VOLUME 58. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE [ • rUBUI-lltiU EVEISY l-'RIDAY morning uv | 13Y B. I\ HEYHaS, th* !.'owing terms, to wil i jSl.tii; er annum, cash, in advance. ■jj.oc " if paid within the year. jj-j.'iO " " it' notpAid within the year, j t 7—-übsi-ription taken for f"S than six months. | (jigr-No paper discontinued until all arrearage* , rP J id , unless at the option of the publisher, it j ' -en decided by tho United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment | ni arrearages, is rmsoysen evidence of fraud and is a riminal offence. coin's tiave decided that persons are ac- i ■oiinlshle lor the subscription price of newspa-I ears, i: ttfey lake them fiom the post olfice, wtiett.- J 'i,ay subscribe lor them, or not. f ,\TZS OF CHARGES FOR ADVER- j TISING. Trans ant advertisements will be inserted at the : -ute e'1.06 per square often lines lor three inser- j lin'nl or less, but for every subsequent insertion, j .iceiits per square will be charged in addition.— • fable and figure worn double piice. Auditor's j n'oti. ' ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards often! tines an sunder fifteen $1.50. Liberal reductions made to persons edveitising by the year. TIIE PUBLIC THIEVES paecli of Mr- Dawes ou Corruptiou iu Co tracis for tl> Army. Mr. Speaker, though I have spent the better . . iof , y Congressional life tip>:i invesliga- j r {orn mil tees, no one wis ever yet raised i., i i my mull >n, no resolution was ever cairied ' ■ my motion calling for inquiry, no motion | .-is ever wade by me, the result ol which has u'Pfi an investigation by this H one, and yet 1 ii.iv i- It that it was proper lor me lo speak, in o.d i to decline the service that has been im plied ii, ii rue'. But 1 fail again that it was in , u:ni) nt upon me to discharge it fearlessly and cbeei :i!IIv however innch mortificalio.n and di- j corritilure might come from if. Su, J Live not failed to notice, and I believe j the committee of which i am a member have ! out failed lo notice, in common with the whole . ..it - that lor some unaccountable reason (lie g.- upon the national treasury, at this time 'ar. have been such as to roach nearly the h >ui of the public chest. During our inves jalion startling field have com* before the no nce of Ibis t unmiitee, and to 111- notice ol th "hole country, touching 111- mode and manner I i the expenditure ol the public money. Som" i ol L -se items 1 propose lo call public attention I to, and then to ask gentlemen the plain ques- j ti >ti, when they purpose to meet 'his question, j if at all, and if so, bow, when and where. The j very first contract entered into by Ibis govern-1 after the troops bad left their homes to i com. i.i'fe fi April last, to defend the Capitol, | by v hie,!) they were ta be fed, was a contract j e:i! d (.no lor cattle. It was not made with iriin whose business it was to supply cattle to j ilie market, not with a man who knew the price j of b ef in the markets of the country, but was j entered into by the government here with a ; man well known in litis,and in the other branch ! o Congress, t>r the las' ten years, as an old ■ finical stipendiary—one of the class ol men .'ho, in times past, made their in nicy by such j operations as buying the certificates ol ni-ori- | ■is for books at a discount and then charging j -i full amount. This contract was mile so ■out ihe (ii-t twenty-two hundred lira lot collie ...'uisheci v. Os charged at a rate wini h enabled ir original conliactor lo sob-let it, in iw-ri . -four hours alter, to a man in New York who did know toe price of beef, so that he put into hts pock-'ts, without stirring f:om his chair, thirty-1 wo thousand dollars, an J the men who actually burnished (lie-cattle in question put in to their por.'i-ts twenty-six thousand dnllars rripre, s-> '.oil tile contract under which these tweii'v tv, j bundled head of cattle were fnr tiisiic i (be army was so made that the profit r>f filiyiglit thousand dollars was realized over j the fur maiket price. It takes a longer time to e; , lea thousand head of cattle to reach this city limn the