VOLOIE .30.
NEW SERIES.
rrHE BEDFORD GAZETTE,
X. IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIPAY MORNING
BY B. F - ? !KVES,
At the following terms, to wit:
.50 per annum, CASH, in advance,
so QQ << if paid within the yar.
<< <1 if not paid within the year.
subscription taken lor less than sis months.
paper discontinued until all arrearages are
rwud unless at the option of the publisher, it has
seen decided by the United States Courts that the
stoppage of a newspaper without tne payment ol ac
reages, is prima facie evidence ol fraud and is a
Cr^The l cou C rts have decided that persons are c
, I.l= fnr tho subscription price of newspape's,
Tit b u£' lE."™ tE. i < „
subscribe for them. r not.
" " SPEECH OF
BO 111 ILL MM BIGLER,
I \ DEFENCE CF GE W BOW M AN,
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE U. S.,
JANUARY 17TH, 1860.
Now, sir, I want to say something about the
nominee of the democratic party for the office
of Public Printer, and 1 want to say it id all de
ference and kindness to others. I have known
Genera; Bowman for twenty years, and have
been on terms ot intimacy with him. I have
maintained official relations with him, for he
was Adjutant General by iny appointment,
when I had the honor of being Governor of the
State ot Pennsylvania ; and I hazard nothing
in saying that no man in the State has main
tamed a higher reputation for honesty and in
tecritv. I never heard imputed to him any
thing like a-i unworthy motive or corrupt ac
tionr It suits some newspapers to ridicule him
as a brigadier general; He never was a brigadier
genera Tat all. He commenced as a major gen
eral iri lb-t'2, iniaer the commission of Gover
nor Porter. In 184-5 he was appointed adju
tant general by Governor Shunk ■, and in 1847
he mustered the two regiments that Pennsylva
nia furnished f>r the Mexican war, into the
service. He did that with great despatch and
energv, to the entire satisfaction ol the Gov
ernor and the War Department. A tact con
nected with that duty, goes somewhat to reflect
the character ol General Bowman ; to show at
least that he is not a mercenary man, seeking to
pocket the public money. After the war, {and
when the legislature ot Pennsylvania were com
plimenting the men and officers, and voting ex
tra pay to others engaged in the service, a pro
position was made to pay General Bowman
SI,OOO extra for mustering these regiments in
to service, which he piomptly ariesled, saying
when he took that office he knew what the sal
ary was ; that it was understood that he was to
perform all the dulies that might devolve upon
him for that {salary ; and therefore, He could not
allow tiis friends to ask additional pay for him.
Then, sir. al*a later peiiod, when he
was adjutant general by my own appointment,
a certain military storekeeper in the State ol
Connecticut wrote to G-rieral Bowman, sugges
ting to hun, that it he would make a dralt on
him for some ol Colt's pistols instead of making
it upon the ordnance department here for the
quota to which Pennsylvania was entitled, he
could be handsomely rewarded, intimating to
him that eight or ten thousand dollars could be
realized in that way. What did General Bow
man do ? Like an honest man he sent the cor
respondence to President Pierce. The case
was referred to the War Department, then un
der the able control of the senator from Missis
sippi, (MR. DAVIS ;] proceedings were institu
ted ; a court-martial hud ; Gnneral Bowman ap
peared and testified against tins man, and be
was broken of his commission and turned out of
the set vice.
So he stood when this question of the ap
pointment of a Superintendent of 1 üblic Print
ing came up, having for a{quarter of a century
published a newspaper at Bedford, and main
tained a high reputation as a citizen, ft is
true that some politicians thought h;m excisable
and violent, and somewhat unreasonable ; but
nobody ever doubted his honesty. He was no
applicant for the office of Superintendent, as I
happen to know ; but the President ofthe Uni
ted St3tes having unfavorable impressions as to
the management of that department under the
predecessor of Gen Bowman, determined not
to retain him longer ; and casting about for a
man who had his unlimited confidence, invited
Gen. Bowman to take the office. He came
here not ir. the capacity of an office-seeker, but
because he was invited.
