VOUHESS NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE 15 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY BY R. F. MEYERS, At the following terms, to wit: $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 if paid within the year. $2.50 " if notpaid within the year. subscription taken lor less than six months. K?~No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid , unless at the option of the publisher, it has been decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ol arrearages, is prima facie evidence ot fraud and is a criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, if they take them from the post office, wheth er 'hey subscribe for them, or not. RAXES OF CHARGES FOR ADVER TISING. Transient advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $l.OO per square of ten lines for three inser tions or less, but for every subsequent insertion, 35 cents per square will be charged in addition.— l'able and figure work double pnce. Auditor's notices ten lines and under, $l.OO ; upwards often lines and under fifteen $1.50. Liberal reductions wade to persons advertising by the year. NEW REVENUE ACTS- The Direct Tax—Taxation of Incomes—The Amended Tariff We annex a careful abstract of the new rev enue act, which provides for the assessment and collection of an annual tax of $20,000,000, and which was lately passed bj Congress. A large proportion of the bill is devoted to details respecting the duties of assessors, the mode of collection, and the penalties for non-compliance with the provisions of the act. The sections relative to the income tax are of general interest, and the entire text is given below. APPORTIONMENT. Indiana, $904,875 Illinois, 1,146,551 Missouri, 761,127 Kansas, 71,743 Arkansas, 261, SB6 Michigan, 501,763 Florida, 77,522 Texas, 355,106 ' lowa, 452,088 Wisconsin, 519,682 i California, 254,538 Minnesota, 108,524 Oregon 35,146 New Mexico, 2.tuB Ciab, 26,98* : Washington, 7,755 Nebraska, 19,321 i Nevada, 4,592 i.Coloiado, 22,905 i Dakotah, 3,241 •(District C01umbia,49,436 Maine, $120,826 New Hampshire, 218,406 Vermont, 214,068 Massachusetts, 824,581 Rhode Island, 116,963 Connecticut, 308,214 New York, 2,603,918 New Jersey, 560,134 Pennsylvania, 1,946,719 Delaware, 74,681 Maryland, 435,823 Virginia, 937,550 North Carolina, 576,194 Sooth Carolina, 368,570 Georgia, 084,J0/ Alabama, 529,313 Mississippi, 413,084 Louisiana, 385,886 Ohio, 1,567,089, Kentucky, 713,695 Tennessee, 669,489; ASSESSORS AND COLECTORS. Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the bill declare the mode ol appointing assessors and collectors, and their duties. The Secretary of the Treasury will divide the States, Territories and District of Columbia into convenient districts, and ap point an assessor and collector, who must b freeholders and residents in each district. They must give suitable bonds, and take oath to exe cute their office faithfully. MODE OF ASSESSMENT. * Section* 6, 7, 8 and 9 enact the mode of as sessment. The direct tax laid by the act 11 to be assessed and laid on of all lands and lots of ground, with their improvements and dwelling houses, which several articles sub ject to taxation shall be enumerated and valued by the respective assessors at the rate each of them is worth in money on thp first day ol April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: Provi ded, however, that all property of whatever kind coming within an}* of the foregoing de scriptions, and belonging to the United States or any State, or permanently or specially ex empted lrom taxation by the laws of the State wherein the same may be situated at the time of the passage of this act, together with such property belonging to any individual, who ac tually resides thereon, as shall be wor'h the sum of five hundred dollars, shall be exempted from the aforesaid. And provided further, That in making such assessment, due regard shall be had to any valuation that may have been made under the authority of the State or Territory at any period nearest to said first day of April. Persons vviil be required to give written lists of lots and dwellings liable to direct tax, in de fault of which, or in case of fraudulent returns the assessor will make such lists; and in case of fraud the person offending may also be con victed before any court having competent juris diction and fined SSOO. ABSENTEE PROPERTY OWNERS. In case of the absence of property-owners the assessor must leave a note requiring the i3WOfcT to present the list within ten days. If he refuses, the assessor siay enter the premises and crake the list. Owners may make out the lists of property situated in districts in which toey Ho not reside, and the said lists shall be valid aud sufficient for the purposes of this act, and o. the delivery of every such list the per son making and delivering the same shall pay to the assessor one dollar, which he shall retain to his own use. PUBLICATION OF TAX LISTS AND RECTIFICATIONS. After valuations are assessed, lists must be published by the assessor in each district, and for twenty-five days after publication appeals will be received and determined relative to ex-' cessive valuations or enumerations. No valu tion shall be increased without a previous no tice of at least five days. The Board of Assessors must carefully exam ine the lists of valuation, and they may revise, adjust and equalize the valuation of property In any county or State district, by adding thereto cr deducting