The Patriot. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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THE AIM OF LIFE.
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be powerful nor famous: and even
touching portions of the sermon,
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Near MILLTEAN, September 5th,
Thrall Rev H S. White Miss M E. Webb
ver tie young creature ile hath
formed.
the breath of life, and hath'made it
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ciple; it is only a sentiment, as
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25-1m-1863,
CIRCULAR.
ORDNANCE BUREAV,
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^uHithed eveay TAurtday Morjiing'.by
IP. 1. ,Wtf(^etfan,
’Tis a quickly-moving hand.
In the mightv clock of time
’Tis a grain of desort sand '
Swept by winds of every clime
from his han this pearl of great
price, when the Lord maketh up
hisjewels toberequised of her again.
JUOE/GiEATNESS. .
O' be ome sweet promise given
in that solemn hour, to me!
Take, ofc! take me home to Heaven!
Evermore to trust in Ibee.
TIIESLEMPING HILD.
Thereare'seasons peculiarly' sweet
and soothing; there semeth some-
thing holy in the air of a dimly
Mai.&Q.M. A Principal Purchasing
omocr: Distrit of Texas-------- ' ' R
ONE YEARS4HEQUARTER$1 0b
AH postmasters in the State are authr-
!zed to act as Agents. L 22 -
ze Subscriptions, in all cases,"iuvaria-
5ly in advance. ' -
Whn I’m weepinp,esadly weeping.
O’er .the loved ones cold and dead—
/ v- ■■ t hair. .Hint mi -n-wei-tly—ng.
In the grave-yard quiet bed—
When pale flowers are waving round me
Waving ‘neath the willow tree,
Bo thou near me oh be-friend me!
For I put my trust in Thee
When the chord of file is severed.
. And-I cease on earth to be -
When my barque is launched forever
.On an unknown', boundless sea—
"Tis a flower thatfadeth ever.
Let you cherish as rou will
’Tis a plant that faileth never
In its language, good or ill.
’Tis a pitcher at the-fountain
That shall crumble every day
’Tis the mist upon the mountain
Tnat PhoebuS'drives away.
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HEAD-QR’s DEP’r, TxANs-MIss.,
Shreveport, La.; Aug. 14, 1862
General Order, No.86.
H EADQUAZERS, district or Texas’)
New Mexico and AnzoN- ‘
pipess, not loving our neighbor as
ourselves, biteyer disregarding him
for our own imagined, interests, and
thus do the cross eurrts of our
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THRMS Of SUBBORrPFION
the company of the augels whokeep
their appointed watch around the
+echild;- one
the cold heartedness of the world.
Ana_yetit ieouriverysevo who
a living soul, and hath given it to
i of life, which makes every day sa-
' I cred to God, and one adhyof hul-
lowed jrest. With this rule the
method of our action, we must keep
constantly in view the object to be
attained, the end for which we labor
viz: the glory of our God. That is,
clearly is perceived and acknowl-
edged the claims of the Creator os
Sentiment is the fadinglines with
whiCh the etcher delineates Ids pic-
ture upon the hard stone; principle
in the samesicture graven deep in
the stone, sb firm and fixed that it
becomes part of the substance upon
which it is traced.
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’Tis the quivering dew"rop standisg
On the violets purple direk — ’
hopes neutralize each other; and
thus do men striving after happiness
defeat their ownend, because they
make that the object of pursuit, the
prize bholife-long, toilsome contest
with theiy fellow mn,or theincen-
greatest object and motto is to do
good, and to benefit his fellow-men,
regardless of self and the opinions
of the fashionable and wealthy ones
of earth. Live not for thyselt but
for others, is the rule, which he is
striving toparry out; and when he
shall enter the scenes of another
hfe, for his noble.actions and philan-
thropic zeal he shall recive a nev-
er fading erown of glory. We need
build.no monuments to such worth
church on the preceding day.