Now, sir* as to his career as Superintendent
cf the Public Printing, I appeal to the Com
mittee on Printing, who were most intimately
associated with him, wli3t was the result ol
their observation ? Whether he did not show
everv disposition to guard the treasury ? I beg
lease to allude to some changes which have
been made in that service, some ol which were
suggested by him ; others promoted by him af
ter suggestions from other quarters $ and all ol
which received his cordial and active support;
sod by which, permit me to say, he has mani
festly drawn upon himself a great deal of out
side hostility. First, he arrested the practice
of double composition, which had prevailed pre
viously. It is now prevented by law. The
recommendation is contained in the report ol
ISSB, as are the reasons for it. This wiil save
some twenty-five thousand dollars per annum,
od which entered into the large profits to
which the senator from Mississippi refers.—
Then, again, by awarding contracts for paper
to the lowest bidder; making his advertisement
so as to turnish the samples himself, and not lake
samples furnished by the paper makers ; and
making contracts abso'utely to the lowest bid
der, is another of his reforms. This saves some
twenty thousand dollars a year. The practice
of furnishing members of Congress with bound
duplicate volumes has also been arrested, which
cost gome thirty-seven thousand dollars a year.
Omitting mans, charts, and useless statistics,
has saved in all $40,000 a year. Then there
is a deduction of one clerk in the office, which
was exclusively under bis control, $l,BOO.
BcMorb e.
The total annual saving in this way is $124, t
Out). Nor is this all. The engraving and lith- i
o-;raphic printing has cost annually, since 1852, <
an aggregate of about one hundred and thirty 1
thousand dollars. According to the report of
the coma itfee o.f the House of Representatives at
the last session, appointed to investigate the |
conduct of the predecessor of Gen. Biwinan,!
one half of this is hereafter to be saved. The
committee sav :
-
"By a comparison of prices paid by General Bow- 1
man for engraving and lithographic printing wirb
those paid by his predecessor, there is nearly fifty '
per cent, difference In favor of the prices paid by
the latter."
Another instance; The charts for the Coast
Survey report for 1857, executed under the su
perintendence of the predecessor of Gen. Bow
man, cost $157 50 each; whereas the same
kind ot charts, of even larger size, were con
tracted for and furnished under the supervision
of Gen. Bowman at $47 90 each—being less
than one third the price previously paid, and
being a saving on that report alone of at
$30,000 per annum. These are some facts
connected with the career of this gentleman as
Superintendent of Public Printing.
Now, sir, why shall he not be elected Prin
ter to the Senate ? It is alleged that in & trans
action with Mr. Wendell, in which he became
the owner ofthe newspaper formerly known as
the Union, now the Constitution, he has so
far sunk his political and morai status that he
j should not be endorsed by the Senate; that he
j has been guilty of such improprieties, if not of
criminal acts, that he ought to be discarded and
| rebuked. Now, sir, I know that no honorable
| senator, if convinced that Mr. Bowman has
j been gcoltv of a violation of law, will vote fori
i him. There may be a difference of opinion on
this subject, and I suggest to my Iriend from I
i Mississippi that he must have respect for the o- /
pinions and feelings of his fellow-senators who
j differ with him on these points, and who stand
here determined to vote for hi n, because they j
believe he will make a faithful officer, and be
cause they desire to vindicate him against alle
gations which they think unjust and ungener-
i OUS - . , .
I prefer, because it is better that this whole
j subject be developed and disposed_of, to intro- j
j duce this branch ot the subject by a letter writ
ten bv the Attorney General to a gentleman in
the State ot Tennessee, explaining the tacts and
circumstances connected with the transfer of
the newspaper to Gen. Bowman.
The Clerk read the following letter :
WASHINGTON, JUNE 8, 1859.
DEAR SIR :—ln reply to your letter of the 31st, I
have to say that 1 do not know what charges were
made or retracted by the Stales concerning 'he !
transfer of the Constitution printing office to its pres
ent proprietor : hut 1 have some knowledge of the i
terms ami conditions of the contract refeurj to.
When that establishment was first offered to !
