THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS ri/BLUIIED UVEBY Fit IDA Y MORNIND BVB.F.MI JVEES, At the lollowmj termj, to Wit i $1.50 PER annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. $2.50 " "• if not paid within the year. Qj-fto subscription taken tor less than six months papor discontinued until all arrearages e paid , unless at the option of the publisher, t,as b'een decided by the United States Courts thai the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment o| arrearages, is prima facie evidence ol fraud and as a criminal offence. courts h'ave decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it they take thein from the post gr iliey subscribe for them, or not. (J Ij c 511) oolma et e r 21 bx o a li. £DITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. nTTcachois and friends of education are respect fully requested to send communications to the above, 'care of %i ßcilfoic£ Gazette ~ SCHOOL EXHIBITION. At an early hour on the evening of the 4llt instant, the Court House was densely crowded by an intelligent and appreciative audience to enjoy the entertainment prepar ed by the boys of the Bedford Classical In stitute. The following was the order of ex ercises for the evening: Prayer by lie v. Mr. Kepler. 1. Military insubordination. (11. Clay.) Master Win. Jordan. 2. Liberty and Greatness. (Lcgarc.) Master Wm. Filler. 3. Stanzas on threatened invasion of En gland by the French. MasterF. Schell. 4. Dialogue—" lite Will ." Messrs. 15. Ly on, Savage, Songster and S. Stiver. 5. David's Lament over Absalom. (Willis.) Master 11. Tate, li. Early Rising. Mr. J. Songster. 7. The Dying Chief. Mas. T. Dougherty, y. Dialogue. Young America in Council. Ten Roys. Chairman, Mas. 1.. Colfelt. 1). Eulogy on Washington. (Phillips.) Master Win. Hughes. 10. The Fireman. S. Stiver. 11. Dialogue—Scene from Velasco. D. 15. (Jolt'elt, 11. Hughes, P.. Lyon. 12. Taylor at Ruena Vista. Mr, W. Schell. 13. Our Duties to the Republic. (Judge Story.) D. li. Colfelt. 11 On the Force Bill. (Calhoun.) T. L. Savage. 1"). Dialogue—Quarrel Scene i'roni ''Doug las." Messrs. Lyon, Songster & Savage. 1(5. Ambition. (Poetry.) Mr. Job Jordan, 17. Extract from (J. J. box, on the Amer ican War. Mr. Frank bleed. 18. Address to the Survivors of the Revo lution. Mr. James Russell. 19. Dialogue—"The Gridiron." Messrs. I>. Lyon, Sjtvagp and Stiver. 20. OrigouJ . if alt ifngtirsr. 21. The Revelry. llrinton Lyon. 22. Peaceable Secession Impossible. Mr. J. Songster. 23. Dialogue—Scene from Catalinc. Messrs. 13. Lyon, Stiver & D. 13. Colfelt. 24. Grave of Washington. Mr. E. Lyon. 25. Valedictory. Mr. S. C. Stiver. We had hoped to comment at some length on the above exercises, but other engage ments prevent us. Let us say once for till that they were, as a whole, all tlutt the most critical could expect, or the most sanguine desire. The boys were well prepared, and acted well their respective parts. With one single exception, there was no'halt, no stam mer, no failure. In the single instance in which a participant was unable to act his part, there was evidently much sympathy for him among the audience, and this was increased almost to admiration by his grace ful retirement from the stage. The same hoy afterward acted a piyt admirably in an other piece. He should have been put for ward again with his declamation. He would have succeeded. it will he seen that Mr. 13. Lyon is some what conspicuous in the exercises. Ile was emphatically the lion of the evening. Noth ing hut the admirable manner in which he acted in his numerous parts could excuse his appearance so often. Some actors arc inade; others burn. Wc are not suxc hut he belongs to the latter class. There was much to commend and very little to criticise in (he entertainment. Some (>i r the selections were rather above tlic com prehension of those to whom they were as signed. Pieces that 'require a Booth or a Forrest to do them justice should not be as signed to schoolboys. Mr. Hug] res' speech was tlie only origi nal production of the evening, and its author would, in our opinion, have done himself more credit in a declamation. There was enough in the speech to make a tolerably good one, if some experienced hand had carefully pruned out. the extravagancies. We