the .sky, The Pleiades, the Southern Cross, Looked sadly down to tee him die, To see a nation weep his loss. "Send hint to u the stars niittht try 'You do not feel bis worth below; Your petty t,ioat men do not try The iiu isjre of his mini to Know. "Sen 1 hlni In us. Tins is bis place, "Not mid your puny jealousies; YlU sat r fii ed 1 1 1 u In your race Of envies, .strifes and policies. 'His eyes could pierce our vast expanse. His ear could hear our morning songs, His mill 1 amid our mystic dance, Could follow ull our myriad throngs. 'oenJ him to usl no njartyr's soul, No horn slain in rigTituuus wars, No rapture ! saint could e'er control A holier welejinj from the stars" Take hinC'ye stars ! take hiui on high, To your vast roalun of boundless spate, But once ho lurued Irom you to try His name on martial scralls to trace. That once was when his country's call Said danger to her flag was nigh, And then her banner's stars- dimmed all The radiant lights which gemmed the sky. Take him, loved orbs! His country's life, Freedom (or all for these bo wars; For these he welcomed bloody strife, And followed in the wake of Mars! The Unknown fainter. Murrilo, the celebrated artist of Seville, oiten found upon the canvas of some one of his pupils, sketches or specimens of drawing, imperfect and unfinished, but hearing the rich impress of genius. They were executed during the night, and he was utterly uuable to . conjecture the au thor. One morning the pupils had arrived .at the studio before him, und were grouped before an easel, uttering great exclamations of surprise, when Murillo entered. His astouislunctit was equal to their own on fiudiug an unfinished head of the Vii. gin, of exquisite outline, with manytouch--es of surpassing b?auty lie appealed firs; to one an 1 then another of the young gentlemen, to sec if they could lay claim to the choice but mysterious production, but they returned a sorrowful negative. "He who has left this tracery will one day be master of us all. Sebastian," said he a youthful slavo stood trembling before him "who occupies this studio at liiuht?" "Ao one hut myself, senor.'' Veil, tikc your station hero to nl;l t and if you do not inform moot' tho mysterious visitant to this room, thirty lashes fchall be your reward on the morrow." He Lowed in quiet submission and re tired. That nijjit ho threw his niatlress bei'orj his cn:;el and slept soundly uutll tho clock struck three. He then sprang from his couch and exclaimed, "threo hours are my ewn, tho rest are my master's!'' He then siozed a pallettc, and took his seat at 1be frame, to erase the work of the pre' needing night. With brush in hand, to make tho oblivious stroke he paused. "Oh, those eyes," said he, "they will pierce we through; that blood will run from those purple veins; I cannot, Oh, I cannot erase it; rather let me finish it 1" lie want to work and soon the slave jI , , - .v. - . tithe darkened brow, the child of toil and rselfwith its own tears, and of all flowers, ir j .i p i suffering, are merged in a youthful spirit, rising from tho impetus of his own death css energies into a sphere of liberty and blight beauty. "A little coloring here, a touch there " here;" unl u.us mice i.uum rolled unheeded by. "Ob, those beaming pvntl' lliiKii lit.u unll awt..tr I ll.,a.i .lift' my Leau.itu.i-Oh, my beuutitul-" II,... , . i . m M "lir, no f i mi .nil lmnr,i lml; mt Mil- o -j.. .-- rillo with his pupils stool around; the euiishino was peering brightly through the cusenient, while yet the unextinguished Inpcr burned Again he was a sluve, uud the spirit's folded wing scarce seemed to flutter. Ilia eyes fell beneath their eager gaze. "Who is your master, Sebastian?" "You, seuor." "Your drawing master, I mean?"' 'You senor." "I have never given you lessons." "No; but you gave them to those young gentlemen, and I heard them." "Yes, you hajo done better you have rrjfited by them. Does this boy deserve punishment or reward, my dear pupils?" "Reward senor," was the quick response."What shall it be?" . One suggested a suit cf clothes, another a sum of money, but no chord wis touched in tho captives bosom. Another said, "the master feels kindly to day, ask your free doni, Sebastian." He sank on his knees; and a groan of anguish burst from him; he lifted bis b.irning eyes to his master's face: 'The freedom of my father." ''!, ,l.,.l, i,;ii v i,: l... .. , . ' ' I mi iiu iMua.iiuii .'i ui urn ntiiii' i nidi rn Murillo folded him to his bosom "Your jjeneil shows that you j have talent, your request tlmt you have a heart; you me no longer my slave, but my son." Happy JIuriilo! I have not