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BOWSER, Resident Dentist of Wood bury, IXT ILL spend the second Monday, Tuesday, and Wed \\ nesday, of each month at Hopewell, the remaining three days at Bloody Run, uttouding to the duties of his profession- At all other times he can be found in his of fice at Woodbury, excepting the last Monday and Tues day of the same month, which he will spend in Martins burg, Blair county, Penna. Persons desiring operations should call early, as time is limited. All operation* war ranted. Aug. 5,1864,-tf. C. N. HICKOK. J. • MINKICH. Ja DENTISTS. BEDFORD, PA. . Office in the Bank Building, Juliana Street. j All operations pertaining to Surgical or Mechanical j Dentistry carefully and faithfully performed add war- I ranted. * TERMS CAHH. janß'6s-ly. DR. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully .coders his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building lormerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofius. , April 1,1864—t1. J. L. MARBOURG, M. D. Having permanently loeated respectfully tenders his i ofesjrnnal services to the cititen* of Bedford and vi- , nitjj Oftceon Juliana Street, opposite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Palmer'* office. April 1. 1884—tf. DANIEL BORDER. PITT STMEET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BEDFORD HOTEL, Bedford, Pa. U alehmakFr A Dealer In Jewelry. Spectacle". *° HE KEEPS ON HAND A STOCK OF FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLES OF Brilliant Double Refined Glasses, also Scotch Pebble i Glasses. Gold Watch Chains. Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in his line not on hand, apr. 8,1864—zt. BEDFORD HOUSE, AT nOPEWELL, BEDFORD COUNTY, PA., BY HARRY DROLLINGER. INVERT attention given to make guests comfortable, j who stop at this House. Hopewell, July 29, 1864. UNION HOTEL. 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Add to this the fact that we make our annual payments to the British Publishers for early sheets and copyright in Gold—sl ! costing us at this time nearly $2.50 in currency—and we trust that in the scale we have adopted we shall be entire ly justified by our subscribers and the reading public. The interest of these Periodicals to American readers is rather increased than diminished by the articles they con- I tain on our great Civil War, and though sometimes ting | ed with prejudice they may still, considering their great ability and the different stand-points from which they are i written, be read and studied with advantage by the pco : pie of this country of everv creed and party. LEONARD SCOTT A CO., Publishers, No. 38 Walker Street, NeifcYork. Jan. 27, 1865. TIIE SEW -YORK TIMES. The price of the TIMES (Daily) is FOUR CENTS. To Mail Subscribers per annum $lO 00 Including Sunday morning edition, sl2. THIS SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES. One copy 1 year.... $3 00 ! Two copies 1 year 5 OO THE WEEKLY TIMES. One copy 1 year $2 00 Three copies 1 ycar.:„ 5 OO Fresh names may at any time be added to clubs, both of the WEEKLY and STMI-WEEKLY. at Club Rates. Payment invariably in advance. We have no authorized traveling Agent*. Address H. J. RAYMOND A CO., Publishers. Dec.23,'64-2m. DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR OF THE HOPEWELL OIL COMPANY. Capital.-—5200,000. Shares.—2oo,ooo. Par Value, SI.OO. Hon. JOHN ROWE, President. J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS: W. S. FLETCHER, McConncllshurg, Pa. Jons Rows. Greenca.-tle, Pa. F. BENEDICT, Bedford, l'a. J. H. SEYMOUR, Hagerstown, Md. J. C. EVERHABT, Martinsburg. Pa. Jon.N J. SCHBLL, Somerset, Pa. C. P. RAMSDELL, Oil City, Pa. The property of this Company consists of 200 acres of land, in fee simple, situated on the west side of the Alle gheny river, a short distance above 'he mouth of Scrub Grass Creek, in Scrub Grass Township, Venango county, Pa. It has a frontage along the river of one mile, wilh good boring surface for the whole distance. Two good oil wells are now in operation on the east side of the river, immediately opposite the property of the Co. The following in regard to an adjoining tract, is taken from an editorial in the Philadelphia Price Current, oi December 17: "The geological relation of this property to Oil Creek, is such that the oil-bearing strata, which supply the wells on the Middle Section of Oil Creek (from the Washington McClintock Farm on the north to the Buchanan on the South) must pass under this property: the range of the strata certainly bringing the two localities into this mutu al relation. Other data, obtained from an investigation