General Bowman he rejected it. The proposal was j
afterwards renewed, again and{again, unt.l it came
in a form which was acceptable. His first refusal j
arid his final consent to the terms of Mr Wendell,
were given after consultation with me, and agree
ably to my opinion. 1 gave him advice injnd other
chaiacter than that of his personal friend : and he,
sought my counsel solely because he knew 1 would ;
do ail I could to guard him against loss, either in i
money or reputation. I had no official connection'
with the business. No authority was given me to
bind the Government, and I was not expected or
asked to do so; neither the President nor any head '
of a Depa;t:nent, or other public officer, gave any- j
thing or promised, directly or indirectly, that any
thing should be given in the future, for the benefit I
of either party. Some work from the Government I
may have been counted upon, but only as private
patronage was expected ; that is, it would be got if •
if was the interest of the Government and the plea- \
sure of the officers to give it t but not otherwise— j
No belief was expressed, and none, I am confident j
was entertained, that this administration would !
suffer the Treasury to lose one cent for the sake of j
sustaining a favorite man, or promoting the prospri- i
ty of a favoritfe new-paper. All concerned know the 1
folly of supposing that public work would be sent:
to one who could not do it as cheaply or as well as j
it couldjbe done by anybody else. 4
In shoit, sir, this transfer of a printing office was j
as purely a private affair as the sale of any planta- ;
tion in your district. Tfce Government
in the world to do with it ; and the public treasury j
is not alt c ted by it to the am aunt of a t copper. The j
seller voluntarily parted with his own pioperty for J
a consideiation which the buyer was willing to \
give jand 1 do not suppose that either you or your i
constituents care a straw which party got the best !
of The bargain.
1 ought to add that the President and ail the mem- j
bers ofthe cabinet,except myself, were ignorant of
this contract at the time it was made. I was con- j
suited about it, as 1 would probably have been con- j
suited abcut any other matter of equal importance j
to the private interests of General Bowman. I gave !
him my aid with alacrity and cheerfulness ; for t j
have long known him as a most upright and worthy
as well as energetic and fearless man ; of unspotted
integrity, and faithful to his duties in all the rela
tions of life. To charge him with a corrupt scheme
fo-plundering the public is so absurd that it can |
only be made more ridiculouss by averring that Mr i
Buchanan was joined in it
You may use this letter as far as you think it ne
cessary or useful, in your vindication of the demo
cratic party . Yours, most truly,
Hon. CHARLES READY. J. S, BLACK.
There is but one point in all this case that, :
to my mind, is worthy ol special note, and that
is the fifth allegation of the senator from Mis-'
sissippi, to wit : That Mr. Bowman, being the 1
Superintendent of the Public Printing, and be- |
coming the owner of the paper known as the j
CONSTITUTION, under the terms ot a contract
with Mr. Wendell, brought himself within the!
prohibition of a law of Congress that forbids the i
Superintendent of Public Printing having any !
interest in that business. That is a very grave i
allegation, and it I believed it well founded I I
certainly could not vote for Mr. Bowman.—
But, sir, I think the senator entirely mistakes
the intention of the law. The law says the
Superintendent of the Public Printing "shall
not be interested, directly or indirectly, in the
public printing." What is an inteiest? It
must manifestly be that sort of concern in the
business of public printing .that would make a
man responsible for loss, and entitled to a por
tion of the profits. Gen. Bowman had no such
relation to the pubiic printing. He never was
Public Printer. Mr. Wendell got no addition
al public printing, nor did he lose any, by his
arrangement with Gen. Bowman. Mr. Bow
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27,1860.
! man had, in truth, no connection with it wfiat
i ever ; but because, in an agreement between
him and Mr. Wendell, it is specified that Mr.
Wendell is to pay him certain sums periodi
cally in the luture, and because the public
printing would seem to be the only visible means
of making such payment, therelore it is said he
i interested in the public printing. Does the
senator mean to contend seriously tiiat that
would be the construction of any judge or jury
in the United States? Why, sir. let me lor a
noment illustrate the effect of such a conclu
sion. Suppose Gen. Bowman had sold to Mr.
Wendell a farm, and he had agreed to pay, and
said to him, "theseare my means of payment,
but if this printing be taken from me, I cannot
pay you would that give Gen. Bowman an
interest in the public printing in the sense of
the law, and render him liable to its penalties?