have no information on the subject, but we hazard the opinion, that Mr. Lyon never corrected that spcccli. A few essays would have added greater interest and variety. Upon tlie whole, wc Iccl like closing this brief notice with three times three for the boys of the Bedford Classical Institute. CHILDREN NOT TAUGHT TO THINK. "STUDY, and the means of study, arc in dispensable; but all study and no reflection will never make a scholar, A man may re.nl a monument of books, and never know the more; because knowing but little of all, lie knows nothing delinitc of a part. ISo with the children. They should obtain the fac ulty of reflection. Moderate study, and ri gid, scrutinizing, untiring thought, will bring a child any sufficient knowledge. Who is the successful man ? lie who thinks. Who is the distinguished professional man? lie who reflects and investigates. And who tin on viable scholar—the. hook-worm. A.L Newton with his apple Watt with his < ri- VOLUME 88. NEW SERIES. i mu l U.-LT,'.;' . g JMawn; ginc, or Franklin and Morse with tlie kite and lightning, and they will tell you, as all history portrays, that knowledge comes only after close, vigilant thought: and show me that boy who is reserved, thoughtful and in quisitive, and when he conies to manhood I will point out to you an intellect; or the girl who sees beauty in Nature, and admires Na ture for its beauty and instruction, and I will show you a store of intellectual bright ness." Wc have extracted the above from one of our exchange papers. It contains most im portant truth. The practice of pouring knowledge (or rather of attempting to do it, for it is seldom really done) into a child's, mind, is one of the greatest evils in our sys tem of education, instead of enriching t lie mind, it beggars it. It starves the intel lect till it shrivels to dwartislyiess. If we rightly apprehend, to educate comes from cducu , to draw or lead out. This should be the grand idea in educating a child. Draw out liis mind. Learn him to think. Exer cising his mind will expand and increase his faculties, as much as exercising his limbs will strengthen and enlarge the physical man. Every teacher and every parent should know this, and practice in accordance with such knowledge. Then we should have students instead of mere superficial dunces—New tons instead of mere imitators. Wc hope soon to coo this improvement made in the education of children, and we are well as sured but little will be accomplished by all other efforts till this is done. [ Concord Pioneer. COST OF THE NEGR OES. The President and the Congress, of tire Uni ted Slates have solemnly pledged lire American people to buy of their owners, it they will sell them, lire lour millions of slaves now held iu bondage iu the South. This emancipation pol icy is no* part and parcel of the policy and ti naucial programme of the present Administra tion. Uudor the inllueuco of that policy the slaves of the District of Columbia have already cost one million of dollars, for which an appro priation has been made by Congress MM ... ii <i.ii —"•■■■ll prnrctßTfry er under the General Government ftfc Washing ton, has written u pamphlet intended to elabo rate and expound the views of the present Ad ministration on this engrossing subject. Hero is an extract: 'Jd have shown what the compensation to the border States would he at two different rates of payment;*:/• ca/>itu for the slaves, and it will have been seen that 1 have favored the more lib eral scale. I now proceed to show what would be the cost of redeeming the whole slave popu lation of the Union at the sumo rates. "iiy the census of Inst ycarthcrc were 3,952,801 slaves in the United States and Territories. I have already shown that 454,441, which be longed to the border States, would be worth, at $250 each, $113,010,250, and at S3OO each, §130,332,300. There remains to be disposed of, therefore, 3,498,300 slaves, embraced in the country subject to the rebels, but including, of course, large numbers belonging to the friends of the Union, who have been constrained into obedience to the rebel authorities against their wills. Ai the lowest estimated average value of §250, these slaves of the rebels would be worth §874,590,000 and adding aiiy compensa tion to the border