of the conformation of the ground, and the underlying Toeks, lead to the same conclusion, viz: that the main belt of oil, which extends down from the north-northeast and supplies the wells on the Washington, McClintock, Egbert, Stone, Tar, and Buchanan Farms, sweeps down still farther on the same south southwest direction, cor responding with anl controlled by the inclination of the strata, and underlies this property. It is well ascertain ed by the testimony of aged and respectable residents that the Indians, years ago, gathered oil from the surface of the ravines on this property and used it for rheumatic af fections. In later times the teamsters of Bullion Iron Furnace, gathered and used the oil for the puspose of applying it to galls and bruises on their horses. Oils for years was seen to exude at a number of places: among others, at the root i of an old stump on the bank of the Allegheny river, and I in the rarine alluded to. 1 A few years ago. the then owners of the tract, with one ' or two of their neighbors, bored a well, a few feet above the old stump. The first vein of oil was struck at the depth of 286 feet, and the second at 460 feet; an experien ced man from Oil Creek was employed to tube the well, which prodnced a stream of oil three quarters of an Inch in diameter. The owners of the well, not satisfied with its production, pulled out the chamber, and drilled some feet deeper, when they struck salt water in large quantities and of great strength. Believing that the man ufacture of salt would, at the time, yield them a bct:ei profit, thiy arranged their seed hags in the well, so as tt> j enable tin in to exclude the oi) and pump the salt water. I Still oil was pumped along with the water, in such qnun j titles as to gather upon the top of the water-tanks, from ! whence it was collected, barreled and sold." i There is every reason, therefore, to believe that the pro perty of the Company is rich in its supplies of oil. The inclination of the Strata proves, conclusively, that those supplies of oil on Oil Creek have a higher level than the oil-bearing rocks on this property: and that, consequently, j the supply will be more permanent than that of Oil C'rc-ck i itself. The large extent of boring territory, equal to that j oi ball a dozen companies on Oil Creek, a boat-landing on ; the Farm, with th-- advantage of a navigable stream for j tho frnnsqiortafion of oil. and the certainty of the cxis i lenco of large quantities of coal upon the tract, makes the | property of incalculable value. ' The Company are about preparing to sink several wells. ! and confidently expect the early development of oil in j paying quantities. IThe plan of organization adopted hv the Company com mends itself to public approval, from the fact that it places no fictitious value upon its stock, but confines the saic of j shares strictly to their par value. I A limited number of Shares can be had by applying to the following named gentlemen. F. Bei.edict, Bedford, Fa. Jacob Reed, " " B. F. Meyers, " " J. lieniv ScheU, Ssohcllsburg, Bedford County, Pa. James Lutrthcr, Altfiona, Blair County, Pa. S.' S. Bn't-r; liolHfinysburg. Pa. C. W. Ashcoiu, Hopewell, Iby. I. 11. ICauslcr, Hagerstown, Md ! S. U. Pruther A Co., Greoncastfc, Pa. J. Hosteller A Co., " 44 T. J. Phillips, Waynesboro, " John, S. Miller, Huntingdon, Samuel Henry. " " \Y. I). McKinstry, Merccrsburg, " And at tnc Office of the Company, No. 435 Walnut St., , biiadelphia. ! dec.22,'64. Blanks. Blank, judgement notes, deeds, bonds and mort gages Ac. At., for salt at fire IvgrfßEß Offitfc. BEDFORD. Pa., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1865. O 35 THE BLUEBIRD BY DAVID PAUL BROWN. O, <io you hear the bluebird, The herald of the Spring- How cheerily he tune* hi* pipe. How blithely plume* hi* wing? He breathe* the Dative note of praise, To the great Source of Good; The tree* are vocal with his lays, * Instinct with gratitude. He mounts upon his downy wing. He eieaves the ambient air, Inhale* tho balmy breath of spring, Aud wakes the world to prayer. The fertile earth, at Nature's voice, Unlocks her precious store, And mount and vale and plain rejoice, To greet the genial hour. The purling stream, uo longer bound In winter's icy chain, Sparkles beneath the sunny ray, And freely flows again: Flows, as life flows in infancy. Pure, radient and serene, Through flowers and fields and fragrant groves, That animate the scene. Flows on till winter checks it* tide, And robs it of its bloom, Like death, that in ouryouthful pride. Consigns us to tbe tomb. Yet man, for whom these notes are sung, For whom these waters flow, For whom