therefrom,such a rate per centum ficfofurfo dIH tit. : as shali, tinder the valuation of the several coun • 1 ieg and State districts be just and equita- I ble ; Provided, The relative valuation of prop* erty in the same county shall not be changed, I unless manifest error or imperfection shall ap ■ pear in any of (he list 3of valuation, in which I case they have power to correct the S3me, as to ; them shall appear just and right. And if, in consequence of any revisal, change and altera tion of the said valuation, any inequality shall be produced in the apportionment ot the direct tax tc the several States, it shall be the duly of the Secretary of the Treasury to report the sainj to Congress, to the intent that provision may be made by Jaw for rectifying such inequality. | When the assessors have completed the ad i jusfment and equalization, the proper quota of I the direct tax to each county and distiict of a j State shall be apportioned. UNPAID TAXES. Section 31 provides that when any tax shall remain unpaid for the term of one year, the collector in the State where the property lies, having first advertised the same for sixty days in at least one newspaper in the State, shall proceed to sell, at public sale, so much ot the said property as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes due thereon ; together with an addition i ol twenty per centum thereon ; or if such prop erty is not divisible, as aforesaid, the whole thereof snail be sold, and accounted for in the manner herein before provided. Ifthepioper ty advertised for sale cannot be sold for the amount of the tax due thereon, with the said addition thereon, the collector shall purchase the same in behalf otthe United States for such amount and addition. INTERNAL DUTIES—THE EXCISE TAX. After the Ist of April, 1862, a duly of five j cents per gallon must be paid on distilled liq uors—distillers mu*t keep a record of the num ber of gallons they distil ; the duty must be paid at the time of rendering the account ; liquors distilled, upon which the duty has not been paid, may be seized and sold ; and a refu sal to allow the proper officer to inspect the accounts shall subject the refuser to a penalty of SSOO. Fermented liquors pay a tax of two cents per gallon, and breweis must keep an account of the quantity brewed. Penalites are attached for a noncompliance with the law. TAX ON CARRIAGES AND WATCHES. Section 57 provides that there shall be paid yearly upon every carriage, the body of which j rests upon springs of any description, which .h&t! uot be exctustvriy employed for the transportation of merchandize according to the following valuation, including the harness j used therewith : Not exceeding fifty dollars, $1 If above fifty and notexceeding one hundred dollars. 4 If one hundred, and not exceeding two -s hundred dollars, 8 If above two hundred, and not exceeding four hundred dollars, 16 If above four hundred, and not exceeding six hundred dollars, 22 If above six hundred and not exceeding eight hundred dollars, 30 If above eight hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 40 If above one thousand dollars, 50 Which valuations shall be made agreeably to the existing condition of the carriage and har ness at the time of making the entry thereof each year, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and that there shall be, and hereby is, likewise imposed an annual duty of one dollar on every gold watch kept lor use, and of fifty cents on every silver watch kept lor use, which duty shall be paid by the owner thereof. These articles must be registered and a cer tificate granted. THE INCOME TAX. SEC. 64 And be it further enacted, that persons earning or having profits, gains and in ! comes, in their own right or in trust, and all companies, institutions, associations, corporate or not corporate, and corporators, earning or having profits, gains and incomes, which profits gains and incomes are or shall be derived from soueces other than the property by this act sub jected to a direct tax, for the year prceeding the first day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and each year thereaf ter, beyond the sum of eight hundred dollars, derived from any source of business, trade or vocation, dividends of stock, interest of money or debts, salaries, interest on legacies, annuities, or derived from any other source, within or be yond the boundaries of the United States, shall be subject to and pay a tax of three per centum on the first day of April in each year from and after the passage of this act; and in com puting such profits, gains and incomes, there be deducted, besides the sum of eight hundred dollars, as aforesaid, all local or state taxes, the wages paid for labor, and other charges in cident to such profits, gains and incomes, not including personal and family expenses, in such manner as to leave the annual net income ot each and every person, excepting the deduc tions heretofore and hereafter mentioned, sub ject to taxation under the provisions of this act. Provided, that no person, member or corpor ator of any company, institution, association or corporation charged or chargeable with a tax under this act, shall be required or be subjec ted individually to taxation for his or her share of the profits, gains or incomes ot such compa ny, or coporation which shall have been taxed under the provisions of this act, and paid in whole by said company, institution, association or corporation; but whpre the