VOIJUOTE 33. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE JS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY MEYERS & BEKFORD, At the following terms, to wit: $1 .50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. $2.50 " if not paid within the year. subscription taken for less than six months. E?"Xo paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid,unless at the option of the publishers. It has been decided by the United States Courts, that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ol ar rearages, is prima facie evidence ol fraud and is a criminal offence. B2?*The courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, ii they take them from the post office, whether they subscribe for them, or not. {} 01 1 xg. GODSAVE OUR PRESICENT- A NATIONAL SONG. RY FRANCIS DE IIAES JANVIER. I. All hail I Unfurl the stripes and stars ! The banner of the free ! Ten times ten thousand patriots greet The shrine of Liberty ! Come, with one heart, one hope, one aim, An undivided band, To elevate, with solemn rites, The ruler of our land I I. Not to invest a potentate With robes of majesty— Not to confer a kingly crown, Nor bend a subject knee, We bow beneath no sceptred sway Obey no royal nod— ('olnmbia's sons, erect and free, Kin el only to their God ! 1 I I. Our ruler boasts no tilled rank, No ancient princely line— No legal right to sovereignty, Ancestral ?nd divine, A patriot—at his country's call Responding to her voice ; One of the people—lie becomes A sovereign bv our choice IV. And now, before the mighty pile We've reared to Liberty, He swears to cherish and defend The charter ofthe free ! Cod of our country ! Seal his oath With thy supreme assent, >d save the Union of the States ' , ,? r-j.'- .■ o-ir Pp'SUien' . —Constitution. THE LOVER DIS(iITSEI); OR, I,ovc "Winks omkrs. A : KEH M FROM 1.1FF.. Mv friend Tom has a natural affection dirt "or rather dirt has a natural affection tor Tom. It is to him what gold was to Midas •.vi.atevei he touches turns to dirt. No matter fiow white the cravat —no matter how imnlicu lat.. the vest, the moment that it comes within liie sphere of Tom's influence, its whiteness is gone—it is immaculate no longer. Dogs, sweeps and lamplighterr never pass him with on! I*\'tvir)£ upon his dress unequivocal maiks ol their nresence. Once and only once, I saw him cross the street without encountering the win els of a carriage. I opened my mouth to congratulate him, and beldre I could utter one word, it was filled with mud. The careless blockhead lay at my feet, full length in the "utter. At mv earnest solicitation, he purchased a suit of precisely mud color. It was a capital idea. He crossed the street three times : he walked half a mile, ar.d retur ned, in appearance, at least, unscathed. Ihe thing was unprecedented, i rue, lie was welcomed by the affectionate caresses of a dog that had been enjoying the coolness of a neigh boring horse-pond ; true, he received a shower bath from the wheels of ail omnibus. Rut, to plaster mud on Tom s new coat, was ti "ginl refined gold—to paint the lily." "Tom will be a neat man yet," 1 said, as 1 witnessed Hie success ol my plan. In about a half an hour it was my fate to meet a gentleman with seven stripes of green paint on his back ; it was my friend Tom ;. he had been leaning on some newly painted win dow-blinds. His shoe black declares that "he can't see no use in blacking liis boots when they never re main biack and his washer-woman, with a very proper regard for her own reputation, has been compelled to discard iiim, not fiom anv ill-will, but, as she declared with uplifted hands, "if any one should ask me if 1 washed Mr. Smith's clothes, what could I tell them ?" But there were very few things in this world with which Tom could have more eisily dispensed than the service of his washerwoman. Having no other amusement, one morning, 1 strolled over to Tern's rooms. As I ascended the stairs, I heard his voice in a very decided tone, "But it must be done and so there is an end to it." . "Reallv," was the reply, "anything within the limit of possibility, but to make a coat in ten hours—l will )>romise anything in the world, but I really fear 1 shall be unable to perform. ' . "If double your price would be any object, "Certainly sir, if vott insist up in i ceimin lv. I will put every man in my shop upon it , it shall be done in time. Good morning, sir. The door opened and a fellow with shear, and measures passed out. What conld lorn be doing with a tailor ? "Just the man I.wanted to see," he exclaim ed. "I require your advice upon a very impor tant affair which ot these cravats do you think I most becoming ? ' and he spread before me some half dozen, ol every hue and fashion. "Now, what in the name of all that is won derful, does this me2n, Tom 1 A fancy ball, is it ? \ou have chosen an excellent disguise ; j your nearest friends Will never know you.