this vernal wealth abounds, The utuuarrh here below ! Man, only man! with lofty brow, With stubborn heart aud knee, Look* o'er this smiling universe. Ungrateful, Lord, to thee. * The perils of the winter past, Spring, like a blooming bride. The summer's and the autumn's hope, All magnify his pride! There—there he stands—u rebel still. A recreant to that Power That murmurs in each limpid rill. And breathes in every flower. March Ist, 1885. — Morth American. ON GUARD It is the eventide of life: Death's turbid waves before uie roll: And in this narrow pass of life I stand to guard my deathless soul. Through storm and calm, through dark and light, Weary, but resolute, I eling To my good sword, my breastplate bright, The armor of my heavenly King. On guard, en guard! the trumpet-voice Kings in my car: with watchful eye I gaze, and feel my heart rejoice; My deadliest foes are drawing nigh. Ye pass not here, hate, envy, pride, With all the embattled hosts of hell: My C&ptiifti standeth at my side; I fear you not; I know you well. Fast come* the night; my watch is done: This hour I've longed for many years: I shall not see another sun: Ended is sorrow, toil, and tears. Death's waves are" rising; sweet release! Nearer I view the heavenly shore; I lay my armor down, and cease To ho "on guard" for evermore. TIIE SLANDERER. "I hate the slanderer! 1 hate him for his poisonons breath, More deadly than the dews of death; I hate him for his hooded lies, His peace-destroying calumnies; His words I hate, —so arch, so sly, So void of generosity, So deep, so empty, yet so full Of what will social joy annul. His heart his tongue is fire, His soul too 1 " base for manly ire, His steel too keen for noble use, His sword and buckler arc abuse; I hate the slanderer!" A MAN WRO n.IS NOT SLEPT FOR OVER 14 YEARS. At present there is a .soldier at the Chesnut Hill Military Hospital, who has not slept for a single moment for fourteen years and six months. This may seem incredulous, but nevertheless it is true, and can be verified by numbers of persons. The individual is an intelligent man, naturally, and has the beneSt of a moderate education. His name is C. D. Saunders, Orderly Sergeant of Company G., 13th Virginia Volunteers. He entered the service of the United States on December 28, 1803. He is in the forty-fifth year of his age. His health has been generally excellent during his life. In 184'J he was attacked with cholera, and since that period with lung fever on two occasions. In the summer of 1860 sleep forsook him, and since that time he has never felt the least drowsy. He has always led a temperate life. His wife and children reside in Putnam county, West Virginia. Since he entered the Union army he has been on seven raids and in four charges, during which time he informs us that he never felt tired or sleepy. He was in the four charges made beyond Harper's Ferry, Virginia, on the 17th, 29th, and 80th of last August, and yet he did not feel the least sleepy. Why it is that he can not or does not sleep, is as much a mystery to him as it is to many scientific gentlemen, who, having had their attention called to him, have been astoun ded in their attempts to investigate the cause. Upon one occasion, at his request, a number of curiously inclined gentlemen watched him for forty two days and nights consecutively, in order, if pos sible, to arrive at. the the wonderful phe nomenon. These gentlemen took turns with each other in the progress of watching, so that if lie should chance to sleep it would be observed. Some of the watchers became drowsy, and it was as much as he could do to awaken them. This singular man was sent to Philadelphia by order of the field surgeon. He was admitted into the Hospital at Chestnut Hill on the 17th ofNovem ber last, suffering from chronic diarrhira and rheu matism. He has nearly recovered from his physi cal disability; his appetite is good but yet he does not sleep. He retires to bed. the same as other soldiers, but be cannot sleep. He simply receives physical rest. This brief narrative of a most won derful phenomenon may seem fabulous, but the reader is assured that it is the truth.— Phila. Press. AMERICANISMS. —The word creek meaning a small river, dipper, meaning a ladle, pail and pitcher arc all Americanisms. In England they say "a bucket of water" not "a pail of water they make use of 4, ajug of water," or "a decanter of water."