Stales where tliev are purchased tiido it takes ..the army to consume them. 1 r-k the House, at this rate, to consider how long the most ample provision ol the Treasury would oe able to meet the simple demands tor the sub sistence of the army. Sir. poorly as the army is shod to-dav, a million more are hung m.inu t.i red. and yet upon every one of these shoes •te has been a waste of seventy-five cents. I'hr'e quarters ola million of dollars have been il ad" worn out, and another three quarters ol i mi:,. >u ol dollars upon shoes is now being manufactured. In that department of the gov ernmmt, contracts have bred so plenty that government officials have gone about the streets with their pockets filled with them, and ol which they made presents 'o the clergymen of thin parishes, and with which were healed old political sores and cured poli'ical feuds. Even ;• • telegraph lias announced that high public 1 I 'lionaiies have graced ihe love lea-ts which V"'- got up lo celebrate these political recoil ed iiio.thus brought about while the haichet ' ;;Ji' ? cal animosity was buried in the giave .1 f-of.lic confi lence, and the national credit tfi-'d amiingst malefactors. We have re . .d to 'he first fruits of one ol these con rct. A regiment of cavalry lately reached L ui mile, on.; thousand strong, and the board of n- ,'jy . fiiceis theie appointed fur the purpose hi..- condemned lour hundred and eighty-five '.ol of the thousand horses as utterly worthless. The man who examined these horses declared, upon his oath, that there was not one ol them that Was worth twenty dollars. Thyv were blind, spa fined, ringboued, alllicled with Ihe heaws, with th* glanders, and with every dis ■ are that horse-flesh is heir to. These four huu ...l eighty-five horses cost Ihe government, etbey weie mustered int > tile S-rvice, fll tl' bt ibousand two hundred dollars, besides .v than an additional thousand dollars to i-ansport them from Fvnnsylvania to Louisville, where tliey were condemned and cast off. Mr. Malt, nay (Union,) of Ky., asked what r gitDeqt tin .e iiorses belonged to and who jur uiiheii tSuijfj ? Mr. Dawes—They !)^loisje J to Col.Williams' ; regiment ol cavalry, and they were purchased in Pennsylvania, from which stale they were forwarded ti Liuisvill-, where they were con deinnetl flier- are eighty-three regiments of cavalry t <-dav, one thousand stiong. ft takes two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to put one of these regiments on fiot before it moves. Twenty million of dollars have thus been ex p-rjoed on these cavalry regiments before lli-y let? the ' rifampin' ills where Kiev were runs' eit into ser-ire, and hundreds and hundreds of these horses have heen condemned and s M iit back to Emira, and to Annapolis, and to thin citv, to spend the winter. Any day bundled* of them can he s-ni round, this city, chained lo trues, where they weie left to starve Gang* of t wo hiindrej horses, in vai i mimPticv?, have been thus left to die and rot, till IheCnii miltee on the District of Columbia have called for a measure ol legislation to protect the city from I lie danger to be apprehended from the.-e botse Golgothas. An ex-Governor of one Slate offered an ex-Judge of another Stale five thou sand dollars to gel him permission to raise one of these regiments of cavalry, and when (lie ex-Judge brought bacx the curnmis ion the ex- Givernor lakes it lo his room a 1 the hotel, while another plunderer sils at the key-h >le watching like a mastiif while fie inside counts up f nty tluusind dollars profit on the horses, and calcu late twenty thousand dollars more upon the ac coutrements and on the other details of furnish-' ing these regiments. In addition to the arms in the hands ol six hundred thousand soldieis in the field, ihere are nuinerour outstanding ca>n tracls, made with private individuals—not made upon advertisement, not made with the knowl edge of the public, cut mtde by ex-meinbers of. Congress, who knew no more of the difference between one class of arms and another than does a Methodist minister. There are outstand ing contracts for the manufacture of Springfield