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RTVT TWO POOR* VJJT C vna ssrvoan UOTSL, Bedford, I'a, WatcbmakerAßenlcrin Jewelry,Epcetacles, <te HE KEEPS OX HAND A STOCK OF FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. SPECTACLES OF Brilliant Donbjn Refined (Masses, also ?er,tcb Pebb'n ♦ lasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in his line not cn band. apr. B,lßß4—rs. HOTELS. THE MENGEL HOUSE. T *VV DOOSE .VOSTH or TUB PVWLTC PQCAUE, Jri-ISWI RT Bedford, Pa, H| HIS Iff '"RE so well known to the traveling public, I continues nnder the charge of Isaac Mcngcl. He uo pains to supply the wants and cohifort of all whs for him with their patronage. His table is spread w.ta -ne best tbe market affords. His chambers are bsn inmir fnmiebed. A eonvenierk stahle la at ' to rh H'mre. ttfr,sd b* rwfti! ie!W(*ra aps. t. im A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED T£> POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATI • RE AND | [ : JR ; ■ -■••'•'- I 'M'- : 3: "AM I FOB PEACE ? YES!" HonC Daniol S. Diekinson. that grand old Demo crat cf New York, being written by a lady, and the inquiry made of hid if he was for peace, returned this ringi'igreply. —[Iron Platform. For the peace wlncl* rings out from the cannon's throst, And ti e suasion of shot and shall, Till rebellion's spirit is trampled down To the depths of its kindled hell. For the peace which shall follow tha squadron's trarcrq Where the brazen trumpets bray, And, drank with the fury of storm and strife, The blood-red chargers neigh. For the peace that shall wash out the leprous stain Of our slavery—foul and grim— And shell sunder the fetters which creak and clank On the down-trodden Liack man's limb. I will curse him as traitor, and false of heart, Who would shrink from the conflict now, And will stamp it with blistering, burning brand, On his hideous, Cain-liko brow. Out! out of the way ! with your spurious peace ; Which would make us rebellion's slaves ; We will rescue our land from the traitorous grasp Or cover it over with graves. Out! out of the way! with your knavish schemes, Yon trembling and trading pack! Crouch aav in tbe dark like a sneaking hound, That its master had beaten back. Yon woo d barter the fruit of ourfathrrs' blood, And se'l out the Stars and Stripes, To purchase a place with rebellion's votes, Or escape from rebellion's scars. By the widow's wail, by the mother' 3 tears, By the orphans who cry for bread, By our sons who fell, we will never yield, Till rebellion's soul is dead ! EDUCATION AND CHRISTIANITY. But Edaeation alone is insufficient to secure the pyrametri -al development of individuals, the pro gress ami permanence of society. Turning our attention to ancient history we read of a high de gree of c:vi!iiation among the Egyptians Oarthage ntans and I tomans. But historians make the im portant adm;s.*ion that they obtained much of their knowledge and philosophy and consequent refine ment, by tradition from the descendants of Noah, and that Greece owed its civilization to a great extent to the sett ing among them of the Titans who wore a religious people. Modern efforts to civilize a savage people have proved fruitless when prominence was not given to the r ligion of the Bible. Schools, among the Indians tribes aiong oar western [frontier, were only gendered successful and permanent when (. hnstiauity presided over them, and the princi ples of uivine truth were inculcated. A single in stancs cannot be mentioned, occurring within the memory of any of us, of a people elevated, refined, and enfranchised without the Gospel. Burmese, Hindoos, South Sea, and Sandwich Islander* owe their civilization to Education and Christi anity, the patient missionary unfoidinu the mys teries of religion whilst he imparted a knowledge of the arts and science". Religion of some kind is necessary. Education and wealth, and. physical Geography the most fa vorable, are powerless without it. In its absence the people are Ishmalite'a, every man's hand against his fellows. Accepting this truth men have ever acted upon it. No great thinker, or ambi tious man who thought to erect a throne and wear a crown, ever undertook to consolidate a people, and establish thi 111 upon a national basis without religion. That Religion may be fj.lse or it may be true. It may be shifting sand or stable rock.