income tax is derived from persons residing abroad, but drawing money from their proper ty in this country, the rate shall be five per cent, per annum. SEC. 65. And be it farther enacted, That each and every person, company, institution association, corporate or not corporator, as BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1861. mentioned in the proceeding section, shali on the first day of April next, and each year thereafter, cause a statement to be prepared and verified by the oath of the principal mana ger of such company, institution, association, corporate or not corporate, which statement shall exhibit the amoont of profits, gains and incomes of said person, company, institution associat.on corperate or not corporate, for tbc year ending on the saie fiist ol April, which statement shall, wi-hin thirty days from the first day of April, be lodged with the collector of the excise or internal taxes for the district in which the principal place of business of such person or persons, company, association, insti tution, corporate or not corporate, is situated; and it shall be '.he duty of such collector to give public notice that he will attend at con venient places to receive such statement and the amount of tax or duty payable thereon, and give a receipt or receipts for the amount paid; and it any person or persons earning r having profits, gains or incomes in his own right, or in trust above the sum of eight hundred dollars, as hereinbefore mentioned, or any company, institution, association, corporate or not corporate, earning or having profits, gains or incomes above the sum of eight hundred dollars, as hereinbefore mentioned, shall neg lect or refuse to cause such statement fo be made, lodged with the collector and verified as aforesaid, the amount of tax or duty may and shall be fixed by the collector, and after ten days' notice of the amount so fixed, if not paid, such amount may be levied by distraint in the mannner prescribed in othpr cases ol delin quency oy this act. AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY The abolition press of the North is engaged in the treasonable business ot giving aid and comfort to the enemy in two ways. First, by endeavoring to pervert this war for the Consti tution and Union into a ciusade against slavery, and thereby utterly destroying the remaining Union sentiment in the Southern Slates. Sec ond, by wickedly and maliciously representing the Democrats of the North as secret sympathi sers with rebellion, ready to revolt against the Government upon the first favorable opportuni ty, and thereby encouraging the Southern peo ple to persevere in rebellion with the hope of ultimately obtaining assistance from the North ern Democracy. No argument is necessary to demonstrate that the dissemination of such treasonable views I throughout the Smith uiraiLi 8* to)lowed hy His astrous consequences to the cause of the Union, and perhaps postpone indefinitely the ptospect of reconstruction. So anxious was Congress that the object of the Government should be set before the people in the proper light, that it adopted with singular unanimity the resolution of Mr. Crittenden, declaring that the war was prosecuted for the sole purpose of maintaining the Constitution and the Union—but in the face of this official declaration such abolition organs as that of the Secretary of War, published at this place by an officer of the Government, in sist that the war shall be prosecuted for aboli tion and revenge, and that the reconstruction of the Union is no longer the Nation's watch word. In reply to the oft-repeated charge that the Northern Democracy sympathize with the ef forts of rebels to destroy the Union, we ask the question—Why should a Democrat be a traitor? The Democratic party has everything to Ios and nothing to gain by the dissolution of the Union. Admit the fact that the strength ot the Democratic party is in the Southern States, and so much stronger the reason why Demo crats should desire and labor atid fight for the maintenance of th* Union. Those who seek to affix the stigma of trpason to the Democratic part} because it has stood up for Southern rights in the Union, reason illogically, when they conclude that this party must necessarily sympathize with the Southern Slates in their efforts to get out of the Union. Not only duty to the Government, but the highest interests ot the Democratic party, impels it to wish for and to work for the preservation of the Union. Thus taking a purely selfish view of the case, it is evident that the Democracy as a party have an interest in tne preservation of the Union beyond that of any other party organization.— But the great mass ol Northern Democrats who were ready to make every sacrifice for the Union when the Abolitionists talked of "letting it slide," and when the Republicans exclaimed " not an inch" of concession for the Union, were governed by higher, nobler, more patriot ic impulses, when they filled up the tanks of the army and rushed to the defence of the Gov ernment. They are now as ever loyal to the Constitution and constitutional government, and as determinedly hostile to abolitionism in all its phases as they were during the last cam paign, when they predicted the bitter fruits of sectional domination. The Democrstic party is loyal to the Consti tution and the Union—and the only traitors at tne North are those who seek to destroy the Constitution and to give such aid and comfort to the enemy as to render the reconstruction of the Union impossible.