only pa'ti'ed, but undo a painVr. mere are still to be seen in classic Italy' ...any beantiful specimens from the pencils j ir oai .e.astian. I Wcman's Empire. Worn 'll educates the heart, man eduC'itc he intellect, an I in this fact consists the , chief element of her superiority as an ed ucator. Tho education of the intellect without that of the heart may make dem- 'ii's; for the understanding, when divorced rem the affections, is fit only to produce ueh monster. Iut woman, when nron. rly qualified for her mission in the wrld. happily combines the heart and intellect. o that neitner is trained at the expense o? the o her, but both arc e lueated in the 'unst perfect unison. JJan maj educate he heart, but this is ordinarily his part is an educator. The heart is moro es pecially at woman's disposal. And no no is so eminently endowed by nature 'Vi tli all tho important qiulilij itio:n tor tho entire work of education as woman. ?ho teaches us to love what man tcachci us to believe. She ingrafts upon our affections what man implants in our memo, rics. She leads us to honor and virtue bv n us an admiration of all that is good and true; he inculcates (he theoretic principles of an honorable and virtuous life us the subject of intellectual apprehensions, She is the sunshine of the soul, comprehending both light and heat, to illuminate and viv- fy ull tho soul's activities; he is tho sun shine of the intellect, radiating splendors upon tnc researches after truth, but splendors which are too often cold and chilling as the suusbino of bleak and icy winter. A i mo Martin, a French authtfr, eays that out of sixty-uino nionarchs who have worn the crown of France, only three have loved the people; aud, remarkable circum stance, all three were brought up by their mothers. The same remark would be substantially true, no doubt, of the poten tates of all orders; they love in proportion as they have been educated to love, and i: is the province of a mother's influence ana training-, especially to clevelopc this a trlbute of human nature. Give us mother's wh ) know how toed-n-a'e their childreu; this u:i Jer tho bless-ng of Go t Wuuld, ere loiiir, result in the n hcriug in of a umvi r.-a i i n;j in of inlei jpi'lU'O and law :in.l r''tte.ui no-s and peace and joy. Wiil it not, theiefii:, be our special care, loo'.iug forward to the world' progress and the (uturo elevation of the wlislo race o." mankind, not only to educate carcfu'iy and thoroughly our sons for the sphere of life iu which they may be ca'lei to move and act, but also our daughters, whose sphere of duty and influence is even mire grin and glorious, and involves more terrible responsibilities than that which Providence assigns to our sons! Woman's empire is the empire which ia to blcsi or curse mankind in the fuXure as in the past; but if she is properly edu cated to her sovereign mission, . her em. pire will only be a blessing and not a curse. The violet frrnWH Inw iinrt pnrori tla. jiciu iwu nnci-iusi irairrauce. cucn is hf -p, I .. .. . c . . Every man should do something for the public, if it be only to kick a piece of orange peal into the road from tlio pavement. GOOD MANNERS- Tho world is full of manners, of cti Jqot.e. courte, nd Pr.ront cord.al.ty u u u-rr is muu man vuu unuuur vm. r good manners. Good manners may be ll lustrated negatively, by showing what are speoimens of bad inauuer. These wound those heal. Bad manners offend; good manner pie ise. The one lends to via and degradation; the other to virtue and happiness. Good manners accommodated one to the circumstances, and tho inferiorty even, of others. It comes down with grace; it can stoop without seeming to do so. It can come into another person's world easily and naturally, and without going out of one's own world. Bad manners uover does this except for evil purposes. It essays to communicate with :thcrs without accommodating itself to them, or going atall into their world, or respecting their sympathies and tastes. It repels tiuicuib:m'.usej,imd puts others at a distance. He who has good manners will un consciously make sacrifices for another; he will be upon his guard to save the fulling of others. ' The ' late king of England, whatever may be said j of his morals, was a model of good manners. He was pronounced the first gentleman of the kingdom. At a royal dinner party, ono of the guest, from thoughtlessues or otherwise, set his cup upon the table cloth, rather thun in the saucer. The guest, in very bud manners, took notice of it and looked at each other, and at the kin;;; as if ! to express theirdisapprobation. That un uieni the king set his cup down upon the cloth also, and tiiH, by an aci of royal good nmiiners, pui the disconcerted guest at case and into i:ood ompuiiy. Good manners . . fi;i ,., a -, ,,,Rlild deriving dcterurnution from their de an 0,- puUjll,f at T,,ey tcuJ j w give one a liom-a of feelin.', and a refresh ! mi; dense ol treudoin iu your presence.