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Auditor's notices ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards often linen and under fifteen $1.50. Libeial reductions ni.de to personi advertising by the year. Select |J oe t v ii. ui.vmi IN THE COUNTRY BY ISAAC MACLEI.LAN. '{'be winter moon rides high, The yel'ow moon shines bright | fhe frosty stars, like jewels, Untwine the bow of Night, And the wintry winds are calling, And the feathery tlakes are faring. The mow shines on lite rod!'. The mow drifts o'er the street; Itoad-side and field are sprinkled With the sharp translucent sleet. t'ig icicles bang trom the wall I.ike rpar in grottoes dim ; And a polished shield is thick enclasped Around the old oak-liml> ; Whi'e cpirklieg crystals on e ich twig In liquid lustre swim. The brook hafh lost its merry song. And ceased its playful chase: O'er glistening lake a rosy throng Ot skaters ply their race j The water-wheel is choked with ice, N'or turns its dripping beam ; Mute rests the tio7."n water-fall, Mute re-ts the frosty stream. The snow-tints p.'Prh on-the ga'derr rail', I he ,1 rtli denies thoni food ; Under the hemlock mopes (lie quail. With her half-perished brood ; And the partridge thiveretli us the gale How ls through th' inclement wood. The cattle h.iste to the trienuly liarn, The sheep to their folds repaii j ' The dame by the fire.side spins the yarn; Her good man nods in his chair: While children crowd to the chimney noon, Inter,: on fiolic, bom.. From the Journal of Comuirrc. THE OLl) HIO.V No concealment is now attempted, by 'he! radical party, of their views of lli>* Uni m. ft is deliberately laid down, baldly sinled, contin ually reiterated, it. th-ir public j mrnalt ami iheir private conversations, in speeches and let ters,thai the Union is destroyed, and that they have no desire to see it rtcnivstiucled. The i mask is off at I.].?', We have >eoi lliem foi some months ii'temjting to hlind the public hy Ute f.ioliih question "do yon prefer slavery to, the Unroll," a- if lhc|e weieany such issue be t.'i'e us. But when a few weeks ago the pub- i lit: began In mgr on tlvm the true question, "do you prefer the abolitihn-nf slavery lo the U T .lion," lln se professed patriots ut ii's : sought to avoid the issu -, and at length in despair of sustaining am longer tlu ir doubtful professions if loyally, plunged into the fatal voilex of (lis unionism. They now say that they w JU Id not consent to-day to restore the Union a* it was a year ago. They speak of it with horror a- a covenant with death and a league .with hell, winch I hey would not consent fo tenew. We do not exaggerate. Every word we say is susceptible of abundant proof from the coi- ■ utntis t.f the ladical party papers, of "lie past . two weeks. The day is forever past when they tan claim,'with any show of truth or sinceiity, to be loyal to the (Joust it ut ion or the Union, anil they must be, as they virtually consent to he, classed with the enemies of both. ~ The discussion of their peculiar tenets Jtnd doctrines would seem i h-n to he no longer ne cessary. Tliey aie powerless for evil since their desires are exposed, and the fact is now beyond question that the Government is not under their influence, and will not be deceived by their* wiles, or driven by their thuals. But it may be well for us, who remain tine t" the ancient faith of our country and our la tii-rs, lo look tor a moment at the magnificence of that Union which those disloyal and ungrate ful sons of American sires, unite with South* in enemies in reviling and casting oIF. It is the most beneficent go 'eminent on the faeu of the earth. It has grown lo be such un der the united efforts of Southern slaveholders, northern merchants and manufacturers, and th- steadfast labors of inhabitants of all portions of the land. Conservative in all its history, preserved in its conservative course by the fact that the various interests of North and South united were always powerful to overcome the efforts of radicalism in politics as in social life, it became the great naiion whose history we are proud to recite, and whose name was the svnoeynof political grandeur in all parts of -• world. Under the guidance of wise and "■ ■ ioguished rule-s, rometiines slaveholders, 1 'Mimes Norlhijrn employers of free laoor, '-'■ ays conservative men, under the watchful • u c t 'Senators an J Representatives from eve ,i v Stale, every climate, every section, uniting in conservative views of policy, it obtained the position among nations which the ancient poli ticians dreamed of, but died despairing of. There are puny politicians a', the North, in this year of trouble, who chatge on the fathers of the Republic the errors which have led it into the present time of trial. There aie ambi tions demagogues al the South who "curse the Union which Washington and his companions founded, as a Union in which they cannot find tile freedom and tlie power 'hey desire. Both classes are muAed hy the very emotions which Washington foresaw, and against which he warned the nation. There was nothing in the constitution of the government against which either could complain. If the Ma sachiuetls philanthropist desired a field for his large and expansive view of his duty to his fellow man, he might have found sins and suffei ings in Bos ton that would hat e lasted him