With all respect to the senator, such an allega
tion is simply preposterous. Suppose the hon
orable senator himself had sold Mr. Wendell a
(arm, and he had agreed to pay him at tbe'times
at which he drew his saiary lor printing,
would that make him a partner, or give hun
an interest in the public printing ? If the sen
ator's construction be right, then I doubt not
every banking establishment in this city was
at times connected with the public printing, and
because Mr. Wendell had agreed to vnake
them certain payments out of the pro
ceeds of the public printing, and
pledged payment in advance, as the test busi
ness men often do this ; the manufacturers of
paper might have been interested in the public
printing because they had a promise from Mr.
Wendell that he would pay them out of the
public printing at the proper time.
Now, sir, the most that can with plausibility
be alleged in this case would be a mere techni
cal connection or interest, and I intend to
show that the circumstances surrounding Gen
eral Bowman, ami under which he occupied
this position, were certainly such as ought to
relieve him from the charge ola manifest de
sire to do what was wrong. There was no
moial turpitude in anything he did. The idea
that he intended to hold that place for the pur
pose of superintending the work, in order that
Mr. Wendell might get a larger price, is simpiy
preposterous. It did not matter to him wheth
er Mr. Wendell's profits were large or small.
The sum he was la receive was not a per cen
tage of profits. A'hether Wendell made or
lost, there was so much to he paid to him.
Therefore he cooid not have that kind of inter
est which the law contemplates.
But. sir, the circumstances under which Mr-
Bowman agreed to occupy ttiat position I pre
fer to present to the Senate, because it is due to
him. When he concluded to take the news
paper, (as I shali show by the communication
Ol the Secretary of the i'-'erior,) Irqm mere,
sensitiveness as to holding an office whilst pub
lishing a partisan newspaper, he resigned it
promptly ; but not because the law would be
violated ; if he had held it to this day, tne law
would not have been violated ; he would not
have beer, amenable to the law to-day, because
he has not and never lia-i any interest in the
public printing. That is my deliberate judg
merit. General Bowman promptly resigned
the superintendency, but because the Secreta
ry ol the Intelior discovered inconvenience
would arise in his Department, because the
President was not prepared to select his succes
sor, he induced Mr. Biwman, with the consent
ot the President, to withdraw his resignation
until a successor could be appointed. Such
was the advice of a Cabinet officer, a lawyer, a
gentleman, and as honest a man in nr.y judg
ment, as 11 ves in any country. The most that
could be said was that Gt.n. Bowman yielded lo
the judgment and advice of his superior; and,
sir, I protest that a man who has lived a life ol
honesty as he has, whose every day walk and
conversation are exemplary, shall not be strick
en down and crushed to the earth without b-'-
mg fairlv heard. Sir, he is a man of marked
propriety. I venture to say, that through all
this controversy, no man has heard him utter an
impropiiety. No man has heard him impugn
the motives of any who differ with him even a
bout printer. I have heard him speak in kind
terms even of the Senator from Mississippi.
Now, sir. I wiil ask the Secretary to read tiie
letter of the Secretary of the Interior ;
The Secretary read it, as follows;
DEPARTMENTOFTHF INTERIOR, January 9, 1860.
DEAR SIR. - In reply to your inquiry relating to
the cirrumstances of Gen. Bowman's resignation of
the office of Superintendent ol Printing, I feel it mv
duty to state such facts as have connected me with
that transaction. •
Some time in March, 1859, the President sent to
me to be filed in this Depaitment the resignaiion
of General (. W. Bowman, late Superintendent of
the Publ.cPrinting. The exact date of the writing 1 do
not now remember, but it was to take effect on the
11th day of April, 1859. On or before ttie day this ;
resignation was to take effect absolutely, 1 was ad
vised that the contracts for the engraving cf the me
chanical portion of the Patent Office report had not
been given out, and that inevitable delay would a
rise in the execution of the work, unless the bids a
bout that time tiled could be acted on. I wished to
avoid this delay, if possible, and, as the President
was not prepared at that time to designate a succes
sor, 1 suggested to him the propriety and public ne
cessity of General Bowman's withdrawing his orig
inal rest gnation, and fixing another day for it to
take effect. General Bowman was sent for. He '
was advised that the exigencies bf the service re-!