— Throughout Europe except among the lowest classes, water is brought on the table in decan ters. They are regarded as not so liable to admit dust as "jugs', or pitchers, and as possessing the ad vantage of euabling a person to see whether the wa ter in them is clean. Though not altogether apro pos, let us here state that an Englishman never says "NVhat time is it ? ' bat always employs the query "What o'dftck is it?" DAVID SATBON. BY JOHN G. WIHTTIEU. Who of my young friends have read the suirow ful story of ''Enoch Arden," so sweetly told by the great English poet ? It is the story of a man who went to sea, leaving behind a sweet young wife aud little daughter. He was cast away on a desert island, where he remained several years, when he was discovered and taken off by a passing vessel. Coating back to his native town, he found his wile married to an old playmate—a good, man rich and honored, with whom she was living happily. The poor man, unwilling to cause her pain and per plexity, resolved not to make himself known to her, and lived and died alone. The poem has re minded me of a very similar story of tuy twnNew England neighborhood, which I have often heard, and which I will try' to tell, not iu poetry,like Al fred Tennyson s, but in my own poor prose. I eau assure my readers that in its main particulars it iu a true tale. ■ One bright summer morning, more than three score years ago, David" Matson, with his youn£ wife and his two healthy, barefooted boys stood 011 the bank of the river near their dwelling* They were waiting there for Peiatiah Curtis to come round the Point with his whery, and take the hus band and father to the port, a few miles below. — The Lively Turtle was about to sail on a voyage to Spain, and David was to go in her as mate. — They stood there in the lovely morning sunshine, talking cheerfully ; but, hadyoubeen near enough you could have seen tears in Anna Mat-son's blue eyes, lor she loved her husband, and knew there was always danger on the sea. And David's bluff, cheery voice trembled a little now and then, for the honest sailor loved his snug home on the Mer rimack, with the dear wife and her pretty boys.—* But presently the wherry came alongside, and Da vid was just stepping into it. when he turned back to kiss his wife and children once more. In with you, man," said Peiatiah Curtis. — ''There's no time for kissing, and such fooleries when the tide serves. And so they parted. Anna and the boys went buck to their home, and David to the port, whence he sailed off In the Lively Turtle And months passed, autumn followed the summer, and winter the autuuiu, and then spring came, and anon it was summer on the river-side, and lie did not come back. And another year passed, and then the old sailors and fishermen shook their heads solemnly, and said the Lively Turtle was a lost ship, and would never come back to port. And Poor Anna had her bombazine gown dyed black, and her straw bonnet trimmed in mourning rib bons, and thenceforth she was known ouiy as the Widow Matson. And how was it all this time with David him self ? Now you must know that the Mohammedan people of .Algiers and Tripoli, and Magadnre and Bailee, on the Barbary coast, had for a long time been in the habit of jtting out galleys and armed boats to sieze upon merchant vessels of Christian .nations, aud make slaves of their crews and pas amgers, just as men calling themselves Christians iut America were sending vessels to Africa to eamh black slaves for their plantations. The Live ly Turtle fell iuto the hands of one of these rov ing sea-robbers, aud the crew were taken to Al giers, and sold in the market place as slaves, poor I >avid Matson among the rest. When a boy he had learned the trade of ship carp'? n tor with his father on the Merrimack, and now he was set to work in the dock-yards. His inafete? who was naturally a kind man, did not ■nM—mrX Kin*. Ho had daily his three Joaves of. bread, and when his clothing was worn out its place was supplied by the coarse cloth of wool and camel's hair woven by the Berber women. Three hours before sunset lie was released from work, and Friday, which was the Mohamniadan Sabbath, was a day of entire rest. Once a year, at the sea son called Ramadan, he was left at leisure for a whole week. So time went on—days, weeks, months and years. His dark hair became grey. — He still dreamed of his old home on the Merri mack, and of his good Anna and the boys. He wondered if they yet lived, what they thought of him, and what they were doing. The hope of' ever seeing them again grew fainter and fainter, and at last nearly died out; aud he resigned himself to his fate as a slave for life. But one day a handsome, middle-aged gentle man in the dress of one of his own countrymen, attended by a great officer of the Dey, entered the shipyard, and called up before him the American captives. The