a lifetime uf hard labor, and remained peril-apt. bar his chil dren lo woi k on. fi the ardent and aspiring South Carolinian did not find the United Slates broad enough fo, the eflbits of his ambition, lie might have, al least, been wiser than to confine Ida genius to the limits of one small State, or a Confederacy made up of only part of the oh| country. It was the union of Massachusetts and Siutli Carolina that tempered the ambition, checked the reforming and disorganizing spirit, and made a so'itl and substantial baHsof power for a great nation. It is easy n-nv fo sty that we of the North do not want a Union in which Davis and Mason and Slidell shall return lo their old positions. So it is easy at the South to say tlipy do nut want a Union in which Sum ner, and I/ivejoy, and Giddings shall occupy places of powei, anil hurl their taunls and in sults al the slaveholder. But this dealing with, or talking of individuals, on both sides, is child's plav, when we are discussing the welfare of a nation which is to live a thousand years alter we and these men, traitors on one side, and ab oliii nisls on the other, shall have been dust of the soil. We do want a Union, and no other Union can be devised, than just that old Union, in which Masons may meet Summers ill t lie Sen ate, and, if needs be, mind clash with mind, that the spark of truth be elicited lo enlighten the people. Back of all this lies the error that ih people nmst learn, that Iheir repres.-nta lives should be wise and harmless, sagacious and calm, and if out of Ibis present discord that old Union shall emerge sale, we venture the proph ecy that Hie lesson will have been well learned, and the land will have rest from political dem agogues and radical reformers lor at least a hun dred rears. What other f'nion would the Northern rc firmers have? We put the question to them, because the Southerners avow thai they will have no Union, ami these men seem to have some incoherent notion of conquering a new Union out of Ihe war. Would they give to the gen-ial Government the powers of ilie Slates ' That would be a nation, but not a Union.— Would they have a grand Sheik ul Islam, ft great interpreter of the reform faith, to be the dispenser of the laws, the judge of moral right and wrong for every Stale, the administrator of the llia/iei Law' The Saints will judge the world, if prophecy be true, hut the time has hatdly arrived yet, and the Saints are wanting among these reformers. No! II since the patriarchs ruled their funi li S iii love, four thousand years ago, on the plains of Asia, there has been anything of gov ernment on the earth to be admired, respected, In Id in profoundest veneration, if is the Amer ican Union as it was in the year IKGO after Chi isl. To it every eye on the globe,-among civilized nation?, was turned with hope. Even the harilarians respected, arid some among them revered if. No man, whatever his name what ever hie creed, whatever his education, no man, failed to do homage to the work of Wash ington. As (lie religious vvoild. the eyes of dying Christians turned with longing gaze lo the Hi-tern "kips, as if to behold the light a bove Jerusalem, so in the political world the faith and hope of men was directed Westward, and olid statesmen, and worn out dealers in fhe broken theories of inonaichy and absolutism died with Iheir dim gaze turned lo lis, believ ing in our glorious destiny. These are no idle phrases, glitteiing g"tiei alities. In this hour of our frinl, God forbid that any man should waste mere words in prais ing the American Union, or write of it merely to run high smtnding periods. We write in soberness, and IO that which is written the heart of every Ameiican responds, if he be true to the holy bond which ilie fathers bound. There may be men at the Noilh who will sneer. They are enemies of their country. There may be men at the South who will deiide. They are enemies to their country. We care not whether fhe man is Noithern .abolition.si or Southern rebel, he who says to-day, in the hour of darkness, that the old Union ought to tall, he who laughs at the Constitution, who de nies its splendor among the long dim row of human inventions of government, is no true son ot America, and no loyal defender ul the nation. SPECULATION IN MULES- A givat speculation has lately been biought j to light in Cairo, between Quartermaster Watch : and Commander Giaham. It appears that among other speculations,! this Quartermastar captured several hundred j mules from.lbe Secessionists. The army reg- ; illations require that all animals captured from ' the enemy shall he advertised and sold to the | highest bidder. In this case he only advertised j lliein half and knocked them off to one of his own hands (there being no one else there,) at j $33 each. A lew days afterwards the govern ment needed mules, when hu purchased from his understrapper the same mules at slll each, tor Uncle Sam. The difference in price was of course divided between '.he Quartermaster and his hand. Froedoui of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14,1862. Words of Startling Import—tho Contrac tors Destroying the Nation. This war has already produced many a sub ject for the painter and many a theme to be hy our future poets "wedded to immortal verse." What sublim- devolion to soldierly duty was that which impelled young Greble to stand al most alone at his gun with "death as his com panion gunner," that he might protect, with his last charge, the retreat of Pierce and his men Irorn Great Bethel! What an example ot the most exalted heroism was that ct Lyon, when he deliberately rode into the jaws of death to redeem the adverse fortunes of the day at Springliedl What a picture of unyielding patriotism and heroic courage is seen in the conduct of Mulligan at Springfield, fighting victoriously for nine days, against overwhelm ing odds, until his Home Guards— nut he were famished into submission. These and scores of other kindred scenes will inspire many a pen and pencil in the bright and glad hereafter. But worthy of equal rank with these is the noble scene so recently witnessed off the slormy coast of Hatteras.