muskets, the first one of which cannot be cie live-ed in six months from tins day. There is a cuntiact for the supply of one million and ninety muskets, at twenty-eight dollars apiece, ' when the same quality of muskets aie manu factured at Spnngfi-Id for thirteen and a iiiif apiece; and an ex-member of Congress is now in iVf.is-achusetts, trying to get machinery made by which lie will be able in six months hence, to furnish at 21 dollars apiece, those rifled muskets manufactured to-day in that annory for thirteen dollars and a hall. Providence, before six months', will dispose of tins war, or He will dispose of us. Not one ol those muskets thus contracted lor will be of the slightest service in this emergency, or before the providence ol G >d whether fir good or for evil will dispose ol it. I ask my liieuus from the Notth and North west how they.expect to benefit by an armory at Chicago, at Kick Island, and at Quincy, when a million and ninety-two th iiisauJ mus kets will, according to this contract, In- thrown up >n the country, and ilt.it atlcr the war is over, ati I at such an enormous price, iu an utrou to other outstanding contracts for the mm ilaciuro, I sometime hence, of two hundred and seventy two thousand Enfield rill-s. Besides these are seventv-fi'- e llKusand five hundred and forty - , three sets of llii uess, to be delivered uy a id by, at th-.-cost of one nilu.i niie hundred and seventy-tight thousand four hundred and forty six dollars. I have not time to enumerate all th-ee contracts. When w, appropriated, at the iast session ol Congress, for this purpose, twen ty millions ol dollars, thirty-seven millions and | some thousand dollars had been already pledg ed to contractors— not lot the purchase ol arms for the men it) the field, nor to protect thevn in fighting their country's battles in this great e inergency and peril, but for some future use, I'ui some future occasion, or lo meet some pres ent need ol the contractors, 1 don't know which at tins moment. And not only the appropria-1 lion of la.-t session has been exhausted, bulsev-j eiiteen millions put u.ou it. The riot ol the 19th ol April in Baltimore opened tins ball, and on tile 21 st of- April, in the city of New York, there was oigauized a coips of plunder- ■ el's of the Treasury. Two millions of dollars were cntiusied to a poor, unfortunate, honest, nnt entirely incompetent editor of a piper io New Y.Jik, to dispense it m the best manner he oulcl. Straightway this gentleman began to, purchase linen pantaloons, straw hats, Lcidon porter, drnd herrings, and such like provisions foi the army, till lie expended in t liis way three Hundred aild ninety thousand dollars of the mo ney, ami then lie got scared and quit. (Laugh ter.)— There is an appropriation, alsj, lor the supply oi wood to tlie army. Tins contractor is pledged the payment of seven dot lots a cord for all the wood delivered to tile different com mands; wood collected all-r the labor of the soldiers themselves had cot do-vn the trees lo clear the ground tor liie batteries; and then tins conliactor employs the army wagons to draw it to the several camps, and he has no further trouble than to dtaw bis seven dollars for a cord, having the government lo draw the wood. (Laughter.)—lt costs two millions ol dollars every day to support the army in the field. A hundred millions of dollars have thus been ex pended siuce we met on the 22d (lay of De cember, and all that time the army has been in repose. " What the expenditure will inciease to when that great day shall arrive when our eyes shall be gladdened with a sight of the ar my in motion, Ido not know. Another hun dred millions will go with the htindieds more I have enumerated. Another hundred millions I may be added to those-before the 4th of Maicb. VVhat it may cost to put down the rebellion 1 | care very little, provided, always, that it b* put i down eflectual y. But, sir, faith wuho.it works ' is dead, and I am free to cooless that my faith ; sometimes fails me, I nieau my U<;h men, I not my faith in the cause. VViieu the history of these times shall be written, it will be a question