stranger was none other than Joel Barlow, Commissioner of the United States to procure the lioeration of slaves belonging to that Government. He took the men by the hand as they cauie up, and told them they were free. As you might expect, the poor fellows were very grateful; some laughed, some wept for joy, some shouted aud sang, and threw up their caps, while others with David Matson among them, knelt down on the chips, and thanked God for the great deliverance. '"Thisis a very affecting scene, said the Com missioner, wiping his eyes. "I must keep the im pression of it for my 'Coluinbiad " and, draw ing out nis tablet, he proceeded to write on the spot an apostrophe to Freedom, which afterwards found a place in his great epic. David Matson had "saved a little money during his captivity, by odd jobs and work on holidays. He got a passage to Malaga, where he bought a nice shawl for his wife aim a wateh for each of his hoys. He then went to the quay, where an American ship was lying just ready to sail for Bos ton. Almost the first man he saw 011 hoard was Peia tiah Curtis, who had rowed him down to the port seven years before. He lbund that his old neigh bor did not know him. so changed was he with his long-beard and Moorish dress, whereupon without telling his name, he liegan to put ques tions about his old borne, and finally asked him if he knew a Mrs. Matson, _ , ' I rather think I do, said 1 elatiah ; "she s my wife." , "Your wife!" cried the other, "bhe is mine before God aud Man. I am David Mat&on, and she is the mother of mv children. "And mine, too ! said Peiatiah. I left her with a baby in her arms. If you are Daviu .Mat son, your right to her is outlawed : at any rate she is mine, and lam not the man to give her up. . . ' God is great!'' said poor David Matson, un consciously repeating the familiar words ol Mos lem submission. "His will be done, 1 loved her, but I shall never see her again. Civo these, t\ it,h my blessings, to the good woman ani the boys, and he handed over, with a sigh, the bundle containing the gifts for his wife aim children. lie shook hands with his rival. "Peiatiah, he said, looking back left tho ship, be kind to Anna aud my boys. ' , ~ "Av, uv, sir!" responded the sailor, in a care less tone. He watched the poor man parsing jy up the narrow street unsll out ot sight. It s a hard case for old David, he sai.l. helping him self to a fresh end of tobacco; "but lin glad Ive seen the last of him. When Peiatiah Curtis reached home, he told Anna the story of her husband, and laid his gifts in her lap. She did uot shriek 1101 famt, lor she was a healthy woman, with strong nerves , but she stole away and wept bitterly, bno jlived many years after, but could never be persuaded to wear the prettv shawl which the hubanu 01 her youth had sent as his farewell gift. There is, however a tradition, that in accordance with her dying wisn, it was wrapped about her in the coffin and bunco ' The little old bull's eye wateb, which is still in the possession of one of her grandchildren, is now all that remains to tell of David Matron cue lost man.— Our Yurmj Pdte- AtTOINTS OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS BY BRIT IHH OFFICERS. Some weeks ago, an article appeared in the Jan uary number of Blackwood's Magazine entitled "A visit to the cities and camps of the Confederate States 1863-04," and which referred especially to the battle of Chiekamauga. We find in tb,e Feb ruary number of Blackwood, a continuation of this article. The writer returning from Chiekamauga called at Wilmington. He says of it: "Wilmington is, at present, the most important port of entry in the South, and the custom-house receipts both lu re and at Charleston, last year, far exceeded anything they had ever been during a siui ilar period before the war. There were about a dozen blockade-running steamers lying at the wharves loading cotton, and ualoading all manner of stores brought from Bermuda and Nassau. Be sides cotton, the chief exports are tobacco and ros in. One great treat we had here was to find En glish newspapers in abundance, aud of dates little more than a month old. t "A day or two after our airival we went down to Forth FUher, at the mouth of Bap* Fear River, the commandant. Col. Lamb, taking us down in his boat. Going down we met three steamers com ing up the river, having successfully run the block ade, the Ilansa, the Lucy, and the Bendigo. We exchanged cheers as they passed us. but the great sight is when they come up to the wharves. They ail dress up with bags as if'for a victory, and as the ships which belong to the same company do the same, the spectacle is very