States, on the same terms, the aggregate cost to the Government would be §988,200,250. At the highest rate of §3OO, the slaves in the rebel States would be worth §1,049,508,000; and adding the cost of com pensation to the border Slates, at the same rate, the aggregate expense of emancipation would be . w 1,18(1,840,300. Or, for the convenience of round numbers, the cost of emancipation would be, at §250 per bead, §1,000,000,000, and at §3OO per Lend, the cost would bo £1,200,000,- 000." Thus it apjiears by Mr. Goom-on's calcula tion (hat the slaves of the South will cost the white men of the North £1,299,000,000! and as the money for this purchase must be borrow ed, it follows that, at 0 per cent., the interest or annual lax paid lor this philanthropic pur pose will bo seventy-two millions of dollars! Now, as the interest upon the public debt at the expiration of Ibc war cannot bo less than one hundred millions, the annual appropriations for the support of the Govermmyit, including the support of the army and navy, at least one hun dred and fifty millions; pen-ions for the support of our wounded and maimed volunteers, tor the widows and orphans of the brave men who have been killed in battle or who have fallen a prey to disease, not less than one hundred millions; for tho multitudinous claims against the Gov ernment arising from the contingencies of the war and the expenses of a Mist system of negro colonization, at least one hundred millions of dollars, it follows that ere long Hie annual ap propriations required to be made by Congress, and to bo extracted from the pockets of the peo ple, to pay for the expenses of a war fomented by Northern negro worshippers and declared by se cession negro owners, will amount to upwards of FIVE 11 UNDUE D MILLIONS OF DOL LARS! and this enormous amount of annual taxation, not including one penny for a sinking fund to reduce this monstrous incubus upon the industry and energy of the people. The population of Pennsylvania is one-tenth of tho entire population of the United States ; therefore, according to the above calculation, which time will prove to have been underrated, the direct and indirect annual la.r, payable by the people of this Slate to tlie National Gov ernment, will amount, at tlie expiration of the war, to Firrv MTU toxs ok Dou.aks, Ling n bout one bundled dollar to each voter! Sorely •the, is paying rather Far lor the whistle of e- Freedom of Thought aud Opinion. BEDFORD,PA..FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1862. ! mancipation, which I inn, fur years past, been , blown into the' oars ol' the people by the North ern Abolitionists! The next question which arises is, in what condition will the whites find themselves to pay the enormous tax demanded of them, and how far will the condition of the negro have been ameliorated ! This wc reserve for future articles. [Patriot and Union. LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING. WASHINGTON, June 8, 18C2. To the Editors of lice Cawcushiu: Suits:—lt has been mighty unpleasant weath er since I writ you last, an I have had a rale, sharp Utingo of the rumatics.—These cold rains in Juno arc hard on a constitushin that has had u tussel with nigh oa to about eighty win ters: but howsever, with a little older bark tee, Yny favurit remedy wen it's mixed with a good deal of old rye, I've got now about as good as new agin. So the other day I tolled Linkin i was goia to finish up uiy siferin on the linnn n. lie scd lie wished 1 would, for ho wasal reddy beginning to think about laying the limit dasliiu lor thencx message, and ho wanted the fools to put in. So 1 toiled him he must give me a letter of authority that 1 might show the Seckataiy of the Treasury, so that lie would see that I warn'tcny common chap coining to .pry into what was' none of my business. So i.inkin sat down an writ a letter as follows: Du.u: Sun :—Major Jack Downing is au thorised to examine into the slow of the linan j ccs in particular. A. I.INKIN." Wen the Kernel ilr.-t writ the letter, he didn't havo on the last two words in it'.dicks. 1 ask ed him to put 'em on an lie did. Sea he, 'Ma jor, what do want them words for." 