— Hut you cannot support the character ; if you had taken that of a chimney sweep, now ; but that would have been too natural. Tell me truly, Tom, what does all this mean ?" "Why the fact is, Frank," passing a hand through his hair, redolent of macassar, "I have concluded—l think I shall be a little more neat in future. You doubtless remember the good advice you gave me some time since ; j it has had an excellent elFrct, 1 assure you." Now, it so happened, that of all the good ad vice 1 had ever given Tom, this was the very first instance in which he had seen fit to follow it. So I could not attribute the metamorphosis ; of my friend to my eloquence. Who but a woman ever changed a sloven to a fop? "Pray, where are you going this evening," I continued, "that you must have a new coat so suddenly ?" "Going ? nowhere in particular. I had, in deed, some idea of calling on my old friend, Mr. Murray ; no harm in that, I hope ?" Conviction began to flash upon me. "Your old friend, Mr. Murray; and his young niece, Miss Julia, has no share in your visit, 1 suppose ? I heard that she arrived in town last night ?" "Now, upon my word, Frank, you mistake me entirely. I did not know that she was in town last night—when I—that is, when I—J did not know anything about it." "And so you were there last night, too ! Really this is getting along bravely." "Why, the fact is, Frank, you must know evert - thing. J called last evening to see Mur ray on some business, about that real estate you know. I had no idea of meeting a woman there, more than a boa-constrictor—my beard was three days old—my collar ditto—and the rest of mv dress in excellent keeping. I be came engaged in conversation, and. somehow or other, I forgot all about the real estate." "And so you are going again to-night—and that is the secret of your new coat ?" "By no means I wanted a new coat, and tailors are so long, you know. Do you think blue will become me ? Blue is her favorite— tiiat is—l mean blue" "Uh, go on—don't stammer—blue is her fa vorite color, is it ?" "The fact is, Frank—take another glass of this wine—the fact is—good wine, isn't it ? been two voyages to the Indies—the fact is, J Try some oi that slimy. What are the ymp to ins, Frank —a queer feeling about the heart, and something that drives the blood through one like lightning ?" "Exactly! 1 believe I have seen Julia short and chubby, isn't she —with red hair, and a little squint eyed ? "Frank, 1 never <lid knock yon down, though 1 have been tempted to do so a great many times . but if you don t slop that nonspnse, 1 will." "Quite valiant in defence of your lady-love. Well, Tom, 1 will confess that she is a lovely girl, ami to-morrow I will come and learn your success. So good morning." "Well, Torn, what success?" "Would vou believe it ' she did not recog nize me." "Not recognize you ?" "No. You know what a quiz that Murray is. As soon as he saw me enter, dressed in such a style, he came up, shook hands with me, and, without giving m-' a chance to say one word, introduced me to Julia, as Mr. Frederick Some body. And would you believe it ! the little witch did not know me. 1 think I should not forget her so easily. Nor was that all. Mur ray said something about the fellow who called there the previous evening—a country cousin, he said, tich enough, but an incorrigible sloven. And Julia said, he dressed like a barbarian just think ol" that, Frank— a barbarian 1 She shall pay for that vet. Such eyes—and she steps like a queen. Well, Fiank, a clean collar does make a vast difference in a man's appear ance. Lovely as Hebe herself. Terrible differ ence clean linen makes." The last time I saw Torn he was scolding his eldest son tor coining into the drawing-room with muddy boots. A JAPANESE TO WW'. The new town of Simoda was being rebuilt when we were there, says a traveller. The ruins ola Japanese city are by no means im posing: wood, thatch, and a small modicum ol bricks constituting the materials generally em ployed in a country where a man may natural ly expect to rebuild his house more than once in a lifetime. The spick and span new ap pearance of whole streets told its own tale: and the appearance of a formidable stone-faced breakwater, erected some feet above high-water mark, and full thirty feet high, cutting oil' the pretty vale in which the town was situated from the waters ol Simoda Bay, clearly show ing in what direction the greatest danger was anticipated, and whence they had suffered most during the last dreadful visitation. \et there was nothing in Ihe appearance of the good folks of Simoda to lead one to suppose thev fretted much about earthquakes, rollers from the sea, or the Yries volcano. Every one looked as happy and free from care as any peo ple could do. The men welcomed us will) a good-natured smile, the women, young or old, seemed as curious to look at us as we were to look at them. Everybody appeared well to ,j 0 n ot a beggar was visible; possibly the earthquake had swept them off. fC7 = 'It is a pretty saving of an old writer, that men, like books, begin and end with blank leaves—infancy and senility. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1850. A FALSE ALARM. A Washington paper gives the following ac count of a domestic "what-d'ye-call it," which occurred in that city the other day. The old proverb is, that "it never rains but it pours." The killing of Key seems to have crazed the silly pates of several very romantic married women in this metropolis. A few days after the Sickles tragedy, a married lady living in the southern part of the city, or what is known as the island, informed her liege lord that she had been grossly insulted the previous evening, by Mr. 13 , an acquaintance of the family. The incensed and outraged husband, with re volver in hand, rushed to the otiice of the sup posed otlender, and demanded satislaction. "Satisfaction lor what ?" asked the aston ished Mr. 13. "For having insulted my wite, sir, last even ing," responded the excited individual. "Pray, sir, who dares charge me with ever having insulted your wife, by look, word, or action again inquired Mr. 13. "The lady herself, sir, makes the charge," promptly rejoined the husband. "With your permission, sir, I would be pleased to tace my accuser, and hear her make the charge in my presence," mildly remarked the imperturbable Mr. B. "You shall be gratified, sir; walk with me," added the still exasperated husband, at the same time returning his six-shooter to his pocket. But before giclag the closing scene, it may be well to inform the reader of the facts. On the evening previous, Mr. B. had casually called at the house of a friend, and there found the lad}' in question, without an escort. At a late hour she prepared to return home, and Mr. B. kindly tendered his services to see her safe to her door. The streets on the island are not highly improved, and on the night in question, was very muddy. Atone point the walk was quite intercepted by a mud-hol", over which the lady and gentleman were compelled to pass. A knight of old would probably have thrown down his mantle, over which the fair lady might have walked; but our hero having no such appendage, proposed a spring, by which his companion, with the assistance of his hand, cleared the mud at a single bound. Without further annoyance, they reached the lady's residence in safety. The excited husband now ushered Mr. B. in to his parlor, and rang for his insulted wife, who promptly reported herself. Mr. B. look ing the lady full in the face, asked : "Madam, have I ever, in word, look or deed, mtu*\iijt nr incnll In A breathless pause followed. The lady, al ter some hesitation, falteringly answered : "I thought you squeezed my hand slightly, in helping me over the mud-hole last night." The revolver dropped, and after due apolo gy to Mr. 13., the moitified husband turned to his romantic spouse and administered a rebuke, toavoid the witnessing of which Mr. B. hastily left the house and returned to his oflice, rumi nating 011 the character of female women, with the .-age conclusion, that at the present age ol the world, it was not entirely "safe to beau other men's wives." SWALLOWING A BULLET. A Highland shepherd, while mumbling a small bullet between his teeth, unfortunately got it into the windpipe. He coughed inces santly for two hours, after which tie had slight inconvenience, beyond a little occasional dry cough, till the middle of the following day, when he was attacked with shivering, head ache, and deep pain in the tight side of the chest. The shivering and headache ceased, but the pain continued, and he was extensively drowsy. On the evening of the third day he was seen by Dr. Macraf, who being satisfied of the lodgment of the bullet, "directed the man to be strapped securely to a common chair, that he might he easily suspended from the 1 afters of the roof with his head downward, in order that the chest might be conveniently sha ken by a rapid succession of sudden smart jerks, and that the weight of the bullet might favor its escape from its seat in the lungs."— He was kept suspending as long as he could endure such an uncomfortable position, and then placed in the horizontal position lor a few minutes to rest. When sufficiently recruited, he was hung up again. Upon being taken down the first timp, he described the pain in his breast as moving nearer to the top of his chest, and during the third suspension he joy fully exclaimed—"Thanig-a, thanig!" ("It has come, it has come !" in the Gaelic language.J immediately after a smart shaking and a few convulsive, relching coughs, he spat the lit tle bullet from his mouth. FIGHT OX EQUAL TERMS. In Georgia, Judge T., a celebrated duellist, who had lost his leg, ad who was known to be a dead shot, challenged Colonel D., a gentle man of great humor. The lriends tried to pre vent the meeting, but to no effect. Thepartips met on the ground, when Colonel D., was asked if he was ready. "No," he replied.— "What are you waiting for, then ?" inquired Judge T.'s second.—"Why, sir," said Colonel 1)., "I have sent my boy into the woods to hunt a bee gum to nut my leg in, lor I don't intend togive the judge any advantage over me. \ 011 see he has a wooden leg." The whole party roared with laughter, and the thing was so ridiculous that it broke up the fight. Colonel D., was afterwatds told that it would sink his reputation. "Well," he replied, "it can't sink me lower than a bullet can."