The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 22, 1846 Page: 1 of 4
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0 fHBFOETHERN STANDARD
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CHAS. DE MOJ?SEj
LONG SHALT. OUR BAKNEE BRA VS THE BREE2E-THE STAKDARlOK-TE FREE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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I If sutrvribert remove to other places without
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-5-Jhe Courts hare decided that refusing to
take a paper or periodical from the office or re-
raving and leaving-it uncalled for is prisiafacie
cidtnc of uteaiiroil fraud!
Judge Thompson of Indiana decided Teceally.
"Tbal where a fobseriber to a periodical failed
to notify ihe eiitor lo discontinue the paper at the
end of ihe time for which ht subscribed or pay Dp
the arrearages Be was bound fur anolberyear.
Ayearortwo since the Circuit Court oi Penn-
sylraaia JsstScd
"That Vhere a Post JJasttr fiiled to notifvthe
aV!ihtrs i nespspersihat their pspen weft not
linca jr ui.ei oai ot me omce lie renttcrca hun-
k11 lianle fsr the subscnpli5a.
R E P O U T
OFTriKSECBKTARY or TBETKCASUKT.
TEEiSCBr.DEPARTMEST )
.Aisstiaf Feb. 15th 1846. .3
Ji JIiHcelltMcy Akeok Joxes
President p the Jiepublic of Texas :
Sir- 1 herewith transmit to your Ex-
cdfiflcy the docatneDts eoumeraied In the
Bccorapanyirig list nod cornpriiinjj the statis-
tical portion of the report if this Department
forlho year coding with the 31st of October
last ; ns also so far asrthe returns jet ren-
dered wili admit of. the same repott op to the
first of Jariuai'y
There is at present in the hands of the
Treasurer ofthc Republicthc snra of twenty
nine thousand eight hundred and sixty dpi
iars in specie as also two thousand sir hun-
dred and eighty nine 75-100 in exchequers.
About sixteen thousand dollar; as well as I
can nowaEcertaint arc in the hand3 of the
Collector of Galveston ; and about tbe'same
sraount . probably held by the other Co!" I
lectori pf Customs. The two last items may
include front three to four thousand dollars in
Exchequer bill;. The amount of direct and
Iicciwe'taxes wbich.up to this timehave been
coliectedand are held ready to bo remitted to
"The Government ought to be at least seven
tboasan 'dollar? exclusive: of government
paper. -
Tfiere is deposited in the public store at
Galvcsion under the .warehousing system of
tbc ItepUDlic aquacuiy oi aiercnannizs me
diries on which will probably atn9uot to be-
tween twenty and thirty thousand dollars;
and there may be in store at thtother ports
about cue third of that quantity.
ItlSjthe opinion of this Departrarnt that
anVgoods found ihna warehoused when the
Tevrnne laws of the Republic &xpi? will
still be subject to the prtvilrgesand liabilities
cieaicdifche Mtvs in force -at the dale of
their importation and depositej and hence
that they willle entitled to remain in storei
tweire months from that dateand to be re-
'shipptd-then ot before free of duty to any
plac without the present bounds of the Re-
public; but tha! they will be liable to imposts
jfnotibeo re-sbipped? or if preriously-taken
outof ?" foranyjparpos ssvfe exportation.
Ififce ri'"biof the present and future Uov-
ernnsenl of Texas' to those duties be amitte3f
theCneed of satiable places for storage conse-
k....orf fnllcws: aadas the Bin. section
ifen sStti ntcle.of oofSaCot1SJtation
fluirca tie leisTalive Action of tha Slate or.
H .- .t - 1.-......
ceding el ftproper cwe cuswm uu3:
of Texas to the United. Statu this Drpart-
ment has instructed th9 -Collectors lo retain
for the benefit of the Sule possession of all
public buildings connected with the customs
till required to deliver them to agents oi tbc
State or till they arc ceded pursuant to legis-
lative action.