'WaT, ses I, Kernel, litem words will puzzle Cliaso chu most to death, an will trubltel liiin that he will thiidc of he dares to keep back the truth that you'll be sure to giv him his walkin papers. Von see, Kernel, you must be a lilt to mysterious with these pollytieians, or else iltey doti't get it fccred ut' you.' 1 then put the letter in my hat, rito under the liilin, an takin my slate under my arm, an my liiekory in my hand, I started for the Treas ury buitdin. It ain't far from the While 1 louse, an 1 soon got there. —It's a mighty big pile of. -lours, i •.rOn.-jnrg' arret.usi e swiMatlMßLty money to have got it fixed up sonice. ktet uS I was goin in the door, I met Mr. Chase coinin out. He knew me an 1 knew him, tho be didn't suspect for a minnit what I was after. Ses lie, It does my heart good to see a genuwino loyall man in these days of rcbellyn an 1 know you're one.' 'W'al,' ses I, 'Mr. Scckatary, ef Ginner id Jackson was a loyall man, then I'm one, an lef he warn't loyall then there ain't eny sieh thing as loyallty.' Ses he, 'Major, you're right, an what kin 1 do tor you this uiornin*'—'Will,' ses I, 'Mr. Scckatary; I've cum around to in [ ([tiire into tho state of tho fi nancies. Tho I'res i ident ses he's very, busy, an boin as I was very I good at tigers, he wanted mo jest to take a loo!; ! at t he books an see how tho ackounts stand.' Wen I sed this, 1 sec ho didn't look ploasoil lat all. He began to make sum sort of apolo ! ges, that the. ackounts were behindhand, and so 1 on, but I tolled him I warn't particular ulxnit all tho little items, an that I only wanted to get at the giunoval sum: hut as he still seemed to be hesitatin, thinks I to myself, now's the time to show him the Presidents letter—that will fix him sure. So I took off my hat an j showed it to liiin. When ho red it he was as ' porlite as a nigger wen he wants to lmnibugyou. I He looked at it a long while before he sed eny | thing. When lie did speak, ses lie, 'Major, i what do these lust words 'in particular' mean?" I 'Wal,' ses I 'don't know as 1 can tell. The ! President put'em there, an 1 didn't ask liini ; what ho inent by 'em.' on sec I warn't goin i to he fool enough to let liini think I had put'em j there, for that would have spoilt all my plans. | I see Lo was worried, an that was jest what 1 wanted. After tiiiit ho asked mo to come in his office, .and he began to tell ine that the financies were in a very prosperous condishin. lie took down a big book, which he sed his darks hud prepar ed for him, so that he could see every Saturday nitc jest how much the Government was in delit.—l took u look at it, but 1 couldn't tell head nor tail to it. lie sed they kept their books by dubliel entry. I tolled bun that I should think that a singlo entry would ho as many times its such n dcht as ours ought to bo chalk ed down. Now, scs 1 Mr. Seckatary, I want to get at this subject in away that 'plain peo ple,' as the Kernel scs, can understand it. Scs I, what is the debt how? 'Wal,' 6cs he, -it is MO 1,000,(KK),' Is that all, scs I? Why in vour report last winter you estimated that it would be §517,000,000, and you don't say that it is less than the estimate. 'Wal,' ses ho, Ma jor, that is what the books say." Now, ses I, Mr. Seckatary, them books by dubble entry aint worth a pick of saw dust. There was Deacon Doolittic's son.llosea, of Downingvillo, who went to York and set up the dry-goods business. Wen he failed his books showed that he was worth two hundred thousand dollars, and yet lie didn't have money enough to get his wife hum to his father's. You see dubhlo oil try is a good deal like tryin to ride two horses atonec; ou cant manage 'em, and things get so kinder mixed up in pro/it and loss and notes payable and notes rccccvablo, that ysai can't tell how you stand. 'Now,'ses I, 'Mr. .Seck atary, I want to ask you some questshins by single entry, and 1 will put the misers down on the slate.'—Ses I, 'didn't you say in your re. port that the estimate, for the army was 100,- 000 soldiers, $100,000,000; for 500,000 sol diers, s'>oo,ooo,ooo, and so on!' 'Yes, Major, that win- the statement, I believe."—'Wal, now,' is. 1, 'we can tiger this down in "short meter. How many soldiers have you had" 'Wal,' ses I he, 'over 000,000 have hecu paid for, nigh a bout 700,000.' 