—"But," urged his friends, "the papers will be filled about you." —"Well," said he, "I would rather fill fifty papers than one coflin." No one ever troubled the Colonel after that. (YF"Creditors have better memories than debtors. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. ! MONEY VS HUSBANDS. A correspondent of a rVorcester paper relates this incident : Just as the train vvasibout starting for Green field, Friday morning on the Vermont and Massachusetts Eailroac, a sprightly little woman | with a child, took a sei in the car near where I was sitting. The carswre beginning to move and the little woman lookid anxiously through the end window of the rear car for hpr missing hus ■ hand, who was in thedepot attending to the pur chase of tickets, &c. The speed ?ar increased and the wo man looked more aixious. The husband now appears and commences to run. lie gains on the cars at first, not they are too far ahead of him, and soon leave him behind, although he did run well for a season. It is now the wife's turn to try what .-he can do. In agony she im plores the condu;tor that her husband is left, but lie can't helpthat. "I am starting on a journey and canl get along without my hus ! band." "Then let him attend to his business next time," was the cold answer. "Hut," sayi the woman,"l have no money | with me." The brakes were applied, and the cars : brought to a stand still, and the panting hus band enters the cars to the delightfof all the pas : sengers, especially of his wife. Moral mo ney will stop a train of cars much quicker than I husbands. I A BOLD LEAP. On a recent occasion, Louis Napoleon, while reviewing troops on the Champ de Mars, no ticed some disorder at a distant part of the field- Restless and annoyed, instead of dispatching an oliicer, he suddenly started off at full gal lop to the scene of difficulty. The centre of the field was clear from troops, but a carriage stood in an open space—a light, open phaeton, with its top thrown back —and this carriage was directly across the line of the Emperor's direction. So sudden had his movements been that few for a moment had observed his leav ing his position in the field, but now he was dashing as fast as the horse could carry him a cross the open space. Arriving at the obstacle he toop a flying leap clear over the carriage, and continuing hts still rapid pace to the scene of commotion, soon returned and assumed his position at the head of the field, while the air rang with acclamations of delight at the daring and success of his exploit. KNOW NOTHING CONSISTENCY. Democratic ranks, the Know-iNothmg j-u of this city could find no languagp sufficiently foul to express thpir abhorrence of his want of principle. At the time Col. Forney was a candidate for the Clerkship of the House of Representatives, no effort was spared to blacken his character, and hold him up in the most odious light. Now, when the said Col. For ney has proved a traitor to his friends, and falsified all his former prolessions —when he i lias shown that self-aggrandizement, and not principle, controls his action—we find these same Know Nothing journals quoting Mr. Forney as most reliable authority, and holding him up as a marvellous proper man. Tliis is, in truth, Know Nothing Opposition honesty and consistency. No man is worthy ot their confidence until lie has proved a traitor to his principles, and forfeited the respect ot all honest men.— Bait. llep. honest farmer was invited to attend a party at a village squire's one evening, where there was music, both vocal and instrumental. On the following morning he met one ol the guests, who said : "Well, faimer, how did you enjoy yoursejf last nwht ? Were not the quartettes escel lent ?" . "Why, really, sir, I can't say, said he, "for I din't taste 'em; but the pork chops were the finest I ever ate." -t lCr"Mr?. B desired Dr. Johnson to give hisopinion of a new work she had just written, adding, that if ti would not do, she begged him to telFher, for she had other irons in the fire, and in case of its not being likely to succeed, she could bring out something else. "Then," said the doctor alter having turned over a few jt-aves oj advise you, madam, to put it where vour other irons are." ROLLING orr A LOG. —An editor out West, being deserted by his printers, vyho were "on a strike," was compelled to turn into the office himself. In his next week's paper appeared a graphic account of the circumstance, composed by the editors "oVVr. fair pngeßs'" concluuing with the words —"Taijj'oj tHe sublime ajT of printinG f bleSs ouR soal ? it,s as aAsi as roL liu3 ofj a loG." [CP* A New Orleans District School Board has resolved that "the act of marriage on the part of a school-mistress shall be virtually con sidered a resignation ol position as a teacher. This would seem to destroy a teacher s qualifica tion : for how, as madiens, can they "Increase and multiply ?" (CP 3 * A Lady called on a witty friend who was not at home, and finding the piano dusty, wrote upon it slattern. The next day they