upon whom the guilt will rest most heavy—upon him who has compiled to destroy, or upon hiin who lus proved incompetent to preßeive, the institutions bequeathed to us by . our faihyrs. It is no wonder that the public Freedom of Thought and Opinion, BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1862. I tieasury trembles and staggers like a strong mi" with too gnat a burilier. upon bun. A stio .i man in an air exhausted rec>iv - er is not nrior helpless to-day than is the treasury of this gov ernment beufatli theexhansling process to whic! it is subjected. The mighty mot.arch of flie forest hunsell may hold at bay tli* foremost, mightiest of his toes, while the vile cur coiiiltig up b-tiind liiin and opening his fangs gives bun a fatal wound, and although lie may struggle on boldly and valiantly, the life blond is silent ly trickling from bis heart, and lie is at h-0 forced to loosen his grasp, and he grows loiJit, and falt-rs and dies. The notes isjti ed in tlie lace of these immense outlays, -with out a revenue Irom custom houses, (.on ! nid sales, f'om any source whatever, are beginning to pall in the market. Already have tic- y : - gun lo sell at six per cent, discount at ihe ta bles of (he money changers ; at tin* very tii'i.e, too that we tiere efcjiibH ih J singular sj> 'ooii-'j ol traud, and of asi niggle with the Oom.fini-- | ot fYays and Medns it>e)f, in an endeavor t . lift up and sustain the g lvernment of the ro'io- i Ity. Already the sutler—that curse of the j camp—is following Ihe paymaster, us thrbv follows tlie ship, buying up for four ii >'la::'- e ery five dollars of the wages of the soldi. :s j .! j to tliein in Treasury notes. 1 have no d.sire; lo hasten the movements of the army, or 'o crit- : icise the conduct ot its leaders, but ill 1 lew of the stupendous drafts upon Ihe Treasury, f most say I long lor th* day of striking the blow which will bring this rebellion loan end. S.xty days longer of this slate ol things will b:i i < u oout a result one way oi elder. It is impossi ble (hat the Treasury c>J II o l/niti d Slates can meet, and continue to meet, this slut • ol ttji'igr sixty days longer, and an igiloir.inioQt : u mu .t be subinitied lo tuilns v.v see to it tha' tlie civdit f (he country is suslalnecl, an I u-'.'ii:i --ed, too, by the conviction going fi M l.oni II is hall to Ihe people of the country that w>- '..i1l treat as traitors, not only,those who are hold and irianly > neigh lo meet its 'ace to face in Ihe field of si rife, but all liiose a!s" who cli'tles linely* ami sLeallhily suck the lifV-bloo ! l.oni us in Ibis mighty struggle. Whatever measures may emanate from the Cum >.iftee ,} Ways and .Mails to meet and iclneve fins si alO of Itiiug-, lU'ey will but fall like a de-id pall upon Ihe pub- | lie unless they give this assurance, that th>*se extraordinary and exlreine measures lo resusci tate, ievivie and replenish the treasury, are not nude to fiil farther a.ld longer the alr-*ady gmg ed pockets of the public plut h'rers. now, then, are we to cotilribule iu ibis mat'- r re vive public confidence m our public men here, if it be not when these appropriations come up that we probe (hem, that we a-crrtaiji whither there be i|ii.y thing in Ihetr, that at th is- moment i can be spared. Our pressing 'can.e desuable lo take up and remove the i emaiux of Mrs. L,a i I last week IVIr- 1). L. i Smith, of this place, was employed Io perform i the labor. The grave was opened, and the collin which was in a .'tale ol perfect preserva tion, was reiiiovi-d; but before depositing it ill ■ (be new place, it was concluded to open il, j especially as it appeared uncommonly heavy. It was, therefore, opened, ami the body ol Alts. L. was found to lie perfectly petrified; ever, part being as lull and lair as on the day of her burial, eight vaisago, except the lower pail : of the h.ce and the hands, which were pail.a'iy I decayed. Her limbs, breast and every part, I with tlie above exceptions, were solid stone, ! and as fair and perfect 33 when she died. The | soil ol the garve was clav, and possessed no peculiarities that were discernible. This i'an mi common case, and, wilbal, a curious one. W-get these facts from .Mr. Smith, thesextou. —Gf/tetscs (III) RepnbHau . John Randolph Outdonj. Of the many anecdotes of this ecceidrie man |of Roanoke, we don't believe the !olloui:% j was ever in print: He was traveling in a part of Virginia with which lie was unacquainted. In the meantime, lie stopped during tt:e night a' an I tin near tlw j foik.s ol tfie road. Tin? innkeeper was a fine old gentleman, and no doubt ot one of the li:.