'Now,' ses I, '.Mr. Seckatary, vo: don't waidlkiy dabble entry or threbblc en try to get at tin; the multiplicashun table is just as good a document as 1 want. Take that and my slate, and I ken firrr it up in a minit. You f ee, there is $700,000,000 at one slap. Your books may show what you have paid, hut yon sec, Mr. Sccketnry, you are running this wiir on credit, and because you ain't pai l all your debts, that is no sign that you won't have to.—ltcsides,' sea I, 'Mr. Seckatary, you have made, you know, some miscalcuhu liuns, and inohhy yon may make more. In your fust re port in July, 18G1, I've ben rcadin it kcerfullw and I've got it marked down on tlie slate h(>4P ,yoifsed the expenses for 1802 would be $318,- OOO.O'tO, but in December, you sed they would bo -54 3,000,000. Now, here is a mistako of over $200,000,000. You sal in July, tiio tar itf would yield $57,000,000. In- Dcccinlier, you could hot calculate on over $52,000,000. You cstcmated the receipts from land sales in Juft, nt $3,OoO,OlK). —You cut it down in De cember to $2,800,000, and now Congress, by passing the Homestead bill, will whittle it all off.—Here you sec are some great mistakes, but there arc some on the other side of the account. There are some items of expenses, 100, which yon have omitttfd. There's the $30,000,- 00:1 recently passed to settle up Cameron's ac counts. Then there is a $1,Of);),000 of out. tan din d-bt. Then* there was $10,000,000 extra given to the navy for iron clad boats. Then there is SIOO bounty to each soldier, which, by the time the war is over, will amount to $4,000,- j 000,000 any how. Then there is $1,000,000 given to buy the niggers in this District. Let lus sen how ranch that makes. I'll add it up— s 2 50,000,000 which added to the $700,000,-! 000,' makes $930,000,000 as the present debt iTnelti Sam has on his sholdors. You might just IS well call it a TIIOOSAXO MU.UON on- Dorjuits and be done with it." Wen I got through, the Seckatary looked a- j muzin red in the face, and ses he, 'Majer, the truth is, where there is so many people spcudin moacv it's mity hard to keep track of all the items'. Wal, ses i there ain't only one more pint .ai which I want to show you yon have rntuUwi mistake. In Dcccmljer last voif caiku lateijyliat the warexpenees fm* 18*03 would he war wold lie ended by July, but here it italwut that time, and we only seem to he jest lairly getting into the shank uT the tight. 'Will, to tell the truth, Mcjer, this war has disappointed tlie hull oi lis, bull think I liavn I been so foolish as Seward. 1 uevor soil it would end in 'sixty days.' 'That's so,' ses I, 'but you see there's nothin like tellin tlie truth lite out, and its alius very bad to deceive tho pecple on money matters. You may love the niggers, 4lr. Seckatary, as much as you want to, but don t try to pull the wool over white folks' eyes, or lot other pee pel do it, for it will breakdown tho administration as sure as my name is Majer Jack Downing.' 'Wal,' ses lie, 'Majer, that's so, and when I send iu my next report'l'm goin to jest speak lite out. I've tried to do my best to keep down excuses, but I can't and when I get another eliuncc I'm gointo put the blame where it be longs.' Ses I, 'that's right, Mr. Seckatary. Don t let tlie raskils git clear without bcin exposed, lint of you undertake to cover up their tracks you will come out jest as old Squire Fiddle did in that United States llank matter. 1 then bid the Seckatary 'good mornin' and started back to the White House, lie was very perlito to me, and sod he hoped the Pres ident and mo would look at tliosubjeck favera l.ly. I tolled him that tho Kernel would only keep a sharp look out on the plunderers and stealers I would bo his iriond till deth. lie sed he would, and we shook hands and parted. Wen 1 got hack Linkin sot in a cheer asleep, with his feet upon a table. I giv the table a rap with my hickory, and the Kernel straitened up, jest like openina jack nite, anil ses lie, 'was I asleep, Majer!' Yes, j-st ns solid as a saw log. What on arili makes you sleep,' ses 1, 'rite in tho middle of the day." '\\ ill,'son lie, 'Major, the truth is, I was roadin the National Intelligencerr 'Sure cnuif,' ses I, 'that's worse than opium.' 