gay. The cheering too, is vociferous, and all those who have any inter est in the vessel must, no doubt, feel extremely comfortable a* every successful trip brings an e normous profit. "The iuoon is the blockade runner's greatest enemy; but these vessels to-day had come in, not withstanding the moon did not set till three o'clock in the morning. Fort Fisher consists of a long line ol forts and batteries of all sorts and sizes. The most peculiar one is an artificial hlB mounted with two guns in order to give a plunging fire up on any vessel that may attempt to pass. A fleet trying to get into the river would have to run the gauntlet of these batteries for more than a mile, and would most assuredly suffer very severely in the attempt. There are two inlets to Cape Fear River. Fort Fisher is the' chief defense of the northern, and Fort Caswell of the southern one. Although very formidable, the fortifications were were still being strengthened, and large numbers of negroes were at work." From Wilmington the officer proceeded to Lee's army, then about Orange Court House, and saw the General, who, of course "was just returning ! from church," and conversed with him for some time. He says: "General Lee lamented the suffering eaused by the war, especially to the poor country people in this neighborhood. They have been stripped of everything, he told us, by the Y ankegs, and their houses often burnt down, for no practical purpose, as this part of the country was far too much ex hausted to extract any supplies from. But it ap peared to be a part of the war policy of enemy to devastate the whole country wherever they occu pied it, " When I began to mention the way his own property had been treated at Arlington, hc intcr rupted me at once, saying : "That I can easily un derstand, and for that I don't care, but I do feel sorry for the poor creatures I see here, starved and driven from their homes for no reason whatever. The time of this visit was about Christinas, and it seems the rebel soldiers were not starved just ■ ebctt: " Tlvi- wtttw *a¥fl . - , "The amount of good cheer that had been sent up to the army this Christmas by their friends at home is something wonderful. One North Caro lina regiment is said to have received two hundred turkeys. SIXTY THOUSAND PERSONS DROWNED IN INDIA Late advices reveal the fall extent of the disaster inflicted by the terrible cyclone in India. A Cal cutta letter ta the London Times, just received says: "I see that the news of 12,000 persons having been lost in the cyclone was received with incred ulty in England. The estimate was wide of the truth, hut only because it vastly underated the calamity. As every one who knows this country will readily conceive, there is no possibility of as certaining precisely the loss of life, because hun dreds might be swept away and leave no trace be hind. But we are not without data for arrivnig at a conclusion, and it has now been calculated that there cannot be fewer than 60.000 persons drowned or otherwise killed by that fearful storm. In the island of Saugor alone, before tbe cyclone, there were 8,200 persons. There are now about 1,200; rior have any left it to go elsewhere. Seven thou sand were eai ried clean away by the storm wave. All up the river the population has been swept off not in the same propartion but in large numbers. As will be anticipated, disease is raging every where—cholera, fever, and small-pox. The epi demic fever, which I have mentioned in previous letters this year, is depopulating whole districts. A magistrate told me the other day that he had been riding through a village in which there was hardly a grown-up person left, They had died without hope of assistance, without medicine, with out food—for the crops are rotting on the ground in many places where the salt water rushed in.— The Bengalea are in a deplorable plight, and the Zeramders increase the general misery by turning the Ryets out of their huts because tney are be hind with their rents. There is money enough here to give relief—such relief as can be got for money. But human means seem quite powerless to stop the awful diseases that are walking throuirh the land carrying thousands be fore them. The native feels himself ill, wraps himself in his blanket, says it is his fate, and so perishes. In this enormous population—let it he remembered that here in Bengal alone we have at least forty-five million of people—the few Europe ans can only do good here and there, and yet it is solely by Europeans that good is being done. The rich native will not help his countryman. God fnve him his money, and God intended him to eep it. That is