— But whatever h ho; Ilicarchism, Rationalism or Christianity, it must be made the basis of the soma' structure. To Religion, fabulous and puerile, yet believed by the people, and binding them by its invisible ties to an unseen world, Assyrians. Greeks, iSnraeens and others were indebted for their national existence and greatness. The gor geous temples on the banks of the Euphrates, the Pantheon in Rome and the Parthenon crowning the summit of the Acropiius, the proud Mosque flashing back ihr rays of the sun, were the great heart:} 01 the nation, sending out the life current wuich vivified the masses ; and by a common reli gion all grades and classes were constituted a har monious people—a social unity. Now how important that the Religion that is made the foundation of the government should lie the religion of tie Bible. The elevation, and re finement, and prosperity of the people will be de termined by their religious faith. The one ii the measure of the other. Our fathers believed this; and hence in the wilds of the New World they erected the school-house beside the aa.octnary, and cemented the stones of their national temple with the influence of a pure Christianity. God \ grant that it may stand forever. Without Christianity thereeairba no freedom. "Other and inft rior gifts God may grant to na tions that have utterly forgotten Him, but it would seem that the crow ning gift of freedom will be granted oniy to one in whose heart there is the belief in a Cod. There are passions sleeping in the human breast that, in the open sea of life, will always awake, and overwhelm the vessel of Free dom. if they are not quelled by one Eye." Of this truth a striking exemplification is fur-; m-hed in th e history of the French Revolution. — Tidings were borne across tbe sea of the establish ment by the American Colonists of a free, Demo cratic Government, and at our altar "France lit tne torch of wild enthusiasm." She resorted to ] the "trenienduotu tillage which began by clearing ! With the conflagration, and ploughing with the j ■ cartfyqtnkc. irrigating with human blood. '— i Aasomblefl j n convention the RevolurtonipU vorxl 1 BEDFOKD, Pa. ijIUDAY, APRIL ZZZI, ISC 1, God out of his own universe, and substitute! in His place the Goddes3 of Reason. They de creed that all temples and places of worship fi> Paris should be immediately closed. "The earth work of all religions belief and moral practice wU boldly cut down" by frenzied atheist?, and oyer the entrance to every burial-ground was placard!! that lying sentence —"Death a an eternal sloeji The Literature of France was full of biaspae mies. One of her distinguished philisophtal writers made the shocking affirmation, that "the highest and most perfect fomi of Chris talizat|oa is that which is vulgarly called God." Says jibe infidel BufTon—"ln my writings, I Nave always spoken of the Creator; but it is easy to eflfcee that word, and substitute in its place, the povfera of Nature, which consist in the two grand laws of attraction and repulsion." And those who have carefully examined the writings of Diderot, and La Place, tell us that there is in them no refortfcee made to the God of Nature and an All Wise end Powerful Providence presiding over the destinies of the universe. Surely, surely God will not dwell among such a people, and the blessings of freedom, glial] cot be given to those who reject, first and last, the prin ciples of that Chntianiiy which is alone sufficient to exalt a nation. In the prevalence of the iftcst atrocious crimes and barbarous cruelties, infideli ty reaped its legitimate lruit. The historian tills us that "the kingdom appeared to be changed into one great prison ; tho inhabitants convorted into felons, and the common doom of man coumiircd for the violence of the sword, and the bayonet, and the stroke of the guillotine." And let it he remembered that these seen!? of crime and bloodshed occured at a time when France had attained the acme of her intellectual greatness. Voltaire. Mirabeau and Rousseau (were literary giants, and with them were assoifxted mindsof the highest order. Natural and jfiiyni cal science* were passing by rapid strides <ji to ward perfection the stream* of kiiowldge, were flowing down aiong the humble walks 0# iife, and the whole people advanced to a degik? of mental culture never before equaled nor biticp ex ceeded. There is in tbe souls of men a quenchlcssjrear r.ing after liberty. It was that brought, lljigen ots from the sunny land of vinevards. Pufcians from their swGet island home, and WaldcnseaiVom the valley overshadowed by the Alps to A world of darkness Beyond a world of waves. Men wculd rather be freemen in tha wiklfness than slaves in the fairest land under the "ji-n ; would rather die in the attempt to be free