- 'J hey put you above the suspicion of bcln- 1 waitii-u, or the tear of ot.euJ)iig. 'lhey Jollot CUU:ihl iu """"M crtquetct ana graceiul forms. Good maimers are the absence of manners iu the best sense of the word. They allow to another his own manners. They allow, they invite freedom 0f thought and behavior. Manipulated manners are usually bad manners, especially when artificial aud capricious, and they render ono singular, because difficult to imitate and reeiproaate. Artificial towing, measured mechanical movements, tho ar- tisticul touching of the hat or the forhead rubbing of the hands, a feigned laugh, fashioned politeness, superlative epithets iu greeting or parting; much more giving one the tip of the fingers; one finger, or the left hand in salutation. All these are bad manners. G wd in inner is disinterested; it is self forgetting. It enters with interest iuto another's success; it docs not arrogate attention to one's own affairs, and monopolize the interest of the company iu one's own matters. It is exceedingly bad manners to take it for granted that tho compa-uy will be most interested by a recital of one' own adventures and successes; and to feel uo interest in the affairs audsucccsttg ofatKthcr. How ofteu persons suppose themselves the centre of all interest; and collaps when the conversation turns npou what another is or has done, that is praise. worthy, but kindle and glow when the conversation returns to themselves, or their family, or affairs! Goad manner is sot always watched for improprieties; it is not caisly betrayed iuto the iusult of admonishing others of the presence of one whose bearing or manner constrains you, aud cripples you an 1 hin ders free utterance, and mike3 you foel awkward an 1 uie.uy, an I see us to say 1 atu the strauJard, 1 am tho model or beau ideal of manners, you are in the presence of v 1 ersou who has yet to learn the first princ. pies of good manners. Good manners are always coupled with t modesty, there in spontaneity iu them; they give IVjo loin to another; til ;y are u io I teel.ngs n-itiii'ally cxpru-rod. The ivas.oi why gen u.no s ui;i.ti;v is jo r.uo iu tins World, is tliat there are so few persons wbo cau uf-fjrd to be simple or natural. We do uut fiud a person of good man. ners ulwaya in a hurry, or pressed with engagements and responsibilities, when he meets one whom he regards as his inferior. Ho does not plead weariness, or headache, or ban I you a uewspaper, to escape the re spou.iibity of entertaining you. Ho does not let you stand ou the threshold of his door without inviting you iu; is not on the alert to provide conveuieuccs for a select few to the disparagement or annoyance of others whase rights are thus infringed upon. He does not characterize those equally worthy, but in a lower rank as the "tot pollui" when it is proposed that they join in excursions or recreations, and decline thus their society. Good people are bound to cultivate good manners. These are a grace in the social sense, and have much to do with tho growth ( grace in a spiritual sence. St I'aul be - .eauie ull things to all men that ho might save some. He commam is us to seek please another for his good untoediticatiou "Unto all pleasing," are his words in au-nother place. We have no doubt that the peaeo of society and tho growth of Chris- tian character are hindered often by the violation of Christian com tcsy. How often are poisoned arrows let fly iu the form of wit, or joke, or s.-ttirol Humor, pleasantry are well if thay do not wound the feelings Satire should have common sense; wit should have wisdom. A joke that breaks the skin or wounds the heart, is a hard . . -i i . weapon arenaruiivs, iiin uniiuiini mau nuun-.