quired him still to continue to discharge the du- '
ties of his office. It is due to General Bowman to !
say that he at first expressed reluctance to yield in
asmuch as he did 'not wish to be the editor of a
democratic paper while he held an office under the
Administration. I myseif, however, saw no incom
patibility in his doing so, particularly as it was to
be held only till a successor could be appointed and
qualified. He yielded to my suggestion. 1 permit
ted bim to withdraw his original unconditional re
signation, and file the one now in this Department,
a copy of which you have seen.
The only object on my'part was to secure a prompt
performance of the public service; andjl believe
Gen. Bowman yielded ( to my suggestion only trom a
sense of public duty.
The responsibility of changing the day on which
this 4 resignation was to take effect was mine, and I
am ready to assune it.
Yours, truly,
J. THOMPSON, Secretary.
Hon. WILLIAM BRCLIA, United States Senate.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
Mr. BIGLER. It will be seen that the Sec-t
retary makes reference to the main duties which
General Bowman performed as Superintendent
after he assumed the control of the g newspaper,
and it will appear that the contracts of which
the Secretary speaks were all awarded to the
lowest bidder; no discretion whatever was ex
ercised; and it is equally true that after that
date Gen. Bowman performed no duty which
admitted of any corrupt practice that could in
an v way influence the amount which Mr. Wen
dell was to be paid as Public Printer. The
whole testimony proves that he was peculiarly
sensitive about holding an office and at the same
time publishing a partisan paper.
Now, sir, I have very little disposition to
pursue this subject further. [ think I have
shown'that General Rowman is in no way crim
inated, that he is without blemish. He had no
connection with lire Pubiic Printing whatever;
no interest direct or indirect in it ; and he stands
here in such a position that the most scrupu
lous democrat can vote for him with propriety.
From the Boston Traveler.
GOING ALOFT-A TRAGEDY.
Captain Basil Hall, in his miscellaneous
writings, relates an incident on board of a Brit
ish frigate, to illustrate the ( terrible cruelty in
flicted upon seamen, in the name of discipline,
during the early years of the present century, j
He decribes a timid boy who was so cruelly
lashed, because he was afraid to go aloft, that
he became a maniac, and ever alterward ap
peared to act without fear, running like a inon- ,
key from mast-head to ma3t-head, and along the
yards.
An old rnan-ot war's-man told the writer of
this tne same story many years ago, with a se
quel, yvhrch Captain Hall has not given. The,
sailor's story was in substance as follows :
A tiinid boy, about fourteen years of age,
hesitated to go aloft, but, by the Captain's or
ders, was forcibly put in the main rigging, and
then a boatswain's mate was ordered to lash hiin
like a dog until he learned to run aloft, he
prayed the inhuman Captain for God's sake to
have rnercy on him, but ail in vain.—The |
boat;wain's male was commanded to lay on har
der and harder, regardless of the boy's piercing
screams, which made even veteran seamen turn
from the brutal scene with disgust. His clothes
were rent from his back, the blood followed the
lash, and still the tyrant roared out, "Lay, on,
boatswain's mate!"— With one wild scream he j
sprang from under the lash, and bounded up ;
the rigging with amazing rapidity. He doub
led the fultock rigging like a cat, passed the
topmast and top gallant rigging with undimin
ished speed, shinned the unrattli-d royal tig
ging, and perched himself like a bird along side ,
of id-, --mdanl which streamed from the mast
head. Here he paused, looking fearlessly upon <
the deck below. All hands came up to see j
him—his cries and cruel treatment had already
enlisted their sympathy, and, if possible, had
increased their hatred of the Captain.
Tne monster was smiling complacently at
the success of his experiment; for lie was one j
of those tyrants who boasted that the cut, prop
erly applied, could make men do any tning. '
Still he was apprehensive that the t boy might
destroy himself, and the circumstance be used
against him at the admiralty, where he knew
representations of his cruelty had already been
made. The men gazed m silence, looking first
at the boy and then at the Captain, who was
seated near the taffiail. Taey dared not be
seen speaking to one another; it was a flogga
bie offence; even at night, spies passed under i
their hammocks to ascertain it they whispered, i
The officers walked the lee side of the quarter
deck, occasiuriliy casting their eyes aloft, anb
were as silent as the men.