pretty much his mode of reason ing. Sometimes the fever strikes him, and then in abject terror he offers English doctors a fee of five hundred rupees to come and visit him. In a recent case of that sort, the man—who was worth about four millions sterling—had refused to give a pice to the poor after the cyclone. When death was at his throat he altered liis mind, and promis ed large benefactions if he recovered. He was not spared to add falsehood to his cruel averiee. THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. The news of the passage of the Constitutional Amendment in Congress, had reached England, and tho London LhiUy News has the following ed itorial comments upon it: IMPORTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT. If the Canada had brought no other news on Tuesday than that the supreme legislature of the United States had decreed the abolition of slavjry over the vast area subject to his authority, the act would have been justly regarded as one of the most momentous oonsequenoes of the war. But its real importance cannot lc diminished, although it may be for a moment obscured by the fact that the ti dings find our mindspre-oceupied with theexciting thoughts, raised by hopes of peace, or depressed at their disappointment The policy which Mr. Lincoln has steadily pursued from the moment 1 when he took office—a policy necessary uorarteffi- Vol 38: No. 1^ gible to those who have ignored all considerations of constitutional duty in their eagerness to see slave ry abolished in whatever wayor by whatever means but clear ond consistent when viewed in connection with the political condition under which every President of the United States exercises power has now reached its culmination. * • * * We have lately heard of abolition in Maryland, Tennessee, and Missouri but in each of those cases it was accomplished by Btatc action. Now, however, the time has come for the nation to deal in its collective and sovereign capacity with the monster evil. And yet even in this the highest and most important exercise of the national sovereignty Congress must proceed according to the prescriptions of the law. In En gland, where we attribute omnipotence to Parlia ment, this subjection of President, Senate and Houtje of Representatives to a written document, seems strangely obstructive and pedantic; but it is nevertheless the American way. If Congress were to oid-r the abolition of slavery by a mere majori ty of votes, and the President were to endorse its action, the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the appointed guardianof the constitution would declare the act null and void. The federal constitution must be amended before Congress,can deal with slavery in the way of abolition, and this is what has just been done. The war has destroyed the unholy ties which bound the North to slavery, and given it a direct interest in the extinction of that parent iniquity. A noble band of patriotic men who, with indomi table courage, haa kept alive the sentiment effree dom and justice in the darkest days, were able to give direction to the feelings of their countrymen at the beginning of the war, and obtained increas ing influence over public opinion as events justifi ed their denunciations of slavery as the source of. their country's woes. Their battle has been fought and they have their reward in seeing the United States for the first time, a land of freedom. Nor is it only at the North that they have triumphed. More than a million of slaves have already been set free, and the South has been brought to a con dition in which it must either emancipate its slaves, in the hope of establishing independence by their aid, or return to a Union, of which free dom is now the Universal and irrevocable law. It is a great thing to have lived to see this day. BPICT INTERVIEW BETWEEN LEX. BHERMAN AND THE BRITISH CONSUL AT SAVANNAH. A correspondent of the New York Herald says : The extraordinary success with which General Sherman has conducted his campaign during the last nine months has secured for him the affections of the American people beyond that of any other military officer. He has become as popular as a military officer, as Vice Admiral Farragut has as a naval commander. Anything relating to him is therefore interesting. Through an officer in his command, recently arrived, 1 have obtained the circumstances of an amusing scene said to have taken place between Ge era! Sherman and the British Consul at Savannah, which to say the least is characteristic of that officer, as well as the self sufficient style of her Mrjesty's officials in the South. On the arrival of General