- It i not enough for us to say, we did not mean to do evil or harm in what we said or did We should mean o to do it! It does not sufli e not to Mean to offend, or injure, or wound; we shall mean not to do so. Xot meaning und meaning not belong to different orders of morals, and to different kinds of manners. That is a shiftless morality; this a noble morality. The ono ofteu violates good niiiuncrs; the other is a safe guard of propriety and virtue. Eec. V.m. U'unrn in Hume MtMthly. Be Your Own Right Hand Man. People who have been bolstered up and levered all their lives, are j-eldoui Kot.d lor anythiug iu a crisis. When uiisturtuuc comes, .hey look around for somebody cling to, or lean upon. II the prop is not I thcr'!, down they go. Once down, they are as helpless as caps'zed turtles, or unhorsed men in armour, and cannot fiu J the r ''' without assistance. Such silken tellows uo in.ne res;m!)lc selt maue men who have foil 'ht then wiy tj position, making diflii iilties their stepping stones, feat, than vines wscuiMo .!, or sorter . "g nish lights, :he stars of heaven. Kf forts per.iisteJ tj aehievemen;s tia n a man to self-reliance, an 1 when ho h.is f) rove-.: to the world that hec.m trust h.mself, the woild will tru-t him. We say, therefore, that it is uawi.se to deprive young men o! tho advantages which result from the eu ergetlc action, by ''boosting" them over, obstacles which they ought to surmount alouc. No one ever swam well who placed his confidence in a cork jacket; and il when breatsting the sea of life, we cannot buoy ourselves up and try to foree our selves ahead by diut of our own energies. we are not salvage, aud it is of little consequence! whether we "sink or swim, sur viva or perish." One of the best lessons a father can give to his son is this: '-Work; strengthen your moral and mental faculties, as you would strengthen your muscles by vigorous exercise. Learn to conquer circumstances, you arc then sudependentof fortune. The men of athletic minds who leave the'r marks on the years in which they lived, were all trained in a rough school. They d.d not mount their high positions by tin-help of leverage, they leapt into chasms, grappled with the opposing racks, avoided avalauehes, and when the goal was reached felt that but for the toil that had strengthened them as they strove, it could never have been attained." Ki'uui tad UiStuii Transcript. A Learned Negro Sergeant. Nicholas Saib, is the name of a sergeant in the 55th Masstchusetts volunteer.-, whose curious unJ even romantic history is one of much interest. He is au intelligent looking negro, perfectly black, modest and geiitleiuuu;y in his tearing, aud remarkable uliko tor his exper,e;ice and his culture. As we understood !us story, as he told it in a brief interview, he is a native of Central Africa, in the neighborhood ol"! imbue too. In some w.,y be was inveigled into slavery to a parly ot Arabs, and l'ou-1 1 his way first to j.gypt andlroui ihenue to '1 ui key. Afterawiuie lie reached St. I'elersburg. was convened to clui. tiuuity und bapt.zed as a member of the Greek church, dropping the name of Mo-li.iniineJ and taking that of Wieliolas. He is now a Protestant he says emphatically, l'roni St. 1'etersbur he went to Germany an I entered the service of a Hollander," w.th whom he came to ibis country and ..i t- . II. ,i se.tiea in ueiron. uo euusiea -uecause ull his folks seemed to be doing so." Saib speaks five languages, and can read and write three cr four of them. His French is quite Parisian and his Italian correct, lie gives an eutertaiuing description of Ti is i) a ive region, the employment of its inhabitants, an J their manner and cojtoms. They are generally Mihamiued-aus. Were it not far his color aud p isition Saib would pass for a person of no small acquisition-;. As it is no una can see or talk with him, without being most favorably impressed with his deportment and intelligence. He is one, but not the only ono in cunip at Readvillc, whose acquisitions and of tho "persons of African descent'' behavior go far to dispel ignorant and vulgar prejudice against the colored race. Beautiful was the reply of a venerable man to the question whether he was in the laud of the living; ,.N'o, I am almost there. When there is Live in thn li.nirf there ' nn riiitibnw in ilia uvea n ' every black cloul with gorgooua hasy. covering toT.K VixnU or a M..iu of tidiness A sacred regard to the principle of justice forms the basis of every transaction, and rejrula'es the conduct of.he uyrghi man of business. He is strict in keeping engagements; does noiliing carelessly j M in hurry; employs nobody to do w hat : he cm e b" J do l imse f leo;s everything iu it proper place; leaves nothing undone which ought to be ' done, nr.d which lircumstances permit him : to do; keeps bis designs and business from 1 tlin! virw of others: is trouilit and decisive customers, a'nd does not over - ' trade for his capita!; prefers short cre.ht to ; long ones, and easli to credit at all times L I 1 ' .11' . 