Still the boy ciung to the mast-head, playing
with tiie pendant, apparently unconscious of
trie interest he excited below. Tired with ga
zing aloft, the Captain sang out through the
speaking trumpet —'Down from aloft I Down."
The bov sprang upon tiie truck at a bound,
and raising himself up erect, waved his cap at
I round his head ; then streaching his arms out,
gave a wild, laughing scream, and threw him
self forward. Tne Captain jumped to his feet,
expecting to see the bov hashed to pieces on
leek ; but when clear ot the shade ot the sails,
he saw him sliding along the main royal stay
toward the foretop gallant mast-head, and heard
lim laugh and clatter like a monkey, as if en
oving tiie sport. He reached the mast-head in
safety, and then descended along the top-gallant
backstay handover-hand. The Captain looked
at him, and was about to speak, but could not
find words. The boy Irothed at the mouth and
! nose ; Ins eyes seemed starting out of his head ;
he tooled upor. the deck in convulsions, stain
ing it with the blood which still trickled Irom
his back. He was a maniac.—The suigeon's
skill, in the course of a lew weeks restored his
health hut never his reason.
From that lime forward he was (earless. In
the darkest night, in the fiercest gales, he wouid
scamper along the deck like a dog, and bound
aloft with a speed which no one on board could
equrl. He would run over the yards without
holding, pass from mast to mast on the stays, as
cend and descend by the leeches of the sails,
and run up the naked sludding-sailbooms. He
was nimble as a cat, and had forgotten fear. ;
Some of the light duties aloft he learned to dis- j
charge in company with them—he did as they I
did, but could not be trusted to do anything
himself. One order he always obeyed without
hesitation. At the command, 'Awav aloft,' he
was off, and never paused until he reached the
mast-head. As he was harmless and rarely
spoke, the Captain kept him on board, and, In
the course ot a year, sent him often aloft for a
musement. His strength increased with his
years, but his bulk and height remained nearly
the same at eighteen as when he became a ma
niac.
His ribs, breast and back, seemed ore case of
bone, and his sinews and muscles made his Jegs j
and armsappear like pillared columns. —was
fair, with light blue eyes and delicate skm; his
face was oval and full, but void ofexpreasion
ne. her love, (ear, revenge, nor pleasure, could
be traced in us solid outline. His ey stared
at everything, without appearing to see, and
when he spoke, mere was rarely any mean ma
in his words. He followed the men in their
various duties, like a dog following his master.
V\ believer he was struck or started by a boats
wain's mate, he ran up the main rigging scream
ing at the top ol his voice, and never paused
until he had performed the first evolution which
nac. made him a maniac.
As the old sailor's story runs, the sbm arri
ved at Plymouth to he deckeo and refitted.—
Ihe Captain availing himself of the leisure,
was going to oe married, and the news was
communicated by his servant to the cook, who
soon circulated it on the birth-deck among the
men, who cursed him and all of his kin. °
H.s servant came on board of the hulk where •
the men were lodged, the evening when the
captain was to be married. Crazy Joe (the
name the boy was known by) met him at the
gangway and asked him intelligently if the
captain would be married that evening, and
where. The servant gave hun the "'infor
mation he desired, and went about his business
I hat night while the captain was undres
sing, he was s-ized by the tiiroat anJ dragged
to the bridal-bed.
'•Look, fair lady, on me," said crazy JOP,
"but do not scream, or I will kill you. Look
on ine. I hold within my grasp a devil, who
delights in cruelty—a meiciless fiend who has
scourged the backs of hundreds ot brave men
a ruffian who has robbed me of my reason. I
hold him within the grasp of death, at the verv
moment his black soul thought itself within the
reach of buss. Aionster look upon your ladv
think one moment of the heaven oi earthly"jov
almost within your reach—then think of" me,
poor crazy Joe, and of the hell to which I send
yon! Die, wretch, die!"