than live in chains. Oh ! give me liberty ! For were even paradise my prison, j Still I should long to leap the crystal walls. But let tbe wo'.l I kn-w hat the pathway vi'infi delity leads not to the Promised Lqnd ; —tpt no atheistic hand shall ever be peiiuitted. td pi&ck golden apple? from the free of Liberty :—fta-i no pimple who reject as the vagaries of a distent riot ed mind, the principles of Bible truth nbal i|ver come forth into the sunlight of political and reli gious freedom. SywA. GIN. YUuLELLA.VS ( .UU'AIbN.' The Man That Sees Over Other Men's Stasis. It matter? nothing that this was not c!osr at the time. It is for this that a general is nc*( dAi. This is the quality that fit? a man to command, ihe pow er to see beforehand what everybody can i-e wh<>n the occasion is past. Of this prescicnco >f geni us, of th : s light that reveal tin darknesif the cer tainties of th 'coming time, there was nper eeen upon McClelian the faintest ray, the ino* obscure and far-flickering glimmer. It may be sain that lie took a safe coup*. Bu? in war perpetual caution is not safe, j he had even afforded in his campaigning any contrary ex amples of holdtte? and celerity where 9 here ad vised delay, the plea might be admit! d. But there are none such. Tins single fact iiil shat ter all claim to put him in the highest rafck of mil itary captain . It is a common maxim tliat coun cils of war are apt to l e timid. The realm is that each officer sees the difficulties (hat. lie before him, and docs not fee! enough the sfrenrh of the whole army to which he belongs. Gent Richard son, the brave man, dead at AntietJu—to the heavy loss of our arms—narrate? tha differ the battle at Palo Alto a council of war walealled to determ :ne whether to advance ot not. ' the thir teen officers present only three were ii favor of a forward movement. Rut General Tailor went on. Much like that is the story of nelly every great martial triumph. Gen. Median called lew counriis, but he was himself a pejeortal em bodiment of a council of war. THE EVACUATION AND FIGHT AT WILL|'.WSBUB,G. The siege went on f>r nearly a month] Our bat teries would have been ready to open oh the oth of May, but on the morning of the oth tl< enemy's works were found to be abandoned, lfirsuit was soon commenced in tho direction offiiehmond, and on the following day occurred tla battle of Williamsburg. It was a stand made By the ene my's rear guardrapidly reinforced,fta lie found the position could be he'd with dan Age to us.— The advantage of" the fight was on ill whole de cidedly with him. And it is now itdi4 tied on all hands that the battle war bad'v f'ouat by us.— There was no order, and no mind topovern. It was not. Gen. McCkllan'sfault for notf ieing there, lie bad stayed afeßushton, P.) miles jn the rear, to superintend the tending of troops ftp tbe York river towards West Point. The geufi iis who had gone to the front did not know wkq was in com mand, and managed each one as ho ..-ivfit. Gen. Hooker fought with his accustomed ravery, and lost heavily, being unsupported fori hours, until Kearney forced his way from tire rfrr, by road? full of standing troops, to his aid. I)nthc other side Gen. Hancock got behind the rkoel line and held his ground there. The next lav the ene my was gone. And our troop* followed slowly al ter toward.the Ohiekahominy. GEN. M'CLILLAN NOT A GREAT BMfjcF.R OF POW DER. The general's absence from the fielf at Williams burg, like his caution at York town, would he nothing against him as a military tarn, if it stood 1 alone, but he appears to have been[usually, if not uniformly, at some distance from tljk scene of ac tual encounter. We are well award hat an officer in command of a great army muif usually hold himself a tittle withdrawn from the jdge of conflict in order that he may receive reports from every part, and overlook all that goos In. But this i scarcely accounts for what seetns to | the fact, that i through all the Peninsular campain, Gen. McClel j lan was never on a battlefield, in tjbe of fighting, I unless, and it is a doubtful exception, at Malvern Hi!!. j Gen Sumner, who saw a niiAber of ib&rp ; brushes, testifies di.-tincily that Hen McClellan was never one" with him in any flirt. The tesli , niony of GenTfciutzleiuan is substantially indenti- I cab But these were corps eorlmanders. The j general was not personalty, a* wf conclude from ; all tbe evidence we can gather, a Spectator of the ' ' fighting *t Fair Oiks, or at Oiins' Mills, or any other of the "seven days" baA to Malvern. We are not sure that he was ever within reach oi' the longest range rifle ia * live rebel's hands.