Prom the statement acd estimates above
givrn your Excellency will perceive .that
without conniing on the duties on goedssin
store unpaid taxcf or on any government
liabilities which have been .received for reve
nue there ought now to bain the Treasury
and in the bands of public agents between
sixtv and seventy thousand dollars. Of this
cum however an amount which this depatt
ment has not 3 et the data for &:certainiogbut
comprising several thousand doHars.has been
pajd under protest to the Collectors; and as
the reelnims arc pending will consequently
have to be paid over to the government by
ibtm to the same manner
The origin of those reclaims was this:
On the 31st of Dectmbcr.Iaat. an net of the
U. S. Congress was approved.erecliog Tex-
as into a Revenue IJ-stnct of that-Govern.
menu On the 9th ol January last a circular
was issued by the Secretary of the Treasury
of the United StateFjio the Collectors and oth
er officers of customs requiring that fremj
and after the date of that aci all vessels nod
cargoes passing between (Texas and other
States of the Onionbe put on thn sainr footing
as if passing between any other districts of
the United States; and that those arriving in
Texas from foreign ports should be placed
onthbsame footing as jfso arnring in any
other of said States. This circular was not
promulgated in Galveston lill fourteen days
after its date though it refered to a period ten
days previous to the same as tha time when
its requirements should begin to take effect.
Owing to its publication considerable am
ounts of merchandize were shipped from the
United States to Texas under the belief that
no duties would be exacted. The Collectors
oCCuitoms of this Republic were thus placed
in an embarrassed position. They had recei
ved no orders from their own Government;
to when the exaction of duties on such impor-
tations should cease; and consequently al-
though liable to be sued on the authority o
the act anf circular aforesaid by every per
son then importing from the Unittd States
they all continued so far as this Departmeni
has been advised to enforce the revenue laws
of the Republic with regard to such impor
Unions. A part of thegoos thus introduced
havebeen warehoused ;and on the rest.dutlesti
have been paid as before mentioned. Those
payments probably comprise a large portion
of ihe funds now held by lhajCoIIector of
Galveston as well as a part of what is held
by the Collectors ol other ports.
Since the appearance of the circular aoro-
said. orders have been issued to the several
Collectors from this Department to conlinue
discharging their functions in conformity
with the Ian a ofthc Republic of Texas up lo
I the sixteenth of the present month ; and to re
linnatsh to the authorities of the U. Stat&tKe
right of collecting revenue on all vessel en
tering on or afterthat date and ohtheir car-
A: the dar aforesaid is that set apart for
convening the Legislature of the Stale of
Texas it was in the opinion of ibis Depart-
ment' the earUest period at which the reve-
nue laws ofihCjUnited States could take effect
in Texas compatibly with the 10th section
pfthe I3ih artkleWoar Stale Constitution.
In the same orders; the Collectors were
required to retain possession of all goods in
public store ns subject to duty unless resbip-
ped.until agents of the State should be author-
izen urtake charge of them; or till other
dispositions respecting them should be made
by the State Legislature
Siucclhe arrival of the United States Ar
my of Occupation in Texas the suttlers at-
tached to it have introduced into the Republic
a large amount of merchandize; on which
as it was privitepropeity acd was imported
for sale duties were demanded "by the Col-
lectorof Aransazo conformably with instruc-
tions from this Department At. however
circumstance arising out" of ihe local affairs
of the District and the new and pecu!ia?na
tureof thecaserende.-ed it difficult 10 observe
therein the usual course forWeoUecting or
securing of imposts bonds were taken by the
Collector for the several amounts cf those
duties with the view of reierring the matter
to both Governments; and with the condi-j
tion.tbattLe imposts should be paid at the end '
of four months from the date of bending
provided they wereant rem!iied"by the Gov-'
ciuiucui o. 1 esas or me ngnioi saia uoti
to collect the same were not formally denied
by the President of 4hc United States" within
that .lime. " vt i
lian'ol; Un reply to a petition of tbe suttlers foMhe rnenced undressing i had hardly got my
on re-iretnSsslon of tboso duties thTsDpa'rtmdnicoauo'Twhcn.my attention wu attracted to
jciarujeu uicmiua4iua(jicGuiiTo aayiormesc -
of the Republic bsd-nofnght to make such
--GLAKE:SVILLE 'TEXAS APRIL 1846..
remission aad referred &iem lotha Legisla-
ture far relief -s. .
The amount of suttier's duties thus bond-
ed was up to the Istof January last accord-
ing to ihej-CplIector's r port twenty sir thou-
sand one hundred and eighty nine 75-100
dollars ; and the term-stipulated in the bonds
will expire en or about the eleventh ol
March next. This Department is nit aware
of any reply to tho application which was
made to the President of the United States oa
this question.