— Patriot S> Union. The Bangor, Me., Democrat gives the following account of the result of a town elec tion : "At a special meeting in the town of Glen burn, on Thursday last, called to fill a vacancy in the Board of Selectmen, an anti-war Demo crat was chosen over a war-Republican by a majority of almost two to one. This is but an indication of the revolution whiclf is sweeping over the State." An old lady walked into the office of a judge of probate and asked—"Are you the judge of reprobates V* " I am the judge of probate," was the reply. "Well, that's it, I expect," quoth the old lady. '* You see my father died detested, and he left several iofidels, and I want to be their executioner." Freedom of Thought and Opinion. MASKED BATTERIES. A great deal of nonsense has been written a bout the "masked batteries" of the Rebels.— j Their "masked batteries" at Bull's Run were i nothing but batteries in the woods placed at the j most advantageous points. There was no effort jto hide them, and the fact that they could not jbe seen easily, grew out of the nature of the i ground occupied by the enemy, and not out of any effort to conceal them. The enemy, of course, took no pains to parade his batteries be fore our men ; he merely availed himself of the natural advantages at his command, and this, we think, has been the case with every "mask ed battery" yet heard of in this war. There was not, we venture to say, a battery at Bull's | Run that could not have been plainly seen, at | a comparatively safe distance, if a sharp look j out had been kept up. To a commander who goes blundering thro' ; the woods, in a neighborhood where the enemy might rationally be expected, without exerci j sing any prudence or watchfulness, every bat ' tery which he stumbles on, is, of course, a "masked" one ; but the chances are a hundred to one that it is masked by his own blindness. The battery at Bull's Run which Gen. Tyler came upon in the first encounter in that locali ty, was plainly visible, through a glass, from the top of the ridge opposit", ovpr which our ; troops poured without once looking, or "feel ing" for it, as military men say, with their ar tillery, and Ihe enemy was scarcely to blame for wnboldir.g its fire until our incautious Gen eral had thrust hi? troops right under its nose. It is time that this talk about "masked batte ries" should cease. It is the business of the good military man to proceed very cautiously in an enemy's country, to save his men from unnecessary risks, and to find out where the en emy is before exposing his men to attack. The enemy has a right to every advantage, which the nature of the ground gives him ; and no man fit to head an aimy will act upon the pre sumption that the enemy has not sense enough I to avail himself of such advantages— Pittsburg 1 Gazette. THREE THOUSAND DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL. Pursuant to the call of the Central Committee, there assembled at Covington, Ind.,on Thursday, August Ist, delegations from the several town ,ships at hall-past 10 o'clock. The Convention assembled in the Court room, and was called y- J order by i ts. W. King, chairman of the comiiniirc. Among other resolutions the following were adopted : Resolved, Tnat we hold that this Government was created for the benefit of the white man ; that we are opposed to any reconstruction which would impair or invade those riguts by extending suffrage or citizenship to any but the while race. Resolved, That we regard civil war and disunion as synonymous. We have no epithets of traitor aud rebel to apply to those who dif fer with us, but sincerely deplore that so many of oHr countrymen, misguided by fanaticism and a false philanthropy, have chosen the paths to war and disunion, instead of the paths peace, fraternity and union. Resolved, That we are for peace, and not for war—for an adjustment of our national troubles upon some plan approximating the Crittenden Compromise. Resolved, That we are opposed to any course of policy leading to the abolition of slavery, either by the force of arms, or by Congression al legislation. Resolved, That we are willing to bear our just proportion of all legitimate expenses inci dent to the maintenance of the Government ; but we most solemnly protest against a direct tax of $ 1,300,000, and to pay our proportion of $20,000,000 as an excise tax for Ihe support of an army to subjugate the South and to free the negro. Resolved, That "the interchange of thoughts and opinions, to speak, write and print freely," being guaranteed to U9, we intend to exercise that right at our pleasure, holding ourselves at all times responsible for the abuse thereof. " A TERRIBLE REVERSE " Forney's Press, a war journal which sustains the Lincoln Administration, in all its acts, whether right or wrong, constitutional or un constitutional, says : " We are not disposed to exaggerate the great issues which have been forced upon us by the recent disaster in Virginia. That we have met with a terrible reverse; that the largest army which ever marched under our banner has been beaten ; that we have been driven from our advanced position in Eastern Virginia, ar e facts which the people must reluctantly admit and carefully consider. The people of the South have gained the greatest triumph of this revo lution. If there has been division before, there cannot be division now, for the sword which checked the career of the Fedetal army, under the brow of the Blue Ridge, will check any at tempt to maintain a loyalty to the Union in the seceded States. The victory of their troops will consolidate the southern sentiment ; for a rebellion that is formidable enough to win a great battle, within thirty miles of the Capitol of the country its leaders betrayed, will be strong enough to punish as treason to its author ity any exhibition of discontent within its own borders." a hundred thousand dollars!