Sherman at Savannah he saw a large number of British flags displayed from buildings, and had a curiosity to know how many British consuls there were there. He soon ascertained that ,these flags were on buildings where cotton had been stored away, and at once ordered it to be seized. Soon after that, while the General was burily engaged at his headquarters, a pompous gentleman walked in, apparently in great haste, and inquired if he was General Sher man ? Having received an affirmative reply, the pompous gentleman remarked, '"that when he left his residence, United States troops were engaged in removing his cotton from it, when ii was protec ted by the British flag." ,'Stop sir," said General Sherman? "not your . cotton sir, but my cotton ; my cotton, in the name of the United States government, sir. I have no ticed," continued the General, "a great many Brit ish flags here, all protecting cotton ; 1 have seized it all in the name of my government. "But sir," said the consul indignantly, "there is scarcely any cotton in Savannah that does not be long to me." "There is not a pound of cotton here that does not belong to me, for the United States," respon ded Sherman. "Well, sir." said the Consul swelling himself up with the dignity of his office, and reddening in his face "my government shall hear of this, I shall re port your conduct to my government x sir." "Ah! Pray who are you, sir," said the Gen eral. "Consul to her British Majesty, sir." "Oh, indeed," respond" 1 the&eneral. "I hope you will report me to you. overnment. You will please say to your government for me, that I have been fighting the English government all the way from the Ohio river to Vieksburg, and thence to this point At every step I have encountered British arms, British munitions of war, and Brit ish goods of every description, at every step, sir, I have met them sir, in all shapes, and now sir, I find you claiming all the cotton, sir. I intend to call upon my government to order me to Nassau at once." "What do yon propose to do there, asked the Consul somewhat taken aback. "I would," replied the General, "take with me a quantity of picks and shovels, and throw that cursed sand hill into the sea, sir. You may tell your government that. I would shovel it into the "sea, sir, and then I would pay for it, sir—if neces sary. Good day, sir." It is needless to add that General Sherman was not again troubled with the officious representative of her Majesty's government. TERRIBLE 3NOW*STORMS IS SCOTLAND. Scotland is snowed under; such a winter has has not been seen since 1837. A correspondent wri ting from Baffshire, srys: "We are now in the seventh week of this pro tracted and increasing snow-storm, without the faintest indication of a favorable change. On the contrary, new falls of snow are almost ol daily oc currence, along with keen and severe frost. 1 radc of all kinds is suffering a depression more or less, and the prosecution oi out aoor work is entirely out of the question. Deer and all sorts of game ! continue to suffer, after all the extreme cur* una watchfulness by which they are tended by the gamekeepers of the respective forests, lhe deer especially, after receiving more care and attention than a provident farmer oestows upon his stock, are daily getting more reduced and emaciated, al though large quantities of hay and other proven der are laid out at every place in the forest for their maintenance. A powerful stag, the other day, took possession of a bundle of hay, upon which He*lived fir some three or four days, none of his weaker and starving brethern daring to approach him while the food lasted. Hares, rabbits, crows and other vermin are everywhere actually starving and the result of a few weeks' continuuce of this dreadful weather would be awful to contemplate. To YOUNG MEN. —Remember that a basty rush into manhood lessens the vital power of being, aqd detracts from the strength and energy which at tend a gradual but natural development. Those creatures—bugs, ants, vermin—that are born in the morning and become mature at noon, are aged in the Wißmg and die before the morrow ! The young men who would fain do their part in build ing up society, and giving solid and enduring strength to their country, must distrust the"' °wu abilities;, must cultivate modesty and diffidence, 1 must learn betimes to put the rein upon them selves in every respect of their nature ; must be willing patieutly to postpone the period of respon sibility ; must husband their powers, in the early period of life, to give strength to maturity and to preservevigor ana old age.
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