1 - 11 , eitncr in Buying or sum.g, ana .,u... profits in credit cases, with little risk, to the chance of better gains with more hazard. He is clear and explicit in all his bargains; leaves nothing of couscqucucc to memory which he can aud ought to commit to writing; keeps copies of all his important letters which he sends away, and has every letter, invoice, &c., bclougir-g to his business titled, classed and put away; never suffers his desk to be confused by many papers lying upon it. Is always at the head of his business, well knowing I th;it h(J ,i:.lV(,s u wi1 eavfl hiul. tab :iuccs regularly at stated time, aud then makes out an transmits all his aceouuts 0Hlr(illt to lis cuson.ers; avoids as much as pi ssible. nil sorts of money matters and law suits where there is the least hazard; keeps a memorandum book, in which he notes every little particular relative to appointments, addresses, and petty cash mat ters; is cautiou-' how ho becomes security for any person, and is generous only w hen urged by motives of humanity. Horrid- A well looking young maa approached our desk the other da) , and after a saluta. i tion of such easy politeness that he at once gained our coafidoee. he asked: 'Why is it that times will be more warlike than now when peace is made?, We truthfully replied that wo did not know. 'Because,' said he,' there will be a ...,.,.. ... n km,, tlmn Avar n&VO -riPMfl , i .1, i ,.;,- of mfantn will attack tho brecueuiorks ! ... , , . . . and be themselves attacked in the rear, ,. ii i i i .i , i,. and brave man will acknowledge themlve 1 I captured, and submit to be captives aud j have sqnally timn goni rally. He then fled and succeeded iu escaping although actively pursued by our whole disposable force. We hare great fears of that young man. We will grow up to a brigadier generalship. or some other bosition of doubtful respeet ibility. The secret of Being Loved. Wiliam Wirt's letter to his daughter. on the swect courtesies of life," contains i t ll i 1 a p usage irom wiiicn a aeai ot uapiuesc mijiht bo learned- '.I want to tell you a secret. The way to make yourself pleasing to othesrs, is to show that you care for them. The whole world is like the miller of Mansfield who cared for nobody ne. not he because nobody tarred for him. And the whole world will serve you the same, if you give them the same cause. JiOt all persons, tlieretorc, sec that your do care for them, by showing them what Sterne so happily calls the small, sweet courtesies in which there i. no paiade; whoes voice is too still to taste. and which lmnil'ost themselves by teudci and afiectionate looks, and little kind act; fatteutiou.'' GnowMxn at t.i K Gnus! Some man who certainly feds like a cur, thus growl.-about husband-ry: Young ladies are generally supposed to be, more or less, on the lookout for husbands. Nice dresses and pretty bnnnets; music and danc'ng.and the polite accomplish merit?, in society, where these are cultivated, nnd very much nl what is called society are supposed'to have this object iu view. But the supply of ood husbands in not equal to the demand We see thousands of men around us whose married state is a constant marvel to us. We cannot conceive how they ever induced auy woman to have them. The standard of husbandly virtues requires to be raised, and the marketbetter supplied. Marriage, which develops all that is lovely ia woman aometiiues brings out the worst qualities in ir.cn Many a worn m at forty exceeds tho promise of her girlhood; but how few arc the men who do not fall very far short ot the hopes of youth. A firm faith is tho best theoiojv: good life the the best philosophy, a cicar conscience the best lawj honesty the best folicy, and temperance tho best physic. The highest and most characleristic glory of earthly beauty is to make us as pire to a heavenly one, and a woman is great in proportion to the idea; she Bug;. gesta. No riacci Tor the liojs. Dees it not seem us it' in some houses there is actually no places for tin boys? We do not mean tho little boys there i ilways room for them; they are patted and carosscd; there is a -luce for then, on papa's knee and at mamma's footti.ol, if not her arms; there are lov n ( words, and many, often tot. many indulg;nces. But the class wo peak of now are tho schoolboys, great noisy, romping fellows, who tread on your dress, a.id up-o; your work basket, and stand in your light, uud wbis- 1 J drum and shout and ask questions and contradict. So what it to be done with them? Do they not want to be loved ami cherished now as deir'y as they were, in that well-remembered time when th y were the little ones; and were iudu'gcd, petted aud caressed. But they are so noisy, and they wear out tho carpet with their thick boots, and it is so quiet when they are goue, says the tired