'ltut,'ses lie, 'what about the finances]' Then I showed him the slate, and how I had figcrcd up the debt, and told him all I sod to Mr. Chase. I never st-c a man so flus trated as Linkin was- 'Wal,' ses lie, 'Major, el I was only back to Illinoy sale and sound, you won't never ketch me riinnin lor 1. resident u gin. I had no idee that the debt was anything like this. Hut cf the music has to be faced, I'll time it. There's one thing, Major, that we ic got the advantage of any other ndmiiiistmsliin fn. Wo can say-that this debt was a military necessity! That cuts off debate, -Wal,'ses 1, 'Kernel, perhaps the people will be satisfied witli perhaps they won't. Any how, that won't make it any easier to pay the taxis.' 'Will,' ses Linkin, 'we'll leave that suhjcck to posterity.' Ses I, is that fair, Kernel, to bur den posterity in that fashunf 'M a!,' ses lie, what's posterity ever done for us!' The Kernel then took down the figers off my slate in his book, an sed ho would keep 'cm for his ncx message. Then Linkin ses he, 'Major, you've work ed like a nailer on these figers, an its an aw ful dry and tough subjock. So I think you better have some old rye to sort of top oil with.' Then lie called the feller in purty o biul clothes, who does arrands, an tolled him to bring out the black bottle. 'Now, Major,' scs tho Kernel, take a good swig. H will'lv heal thy for your vumatiz. As for me, lit take a little for company sake. I dont drink my self, you know, Major, but I like lo have a lit tle old rve arouu, IUI I alius toll the old woman cf there's cny of it inissiti not to ask eny qtic.-t- Uhius.' Alter wc got dun drinkin, scs 1 Kor- WHOLE ft (I ill BE IS > 3013 I nel, I have been here with you ever since the Ist I of February, an wen I come I did'nt cx|ico to stnv niore'n a month. Now, the 4th of July is eouiin along close at hand, an I must be think ing about gettin back to Dowuingvill, for I must be there before the 4th. 'Now,' ses I, 'Kernel, c.f you'll only go along with inc down there, as Oinncml Jackson did, I'll promise you a great rcrepsliun.* 'Wal,' ses he, 'Major, I cant go. The truth is, the rcbils need watcliin. Hut you tell the Downingville.folks that jest as soon as the rc holyun is put down, I'm comin down titer. A town that can turn out such a loyail rogiment as the 'Downingville Ingcniiblcs,' and Bucli tal ented ofltcers as Insino Stobbins, must be, ns wc Westerners say, a 'lioep of a place.' I'm sor ry to have you go, Majer, but I hope you'll be able to cum back after the nashinul annyvcrsa ry. • 'Wal,' ses I, 'Kernel, I can't promise, but I'll see how my. ruraati; gets on.' I shall pack tip in a few days, onloss sumthin unexpected occurs, and it may be the next time you beer front nte, will bo from Downingville. If you print this letter, I hope you'll apologize for iu dulness, for figgers are niity dry reailin to most pecpul. However, cf they don't study into figgers about these days, it won't lie long, I'ute al'eerd, before tliov'll lie sorry they didn't. Your friend, MAJEB JACK DOWKIKO. [From the Chicago Times.'] THE RESULT IN ILLINOIS. The grandest victory for the Federal Consti ttitioa :t-> it is and the Federal Union as it was which'has been achieved since the war began, 1 and the greatest victory for sound Democratic ' principles in State government which hits ever i been achieved on this continent, w:is acliicved ! yesterday in the city of Chicagoand in the State | of Illinois. On the (jnestion of the adoption of the new i Constitution, the majority in the city for fx new i Constitution is ((Off 1 and in the State it will prob ably reach, and may exceed, 20,000!! It was i j a political issue—made so by the Republican j i leaders and by every Republican ncwspajier or-1 • gun in the State. 3 'he Dcmocracy acuejdvd th> 'j issue; lli nuLO thk fiKSCr.T. It has been a (ierccly fought contest by the Re-1 publican leader* and newspaper organs and - of ftlo T* oriVtltiifit'rrti •'coti-t-enlion TiT .fanunry | Tiie Convention confidftcd aMiajority of Dcm (icrats, and this of it.