When the alarm was given, the strangled
body ot the captain was found lying alongside
of the bridal-bed ; but the maniac who killed
him wa3 never recognized afterward. He be
longed to Cornwall, and probably found shelter
from pursuit in lire mines, until the excitement
passed away.
I he lady stated at the time, and many ypars
afterwards, that the attack of the maniac was
so sudden and silent that she knew nothing ot it
until tHe curtains were pushed aside and she
felt the pressure of the captain's bodv bent over
the edge of the bed. Joe held ins victim a
round the neck with his right hand, and turned
him from side to side as easily as if ne had been
a child, while the fore-finger and thumb ofthe
left had grasped her own throat, ready to ex
tinguish her life it she attempted to raise an
alarm.
His face war pale and death-like; bis eyes
slared, but were motionless ; and everv word he
uttered seemed to issue fron the very depths of
his soul. Ihe captain's iooks were terrible be
yond description ; death ieft the impress of fero
city upon I:is darkened feaatures. How the
maniac entered or left the room, she never
knew ; his departure was as noiseless as his en
trance. So paralyzed was she with tear, that
an hour elapsed before she could muster cour
age lo call for help ; but she thanked God, when
the captain s cruel character became generally
known ashore, that she had been rescued from
his alliance.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING—A $50,000
BOOK ORDERED TO BE PRINTED!
Mr. Gurley, ol Ohio, recently made a grand
flourish in the House touching the "reforms"
i fie intended to effect in the printing department
!ot the Government; and, no doubt some belie
ved hiin to be sincere. But what will our rea
ders think when we tell ttem that, within a
few days past, at the instance and on the rec
ommendation of Mr. Gurley, chairman of the
Committee on Printing, ten thousand extra
copies of Gov. Stevens' report (printed by or
der ol the Senate at the close of the last session)
were ordered lo be printed bv the House. The
cost of this book will be upwards of FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS, and !he Government will
i pay twice for the composition. This will ma
! terially help the Republicans to "take cure of
■ their wounded to use an expression borrowed
from Mr. Thos. Ford, the House Printer. The
members generally could not have bad an idea
of the immense cost of this work at the lime i
they voted to print it, or certainly tliev would
not have been willing lo re-print so costly a
book at a time when they seem incapable of
talking about any thing but the enormities ol
the "printing plunder." we fhink the fact above
stated will convince every honest and reflec
ting man that the professions of economy and
reform so loudly made by the Republicans of
the House is a mere scheme to cover the corrup
they intend to perpetration before the close
even ofthe present session.
That Gov. Stevens' Report is a valuable and
interesting woik we have no doubt; but having
already been printed for the use of the Gov
ernment, Us republication is a piece ofthe most
wasteful extravagance that has ever vet chai
acterized the public printing; and, it this sys
tem is to be adopted, you may retluce the prices
of actual printing 90 per cent., and yet (he ex
penditure- in the printing department will run
up to millions ol dollars! The wrong is not in
the printing law; it is not to be found in the
prices paid tor composition and press-work, but
in the extravagant orders so frequently made by
Congress.— Washington. Constitution.
A raw Jerseyman who had been gazing at a
garden in Richmond, which were several
marble statues, exclaimed: "Just [see what a
waste! Here's no less than six scare-crows in
this little ten-foot patch, and any one of them
would be enough to keep the crows from a five
acre lot!"
ribs—unmarried females.
whom: 2899#
DENOMINATIONAL OXEN IN TEXAS.
I a great State. It has not only a
, a , r " I t' row * r 'e> mixed population—every vari
vof climate and soil, game and stock—but its
ery ojsrn have become denominational, if not
sectarian in name, character, and spirit. Ia
proof of this we give the following incident :
A minister travelling along the road, met a
stranger dr.v.ng his wagon, wh.cn was pulled
by four oxen : as the m.nister approached, ha
eard the u-iver sav, "Get up, Presbyterian !"
Gee, Campjelhte "Haw, Baptist !" "IVha*
imrk° a ;t°l n S' Me,bodist? " The minister,"
.truck with the singularity of such names bein
given to oxen, remarked— 3
o'rrr/' yn , u hare stran S e names for your
o\ n,and 1 wish to know why they had such
names given to them."