Thescirnle of any one’s aeqaain-
tance, is large enongh to contain
many individuals who pass for hyp-
ocrite—persons who. talk beautiful-
ly’ about'“faith and works/’ persons
who would no more absent them-
selves fromtbe ordinanceof the sae-
rament than they would From-their
dinner; persons who so,far as hu-
man judgement can extend, feel
deeply the necessity of being good
uud doing good, who are melied by
the pujhetic recitations of divine
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as subordinate purchasing Officers, by vir-
tue of th? Circular Orders of the Quarter-
master General .of the 24th of Mach, 1863.
Bids should stipulate for the delivery of
the collars at the respective postson or be;
fore the 31st day of ecember next, should
specify the kind (bark or moss)' prposed
to be furnished, and the price asked for
seems as though we might get on a
little faster and in less torturuus
- course, if we would keem constantly
s before our. eyes the ultimate goal;
instead of setting up so m’any inter-
veningonea, often nton the straight
line of progress but at varying dis-
circle, tell how much he loves hona
esty, how much he detests anda-
bominates dishonesty, and no one
would believe him capable of wrong-
ing his neighbor out of the value of
a penny; but at the exchange- and
on the street he has the name of.
being a wholesale swindler. He
has stolen the widow’s bread and
the orphan’s rags. He does not
carry his sentiment into his business
or'it would-be a blockade upon half
RekminatoPiet-i az a ar ± d
bythe impious; unyielding virtue us
admired by theccrrupt; disinteres-
ted goodness by theselfish; temper-
l) ( U V- _cbetity, humanity, by the
temperate, the unchaste, and ambi
tidub.” No truer words were ever
’Tis a silver cord that bindeth
The spirit and the clay
‘Tis a serpent thdtenchanteth
Witl its pleasures, day by day.
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'Tisp narrowlane that endeth 0-
\ With the dismal gate ot death,
"Where a hideous porter sUmdeth
To hurry souls from earth.
I TRUST IN THEE.
I am weary, oh! my Fathe,
Weary of life’s woe and care-
Weary of the clouds that hover .
Darkly o’er my pathwaydhere. *
Butin soirow be Thon near me!
When no ray of light i gee—
Let some ungel-whisper cheer me,
For I put my trust in Thee.
to so live that our every act, word
and though, shraltninuid u» more &
more into the Divine image. .
And in so far do weupproach this
end we live under the laws of our
being, not under their’ penulties,
which isthe great aim of life.
PRIN CIPDE A NJ)’ SEN TIM ENT.
Between what men believe and
what they do there is often a wide
.difference. They believe that ahar-
ity is a beautiful virtue, and that it
is their duty to practice it at all
times and in all places. —The veriest
niggard that ever vowed down to,
and worshipped a silver dollar, has
it as a part of his sentimental creed
but the most deserving subject of
benevolence could, not ring from
his hard fst a single copper coin.
If men were judged by what
they believe, instead of what they
do, the world would be a paradise
of saints. Hear Mr Grindhard in
use. Youth is beautiful, but matu-
rity is higher, fuller, noblerin every
manifestation of a true man hood.
And-how beautiful is the age that
follows a well spent life! How full
of peace, and joy, and comfort is
growing old to the good man! Know-
ing passions dead, temptations con-
quered, experience won, and delus
sivehopes and expectations merged
in the calm Faith that is content to
wait for the revalations of Eternity
who would not desire to chant its
praise and wear its crown? .
mislaid or stolen'.
Enrolling officer# and’all persons whut-
Americans are loth to hear nys
thing reflecting on their private
character, yet pleased at having
their public faults described, if only
they are peculiar. They would
rather be flattered by a discourse
* in general upon the virtues and vi-
ces of young and old America, than
hdividualty pointed to a higher life.
Wo are too well assured of etek-
years that are gone—tnatare pass-
ing away?
-Yea, verily, unless the bright sea-
son has been all misspent. Mnya
valuable experience has been gath-
ered from its passing’ hours. The
hees that bloomed are mmaturing
-—not so beautiful, perhaps. put
with a nearer, better, safer promise.