— With-rasped to Malvern he rode once down tho Ihue after the fighting had begun. But there oc curs in the testimony of Gen , Sumner those two sentences in immediate contiguity: "The nttaA oo Hooker was not then made, and there was a pause in the action. Sometime af rwards Gon MaClelian came on to the field." Of course wo have no thought that Gen. McClelian is not a brave man, and above tho fear of personal dan- ! ger. But there is shown, what the history in j many places brings to light, an entire absence with liiui of that species of enthusiasm for battle which all the great musters of war have bad, and which I 14? not Ruled sometimes to carry them into the vary-front of the most desperate encounter*. TV e must advise our democratic brethren also that here is a serious defect in this propect champion for the political race soon to come off. There will be the slaying of no TecumSeh a? in the days of Harrison to have even a dispute about. A FOREIGN OPINION. Yfe conclude this article with an extract irom tha United Service Magazine, a London military and navai journal, conhlining some of the opin ion? we have had occasion to express:— The choice of Fortress Monroe a? a secondary basis involved the necessity of leaving Washing ton, or the fixed basis, to be threatened, morally at last, by the enemy. The first movement, to Fortress Monroe, was the stride of a giant. The second, in the direction of Richmond, was that of a dwarf. When the army arrived in front of tbe line* at Yorktown, it numbered probably 100,00(1 men, and here there was no timid president to in -terf'ero with the command ; nevertheless McClel lan suffered himself to be stopped in the midd|fe of an offensive campaign by Magruder and 12,000 men. His previous information, which wax af terwardsfound to be incorrect, had stated this number at 20,000, and Magruder made eucb skill ful dispositions as effectually completed the de ception. But a general, who. as -Napoleon used to say, "knows his trade," will seldom be deceiv ed. VV by did he not take means to ascertain the truth? Supposing, however, that his previous information had been correct, he should not have wasted his time, writing for McDowell, when every moment of it was precious. But every hour's delay after he had heard of that general's reten tion, created eighty chances to one against his ul timate success. The hour of bis arrival in front of the lines should have lcen the hour of hie at tack upon them. Two .overwhelming masses, to which life and energy had been communicated, should have been hurled on sparate points. Ma gruder not only defeated but destroyed! The morale of the federal army raised! The result-of the caiapaigii. although it might not have been decisive, would have been mere honorable! — iSpriiiojirhl Matt. Republican. "P||i)lk' Bct and Private bxpenflilure." "A Cofistant Reader," in a communication, which for convenient reibrenee we publishinan ad joining column, pntstoa series of questiois, based upon a recent article of ours —to answer which question Aip such a tvav as to make thi? matter t icarTo persons who possess so little familiarity with the elements of pohti?%l economy a? "A ( on etant Reader," would require at reatise, instead oi a newsbaper article. But, ueverthelcss, we shall, as he < cm? greatly excited a'ocut it, do thebe*t we can with tbe space at ourcommand, and takethem in their order. 1. This question is ba°cd on the most patent and notorious of all economical fallacies —that nvrnty is capital. It is net *O. It is a medium of ex change, as counters might be, or cowries of wam pum' ©r beads are in many countries, or as green- Lacks are in this. The part played bt cotnin com merce i? much the same as that played by a good road. It enables men to exchange their commod ities more readily than they would otherwise do ; but exchange would not cease if it were not in ex i- fconce. Ir would simply be more le?s convenient, lit point of fact, in Ansericaasid Lnglgnd very lit— tin go'd is ever used. Tho medium of exchange is mainly- check? and bills. Consequently, if I had $l,(?-t0in money, it is simply a sign thai I am entitled to receive on demands certain portion of the real wealth of the nation —its food, clothing, machinery and buildings. If I draw this share or portion and consume it —eat it, or wear it, or throw it away—tbe country is less rich by pre cieely thatquanfity. The money that! ri-e up on receiving it does not ret sore it; it merely con voys to another person the right to replace what I have consumed, by takin.v a? much 1:11 re himself from the same source. Tbe transaction may be il lustrated in this way : lam entitled tcone-foorth of 1,000 bushel? of corn in Chicago, and I cioler mino that I will draw my share and use it. Igo to a wine merchant in New Yo"k, and take from bi.n as much claret a? he may think the '2o!