mother and the fastidious sister and the nervous aunt; 'anything for peace' sake,' and away go the boys to 'loaf on the street-corners, and listen to the profane and coarse language of wicked men, or to the unsafe ice, or to the railroad station, or the wharves, or the other common places of rendezvous of those who have nothing to do or no place to stay. But it is argued that there are few boys who oare to stay in the bouse after school, and it is better they bIiouM pay in the opca air all of which is true. We arguo for those dull days and stormy days and evenings, all evenings, in which they wish to stay in, or ought to be kept in, and in which if kept in they make themselves and everybody else uncomfortable. We protest against the usages ol those nonies where the mother is busy with her sewing or her baby, and the father is absorbed with the newspaper in the evening which he never reads aloud, and the boys must 'sit still and not make a noise,' or go immediately to bed. They hear the merry voices of other boys in tho streets, and Ion 2 to be with them; homo is a dull place; they will soon bo a little order, and then, said they, 'we will go out and see tor ourselves what there is ouside which we are forbidden to enjoy.' We protest ! against the usages of those homes where the boys are driven out because their pre : , , . . , '. sance is unwelcome, and are scolded whet . "ey come in or checked, hushed and re ... , fl.H.t , ,I ... n. ....... .....1. ..f... . . J tl lt No Failure for the Norm. Give up this contest? Is there then nothing in our cause? Are tho claims which we have put forth that this was a war in which we battle on the side of humanity, liberty and God. against tyranny and tho devil, nothing but a delusion or a fraud? Or have humanity and the Union no riiiht.s? Is Freedom no better than Slavery? If it is not, if we are fight-in for liberty, if the caue ol the rights! ot man and the glory of America is wrap ped up in our success, it tnc cstibli.slimcnt of the Confederacy is a victory of rebel lious tyrants, a discouragement of the friends of freedom, a binding of the yoke more firmly and heavily upon the neck ol 'be misprinting race the world over, how d e i any man among ns dare to speak of giving up this struggle at one defeat or at two, or at v dozen.' If this be our position, as we know it is and if our people feel it. as we believe they do, lhey would spurn the svg'.'cstiou of owning the rebels lor our masters, even should they "water their horses" in the Dilaware, the Hudson and the Penobscot. S'ich suece-s of theirs wwnld be rather n trumpet call to renewed exertions and sac- ihce, until we shall have rolled back the black tide gtthcr'n.' agiinst ir. Tin Vorth will bear burdens in the cause nl Freedom and the T'nion is cheerfully H4 the rebels h v.- homo them in the cau o nf Slavery, and as heavy one? They will still fi.'ht on; and if still nni again driven back, they will yield the'r ground foot by foot, their fices over to the foe. until the extermination which thr rebels deserve is meted out to us. A'. Y. Times. Kind ms. How true is it. that "kind words .in never die." The are indt libly written upon the tablets of the memory Time may and docs efface from the recollection many of the transactions connected w'th business, and every day life, but kind a id sympathizing words spoken in a time of sorrow live to cheer and encourage long after death has silenced the tougue by which they were spoken. When Mungo Park was perishing of thirst in tho wilds of Africa, surrounded by wild beasts no human hau l to administer to his wants he sud lenly spied a small bunch of moss, whose roots projected downward to where there w is suffiei. nt moisture to sustain it the only p;reen thing within scores of tnilei. As be looked at it, bo 'thought that if God took care of the lit lie mosi he would surely protect him. Go he took courage, tvade another effort, nnd was saved. Kind words are Oases in the desert of life. Like .he huniblo mos3 iu the sands of Africa, they comfort and encour- nsre the weary soul to greater exertions. Ilow often docs a kind word, spoken in season make a man. They cost the trivcr nothiiig.lmt their value is incalucable. A kind word has more influence over a child than a rod. It fills the little earth wlt'i love toward tint parent, and influence it to take the path ol'ou'y by love iustoud of ear. Defalcate oize!U. T.ie Ohio CougregiUlo'ial Confer eiicc on llic state of tlic Country. The following resolutions were idopUj & by the Ohio Congngational Cunfernce on itt late session i Uevel.i-j : THE OHIO CO.VflBKGATIOXALCOS. I ri-.KOcJs. Tirs body has bee, in .0r3:on at Plymouth Church, in this ci'y, sire Thurs-day. Tho usual bu-ur.ess of tho Confer- once h,u been transacted. Tho following resolutions wor; adiptoi jn Saturday cvenin.L', as reported by tho committee on the state of the countrv: The Congregational Conference of Ohio assembled aain in annual convention at, Cleveland, in tho midst still of raging rebellion and war, cannot forbear to give expression to their thoughts and feelings in wards of encouragement and cheer to their churches, as well as to those placed by the Providence of God at the helm of our nation, and who bear in their hands the word of Justice. 