-. families of the Old Dominion. Knowing who Ins distinguished guest was, lie endeavored lo draw him into conversation, but failed in all bis efforts. But in the morning.when Mr Raudoipn was ready lo sUi!, he called for his nil', • .;fh <>n being presented, was paid. The landlord, still anxious to have some conversation with > him, began as follows: "Which way am you traveling, Mr. Ran dolph ' Sir!" said Randolph, with a look ol dis pleasure. "I asked,"said the landlord, "which way aie you traveling I" "Have T paid my bill i' "Yes." ' Do I owe vou anything more ?" "No." '•Well, I am going just where I pleasp—do you urult-rslanrt ?" "Yes.' The landlord by this time got somewhat exci ted, and Mr. Randolph drbve off. But to -th 1 ? landlord's surprise in a few minutes the servant leturqed to inquire which of the furksoflhe road to tak\ Randolph not'being out of hear ing distance, the landlord spoke at the top of his voic. "Mr. Randolph, you don't owe me one cent! just take which road you phase." It i' said that the air turned blue with the i curses of Randolph. A REAL INCIDENT. In Ihe autumn of 1823, a man was descend ing Ibe Ohio river, with three small children in a car>e. He bad lost his wife, and with the emigrating spirit ol our people, was transfer ring bis a,I lo another ccuntiy where lie might atrai'i b-gn file woiid. Ariin toward evening at a small island, lie land u them for th* nigbl. After remaining a short lime, he determined lo visit Ihe opposite slioie, fin ifie purpose, probably, of purchasing provi ions; and telling bis children that be w old soon r. iurn to them, be paddled off", Rav ing them alone on the island. Unfortunately, he nM with some loose companions an the shore who invdeil him todnuk. He became intoxi cated, ana iu attempting to cross lire river alter night was dhowui.d. 'liie canoe floated away, and no one knew of the catastiopfte uutil the following day. The poor deserted children in Ihe meanwhile . andered about the uninhabited island, slrain >(>;; their little eyes lo get a glimpse ot their la ther. Night came, and they had no fire , r food n ) bef to rest upon, no parent to watch over 'hern The weather was ex'reinely cold, and '.. cider .child, though but eight yars of age. i n. mhe;'ed that persons Who slept in (he cold were sometime* chrlletl to death. She contin ue t to wander about, ar.d when the younger children were worn out with fatigue and drow ■ in-.?d-'r bushes, biding in hrea in less fear, like a brood of young partridges. The Indians having kindled a fire, rat di v.'ii around it and began to c -ok their morning meat; and the rides', child, as she p -eped Iron; h*r bi ding place, b- gan to think tlrey had not killed th- ir father. She i•'ti cted (hat they must in ev it ably surve, it left on this lane island; while on the olhtr hand there was a puoSiniKty oi be ing kindly treated by 'he Indians. Trie cries, 'do, of her brother and sister, who bad been beg ■ra/of oileop.-lv Jor J-xtd bad pierced her heart and awakened aft tier eiie'g}. r>.e iuiu i>ie ,I'tie ones, o--er wlmse feeble minds her fine spirit had acquired an absolute sway, to get up and go with tier ; .then taking a hand of one ii -he fearlessly led them to the Indian camp fire. Fortunately the savage understood our language, and as the li'lle girl explained lo ihem what had occurred, they received the deserted chil dren kindly, and conducted them to tlie nearest of our towns, wht're tliey were kept by some benevolent people until their own relations claimed Ihem. TERMS OF ADMISSION L"st there should be any weak-kneed Dem ocrats. whose patriotic impulses incline ihem to enter Ihe trap about to b - set by the Rpttb j lican leaders, w<- direct 'heir attention to lite Nl 'Wt g terms ot adna.sston to ihe oew par | ty, as sfaled in the columns of the Ham .burg telegraph. "One thing is certain, that between Ihe avow j d ami fearlessly sustained principles ol t tie en : tire Republican paity and a large portion of | what w- formerly 'he Democratic party, there j was no i p-'iianl difference, either in ihe pur | poses to be attained or the manner of their at tainment. Therefore, a union with that wing of tie.