In the short time during which the arjgirll should say an angel about eighteen
chives formerly left in this ckv have been uA was there asleep j
gain in possession of this Department its oF
fleers have been lop much occupied with its
closing business to ascertain with certainty
the amount ofthe.nationaldebt As the in
terrst is a large and intricate item of it both
time and careful investigation will be requir
ed 10 make an accurate report on the subject
Tho burning of the Treasurer's office in
this city and tho exaggerated reports of the
quantity and importance ofthc papers lost on
that occasion have caused apprehensions in
other quarters that the Government would
suffer serious Joss by the accidtnl. For th
satisfaction of the public I will here mention
that such is not the case. A Urge amount of
promissory notes and audited drafts were
there consumed but they had all been previ-
ously cancelled ; they are moreover on.- re-
gister in other offices amc-ag the other liabil-
ities ofthst class issued though in the sum
registered it would be difficult to identify the
separate bills of theauioupt destroyed since
the detailed register of their cancelment was
burnt with them. The other papers consu-
med all of which belong exclusively lo the
Treasury Bureau have in othf-r offices ei.
ihcr duplicates or a detailed registry which
will answer the same putpose.
Submitting the above statements to the at-
tention of your Excellency h
I have the honor to be - '
Very respectfully yours
j. a.'greer
Sec'y of the Treasury.
SOMEBODY IN MY BED.
Some famous writer whose name has
slipped my memory once asserted that be
lever opened a book or a newspaper but
rbat he 1 Atrned something. As an ofHct to
this I can safely assert that I never listened
to the bar-room yams of any company how
ever uninte(Kctuai m appearance it were
vithout gainings naw idea and occasion
ally one tvorth circulating.
mkA week or two ago daring my perigrina.
110ns inrougn iortncrn rennslvvaora.
spreading knowledge among the cittzros
thereof (I sell books) ljuit dropt in at a
comfortable ianwhere Icomiaded to remain
foradayor two. Alter a good substantial
suppur IHta'Ydrk county principe' the
like of which sell in those regions at the rate
of four for a penny pnd scaled myself around
thebar room stove. There was ihe brawny
rmicner :ne cueminaie tailor a lnnicre
fiddler two horse dealers a lend speculator
a blackleg the village Fsculapius and the
Captain who in consequence of being able
to live on his means was a man of no small
importance agd therefore allowed to sit be-
fore the stove;with the poker to stir the fire
a mark of respect granted only to persons
of standing.
Yarn after yarn had been spun and the
hour for retiring had arrived the landlord
was dozing behind his bar and the spirltjgf
the conversation was beginning to flajTwfien
the Doctor whispered lo me that il f woud pay
attention be would top off" with n good ouo.
"I believe Captain" siid tha Doctor il
never told you about my adventure with the
woman at my boarding housd when I was
attending the lecture. n
- "No let's have it" replied tho individual
addressed who was a shortfkIibylfu man of
about fifty wkh a highly nervous tfterapra-
ine nf'and a very red face. -
"At the time I attended the lectures 1
bnarded in a house in which there were no
females but the landlady and tha-old cook
Here the Doctor made a sfigoVpaose; and
the Captain by way of requesting him to go
na said "well."
"I often felt the want of female society to
soften the severe labors of deep study and
dispel theennutto which I was subject -'
Weli said the captain.
"Oaeevening afer 'lislenin" to along
lecture on Physical Anatomy and after .dis
seeling a large negro fcligued iribody and
mind I went to ray lodgings
"Well" raid the Captain.
"I went inio"ihe hall look a large lamp
and went aireciiy to roy room it oeing taea
after one ocloelc -&'
"Well." '
JJl placed tbc light upon lhe.tablc.and com
a troclgana a quantity oipeuicoatsiying.on
a cbair near the bed ."
"Well" sail the Captain who now began
to show signs that he was getting deeply id
tcresteJ. -
"And a pair of beautiful shoes and stock-
ings on lbs floor. Of courseI thought it
strango and was about to retire but then I
thought as it was my room I had -at leasts
right to know who was in my bed
"Exactly" nodded the Captain BTeH"
"So I took the light went softly to the bed
and with a trembling band drew back the
curtain. 'Heavens! what a sight! A young
"Well" said the Cnptain giving his cbair
a hitch.