— Burnside, inlawed hy Hie fierceness of the storm and Ihe laging of the un chained elements, defying danger and death, as he passed from ship to ship in his little boat, cheeiing his men and gathering together the scattered vessels of his fleet.—This must live up on the minds of the people, and be embalmed in their memories through all coming time. But well will it be for the people, wise will it b j for the Government, and fortunate will it prove for our glorious cans-, if we all, while cherishing Ihe memories of that sublime' specta cle, remember also the startling words that were wrung from the fn-ait of Burnside, in his hour of anguish—"Tim CONTRACTORS HAVE AL MOST RUINED ME, but God holds me in the palm of his hand, and all will yet be well." Here we have ciystalizeil, in this brief ex clamation, the whole philosophy of the misfor tunes of the war, and of the certainty of our final-success. The contractors have almost ruined us; but God holds us in the palm ul his hand, and all will yet be well. Who kept Burnside and his fleet, and his thousands and thousands of gallant men, for two whole weeks, exposed to destruction upon the stormiest coast ill the United States? Who but the reckless and guilty scoundiels who furnished vessels known to he unfit for llieseivice! What car ed they what stores and ships might be lost, what pi iceless lives might he sacrificed, what faial blow might be inflicted on the cause, if they could only succeed in making money out of the country in her hour of necessity? What has us back six long months, and dis graced us most in the eyes of the woild? The disaster at Bull Run. And what caused that? Was it not the notorious fact (hat the War De partment, instead ot bending all iis energies to the organization, liie discipline, and the health ful and honest supply ot the army, was jusl given over utterly to jobbers in contracts and military commissions? So entirely was the war regarded as nothing but a huge job. Iliat for Hirer months hut little else was done than to parcel out the plunder. There was no time nor opportunity to do anything else, for the or ganized gangs of plunderers who thronged the streetsand hotels of the Capital seemed to have 'absolute possession of the War Department, and excluded tieaily all proper visitors and all legitimate business. And so this deplorable condition of things went on until Hie middle ol July, when an armed mob, short of all necessa ry supplies, wholly unorganized and hall de moralised,were sent out to battle, and the plun ileiing system culminated in the calamity at Manassas. Besides the shame this brought up on our brave soldiers, the disgrace to our chat - acter abroad, the terrible sacrifice ol lite, the loss ol'millions of property, and the 10.-so! PRESTIGE, IT PROLONGED THE WAR INDEFINITE LY. After this disaster the outcries of Ihe peo ple and the denunciations of the press checked the evil to some extent, but did not stop it. Al tho' more attention was paid to r-gular business in the War Department, the jobbers and spec ulators still had large sway, and besides plun dering (he Treasury did a great deal of mis chief; lo what extent we need not recite, for some of the details ate still fresh in Hie disclo sures of Congressional Committees of Investiga tion. So shameless and monstrous were the abuses in contracts and purchases, that it is within the mark lo say, that of the Jour hun dred millions thus far spent on the war, full one-halt, or two hundred millions, have jrone mlo the pockets of the plurltlerers. We now see tfio tuduial and embarrassing result of tnis in what is to-day the worst trouble of the war a pressing want o( money lor immediate use; tor the people and the banks who are furnish ing the money became disgusted and alarmed a! Hie Government profligacy, and stopped the supplies. Jl'lhe Governmer.t only had now what has been wasted upon jobbers, middle-men pol itical hacks and go-betweens, it might carry on the war for six monlhs, and perhaps lo the end, without another dollar. But there is a new state ol affairs in the War Department. Vigor, honesty and economy are now the orders ot the day. Congress is labor ing to establish a satisfactory financial policy. This, however, is not all that should be done to bring the people and the banks once more to i the pecuniary support of the Government. Many of the monstrous contracts that were made during the reign of the middle-men, are, doubtless, yet running. Secretary Stanton should strike at all these with a heavy hand, fie has- it in his power, one