- D- ni icracy is ol the most simpw as weli as practical character. Il rtfjnuesno invita tion on the part of the Republican party, pro vided the men who thus boast ot their adhesion to a pi'incii -e- ate honest, and il there is any tenunciation lo he made, it must be declared by these sane 1 Ditnncratf, who would by expected to give up all their own preference vvi'.ii regard to men, all their con upt predilections on the ,-ui j.-ci nt the nig uu/atii ns, and come inlo the er.'.oiisiastic ranks of 'lie K. publican parly, ! . nil those principles of tngh regard for the Un | i -n and respect for the Constilution, which j have so far rendered these men decent in Ihe I eves ol then countrymen, and which act would j give tio.-m a position in the politics of the Un ion which no struggle or covenant ot their I own, as a separate organisation, could possibly accomplish. Bid lo ask ihe Republican party to g>ve up on* id. a of its sublime principles— t. ask th-'m to surrender a single feaiuie of its i reed or compromise its organization to concil i iair a-y d>an oi s- lot men, would be as ridieu i lous nod as unholy as the enieiibaii ui of the I Lot d's pray ery by omitting the injunction a gainst stealing to conci!iate the. thief, or that on murder t'. compromise with the as.-asin." kye commend (he above lo the paiticular cnnsidei&lion of the Union D-inoci ite in li . House of ilep:es* ilauves, who were treated to so many suagrv words b-ftru the oiiieeis and pall-mage ol tin- Legislature were distributed. The terms of admissi u lo ibe new paily arc quite >'csy, p:ovidirg the applicants are hoiimt —(hat point is iiis ; -t-il upon—and ar • willing to give lip their principles an.l c-ue inio ihe Republ-can parly. Ofcoprae there vvi.l be a perlect ru-h for admission upon such accom modaling term" VVr think that we see D-rn orra'y by re .re' and by bun beds petitioning | for a'.irr isaiuu into th- Republican organization revised and approved.— Pah ml and union. Was it the egg or the chicken that first made its appearance ou this terrestrial gbbel (T I) c sd) oo hit aster EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. B3"*Fri*r>(l* of education who wish to enlighten the public on lire subject of teaching the "young i.lc.i how to 'hoot," are respeclfully requested to send eommtinicatioiis to the above, care of "Bed ford Gazette." VISITING SCHOOLS. '• Most poor matters Point to iich ends." S/ia/. iptare. The teacher and parent sustain a near rela tion to each ofher; anl they, ic their respec tive capacities from and build up the mind 1 that, is to sway a powerful influence throughout future generations. They bofh hive a great work to do, and their stations are fraught with great respontibili'ies. When (he child leaves the parental roof and is under Ihe care of the teacher, the parent's obligations do not neces sarily all devolve on the teacher. '' r i* true, Ihe teacher is recognized in loco parentis, but lo him are not delegated oil the duties and re sponsibilities of the parent. The parent has still a task lo perform, and one which is so very much neglected, viz: visiling his children at school. We believe it to be the imperative duty of all parents lo visit the schools, but how few Consider it such! Every where we hear teachers compiaimng that their schools are not visited bv Ihe parents of children under their car*, and the tearhers naturally infer that none are inleres'.ed -in their work but themselves, and become discouraged. But some persons look upon the school room as a kind of reserved piace, into which none but the teacher and pupils are allowed to