"As rgazed upen her I thought I never
cwitnessedany thing more beautiful. Froat
underneath a little nightcap rivalling Hie
snow in whiteness hung a stray tinglet over
a neck and shoulders of alabaster
"Willi" said the excited Captain giving
bis chair another hitch.
"Never did I set my eyes upon a butt
more perfectly formed. I then took hoM of
the coverlet ."
-"Well" said the Capttin throwing his
right leg over his left.
'And softly pulled it-down "
"Well" said the Captain betraying- the
utmost excitement
-To her waist u
"Well" said the Captain dropping the
naaspaper and again renewing the- position
of his legs.
"She had on a nightdress it buttoned up
before but I softly opened the two first but-
tons '
"Well" said the Captain wrought to the
bighesKjjjtch of excitement.
"Antrjthen yagods! what a sight to gaze
upon a Uebo pshaw words fail. Just
then ." -
"WELL ! 1 !" sard the Captain hitehtng
hirchair right and left and squirting his to
bacco juice against the stove so that it fairly
fizzed strain.
"1 thought I was taking a mean advantage
of ber so I covered her up seized my coat
and boots and wc&t and slept in another
room.
uh's a lit!" shouted the excited Captain
jumping up and kicking over the chair. "It's
a lie!" I will bet you fifty dollars that you
got into tkebed!"
A CutscjE Sentence ran. .Matricide
The China Mail says that a young man of
loose habit.' .at-Hong rCoog.rcsiding with bis
mother who was greatly afflicted wih rheu-
matism neglected to take propsr care of het.
She reprocfied him with his neglect and be-
coming infuriated he rushed upon and strait
gled ber. For this horrible crime be has
been sentenced to be cut into ten Hetaaitd.
pieces h the open stance place. The sen-
tence has been confirmed by the Emperor.
Banss of the United States From
the Bandkcr's Weekly Circular we learn
that the total number of banks in the United
States is C49 with capital to the amount ol
S204997S65. New York alone has 105
banks with capital amounting to ?12S45123
Rescued fros PEatsirr.se Many sin
guiar rescues of late have occurcd ot persons
breaking in the Ke but the most remarkable
occurred in the Territory of Iowa. Mr-
Hobson was crossing the river at EJort Mad-
ison in a sleigh when the-ice gava away
and precipitated him into the river. A roan
named Ward Eliis.who ;vas near.hurnanely
went to bis assistance. All he could see w?s
Hobson's cap and fearing in bis attempt to
save him be would only bring up that he
reached farther down so as to get hokl of his
neck when Hobson in his ttrugglescaught
mo of Ellis' Jingtrt in Ms icetf which he
held on to until in this way he was brought
to the surface and sived. iiliss angers
were bitten to the bone.
The London Alining Journal says: We
have writtc n upon piper manutactured from
iron and seen a bookwith both leaves and
binding of tho same material"
A great flood is expected ia tb Ohio river
Thescow is very deep in the Alleganies.and
ifa; is probable!-' melts away suddenly there
will be another flood like that of IS32.
A Golden Sttmenl A heart dead lo
the claims of man cannot Be alive to the
claims ofGoJ: and religion cannot flourish
on the around where humanity withers.
Z 1. 1 i
A most interesting storyts told ia a Isle
German paper of a remarkable woman of
Pollau Prusia whose heroism of character'
certainly rues into the gigantic or whse in
trepidityjto say tho least appears to be unprecedented-'
This woman of a truly generous
daring is the widow of a searnanwiih whom
for upwardsvof txventy years she made long
voyages : and .since Ms death she bas'dero-
tell her life'ffor his nieroorvVsake) to the no
ble and ptrijous taikfof carrying aid to the
drowning.. Her name is SathsnoeKlenfoldt
Whenever a storm arises (whether by day or
night) she embarks in Iter boat and quits the
harbor in search of shipwrecks. At tha age
of forty-seven she has already rescued up
nards of three hundred individuals from cer
tain death. The population of Palfeu ven-
eiate her as something holy and the seamen
took upon herns their guardian angeL Al!
heads ara uncovered as she passes along the
street. The Prussian and several other Gov-
ernments have sent their medals of civil mer-
it ; the municipality of Paliau baiconferretl
on. her the freedom of her own town. She
possesses an athletic figure & great strength
seeming to be furnished by naturein view of
a capacity to go through wild scenes and
high deeds. Her physiognomy is somewhat
masculine wuh the expression softenad by a
look of gentleness and goodness.