met and the lady said, "1 called on you yesterday." "Yes, I saw your card on the piano. ' one was telling an Irishman thai some body bad eaten ten saucers of ice cream whereupon Pat shook his head. "So you don't believe it V' With d shrewd nod, Pat answered, "I belavt in the crame,but not in the saucers. MYNHEER Drinken of makes a distinction thus "Too much whiskey is too much, but too much lager is shoost right." CONFESS ION OF AMR ION CROP. We have procured a pamphlet, says the Philadelphia Jlrgus, purporting to be the con fession ot .Marion Crop, who was recently hung in Baltimore, for the murder of Officer Rigdon. This pamphlet is written by a Reverend gentle man who was the spiritual adviser of the con demned man, and is avouched for by him as being correct under oath. The developments made in it are of the most startling character ■ and show that the "Rip Raps" and Plug l>- lies" of Baltimore are "clubs" which have made murder their past time, and in their hellish deeds have been upheld by high officials in that city. As soon as the confession was published, the Reverend gentleman who prepared it was compelled to fiy from the city in disguise to save his life. So startling were its developments, that two of the most promi nent publishing houses in Baltimore declined to print it alleging that they feared, if they did so, that the "clubs" would destroy their property and murder them. We extract portions of the confession, suppressing the names of parties for obvious reasons : CONFESSION OF MARION CROr, Question by me : Who killed Officer Rig don ? He wrote : I did it, it was me that fired the pistol. Who fired the pistol ? Me. Is Corrie innocent or guilty? He is as guilty as I am. Are you sorry for killing Rigdon ? I am very sorry and unhappy on that ac count. Have you seen Corrie lately ? Yes ; and he is very cunning, and wants me to say he is innocent ; but I won't do it, 1 won't tell a lie—he was with me. Who planned the murder ? It was settled by us. What is done can't be helped. Do you think the Governor will pardon you ? I don't expect it. He then added, some want me to die bacause I know their secrets. Who are they ? hanged ; but he is ungrateful ; he has done nothing to save me. What ! do you mean the present , t Yes he is a bad man. I and the boys have done much to place him in office, and in my troubles he turns from me. He is possessed of power to save me. If he would see Governor Hicks, I would be saved. Do you really know him ? one"jL : and can tell you that he gave hatesVe Democrat Kv P istols to kill any Do you believe all this? Yes, I do, as I believe there is a God. After I had read all the answers to my ques tions, particularly concerning the , a man whom I long respected. I became alarmed, and read with him, and, after prayers, look my leave ; before I was able to do so, he, Crop, wrote, "Don't talk any while I live, or I will be very angry, asd the clubs will get at it, and you will be killed, because you will find many of our clubs all about every where." I then left him, lie making a sign with his hand that I would be killed either with the pistol or knife. March the 15th—To-day at 11 o'clock, A. M., upon entering his cell, he told me his father was gone to the Governor, or about going. There was an old methodist minister with* him, who, soon after I entered, took his leave. I then sat near questioned in writing. Q Who is the head of all this sad affair ? A One , who keeps a tavern on Holiday street, near Fayette. He is a constable, and a triend of —• Q How do you know he is a bad man ? A Sir, he ought to be hanged ; he has killed and caused to be murdered, a half dozen men. Q For what cause ? A Because they wouldn't vote his ticket. He has killed several—l can swear to it. Q Will you name one? A I will not name more than one. His name was Archibald McAleese, a Democrat, a native. Q Are you sure, or did you hear so ? A I can prove it. I loaded the horse pistol for the purpose. Q When, and with what did you load it? A hated McAleese, and we agreed to kill him. I loaded the horse pistol with eight balls of this size, (he marked with his pencil,) and at one o'clock at night I saw fire at McAleese through a window. He, -, pretended that the poor man was iorcing his way through. The shots took effect in Mac's forehead. q tell you for what purpose you loaded the pistol ? A Yes, it was settled upon by us. I was the onlv one present, lie and the are friendsj and think by hanging me their secrets will die, but God will pay them. Q How will I know - 1 A You must not ask one word about him , for if he "els it he will be suspicious, and will kill you. °He then turned his chrn, and pointed out a scar, telling me to notice it, as 1 would see a larger one near "s mouth. I have since found the scar to be correct, having had an opportunity of seeing Mr. . Q y° think knows for what killed McAleese. AI am sure of it; nothing happens among the boys but he gets it the next morning. If you Qnpjik ill of - look out. Q Are you not afraid of the oaths of the Clubs ? A Don't talk about their oaths ; they have done nothing for me. lam sorry I ever knew any of them. Q Have the policemen who swore against you belonged to any of the clubs ? A Yes, many of them ; some have signed IVHOI/G I\t *VRim 2831. | my petition to the Governor. Q Is Corrie a Rip Rap i A >o, sir, he is a Plug Ugly," and so is Gambnll. j Q What do you profess lo be ? j A I may be set down as a Rip Rdp. Q How long have you followed those clubs ? j AI or years. lam sorry for it. But I can ; be hanged and no more. Q What is the number of men attending at the clubs ? ° A About fifty or sixty at each. Q How do they get their living ? A Not more than one third are regularly employed, they game, and live as they can.