> bush el* of corn are worth, and I give hiia a written or der (money) for the corn. I then invite a party of friend-, and we drink the wine : the merchant send? to chieago and draw.? tae corn. How do we stand then The merchant ha-i the corn and I have nothing. In other words, out of the equivalent oi' five hundred bushel.? of corn, there remains -im ply two hundred and fifty bushel.?. Thr-re ha oeen a transfer of th" corn, but the (fin? I have consumed-1 destroyed) not replaced. A? a "Con stant Reader" very judiciously remarks, the mon ey that we spend may ; 'go 011 for age? doing its useful work," no matter wliat come of tlic things on which we spend it; but if we kept consuming without producing as much as we consumed, or while producing less, we should, before many '"ag:.?," find ourselves with pknty of money and nothing else ; or, to recur to our former illustra tion, with magnificent roads and nothing to trans port over them. 2. "Ifct eryeent spent for aruC'i-s of persona! consumption is so much withdrawn from the cap ital of the country, and lost, how long would it take to destroy the whole capital of tire country and re duce the nation to beggary ?" We answer —if production wero to cease at tbe same time, tbe nation would be reduced to beg gary In from <-ne to two years ; and the worst of it would be that we fear that its beggary would profit it little. All that is consumed is lost forev er, but inasmuch as we gppn producing every year a? much at we consume, if no more, we get richer iu.sKcad of poorer. If we get on without consu ming anything at all. we should of course get rich still faster. If our correspondent is in business, and can avoid purchasing' 'groceriesand clothing, and add what he wou'd have spent on the com modities to his capital, lie will readily see that his business, and consequently we hope, his profits, would increase in greatly accelerated raiio. We mav t&y the game thing with regard to the silks and. pianos. In fact, the whole advantage of ma chinery over manual labor lie? in the fact that it. consumes less while producing mora than men - It ueeds neither clothing, groceries or silks, and is consequently more profitable to the community as a worker than men would be. Ifonr correspondent go intobudnesH with a capital of SIO,OO0 —say a manufacturing business —he draws bis share of the real wealth of the country, in buildings, raw material?, and food and clothing for h'.s laborers. These tilings are real capital, wealed by the labor and ahstiwAct of other laWers and capitalists.— Suppose bis profits are 20 per cent., or in _ other words, that after having supported himself arid his workmen, and repaired his building? and ma chinery. be has s2,oC*> a year surplus. This sur plus consist.? in ciorb ; he exchange* it for money; the money he may either *;> end in silk? and jewel ry—that is, cemnw. tt; or he may add it to hie Sw 1 &72S tis, j erCCfc , raore buv more suit o nd employ more lahoi ers. The re- Ti "!r he '-a i£- or win- nV S ,b ? t w worD out - or tea on ? The rrtTiS: eat ' . ~d l iolhl.jkkre fa: lire';? tS thm m.thineoonU )BodocedUTZttiSStft disjieneabie owwty ; aai wc , hoil!d speedily a la.Wos. munity. Tbe grex; end ot i wo support of life, andh„n the rWori 3 „°ofw£ comfort, and enjccrinerq \ v e wc > consume, and we labor Wd in order w w „ be a ole to consume a grcatflcal, and V *i lietter test of the proaterity oi a coun'irv tV n t jl extent to which all classes eon>nt:ieo\ cr and ai^ vc the necessaries. If anmn has si;(}<X>a year thf,,. is no good reason for hi? living like a man wliol has only $l,0i); but il'he ha? slo,'4lh a year, and there is a sadden call on him for wso a year, which ho regularly borrows, we niuiv admit that it is either very inrpudent or very dishonest, and it maybe both, for'ninitogo on couautuing Ispeqd i.igj as much as evei . It is bis duty to retrench, and it would be a very ridiculous thing of him to attempt to justify hi? coarse by announcing that h'e continued hi* old style of living in order to keep money in circulation, "and enaUe the grocer and merchant to carry on their business." The nation it must never lie forgotten, is a col lection of individuals. The nat ion is now produ cing less