The driver replied, "Icairihat lead ox in
Iron., resbytenan, because he is true blue, and
never fa,ls he believes in pulling through ev
. v aiffictilt p.ace, persevering to thejend, and
then he knows more than all the rest. The one
Iweu'wh ! C f he > es
veil when you let him go his own way, until
, he see, water, and then all the world could not
keep him out of it, and there he stands as if his
™; n u y 7V ; nd * d '. Thisoflo *. behind, i".
, I a P ,,st ' ,or he 18 all the time after water
I and witl not eat with the others, but islconstant
:iy looKing, first on one side, an d the! on the
j other, and at every thing that comes near him".
rhe other Which I call Methodist makes a
great to-do and you Would think he was pul
ling all creation, but he don't pull a pound "
The minister having his curiosity gratified
wit a the explanation, rode on, wonderin® what
,he should next see and hear in Texas. Thi s j.
; no (Team, but a fact, as we have heard it ; nor
j ire we influenced by dyspeptic feelings, in tel
ling our readers the ecclesiastical relation of
Texas oxen.— True Witness.
AN AMI SING LAW CASE-
Some years ago, in Newcastle county Dela
ware, an Irishman was knocked down and rob
bed. He accused a man of having committed
| the robbery ; and in due lime the case came to
• trial. The Irishman being upon the stand, was
cross-examined, after having sworn positively
| to the guilt of the prisoner, by one ol our keen
est lawyers, and something like the following
was the result.
"Y'ou say that the prisoner af the bar was the
man who assaulted and robbed you *"
''Ves."
"Vvas it moonlight when the occurrence
took place!"
"Divil a bit iv it."
"VVas it starlight?"
"Not a whit: it was so dark that you could
not have seen your hand before vou.""
" >Vas there any light shining from any house
near by ?"
"Divil a bit iv a house was there anywhere
. about."
'•Well, then, if there was no moon, starlight
• from any house, 3nd so dark that you couldn't
. ; s"e even your hand before yon, how are you a
; ble to swear that the prisoner is the "man ?
; How could you see him?"
"Why, your honor, when the spalpeen struck
I me, the fire fiew out iv me eyes so bright you
have seed to pick up a pin, you could."
The court, jury, counspl and spectators ex
ploded with shouts at this quaint idea, and the
prisoner was directly after declared not guilty.
Wilson caught a cooppr steal 4
mg some hoop-poles which he had just got rea
dy for market. The cooper was astounded and
olferec farmer W. $lO not to mention the fact;
which proposition, duly backed by the monev,
was accepted. But the same evening, when
Mr. Wilson, the cooper, and a lot of mutual
neighbors were talking politics at the villag"
grocery, the farmer turned to a friend and ask
ed :
"Did I ever tell you, neighbor Jenks, that I
had caught the cooper, here, stealing my hoop
poles ?"
"You never did ?"
"Well, then, said Mr. Wilson, I never will,
for I promised I wouldn't.''
It is unnecessary to 3ay that on the next day,
a first-rate cooper settled in a neighboring vil
lage.
travelers—the best adhesire label
you can put on luggage is to stick to it your
self.
[£r~The vowels which create the most sen
sation in the minds of honest men are I O U.
[CP* A teacher of penmanship, in twelve les
sons, has taught a lawyer to read his own wri
ting.
!IF*Koast beef, serenity of mind, a pretty
wife and cold water baths, will make almost
any man "healthy, wealthy and wise."
KPHe that thinks himself the happiest man
really is so, but he who thinks himself the wi
sest isjgenerally the greatest fool.
[TP*Mouth—an instrument to some people
for rendering ideas audible, and to others of
rendering victuals invisible.
fine woman, like a locomotive, draws
a train scatters the sparks and trans
ports the mails.
f£f~Four things come not back : the broken
word, the sped arrow, the past life, aod the neg
glected opportunity.
says, to dream of soap, beto
kens a combat, m which you may expect to get
lathered.
35r"If you wish to collect together all tbe
pretty girls in town, advertise "a lecture to
iyoung
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