— The Knoxville, Tenn., Whig savs the Con federates, have full knowledge of all the in tentions of our Government, and got it by pay ing SIOO,OOO ! Well, wlio tells the spcrets ? When we have men in high places, who have bought places in our national legislature by corruption, and sold out the interest of their own State, we need not be surprised at such : treachery. ®!)c Schoolmasftr Abroad. NORMAL INSTRUCTION- An article under tho above caption published by "Simon," last week, contained some grave errors. The italicised words may have a local signification. If not, they have no signification at all. But of this we know nothing, nor do we wish to. The idea, however, is thrown out, that only those who have received normal in struction, should attempt to impart it. Just here we take issue. It is true that many academies advertise nor mal instruction without even attempting to im part it at all. Doubtless, much deception has been practised, and much harm done in this way. Teachers have been deceived by false promises and disgusted with normal instructions general ly, and with normal classes in academies par ticularly. For such fraud there is no defence. The perpetrators simply merit the consideration due to tricksters and swindlers in other call ings ; and the intelligent teacher will award to them no more. We think the day for such de ception has gone by. What i 3 included in nor mal instruction, is too well defined and too gen erally understood, to permit such contemptible trickery much longer. Tho genuine coin is becoming too well known to he counterfeited with impunity. We must not assume, there fore, that normal instruction has upon the whole been a failure in academies and seminaries.— "By their works ye shall know them." Be cause some may be dishonest, it would be bad logic to assume that, therefore, all art dishonest. We happen to know some select schools, in which a normal department is ablj- conducted, and doing a good work. In the absence of any thing better let us avail ourselves of these. If normal schools are within reach, let us avail ourselves of them. They are, doubtless, prefer able. But let us not refuse a little, because we can not get all. But there is a radical error in assuming that those who have studied at normal schools, may teach Teaching ; and that those who have not thus studied, should do no such thing. The simple fact is, many o! the tatter are fit, while many of the former are utterly unfit, for this work. Not every graduate oi a law school, can teach Law, nor every sprig of a doctor teach Medicine. No more can every graduate of a normal school, teach Teaching. The chan ces may be in favor of the latter, and, doubt less, are, but this is the most that can he said. We repeat "3y their works ye shall know them.'" Such doctrine as "Normal's" would de prive nearly every normal school in the state of its faculty. Not one in ten of these Profes sors has studied as a student in a normal school. And yet they do their duty well. Teaching is a science. Its principles can be classified, studied, and mastered. This may be done in normal schools, or out of them—in select schools, or in no school at all. And he, who has done this well and thoroughly, may be pre sumed competent to impart instruction to a nor mal class—no matter whether he acquired hi? knowledge in a normal school, or not. UNO. SCHOOL ETHICS FOR PARENT"AND CHILD. No. 10. Pupils should endeavor to promote the har~ mony of the school. This proposition is foun ded on the principle of right; on the principle of nature as displayed in the harmony of all her works by which we are surrounded. "Har mony alone reigns here," should be the motto adopted by every well-governed and well-reg ulated school. Not only harmony between teacher and pupils, but among the pupils them selves, —between the pupils and all the opera tions of the school. Nothing is so much to be feared in the schoolroom, as a discord in the op erations and elements of the school. If such discord does exist, then is there but litile prog ress made either by pupils or teacher. Pupils by being kind and polite to each other, by bearing and forbearing, may, indeed, do much. If all respect the rights and privileges of each other, and do nothing that may in any manner interfere with the good of the whole,the harmony of the school may be promoted to a great extent; and it undoubtedly is the duty of pupils so to respect each other's rights. By thus endeavoring to promote the harmony of the school, they not only increase its interests, but greatly augment their own opportunities, and thus each day approach more rapidly the end for which they should strive. All unne cessary noise, of course, must be dispensed with, and the puprl must yield and submit to every regulation of thfe teacher's, in order that har mony instead of discord may be the ruling principle. Such passions as would in any man ner interfere in the attainment of this object, must be quelled and subdued. A meek and do cile spirit must be