The spirit has grown strong.in the ! 1
struggle, just’ as the massive mus-
cles have hardened in their constant
Wheare the iruely great? Not
always those who occupy a high po-
sition among the sons of earth. It
may not be those who have toiled
up education’s step and who have
ascended to what men' call fames’
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memecare their noble deeds imper-
ishably engraven in the hearts of
those whom they have benefited.
Let us so live that when we have
finished this life we shall be enabled
to say that we have done right,and
be this the enduring monument to
perpetuate our name.
OEDAGK '
Many a poet has sung of youth
the spring-time of life; when his
flowers are blooming, its airs are
joyous, and existence wears its most
beautiful aspect. And many has
been the lamentation sougded and
penned over- its departure it is
sad to see its fiery enthusiasms dy-
' ing away. It is sorrowful to see
its bright hopes fade, as the petals
fall away from the germ they have
nourished with heavenly airs. But
are there no compensations for the
T 1ST OF LETTERS remaining in th a
LA P O LaGrange Texas welch if not. ta-
Lonthorefamhythe 31st of Dec 1863,
will be sent to theDead LettersomiceRich-
mond Va.
Alley Mrs F J. Cathern Mr J Clements
Mrs M J, Cumpton R. Dickey J W. Ford
A J. Fitchett it D S. Glenn Thomas.
Gilbert Jack. Hamil Lt D./Highsmith
W A. Lampa A. Lee Mrs M A. Lack.,
land Sam. Moure R. Presslev Lt James.
lighted chamber, wherein is no sound
heard but the soft breathing -of the
Asleeping infant. I fell at such times
as if brought nearer to the Divine
prosenee; and, with every care and
busy thoght gathered into silence,
almost seem as theugh admitted to
11 AH officers and eold era belonging to I
the garrisons of V icksburg and Port Had- I
son, previous to the surrender of those pla- I
ces, who may be within the Department of I
Trans-Mississippi, either by furlough or I
otherwise, will Report by the 15thday of I
Scptcmbe m at the exDwatlwn ■’ |
furlough, atoneof UieTulluwuig flMill’d ^.|a. “I
ces, viz;—those from Arkansas, at the camp I
.of instruction at Washington, Ark, from J
Missouri, at Little Rock, Ark, from Lousis I
ana, at ' the camp of Instruction near I
Sheveport, La. from Texasratthe places
di reeled by Major Gen Magruder, !
The Quartermoster’s Department will
furnish necessary transportation to officers
and men reporting in compliance wish
this order. -
" By command of - .
Lieut, Gea E KIRBY SMITH. -
S S ANDERSON, Ass’t Adj’t Gen’I.
25— 8t-1863,
PROPOSLS FOR MULE COLLARS
OFFICEoF PRINCIPAL PURCHASIG
Office of Quartermaster’s Dept,
District of Texas, San Antonio,
Sept, 21st, 1868.
In acordance with instructions received
froth, the Quartermaster General. 1 invite
pro5sal for furnishing 10,000 Mule Col
lars, made either of bark or black moss,fot
Government Use.
\ Bids for furnighing sueli collars in quan-
tities not less than 600, will bo reciekedat
this office, or by the various Post Quarter-
masters in this District, in their capacity
"'HURSDAyNOV-R. 26, 1863.
8s abor hard for these, not considering
J that when one is wealthy another
. must be poor, and so one happy at
, the expense of another and no hap-
pipess for spciety as a whole. If it
4—- .___• denendanphwer, onhane--—or
F lame, the same is 1
_______~fr.fi me. may
eart-and goodness in his soul
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whose amen and halleluiah are lou-
s < •
dr and more earnest that any oth-
ers; why, bg w mean enough to steal ' ‛
,, the widow's mite out of the contri-
make it "cold-hearted, because we bution box! Monday morning finds
ore Bo selfihly seeking; our own hap- him as earnest in the service of the
devil as he was in the service of the
each kind.
pon receiving such b ide the suburdi-
nate Purchasing Qfickrs will forward cop*
iesor abstracts of them promptly to this
office. S HART,
-District of Texas, NEw_MEXI- L
" co AND ARAZONA »
Houston, Sept 29th, 1863.
up to walk in the way of the right-. -------. ---------- _ -—--- —------
evus; at such moments, too, how Pery.Miss S..SewardJ H 2. Seeberger M.