1. We, a", Christian men and Ministers, have been taught by our holy religion to pray for our rulers; to submit to all righteous authority and law, und to recognizo civil government as ofdiviun institution,' f -r the protection of society against all evil doers. Wo feel it, therefore, to bo our especial duty and privilege, aud a part of our religion, to stand by our government in all its struggles with wickedness and crime, and give our lawfully appointed rulers the whole weight of our christian influcuce in upholdiog the majesty of violated law aud assure them that they may, beyond a pcradventure, rely upon us in the employment of all the means lliich God has put in their bauds lor the maintenance of those chartered lights and principles, in the peaceful possession of which wa have been so eminently blessed hitherto. 2. While we do not deem it necessary to rei'erato sentiments heretofore expressed by us, in regard to tlu righteousness of this war on the part of nnr Government, and our abhorrence to that wicked system of oppression out of which it has grown, wo do desiro at this time of rebuke and blasphemy, and our country's peril, &a ministers and eh arch e of the Lord Jcsue Christ, to utter our solemn condemnation of that factious spirit cf insubordination and opposition to all the .measures of tho Government in the conduct of the war and sup rcssion of the rebellion, which growe . out of dangerom aud insatiate love of power, aud which has a truer sympathy aud alliance with the rebellion iuelf, than with any righteous efforts for its suppression. 3. As Christian men, aud ministers of that communion which insistspre-eminently upon the great doctrine of human equality before God, we most cordially approve of the proclamation of freedom by tho President of the United States, and rejoice that in the wise ordering of Divine Providence he was enabled, as theCommand-er-in-tbief of our armies, to employ this as a legitimate weiponforthe overthrow of the rebellion, aud strike with this sword of justice suth an effectual blow both at treason und the giant siu of oppression in .he land. 1. We rejoice further in tho abundant tokens which we see that; beyond all our wisdom and thought, God is teaching this nation great lessons, and working out deep problems, employing tho foolish thiugs of the world V) confouud tho wise, and weak things of the world to coufound the might'. We rejoice in this wise, and powerful overruling of God's govern jiet, and that he is solving for our nation the great problem of an enslaved race, to which we confessed ourselves ii ad qt ate, putting them into a school of freedom, as the soldiers of our Govtrnuieut, of which wo had not the m jst distant thought, and making them an instrument of cur national deliverance, o whom we shall be laid nndur a lasting debt of gratitude. Truly, God's ways are above our way?, and his thoughts above our thought?. 5. While it is oar earnest hope and prayer that the etLrts now put forth by our Government ;uid nation for the suppression of the rebellion may be crowned with the most siuuul suiicess. wiih anxious hearts do we look forwar i t thai wished for hour, and pray especially that our rulers and rcoplc may then bo endowed with the wisdom, tie justice and the courage to deal with the rebellion aright, when it shall hove been. put into our power, and to mete out to guilty traitors that righteous punishment which their enormous ick-cdnesg demands, lest God rise up in Judgment against 'is alio r'-q,,;r ?t at our hands. C. Finally, our hope alone in this time of calamity is in God that God ajainst whom we have as a nation so greatly sin-nnd of whom i:i the time uf our pros peri, ty wehavs not feltour need againstwhoia we have exalted ourselves in ourself-sufficiency und pride unto whom we n d to return and make our continual, earnest urayor that Ho will forgive and be nierei. il to, and ave us with IPs owe rjl.t arm, t o whom be glory forever anJ ever. ,0' ft'. .1 )