than it did four years ago ; Italf of it ia ravaged by war: its ships driven off the sea : a million of its workers are idling in camp, and it has borrowed and spent $£,0(X),(06,000. Instead, how ever, of living as we did [four years ago, we are living far more extravagantly, or in other words consuming at a greater rate- We ought, on the contrary, consume rather less, and convert our sa vings into capital in order to increase production. But this dees not mean that we are to stop ALL consumption or restrict ourselves to bread and wa ter and sackcloth. When we object to a man's dressing in satin ani drinking cnampr.gne three time? a day, it is absurd if we wish him to live on gruel and go .naked. — X. Y. Times. Death of John f. River--!!!? Se!f-Bo!lant Char- j a'cler-The t'ougressloaai Debates. Died, at hi? residence, near Washington, on the lOih instant, JOHN C. iiivr.s. editor of the Con gressional Globe, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. Mr. Rives was a Rclf-made man. Without the means to obtain education in schools, be became i well versed in the business of the world by his apt ness for observation and readiness in applying hi? faculties. He was skillful and successful in the various pursuits to. which he devoted his laborioua ly useful life. la the conduct of li's affairs he was a perfect, not professed, man of honor. He never ibrfi.it jed his word, never permitte 1 eonvonienccto stand I m the way of hi? duty. He has sacrificed thon j sands on the forced sale of mean? to cancel engage j meats for which he oommitt? i Ivmselffor others, i 'out was never known to exact ?imiiar sacrifices j from those indebted to him. He took to himself j ! the rule, "Do unto o; hers a? you would they should do unto yon." and be 'bettered the instruction." H s allowed none to be a? generous to him as he would vyiiiingly fee to them, lie expended more in charities than any who ever lived in this city, thouch he earned the means by incessant, veil-di rected labor, beginning at first bv turning the wheel that moved Hie Globe pre?es by hi* own strong arm. before steam vis applied to them. He made no ostentation of iarg ne?s, but his 1 Kinks show that in a single year he paid out $17,- (' i > to support the wives of s ' liers enlisted in the District, besides innumerable aid? in smaller amount? to individuals. He was a devotee in hie friendships—gratitude w* a religion with him — in tT'th relations of social life h-. indulged those around him with the most affectionate kindness. overtiL-kliig no one but himself, and parting with no one worn down in the service of his establish ment. hut making them its pensioners when no l inger suited to arduou? exertion. He would not ■■von dispose of an old horse issapatated for u?c, but has nad as many as five at one time on his hands kept in good condition as incapable? for v. hat J they had done when able. With a bosom full of tender affections, ho was so averse to pretension that m ne but those in most intimate relation? with hhu could see through the disguise Lis blunt man ners ana sturdy exterior put over them. He came to Wa-hingtcrn more than forty year? since and engaged first as a clerk in some printing office, and afterwards in some of the Departments finally laying hold < f the Globe, which he lifted out of embarrassment and supported over after like an Atlas. Hi? management was unexceptionable as a business partner. He was never a parcizan. and although on great national question* agreeing n the main to Jackson's policy, he taw much merit .n portions of that urged by his great antagor.'.st, (Mr. Clay.) whose patriotUui in maintaining the country s righ:? over the Union and it*foreign re lations. healway? held in profound homage. I lis partner, a more vehement party msn, was some times held in cucck by his sound and temp orate judgment. It was on Mr, Ricve?'? suggestion that the scheme of having all sid- - hoard in debate by pub lishing impartial reports of congressional proceed ings was adopted. Tire editor coiab&tteii such views of the opponent# of the Admini rration in Congress as he thought assailable; but it was Mr. Rives's bare to see thai should not do injustice to a speaker. AL fi *?t but the outlines of a (liscussion were given iri t-'ie Globe. It wa? found that epi-: tomes were uus itisfactory, and ?