— borne have families who support them. Q Have you been concerned in any other murder besides those of Rigdon and McAleese? A 1 have been ; but must not tell you any more ;no good can be done to me. My father tells me to tell no one anything, to confess to God. Q How would murder me should he know you have told me so much ? A He is a great coward, and would not come belore your face to kill you, but when your back is turned, men of the club would get together, and as you pass one would fire over another's sholders. %They would bind themselves by oaths of their clubs. They are awlul men, and don't care abotit man or God. They care nothing about being hanged. ; TIIE BLACK MAN IN MASSACHUSETTS. The Boston Courier , in lecturing Carl Shurz, the Wisconsin German Republican, who went to Boston to set the Yankee Republicans right on political questions, thus enumerates leges of the negro in the State of Massachu setts : "Here the colored man votes; here colored children and white children go to the same school; here the races are ailowed to inter marry, and, as we have seen, they do not fail to avail themselves of their privilege. And there is nothing in the laws ot the State to prarent a colored man's serving on a jury, if the subordinate functionaries on whom" the duty of selecting jurymen is devolved choose to put him there. The black man here, stands on perfect equality with the white man, ex cept that he cannot serve in the militia; and for this the United States are responsible, and not the State." The white man, if he be born in a foreign iand, if Republicanism ca-j have its way, can not vote for two years after he is declared to be a citizen; he cannot serve on the jury, but if his adopted country demands his help, he must shoulder his musket the day he is natu ralized, and peril his life and shed his blood in her defence.— Cleveland Democrat. ana Hob"." CTPfiic'ht "u?"VJ..SxEcjgcixe, Cnt IT, Secretary of the Democratic National Executive Committee, have, by virtue of the power given them in the premises, concluded to call a meet ing of the Committee about the 7th of Decem ber next, formal notice of which will be pub lished in October. This Committee will fix the time lor assembling of the Democratic Nation al Convention, at Charleston, which will pro bably be toward the close of April or early in May, IS6O. The members of the Executive Committee are the same as those appointed by the Cincin ati Convention, a member for each State. It will be reccommended to the Democracy of the States admitted into the Union since 1856, to appoint members of the Executive Commit tee. It may be mentioned that the meeting of Messrs. Smalleyand Vallandingbam itl Washing ton, which took place on Wednesday last, was accidental, and the)' agreed after a brief perso nal interview, on what they had purpused to ef fect by correspondence. This is the first official movement on behalf of the Executive Commitlee since the adjourn* mentofthe Cincinnati Convention. [CF'A preacher out West, while endeavor ing to impress the gospel upon his hearers, pointed to a corner in which an Editor was quietly taking a nap, and remarked : "There is one in the corner who sheds the Gospel just as a goose sheds rain !" man trom the country, whose wife had eloned and carried of! the feather bed, was in search ot them; not that he cared anything about the wife, "but the feathers," said he, "them's worth forty-eight cents a pound." IXF""Th:s world is all a fleeting show," said a priest to a culprit on the gallows. "Yes," was the prompt reply; "but il you have no objections, I'd rather see the show a little longer !" THE Windham (Conn.) County Telegraph, says : A few clays since fifty-four black snakes, va rying from two to five feet in length—making about a bushel—were dug from a hole in the around, a mile and a half from Brooklyn vil lage. Much snake, that. "Miss, may I see yon home ? ' said a young man to a flirt. "No, sir," was the short reply. "Oh, I don't mean now, but some rainy night when I can't go anywhere else.^ THE man who ate his dinner with the fork of a river has been endeavoriug to spin a moun tain top. [rp-Most interesting companions.—Girls in their gigglehood, and boys in their boobyhood. THE greatest work which thou canst do is even this —that thou educate thy child well. THE heart the pendulum that ticks the hours of lite. VOL. 2, NO. 43.
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