Dr J H 2. Watson F A. Woody Mrs F.
Young W D.
. , „ Persons calling for letters in the above
He hath brathed into’ iti list will please say “advertised” as such
letters are kept in a seperate box.
2, THOMAS G GREGORY P. M.
LaGrange. Dec 18th 1863—29-3t.
t v “True J£a^gl', jjlease copy. __
OFFIOEOHIEF Quartermaster, 10 "**
the mother’s keeping, She boweth
RR mm l agm ugm
TRIOT
[ soever are notified that any person using
theenid,oxemption,No 69, has come by
, the same fraudulently. "Enrolling officers
are requested to arrest, and conscript said
persons at once and notify me of the fact.
. ’ B-RpOOMEIELD.
Major and Chief Quartermaster.
Oct, 8th,,25—6t-/1863. . • •
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MUSIC INSTRUCTION.
PReF. E W SMITH, having perma- ]
L nently located in LaGrange, will be
prepared tp rec&lve pupils in music at the
beginning of September next. Bringing
to his tak many years of experience as a
teacher, he expects; by a strict and faith-
ful atntion to those entrusted to his eharge
torherit the confidence of the public, and
to solicit a liberal patronage.
LaGrange, August 18th, 1868— I7-tf. ,
Richmond, July 22,1863. I
REQUISITIONS forth* same articles
V must not be made upon two arsenuls at
the same time.
Th attention of the Chief Ordnance Of-
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love, but who, in spite of all these. 1itle child; one- desire
B — -manifestations, are dishonest, hard- my soul, that my chiidren magrow
and accompaniment to always doing hearted, uncharitable, and notori- ....
-i-tt d"* ~ ' • -ously iniquitous in their dealings
with their fellow men.
Is religion a mask to those men?
Probably it is to some of this class
of sinners. Do they plead thus elo-
quently for virtues which they do
not practice, simply to-deceive their
auditors?. A *
nal progress as our destiny to care
■ much whether we are going right
onwrong, at present,, since we be-
lieve “all's wt that ends well.”
Now, without denying progression,
the favorite doctrine of the day, it
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’Tis a spell that death "fill break, pierce even to the clouds would be
urtoo insignificant; their monu-
fleers of armies and departments, is called
to this point, as such a practice lads to
confusion and waste of ordnance stores.
(Signed,) J GORGAS, Col. 5
' Official, Chief of Ord. |
Tuos G RHETT, Maj,& •-=—-
Ch‛f, of Ord. & Arty. D. T. M,
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CoNFEDERATE St Aiks of AMER1A: )
War Deparinient, Qvdnaiy^ Bureau, E
Richmond, July 1, 1863. )
The attention of officers on ordnance du-
ty is called to the importance of rendering
their Quarterly returns of Ord nanee Stores
in Duplicate. One copy to be rota in ed by 5 ■’
the Bureau for reference, the olher, to bo
turned over to the Second Auditor for set-
tlement of accounts,
(Signed,) J GORGAS. Col.
Official, Chief of Old.
Tios, G Rhett, Maj.- & A
CUT, of Gid, A Arty. D. T. M,
25-6t-1863
for the future; that respects for the moment, but it is not a prin-
78 nor persons, that will not ciplc; it is only a sentimnt, as
r ns to sqare our coduct by evanescent as a summer cloud'. It
rule on the seventh day, and an-
r on the sixth, bat requiting,
YB, strict morality and- purity
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his operations.