<lr. Hives, tie- j grees. brougt t fie reports to the perfect state which have rendered the debates of Congress for more than a quartt r of a century au authentic record. The plan as sanctioned "by Congress was design ed to make a political history of the country as spoken by the nation's who, see ing the imperishable form it assumed ia the offi cial report, would each lie incited to make bis con tribution, especially where his section or his po litical interests wore concerned. The original plan provided that each member and each succession oi members should have a copy of the oflicial debates aud proceeding? to place in the eonucry clerk's office "or some public library or seminary, that it might be constated by his constituency, and i thus in effect, increase the responsibility of mem- j bers while it increased Hie moans of information \ among the people. This multiplication of copies j enabled Mr. Rive? to execute the work of report- j ingan 1 printing for less than one third of the price j for which similar work has ever been obtained in England or the United States. Changes have, however, been made in respect to the number of the reports disseminated, which, together with the increased price of material? and labor have, it is ascertained by the Printing Committees, made ■ reporting a losing business for the last few years, to such an extent a? to render it? continuance im possible unless the original terms of the.contract should be restored, or some other provision made to main San the establishment. It wa* a matter of pride a? well as of patriotism which induced Mr. Hire s to make a sacrifice from year to year to keep up his system ia the hope that Congress would make it permanent. He perfoet i ed ail the machinery of bis office, and educated* I ?on to it* management, to prew rve what he had ! originated and so long eiiernhed Li ha* fallen Vol. 37, No. ir. ; in Iris barnass, and. indeed. ly exposure in ari?c- ! i, om ? !,e,i swksem to maintain the efficiency of a work to winch Unwillingly gave his lift, ft # to Iw hoped Congress will not allow ite annals. m peciany in such eventful times, to perish wiii asm.— tiasfnng ton Daily Globe. .]?, PITTIS6 A TEST SHE QIESTIOX. lluw Elfferent People do it. of many cases of "popping" en aer\.rj singular circumstances, the eccentric, the abrupt, too bu-mess-like, the sijy, and a hats tholr^ Bty,C ii, Wthe escentric, we will c ■> r well-known merchant who one day 11- g A D $ * hoa%r ' ! ' at n '-* xt to a lady wb > '.t " '"ri rare °^ arirtS of conversation. The in or ™' &^ p ?rr '""'v >■* m he could do that flinch is next be-, "a , deavorSl^'f)! 0 *k d M'Ptcciatiim which he'en i tion • w tJiu following mode of a> l "Do you like toast. Miss B v . ' 1 fcrtgfc'Sl' <*> £. I*™* ST 1 {° mr v " "nit i. c-mwA'CL V", Ift usget married." There slightly T&f.S' /i 115 lhe lad - v WM riaee froaieo*u.,"a-'• ci oot prevent the aar the accession otiff f * li,onth ,afterward, nor Ushmente in the t4, * 011001 t!i °huest e-tab- As a specimen of tv a v„„, . ~ . ease of a gentleman * at the age of forty, and determined toenjovlife to tw ■ honae afriei dw dining' with hini.BiK,\ ,V? C ,- da - T iy : '1 ou have t verythb-ig here , wre but a wife: ' -That's true, j BmS®, 0 ;. he>a<d ; and then reiapiod into s lince " utes, at the end of which time he rose bT, w " lia be excused for a short time, and left the rooiuxT seized his hat and went instantly to a neighbor"? and wa3 shown into the | arior with the informa tion that neither the master nor mistress were at home. Ife told tho servant that he wanted nei ther; and requested Lb at the housekeeper be aeon to him. She came, and the gentleman thus addressed', her : —"Sarah. I Lave known you for many years and have just been told that i wanted a wife.— Voa are the only woman i kimw that I should bo willing to entrust my happiness with, and if you agree, we wiii bein-tantiy married. What is your answer?" Sarah knew the man that addressed her, and that hig of'er was serious, and well weigh ed a - though considered for a year, and she answer ed him in the same spirit:—"l agree." "Will I yoh be ready in an hour?" "I will. '"I shall re i turn for you at that time."