- dl* determined the Repub lican hostility to it, and to tho constitution which it should niitkc, whatever that constitution might lie. The iniijority of the Convention were de nounced as a hand of secession conspirators, and the Constitution has never been alluded to by a Republican newspaper in any more gra cious terms than us a "secession ordinance," an "Egyptian swindle." an "accursed thing, and no known supporter of it lias escaped the epi thets of ''Secessionist" and "traitor." And the result of the election, according to the Re publican leaders, and according to these Repub lican newspapers, was to decide whether Illi nois is a Loyal or Secession Stale. And other elements entered the contest. The whole power of the Federal Government, so far as the republican members of Congress from this State could exert that power; the whole power of tho State government ', the whole ' power of the banks, stainptail and otherwise; the power of the railroads, locomotive ami ! horse; the power of the express companies; the power of the etuniplail judiciary here in Chica go—all those powers joined the republican par tisan in opposition to the new Constitution, and ' joined in the cry of "secession ordinance," "K --gyptian swindle," "accursed thing." Behold, we say, the result: Minehundred and three majority l'on the Constitution in the city, and twenty or thirty thousand FOR in the. State. Rut let not the re tic Is of the South for it mo ment accept the Republican interpretation of the result. Let tliein not look for the slightest aid and comfort in the result. Tho cry ol "se re.;, ion ordinance" was the invention of North ern secessionists. It was simply to frighten the timid from the support ol it Constitution that declares with the most solemn emphasis for the .Union, now and forever, and against secession whether it he by Southern or Northern rebels. Tho result, is it declaration ol' undying and un compromising war alike upon Southern seces sion and Northern abolition. Illinois is to-day a Democratic Slate, more firmly, if possible, than she law ever been before. In this election she has opened the campaign of •1802. She has set, uu example for her sister States, only by following which can this war bo brought to a suecosslul elosc, the I'cdcrul Constitution preserved, and the Federal I 'nion restored. As Illinois pronounced yesterday, so will she pronounce in November. Hie faith she declared yesterday, she will cling to as a mariner clings to the last plank. XIIF, K 10(1 Fit. The men, the political party, in Illinois who have been accustomed to appeal as "men and brethren" to the negro, failed to make the light in his behalf yesterday which the negro lmd a right to expect. —The majority against the ne gro, in all liis phases, will bo vastly greater than for the new Constitution . Thepooploot Illinois have divided, by a vast majority: That no negro or mulattoes shall hereafter come into this State; That negroes now in the State shall not vote nor hold office; That the Legislature shall pass laws prohibi ting negroes from coming to and settling in the State. Chicago voted against tho negro, in nil his phases, perhaps two thousand majority! "Toin what is longitudo?" "A of line, lathei." "I'tov , Tommy " •'Detail it stretches from pole to pole," said young hopeful. Hatea of 2ttwthhig One Square, three weexsor lexs. . $1 00 One Square, each additional insertion lesa than three months 25 3 MONTHS. 0 MONTHS. 1 TEAK. One square • . $2 00 $3 00 $5 00 Two squares 3 00 5 00 9 00 Three squares 400 700 12 00 i Column 5 00 9 00 IS 00 j Column . 8 o<f 12 00 20 00 4 Column 12 00 13 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 The space occupied by ten lines of this life of type counts one square. All fractions of a square under five lines will be measured as a half square ; and all over five lines as a foil square. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person band ing them in. VOL. 5. NO. 50 YOUTHFUL BRAVERY. The following account of an incident of the battle near Pittsburg Landing is given by one who is enabled to vouch for its entire authenti city: In the battle at Pittsburg Landing young Mar tin Beein, of Alton, Illinois, scarce 18 years old, was a sergeant in the Thirteenth Missouri, hav ing entered the regiment as a private. On that fatal .Sunday the color bearer was shot down at his side; he caught up the (lag and carried it through the day, and slept that night with its folds around him. The next morning his cap tain appointed him a second Jientcnsuit pro tan. The first volley killed the first