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
A Serpen preached on the eve of the
Battle oBrandyieiKe by the Rev. Je&
Trout September 10. 1777.
They that take thcsword.thill perlsi By the sword'
Soldiers and Countrymen : We hare
met this evening perhaps for the last lime-
We have shared the toil of the march the
peril of the fight and thediimny of the Te-
treat-Alike we have endured the cold and
hunger the contumely of the internal foe and
the courage of the foreign oppressor. We
have sat night alter night beside the same
fire; w6 have together heard the roll of the
reveille" which called us to duty or .beat of
tfe tattoo which gave -.the signal for the
hardy sleep of the soldier with the earth for
bisbcJ and tho knapsack for his pillow
And now. soldiers and brethern we have
met in the peaceful valley.on the eve of bat
tle wbiiithe sun-light isdyingaway behind
yonder heights theun. light that tomorrow
morn will glimmer oa scenes of blood
We have met amid the whitening tents of
ourencapmentj in time of terror and of
gloom harc we gathered together God
grant it may cot bo for the last time.
It is a solemn moment Brethern does
not the solemn voice of nature seem to echo
the sympathies of the hour 1 Tbc flag of
our counlry droops heavily from yonder staff
the brcrze has died away .along the green
plain of Chadd's Ford the plain that spreads
before us ghuering in the sunlight; tie-
height of the Brandy wins arising gloomily
and grand beyond the waters of yonder
stream; all nature holds a pause of solemn si
lence on the eve ofthc uproar ofthc blood-
shed and strife of to-morrow.
-' They that take the sword shall perish
by the sword." .
And ffavethey not taken the sword.
Let tho desolate plain the blood-sodden
valley the burned (arm-house blackening in
the sun the sacked village and the ravaged
town answer ; let ihe whilcnjng bone J ofthe
butchered farmer streiui along the fields of
his homestead answer; let the starving mo
ther with the babe clinging to tho withered
breast that can afford no sustenance let hen
answer with the death rattle miogliog wkh
thcmurmurinir groans that mark the last
struggle 61 life let the dying mother and
ber babe answer.
It was but a day past and our land slept
in the quiet cf peace. War was not here;
wrong was not here. Fraud and wo. and
misery dwelt not among us. From the eter.
oai solitude ofthe green woods arose the
blue smoke-ofthe settler's cabin and golden
fields of corn looked forth from amid the
waste ol the wilderness and the glad music
ofthe human voice; awoke the silence ofthe
forest
Now God cf mercy behold the change I
Under the shadow of a pretext under the
sanctity of tho name hi God. invoking the
Redeemer to their aid;do these foreign hire
i- 1 -r 1 tt- ".L jAta ioriuc iuiuiu. rorwearein times ot
Imgs slay cur peopfel 1 hey throng ourf. n - t T 1 j r . """ u
. . .1 a 1 - t - 1.1. . troubleroh Lord and so beaet by foes mor-
towns; they darkenrsur plains-and they en j .. r . . ' ' l
compass our poss on the 'lonely plata of
Chadd's Ford.
They that take the sword shall perish
by thesword."
Brethren think me not unworthy of be.
lief when I tell you the doom cf the Bitlijh
is near I Thinknanotvafn when I left
you that beyond the cloud 'that now en-
shroud us I see gathering thick and last
the darker and blacker storm of a Divine
Retribution !
They may conquer us to morrow. Might
and wroog may prevail aad we may be
driven from this field;' but the hour of God's
own vengeance will cornel
Aye if iq the vast solitude; ol eternal
space ifin the heart cf the boundless uni
j-erse there throbs the being of an awful God
quick' to avenge and sure to punish guilt
then will the man George of Brunswick
called lung feel in his brain and in his
heart the vengrance ol tha eternal Jehovah '
A blight will be upon his life a withered
brain. and accursed intellect: a blight wilt
bVuponKls children and oa his people
Great God ? how I dread the punishment J
A crowded populace peopling the densa
6 4.
townSjWberethe man of money thrives while
tne laborerrstarTcs want striding among
the people-In all forms of terror; aod an ig-
norant and GoJadefying priesthood chuck-
ling over the miseries of millions : and a
proud and merciless nobility adding wron
to wrong.and heaping insult upon robbery
and fraud royalty corrupt to the veryVieart
and aristocracy rotten to the very core crime-
and want linked band in hansr and tempt-
ing men to deeds of wo and death these ara
a part of thedoom end tha retnbuu'oa that
shall comelipon the English people !