cultivated, in order that the pupil may at all times possess command of him self, and thus be enabled more easily to practise .self-denial when the good of the school shall WHOLE NUMBER, 9908. require it. Only those who have taught public schools, and who have had to deal with all manner ot material, cau rightly estimate the necessity ot the existence ot harmony in the workings of the school. It is very important that the teacher make the endeavor to have his school work har moniously ; for unless this be done, but little will be accomplished. KAPPA. ZOUAVES —The French Zouaves did not or iginate at the time of the Crimean war, but several years before. They were originally formed in Algeria, which was then a quisi penal settlement, and they consisted of tti • very scamps of the army, who were const i ed too vicious and uncontrollable to be retain ed in other regiments. It was at the time considered a disgrace to belong to them. Their peculiat dress was partially copied from the Turks, and used on account of the heat ot the climate in which they were engag-d. Cnder Pelissier, Canrobert and other comman ders against the Arabs in Algeria they proved their usefulness and their dare-devil courage, and at least partial!}* washed away the dis grace of their previous standing. In the Cri mea they did such eminent service as to begin to take the place of honor; and in the short Italian war assumed that position without ques tion. They are now the leared but honored pets of the French army, and have privileges accorded tberr at Paris and elsewhere denied to any other corps. KF 3 "A few nights since, Tom Jones went home to his wife in rather a disguised condition. He had drank so often for the success of our volunteers, that he was compelled to eat a handful of cloves to remove the smell of the whiskey. While undressing, his wife detec ted the perfume o: the spice, and 6aid, "Good gracious, Tom, how dreadfully you smell of cloves." "Eh V' said Tom, starting; "c-l-o-v-e-s"Yes, cloves ; and any one would think you had been embalmed like a mummy V' This made his wife go wool ga thering. "Phew ! you are regularly scented with them. Where have you been to night V* continued the wife. Tom was tbrowa entire ly off bis guard—his brain rambled, and with out the remotest idea of what he was saying, replied, "W-h-v—hick—Ciara, the fact it, I have just been on a little trip to the East In dies, and while 1 was there I fell ever a spice box !" Then she knew what was the matter. Jii^Wlllie, a bright little tight year old, possesses the true spirit of pietv, and never neglects daily prayers. His extempore efforts in his line are really remarkable for zeal and appropriateness. The other day, in the pres ence or the family, he orayed for his country as follows : Oh, Lord, there never was eo good a country as ours until the civil war broke, out; caw it is very bad. The rebels are very bad ; turn their hearty to thee, oh, Lord. Tbey have done many bad things; they took Sumter; bat, oh, God tbey can't take Pickens ! Willie is evi dently a patriot as well as a christain. KP The Democratic papers of the West are driving the Indianapolis Journal quite mad by quoting the following extract from its columns, which was written before it had any idea the people would rush to w-r to push on the Chi cago platform " Of what value will an Union be that needs links of bayonets and bullets to hold it togeth er ? If any State will go from us, let it go." Such was the position and wish of the Re publican party eight months ago. It has chang ed its front only becaues it has got Democratic help in fighting its battles. BULLY FOR. JONATHAN, —A green looking chap Irom the Green Mountain State went over the line and on to Montreal to look round a leetle. Going into a large and handsome dry goods store, his verdancy attracted the atten tion of the proprietor, who attempted to quiz him, but unhappily having an impediment in his speech, had to give it up, and his head clerk came forward to epeak for him. The clerk began, Mr. Bull wishes to know ii you ca.i tell him why Balaam's ass spoke ? "Wa'l," said Jonathan, '-I rather guess as how Balaam was a stutter in' man and his ase had to speak for nim !" SMART SCHOLAR.— " Did you ever see aa el ephant skin ?" asked a teacher in an infant school in a fast neighborhood. " I have !" ehouted a six year old at the foot of the class. " Where ?" inquired the teacher, considera bly amused at his earnestness. ' On the elephant," shouted the prodigy, gleefully. CC?*"A Judge who acted as floor-manager at a fashionable ball, made the following an nouncement Irom the music-gallery, just pre vious to the last dance of the night: "By gen eral request, there will now be an extra dance, a polka-quadrille, and "God have mercy-am your soles !" tedfer wishing to explain to a litila girl the manner in which a lobster casts his shed when he has outgrown it, said : "What do you do when you have outgrown your clothes ? You throw them aside, don't you? "Oh no !" replied the little one, "we let out the tucks." | CF = "An empty bottle must certainly be a very dangerous thing if we may judge from the fact that many a maa has been found dead with one at bis side. Qjr"As flowers never put on their best clothes lor Sunday, but wear'their spotless rai ment and exhale their odor every day, so let your life, free from stain. etter_giva forth the fragrance of the love of^lod. VOL. 5. NO. 4.
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