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A |Jjij?tfderatc Jt*rayor. A prayer book published by the South Carolina Tract Society, iu 1863, contains the following prayer for the use of the Episcopalians in the seceded States. It would be difficult to say which is the most atrocious, its misrepresentations, its scurrility, its inhumanity, or its blasphemy. What must be the Christianity * 3 iJ that culminates 111 sucn a production ; O God, Tliou liast ordered human government so as to make it necessary and wise that there should be rulers and subjects, masters and servants, rich and poor, and that these inequalities of condition and diversities of rank should be permanent and inevitable. From the beginning hitherto Tlieu hast also, O rigliteous God, associated the institution of slavery as an organic torin of involuntary labor with Thy church and people, thereby securing the slaves religious teaching and provision for their temporal wants, and to the world the lament of service, not otherwise attainable. Thou hast also in Thy written Word given us instruction as to Thy Mill and our duty in the relation of master and slave, embodying this authoritative teaching and Divine protection in Thy holy :uid immutable law, and in the , teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles. By Thy holy, wise and powerful providence, U Lord, Thou hast introduced slavey into these Southern States, which Thou liast allotted to our fathers and to us as a habitation. Thou hust brought this people among us, and hast mulii. plied and blessed them, and by their lai?or, then: social progress, their spiritual attainments, and their conversion to (rod, Thou hast ordained out of their month praise to Thy great name, thai the tongue of Thine enemies might be stilled, and Thy wonuer-working providence adored. And now, 0 Lord, it is time for Thee to work, for mei have made void Thy law, and teach for Thy will the commandments of men, and philosophy, falsely so called. They consent not to wholesome words even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, nor to the doctrine which is according to Godliness, but are proud and destitute of the truth, doting about questions whereof have come envy, * *- ? i. mi srrne, railing accusations against us iuy people, anil blasphemous speech against ihy holy Word and Thy righteous name. i or the truth of Thy AN ord, O Lord, which is forever established in the heavens ; for the justice and wisdom of Thine eternal providence and Thy righteousness and consistency ot Thy dealings with Thine ancient people, patriarchs, prophets and apostles, we are persecuted, defamed and overwhelmed with the miseries brought upon us by malicious, merciless enemies, who neither regard God nor man. But Thou, 0 Lord, beholdest from neaven uie rage auu mauness 01 irus people, who have set themselves against Thee and against us who reverence Xhy "Word as the Word of God, and as being all-profitable lor doctrine and lor instruction in rigltteousness. And as thou hast commanded that from such men we should withdraw ourselves, we now invoke Thy omnipotent arm for protection. O Thou that art glorious in holiness, fearful in pi wises, a God doing wonders, iu Thy me*cy lead forth Thy people, our wives, our little ones, our man-servants, our maid-servants, and guide us in Thy strength to Tny holy haoitution. Bring us in and plant us in the mountain of Tnine inheritance ; in the place, O Lord, which Thou hast made for us to dwell in; and may we know by joyful experience the blessedness of that people whose God is the Lord, and whose law is Thy sure, immutable Word, free from the despotic interpretations and enforcements. Es tablish us, therefore, (> (fod, us Conletleracy of States, and build us up ou that rock of eternal truth against win en the gates of hell shall not prevail. Unite us as a people in the indissoluble bonds of liberty, equality and fraternity. Harmonize the sovereignty of our states with Confederate constitutional authority.? May the spirit of Washington animate them all, aud lead them ever to seek not merely their own interests, but also the common good of all, and to beware of sectional jealousies and party dissensions. Look down upon us especially as slaveh ildiupc Confederacy. As Thou hast beto wed the blessing given in perpetuity to tile posterity of Shem and Japhet, do Tnou ui blessing, bless us, and make u orortr n Kh.c.iurr fn nnrunlrnc t a nnr V VA J U WIV VUIOVI ? Vl'J VV VMI slaves and to the world at large. Let the , blessing of Abraham, the father of the faithful, and the friend of God, restnpor us and upon our servants. Pour out, as I Thou hast graciously promised to do in i these latter days, the Holy Spirit upon 1 our sons and our daughters, and upon j our servants and our hand-maidens, that ; they may call upon the Lord. Preserve 1 our slaves from the fanatical machina' tions of our enemies, who would delude and destroy them, and under the promise j of liberty, reduce them to poverty, barbarism and exile from the Christian homes and happiness of their fathers.? i Imbue their minds with confidence in , their master, anil with a spirit of cheerful and loving obedience. May they remain loyal and true, notwithstanding all {the temptations with which they are as sailed ; secure to them their present reli| gious advantages, and dispose our hearts ; to bo more faithful to their souls, and tc render unto them things just and equal. May the issue of this war signally prove that this battle is the Lord's, and j that Tliou hast made Thy Word victorij ous. May atheistic blasphemy and blind 1 fanaticism be openly rebuked, and the i truth, purity and power of Thy Word, ; ana tne wisaom, equity ana mercy oi I Thy providential dejilings toward this | people be gloriously established in the sight of our enemies, and belore all nations through all generations; and ma) . glory rust on our land until it shall be ma le a pra'se in all the earth. Hear, C Lord, in ^eaven. Thy dwelling-place, these our humble petitions, with whict we