enter. This is a fatal mis'ake. Our schools are em phatically jre* schools; free and common lo all; an.! all have, or stiould have, a common inler est in their well/are. For four long months the teacher is impounded with his pupils and it :s a matter of surprise, if, during all that lime, a single parent find his way to thp school-room to impart a word of encourgenmnl, or by his preseuce to indicate that he has an interest in what is ibere trausp'ring. In fact parents have no idea ol what is being dune in Ihe schoolroom, j except what they galher from report —which is often exaggerated and untrue, —and if the teacher is not of the right stamp, if he performs nut his whole duly toward his pupils, their -A-mG.-Hi, .mattil. f-bi-.tal, and intellectual, will be wolully neglected. "Bui," says a teacher, "my school is occa •ionallv visited, lor it was bat the other day thai M*. Scnsitivb came flying in, and, because i had taken occasion (o rightfully punish his! son John, wa so enraged that he threatened my very existence as a teacher." Such unlaw iui visitations should not be tolerated by the teacher, ar.d much less attempted by the pa rents. Let jbem come, not lor the purpose of intimidating the teacher on account of some im aginary wrong which he has committed to their children, but to examine for themselves the machinery of the school room, and see •(whether these things are so"; and they will go away, pleased with their visit, and convirfc ed that the teacher is a reasonable being after" all, and not such a cruel monster as some would rep;es>-nt iuin lo be. What an amuunt of misrepresentation would be checked if Ibe schools were visited by the parents! What an encouragement it would be lo the pupils io see that i. ir parents are really interested^in their going lo school; and what a stimulus to greater exeition'to the Itacher, to have the assurance that his labors are apprecia ted! It would be a ray of sunshine to the pu pil, illuminating his dark path up the rugged steeps of the Hill ol Science! Parents should make it their duly (o visit the school reguta rly; and nothing would be more gratifying to the teacher than lo see one or more of tliern at bis school every day. They will be most cordially welcomed, both by the teacher and pupils. Parents, try it! It is a simple experiment and will cost yu nothing but a little lime, which you connot better employ; and the re sult will lar exceed you- most sanguine anti cipations. Its influence will be as "bread cast upon the waters, that shall relurn to us after many days." RURAL. A WARNING TO TEACHERS. Fellow teachers, be careful of fire\ —Last j n:gbt, about two hours after returning to bed,! my peaceful slumbers were disinrbed by the cry of fire. The gentleman with whom I am boat ding heard the barking of his dog, and sup posing something lo be wrong about Ibe tarn,! arose and went toth window to see what was Ibe matter, and noticed what appeared ta be j a bu'l'img on fire. When he fiist saw the re-j flection of the light, be ibought his baro was rn hie; but on going out tie beheld my school hcuse enveloped in liaines. He instantly gave tho alarm; but it was too iate to save any thing, as ihe root was then (ailing in. We have no idea how the building caught fire, unless it was from some wood that had been placed about thr WHOLE NUMBER, 9000. VOL. 5. NO. 26. j stove to dry (or the purpose of making a fire in J the fhormng. It was a neatly built log house, j situated on a beautiful eminence, one and a hall miles Irom Hopewell, and about a quarter of a mile from Enquire Thomas VV. Horton's. j It was called Mount Pleasant, from the beauli ! (nl seiiery which surioiinded it. I had been . teaching one month and fifteen days, and bad ' nineteen as bright scholars as ever entered a school-room. They always came with their lessons prepared and their ynulhlul (aces glow | log with smiles until yesterday morning. I , have witnessed touching scenes, but none so pit i iful as a group of scholars standing around the • ruins of their sclioolhouse, giving vent to their IVelings in tears and sobs. Fellow teachers, once more I entreat you, to