—which he did, the ; gentleman who lmd suggested the kicaaeeompany j ir.g him to the clergyman's. Many years have I passed since then, and neither party has seen any j cause to regret the abrupt proposal and acceptance. On the busine- style, vc can cite a case related jto us, which wcknov- for a true one. A young I man who had succeeded to the ill-kept, and badly | cultivated, though really valuable form of a deccas ! cd uncle, saw at a glance that two things were a'o i sohncly necessary to enable him to succeed : tho | first being a wife to take charge of the woman'sdc i partm -it. and the ocond a few thousand dollars ito ;-f-;vk it- with. Ho could not Leip thinking t> I himself'that possibly these two great aids to his hapmness and prosperity might be found together, and yet without attehipting to put his matrimoni al and finnwial idea-into prartiee. he allowed thorn to haunt him continually. With this upon his mind, our farmer started upon a horseback, jem my- to a distant part of the country, ana upon hi return made an acquaintance upon the road; in th* person of an old gentleman who was jogging the same way. The companions dined together at. a wayside inn, and fruieriiizi <1 pleasantly, during which the young man opened his heart to the •do er. t-flmg him all his plans and aspirations, when the old gentleman addressed the younger:—"l rather like y;iu. my friend, and your honest way of toiling your story, and ifyou wiii come and ate rue, 1 shall be glad. I have throe daughters, all as good a girls as ever lived. Now. perhaps, one ! max be the very one you are looking >br, and if so, I wiii do my be-:, toward makingthebmance gfth matter agreeabie. Hide over and pee mcto-mor row, take dinner, and stay in the afternoon, which 1 will give you a fair chance to see them and judrs.'* I The young man instantly agreed to the pronoun!, | making only oue condition, that the young ladies ; should not be informed of the uature of his er rand. This wa , agreed to, and they separated. The next day. at t&etime appointed rite ycungsnnn dis mounted at the door of the house of hiseewmr-ds friend, and was heartily wcloomod. The hour be ibie dinner was consumed in looking over the fa a iho young man in admiring if# k fping, and tho old one iii approving of the sensible and practical r: marks of the younger, when the meal was an nounced, and the three young ladies and h> ; r motiier was announced. They wercs all, as ikv old gentleman had said, fine girls, but the younger, rosy-vhec-ked, idee-eyed, and laaclting-lhecd. channVd the young farmer especially. The dlauer over, they ones more walked out I'or a chut. "Well, how do yon like my daughters ? wis th old gentiemau's first question. "They are all bo girls, verv nice," said the young man thoughtful ly. "Andwhich do you like best?" Kate, the youngest! she is charming, and if I am to be your son-in-iaw, give me Kate. "it will never do to take the youngest, and by ail od>.i. the prettiest, said the old gent, seriously. "1 mutt firro her • r none." was the response, spoken decidedly.— "How much .money did yon tay yctt wanted ?' he ask al? "Five thousand dollars will pnt my farm in exrelieni order, and make it wot th twenty thousand dollars io-morrovr. I must have five thousand dollars. "I !i give you tto sutu wim either of the other girls," said .he old m.-.a posi tively; but I will give yon three thousand with Kate.' * ' Theu 1 may as well go Konie. five thou* sand I must have —1 liavc set my iiund upyn it." "Audi have just us strongly dfetcrminsd to do only what 1 have said," was the old gentleman'# reply; "so 1 suppose the mrtter ii at aa end. — However, we. wui be g >od friends, arc! yTt must sometimes run over to see inc." 'lhis ended th# conference, and they parted. The young man ! mounted h>. ; horse, and rode down ; owi! ■; tae mad, : but.itist as he was about opening the ite, stoop -1 in? from his saddle, the laughingdhoe Kate ertnm? ; through the shrubbery to save turn the troub-e. — i "Can'tyou accept my father'# terms ?" "Ye#, ■ bj' George, I wiii, ifvou say so," wa- the instanta- I noous response. ''Then come over to-morrow ! morning before ten o'elo -k and tell biniFO and i the giil vanished like a fairy among the leaves. — I The yonng man rode slow y home,but he was on hand the next tuorning according to bidding, and ! married the fair Kate in two months after. A? a specaunn of the absurd we cannot do bet ter than cite a case that occured within our juris diction, iu a country village of Massachusetts. There was a certain Zacariah Peebles, a stout, in dustrious, sober, and bashful frame-hand, a resi dent of that locality. Zach. was celebrntrl not for what he did say, but what he- did not, j his silence being an .vter of marvei throughout ; thatchattering neighborhood. Zaek., with al! hi# : taciturnity, was not proof against the shafwot .ove, ' and one tlayw a> smitten wit n the wholesome charms j of the only child of Widow Brown, a bright-eyed ! good-looking girl, possessing the same tratt or #r ; lenee as Zi'lieriah, though not in so eminent a I degrea. The fir#t time /.ac.k. #howcd hi# dnut [Ci>c-W2o S*eo*d Fo^e.]
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