Soldiers I look around nponyour famil-
fir feces with a strange interest. To-morrow
morning we wila'll go forth to battla
for need I jell you that your unworthy
r Minister will march with you invoking God's
aid in the fight we will march forth to bat-
tle I Need I exhonyoa to figfel to fight for
your homestead and for your wiveVaud ch:-
drcn?
My friends I might ursre you to fight by
the galling memories of British wrong.
WaRon I might (ell you of vour butcher
ed father io the silence of the night on tno
plains of Trenton; I might picture his gray
bairs dabbled in blood; f imzhl wriny h
death shriek in your ears. Shelmire L
mighttellyou ofa butchered mother and a
sister outraged ; the lonely atrm-house tha
nighUssauh the roof in flames tbc snouts
ofthe troopers asthey despatched their vic-
tims the cries for mercy the pleadings of
innocence for pity. I might -paial this all
again in tha vivid colors -of tho terrible re-
ality. It I thought your courage needed
such wild excitement.
But I knowyou are strong in the might
of th! Lord You will march forth to battle
on to-morrow with light hearts and deter
mined spirits though thesolemn doty the
duty of avenging the dead may rest heavy
on your souls.
And in Ihehiour of battle when all around
is darkness lit by the lurid rannon glares
and the piercing musket flash when the
rounded strew the'ground and the dead lit-
ter your path then remember soldiers that
Godisnithyou. .The eternal God fights
for.you he rides on tho battle cloud he
sweeps onward wita tha march- of the hur-
ricane charge God the Awful and tho In-
finae fights fosyon and yoa will triumph.
" They that take the sword shall perish by
the sword 1"
Yoirhare taken tho sword but not in tho
spirit of wrong and ravage. You have ta-
ken the sword for-yonr homes for your
likle ones. You have taken the sword for
truth for justice and right and to you the
promise is be of good cheer for your foes
have taken the sword in defiance of alt that
men hold dear ia the blasphemy of God
they shall perish by the sword.
And now brethren and soldiers I bid you
farewell Many of us may foil in the bar.
tie ol to-morrow Gwl rest the soul of tho
fallen many of us may live to-tell the story
of tbefigbt to-morrow acd in the memory
of aiftvill ever rest and linger the quiet
scene of this autumnal night.
Solemn twilightadvances over the yalley ;
the wood on rfca opposite .height firag their
long sbadoivs ; around us are the tents of (bo
continential host the suppressed bustle ofthe
camp the hmried tramp of the soldiers to
and from the tenjs the stillness -that marks
the eve of battle.
When we meet again may the shadows
of twilight be lluDorera peaceful land.
God in heaven grant ft
Let uspiay.
Great Father we bow before thee we in-
voke :hy blessing wo deprecate thy wrath;
we return thee-tbaoks for tha past ws'ask thy
:j r .l- 1 t- . .
.. ...... ..rnju6 iut anuiu gieams
over oor land and the dutt ofthe soil is damp
ened with the blood of our neighbors and -
friends.
Obi God of mercy we pray thy blessing
on the American arms. Make the man or
our hearts strong ia thy wisdom; bfcss we
beseech thee with renewed life and. stren"ib
our hope and thy instrument even George
Wasiu.ngto.N . shower thee -thy counsels
on the Honorable the Continental Congress
Tisit me iruis -oi our acsx comiort ins sol
dier in his wounds andaffliclions; nerve him
for Ihe fight prepare him for the hour of
death.
And in the hour of defeat oh God of hosli
do thou be our stay and in the hour of tri
umph he thou ourguide.
Teaches to be-merciful. TJjough tfco
memory of galjmg wrongs be at our beari?
knocking admittance that they may fill
us with tha desire of revenge yet let us oh
ijord spare the vanquished though lb.v nev-
cf spared w in that hour of butchery and
bloodshed. Aud ij the hour ofaeaih. do.
thou guide us to tha abode prepared for the
iblestr soshallwa return thanks unto thee
through Christ oar Redeemer GonjpseSt
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