would plead and wrestle with Thee Answer them in mercy for Christ's sake, and abundantly bless. Grant the desires of our hearts, in accordance with 'ihj Word, and then will we bless and magni fy Thy great and glorious name, Father Son and Holy Ghost Amen and amen. What it* Gold Lace ? Gold lace is ml gold lace. It doej not deserve the title, for the gold is ap ' plied as a surface to silver. It is no even silver lace, for the silver is applier to a foundation of silk. The Bilker threads for making this material an I wound round with gold wire so thickly ' as to conceal the silk ; and the making i of this gold wire is one of the most sin ; gular mechanical operations imaginable J ill we nrsi piace, lue reimer picpmco t solid rod of silver about an inch ii thickness ; he heats this rod, applies 01 ! the surface of a sheet of gold leaf, bur nislies this down, applies another coating I burnishes this down, and so on, until th< | gold is about one hundredth part tlx j thickness of the silver. Then the rod ii subjected to a train of processes whicl ; brings it down to the state of a fine wire ! it is passed through holes in a #ee | plate, lessening step by step in diameter i The gold never deserts the silver, bm I adheres firmly to it, and shares all th< mutations ; it is one hundredth part the j thickness of the silver at the beginning and maintains the same ratio to the end, As to the thickness the gold coated roc of silver can be brought, the limit de | pends on the delicacy of human skill 1 but the most remarkable example evei known was brought forward by Dr. Wol laston. This was an example of solid golc wire without any silver. He procured ? I small rod of silver, bored a hole through it from end to end, and inserted in this hole the smallest gold wire he could pro duce ; he subjected this silver to the j wire - drawing process, until he had b.ought it to the tiuest attainable statebeing, in fact, a silver wire as line as i hair, with a gold wire in its centre. Tc ! isolate this gold wire he subjected it tc warm nitrous acid, by which the silvto was disolved, leaving a gold wire ont j thirty thousandth of an inch in thicknesf ?Derhans the thinest round wire thai I band of man has yet produced. Bat the wire thongh beyond all comparison find than any employed in manufactures, doe* not approach in thinness the him of gold on the surface of silver in gold lace. It has been calculated that the gold on th< very finest silver wire for gold lace is nol one third of one millionth of an inch in thickness ; that is, not above one tenth the thickness ->f an ordinary gold leaf. ;;4 v c\'. \ 4 SEARS' FANCY STORE. j] UNION SQUARE, IS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING NEW AND FANCY GOODS FROM NEW, ! i YORK AND BOSTON : BLANK BOOKS, i ! LETTER, FANCY AND PLAIN NOTE PAPER, i i FOOLSCAP PAPER, . BILL PAPER, j ENVELOPES OF ALL SIZE?. i ' !! . ARNOLD'S WRITING FLUID, MAY-! I i NARD AND NOYES COPYING INK, CARMINE INK. : EBONY RULERS, ! 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Lloyd's Map of the Mississippi Biver, giving every man's plantation and name ; Lloyd's Map of the ttAeeu Southern States; also, State Maps of Virginia, Kentacky and Tennessee, and Lloyd's Great Map of Georgia, engraved for the War Department, showing every hill, and used by General Grant and Sherman ; same size and price Also, Lloyd's Telegraph, Express and Bailroad Map is now ready ; live feet large. Price $1.50 mounted, or sheet edition 50 cents. Any one calling the attention of either male or female to this, who will act as agent, will receive a lull set ot our Maps gratis, by writing to u?. Also wanted. Wholesale Agents with a few hundred dollars capital, to go to Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, ponton. Canada, and in every State, to open an olltoe ana act as wholesale agents. Can make money that J. T. LLOYD, American Map Publisher, Mo. as Courtlandt street, New York, and Mo. 1 Strand, ?London, England. Any person going to California with U. a. Map couid readily get *o a copy. Eyidemck or thx Connxcntrns or Lloyd's Math.?Lloyd's new Map of the United State*, mounted nn Hollers. aM vaf lsbed. Is the best Map of oui country ever published i&r so low a price ma <1. It ought to bo hung up by every Are- j aide to illustrate the daily progress and inciueuis of the War for the Union. [Horace Greeley. LLOYD'S FARMERS', TELEGRAPH, EXPRESS sad RAILROAD MAP wiU be of great service to us, and we have subscribed FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to show our several Expre** Lines. We deem it a very useful Map, and recommend it to business men. ADAM'S EXPRESS CO., By W. B. D1NSMORE, President. j We think highly ol LLOYD'S -FARMERS', TELEGRAPH, EXPRESS aud RAILROAD MAP. We have subscribed ($500) FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to show our Telegraph Lines. AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CO., Per C. LIVINGS! ON, Secretary. J. T. Lloyd, Esq. ?Sir: ?end me sample copies of your Map of the Mieeimappi niver, and your price per hundred copies. Hear-Admiral <Jba?. H. La vis, commanding the Mississippi Squadron, is authorized to purchase a supply of mem tor use of his squrdron. GiLEuN WELLS, 100 Secretary Navy. A TREATISE ON MILITARY LAW, and the practice of Courts Martial. By Capt. 8. V. Benet, Ordnance Department, (J. h. Army. ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, COM piled for the use of the United States Military Academy. PAPERS ON PRACTICAL ENGIneering. Official report of the siege and reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, February, vri. on.i AnHi iss.1 hv Briff.-Gcn. O. Gill* more, C. 8. Vote! JUST RECEIVED AT THE UNION Square Store, next to the Post Office, the following military publications. We are contantiy receiving new books as fast as they are issued. Orders for books promptly executed. PATTEN'S INFANTRY TACTICS: Compiled agreeably to the latest Regulation from the War Department, from standard atilifar) authority. By Lieut. .Col. woo. ratten. /