be cartful of fire. Hopewell, Jan. 8, 18G2. M. E. P. GOV. LETCHER'S MESSAGE- On the 6th inst. Gov. Le tcher, of Virginia, sent his message to the legislature of the Slate, accompanied with a letter from Governor Brown, and the joint resolutions recently a dopied by the Legislature of Georgia, in which they declare that the separationof the latter Slate "is tinal and irrevocable, entertain any proposition from any quaiter which may have tor its object a restoration or reconstruction of the old Uuion on any terms or conditions what ever." • The message is an eslraoidinary "State pa per a portion of it imitates the style ol our Declaration ol Independence, substituting the name of President Lincoln for George the Third, • in setting forth his grievances.—The Governor is full ol fight, and manifests a spirit of reckless daring and a determination o conquer or die. One of his closing paiagrapivs is the follow ing: "The occurrences of the past nine months have demonstrated conclusively that we cannot live together as equals under the Government of the United States, an! the habitual violation of the provisions of the Constitution, and the open : disiegardof the laws by President Lincoln and his otscial, render governmental association be tween us impossible. Mutual confiidence has been succeeded by mutual hatred and aver j sion. No government can be enduring" . which does not possess the afiection and respect ,of the governed. It cannot be that the people j of the Confederate Slates can again entertain a j' feeling of affection and respect for the Govern ment of the U. States. We believe, therefore, separation *is and ought to be final and irre ' vocable'—that Virginia will, under no circum ' stances, entertain any proposition, fiom any I quarter, which may have lor 1(4 object a res ! toration or reconstruction of the late Union, on any terms and conditions whatever." A Cheap Breakfast. A son of Erin, at Schenectady, heard Ibe breakfast bell ring on boaid a canal boat just 1 starting out fur Buffalo. The fragance of the viands induced him to go aboard. "Sure, Captain, dear, (said he,) and what'll ye ax a man for travellin' on yer illegand swan of a boat ?" ' Only a cent and a half a mile, and found, ,r ] replied the captain. "An' is it the vittals ye mean to find, sure ?" "Yes. And it you are going along, go down to breakfast." | Pat didn't wait to be told a second time, but having descended into the cabin and made a licai ty meal, he came on deck and requested that the boat might be stopped. "What do you want to stop fori" inquired the captain. "How far have we come?" asked Pat. "Only a little over a mila." Pat thereupon handed the captain two cents, and coolly told hiin that lie believed he would | not go any further with him, as Judy would . wait the breakfast, not knowing that lie had breakfasted out. The joke was so good that the captain took the two cents, ordered the boat stopped, helped Pat ashore, and told him that should he ever have occasion to travel that way again ha would be most happy to carry him. SCENE IN A SANCTUM. —Enter a large strong jnaii, with a cow-hide in hand. "Is the editor 111?" "He is." "You?" "Yes." "I have come to settle with you.'" 'Well, (editor draws a revolver,) go a head.' "I have taken j our paper now about a year." "Well (Capping his pistol.) : "An article in jour last issue, (editor cocks his pistol,) has convinced me, sir, thit—you ' —need— j 'I deny your right to give it—be cautious, ; sir." ! "Give you what?" "A thrashing." "Why, no, my dear sir, I came to pay in ad ' vance for another year." The editor willed. (l]p"Where did you get that turkey ?" said Col. Billy Wilson tonne of his amiable recrui's, j who came into camp life other day with a fine bird. "Stole it," was the laconic answer, j "Ah," said the Colonel triumphantly to a by ! slander," you see my boys may steal, but they won't lie." Flattery is like a flail, which, if nof adroifly used, will box yout own ears, instead of tick ling those of the corn. All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in learning the follies or expatiating the mistakes of our youth.