lieutenant, and Martin took his place. Soon after the lieuten ant colonel fell, and the captain of Martin's company acted as major, leaving the young he ro to eari')' the company through the battle, which lie did most gallantly, and escaped un harmed. Young Martin Heeni was in a print ing office whon the war broke out. lie went toSt. Louis and enlisted among the three months' volunteers. At the expiration of that service he enlisted for the war. Wo may hear more from him ere the war is over. ADDRESS. Citizen Soldiers, you go forth at ydtor coun try's call, to uphold your country's honor, and preserve your institutions. Permit a friend to givo you a few hints by way of advice. Cherish a deep feeling of dependence on Almighty God, who alone can shield you in the hour of danger and crown your mission with success. iicmonibcr the Sabbath day and endeavor to keep it holy unto the Lord. lie sure to carry your Bible with you, and use it as a book given to men to Iks a lamp unto their feet, and a light unto their path. Seek to make your camp a christian camp, where daily prnyet sluill be offered to God. Allow no vindictive or revengeful passion to have a place in your heart. Let your very calling remind you that there is lint a step between you and death. Gen. Ilavolock was not the worse soldier be ing a devout Christian. The great and good Washington discounte nanced profane swearing in the army, loth by precept and example. M-tilr 1 JiiVi ' *-* I'ii-i 1 1 m '..halt lie -saveiL" A'et'. Dr.. Alagtl, . THE YOUNG SOLDIER DYING. '•Bring me my knapsack," said a young sol dier, who lay sick in one of the hospitals at Washington. "Bring nje my knapsack." "What do you want with your knapsack f" inquired tho head lady of the band of nurses. "I want my knapsack," again said the dying young man. His knapsack was brought to hiin, and us he took it, his eye gleamed with pleasure and his face was covered all over with a siuilc, as he brought out from it his hidden treasures. "There," said he "that is a Bible from my mother. And this—Washington# farewell ad dress—is the gift of my father. Aud this," — his voice fiiiled. The nurse then looked down to see what it was and there was the face of a beautiful maid en. "Now," said the dying young soldier, "I want you to put all these nicely under my pil low." She did as she was requested, and the poor young man laid him down to die requesting that they should l>e sent to his parents when he was gone. Calm and joyful was he on dy- Lng. It was only going from night to endless day —from death to eternal glory. So the young soldier died. BEAUTIFUL ANSWERS. A pupil of the Abbie Sicord gives the follow ing extraordinary answers: What is gratitude? Gratitude is the memory of the heart. What is hope ? Hope is the blossom of happiness. What Is the difference between hope and do sire ? Desiro is a tree in leaf; hope is a tree in (lower, and enjoyment is a tree in fruit. What, is eternity? , A day without, yesterday or to morrow—a day without end. What is time? . A line that, has no end—a path that begins in the erudle and ends in the grave. What is God ? The necessary being, the sun of eternity— the machinist of nature, the eye of justice, the matchless power of the Universe, ami the soul of the world. Does God reason? Man reasons because lie doubts; he cele brates—ll(. desires. .God isomujsoiont, he nev er doubts he therefore never reasons. Ttut MKMOKY OF AMOTHKR. —When tempta tion appears and wc arc almost persuaded to wrong, how often a mothers word of will call, to mind vows that are rarely broken Yes, the memory of a mother has saved many : poor wretch from going astray. Tall grass nut c be growing over the hallowed spot where all her earthly remains repose; the dying lenvos ol au tumn may lie whirled over it, or the white man lie of winter may cover it from sight; yet the spirit of her, when ho walks in the right path, appears, and gently, softly, mournfully cdlls him, when wandering oil into the ways of error. A venerable old wag by the name of Case, got married "out west" not long since, au<l he christened his tirat child "Interesting* A lover often brings suit in the court of a lady's heart without being able to sue for an attachment.
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