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true; all may not' broad aisle of his church, and mee?-
- - 2 ’ i ly. covers his face in prayer-time,
in laboring for these vain objects bwho weeps abundant tears at the
we experience pain and hardship,
not enjoy men 1, and the greatburden
ofour cry is—trouble, sorrow; &
spoken. The true, the good, the
beautiful, are attractive to the vi-
cious and the erring. • . ’
That which .causes the respecta-
ble sinner to speak warmly and
ovingly of virtue and piety, which
bows his head at the alter stone,
wer, nor stated time, nor may not be hypocrisy, but the com-
occasion to call it forth to l mon sentiment of love and respect
po38 exesise; but a religion that ■ for abstract virtue and aestract- re,
no intermission, no season of ^ligion. The rogue who shuts-his
Sneskgosthusiasm,involvine—ees-in-praxrtimemayfeeldadin-
highest pinnacle of renown, whose-
eloquence enchains the minds of
millions-, and who sways them at his
will. It may not be him who has
thousands of votaries that bow at
his shrine, for wealth and friends
-maqainman-ahighpo tin ’midts
his fellow-men, even if not deservmg
it is not always those that occupy
the highest positions that are most
2 „ • > • g-- deserving, very far from it. The
is only an impulse, generated by an truly great are those that do not
eloquent sermon, a glowing page, strive to obtain a high position g- g
or a favorite circumstance. mongthe sons of earth, but w10s.
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Let nsthen give over the attempt
• —that once to gain the world and
save the soul;to hire ourselves to
| one mSter for the price’of Heaven,
and to another for the reward of
Mammon; lodavea sharp bargain
3 wwith the Almighty en the one side,
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them both; deceiving one by a mock-
ery of empty forms, cheating the
:e- 2. -«i«eciuu prey —-ti) fu.
joy the so jailed pleseuresofthet
. . werldaspresett,and slip at last;
gbd uodetected, into Heayen!
Let useease to be good for hire,
but, seeking first the Kingdom of
Skkbake Gott and His .righteousness; let all
things else be addeduntous; using a
qeligion in vital force at all times &
all places that shall need no extra-
ordinary po
fayvrble o
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tances on either side; for we are
2, only loosing time, besides being dis-
—kLe appointed when we reach the aim of
our ambition, by placing it too low.
,Wealth, power, honor, fame, do
not bring happiness; yet that they
may be happy men who will toil &
Special Orders No, ,241. . ‘i
XIV. Major B Bloomfield willi
by purchase or impressment. 6900,
cotton and transport the sameto
ville or Kin's Rancho’ He will ।
the necessar rsnsportation by. pu
hire, or impressment and select c
sbeb rouitnes,hemay. deem necess,
rendy andsalttanemisionot
ton to the points designates.' ' —
Major-moomfleki is authorised to em-~
ploy such persons as may be necessaay 43
aid him’in currying out these insfructiont
No 69 of official “Exemptions” to/ par- and furnishach persons as maybe of con.
ties acting for me in the ti arsportation of: seript ago, with an exemption fom mizita-
cotton to the. Rio Grande, has been lost ry anty while ‘aetually employe? in his
servj.ee in, carrying out these instruciona.
'Major Bloomfield mav make his head-
quarters at such places as he may deem ea«
sential in the "performance of the duties,
he devoting himself at the same time to '
his duties as chief quartermaster .of tha l
district.' gis.
The datis devolving upon Major Bloom. 9
field being of the highest importance, all
officers of the district are instructe "ot to , -
interfere with him in the dischargo- of
them. 130828
By command of, iniyig
Major. Gen. MAGRCDEE.
(signed) E P Turner, A AG"i
Sept 9th, 1863,—22-et.
WANTED TO PURCMASEr^
-.WAGONS, oxen and mules for Whiq
will,pay Confederate* mohey. Cotton
good paper; payable in gold. ax
: E NICHOLS
Ruterville, Noy 11 1864- 28234
cea-gr-
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trve te their rigtousness, if per-
5 chance they are laboring for a
J “crown of glJry” as {Heir reward;
because they make thatthe motive
to holinees which is only obtained
"gn as the resuli of a virt uous-an d well-
ordered life—the -natural sequence
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