would think, to discover how, by whom, and thro' what influ ences these contracts were made. II so, he should discover and expose every detail ol such transactions, that the guilty parties may be subjected to public contempt and disgrace, and,! if possible, be also made to disgorge, and, be brought to exemplaiy punishment. We be lieve that we but reflect almost universal ooin- ion, when we urge upon the Secretary of War to use his official power to this end; and we call upon John Covode, who rendered such priceless services in exploring the corruptions ol t he Buchanan Administration, to lend his aid. The men who have giown rich upon spoils wrung from the country in her hour ol trial and sor row, are no better than pirates, and should have as little mercy. Philadelphia Inquirer, (Rep.) TROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM- Whilelhe Republican managers at Harris burg are endeavoring to work the elements of opposition to the Democratic party into some new shape, the It-publicans of Philadelphia, under the lead of Wit. B. THOMAS, Collector ot the Port, are purging the Republican party ot ail its allies who are not straight-up-and-down Black Republicans. The Philadelphia Press of Thursday last gives the following account of tlieesl 1 uggle between the Republican and "Peo ple's" parties: "Tuesday evening was the commencement of a new epocl) in the political history of Phil adelphia. The contending struggle between Hap members of the Republican and People's parties was animated and interesting in many o( the wards. In pursuance of the call of the Executive- Committee, the R-publican party met in the different wards, and selected three delegates to iheet in convention tins evening, at (lie Cuiintv Court House, for the purpose of making rules for their government. In the Eighteenth ward, which lias heretofore been fjhoogly People, alter a closely contested strug gle, the People's organization was abolished, or submerged into a Republican.—The same result was atrived at in many ol the lower wards. In the Seventeenth the contest narrowed down to the native and naturalized elements ot the Peo ple's party, the latter being successful in effec ting a Republican organization. The test re quired tor suffrage was a pledge to maintain the Republic in nominees, when fairly and hon orably made, and a loyal support to the Admin i (ration in prosecuting the present war." This is an interesting fight as it stands, says the Patriot and Union, and a beautiful com mentary upon all the Republican professions ol no-part vsim. It appears that tfie Republican organization in Philadelphia is making war up on tlie 1 People's party," and that in many wards the latter organization was abolished, or merged into the Republican parly. The test required fur suffrage, we are told, was a pledge t* sustain the Republican nominees and the LflSniinistra'tion. Nothing appears to have been said in favor of abandoning parly for the sake of the Union. i It appears to us rather ungrateful for the Re publicans of Philadelphia lo wage war against their faithful and obsequious allies, the so-called "People's p'artv,"-because without some such blind AS this the Stale of Pensylvania could net have been carried for Ihe Republican candi dates. There has never been a fair and open Republican party in thisStzte. While theor ganization has been substantially Republican, it has not bad the courage to coine out under that name. It has been an "Opposition," or a "Pi ople's" parly, or anything else but uomr nallv Republican; and some ot its leaders are now nianmuveriug to make it a "Union" par ty. But the Republicans in Philadelphia are in fav or nf making a clean record, and coming out in then true colors. VVe wish lliem success, it for no other reason than that Republicanism may be put to the popular test, to demonstrate •bow really weak it is in this conservative and Joy a I State of Pennsylvania. THE UNION NOT TO BE RESTORED, —The Bos lon correspondent of the Springfield Re/iubli can scouts the idea that theUmon is to be re stored, and mocks at the President for appear ing to believe it. Wo quote: "The restoration of the old Union is impossi ble, admitted lo be so practically, by every body, including Mr. Lincoln In rose If. Mr. Cameron proposes great changes in the boun dary ol States, and I do not understand that Mr. Lincoln objects to this part of his report. Virginia is already dismembeied; Tennessee is liable to be cut in pieces fit any time; Delaware is to be enlarged; and soon. The exigencies of the war may make the resolute extinguish ment of hall a dozen rebel Slates, as political organizations, as necessary. Florida may yet be ceded to Spain, and Texas to Mexico. Tire old Union ! poll ! poll ! it is a thing of the past. To call a man disnnioniat who is not 111 favor oPallowing things to be restored to the condi tion they weie in before the election ol IBGO is ' very poor and cheap and harmless nonsense."' TUE MORGAN CASE. —Anew feature in the Morgan affair in the purchase of vessels for the navy has just been developed. It appears that certain parties were authorized to sell to Hie Government Ilie New York and Savannah line of steamers, for which they are tu have two per cent., brokerage'on the gross amount of the sales. lu the meantime, Mr. Morgan puichased then) tor Hie Department, lor which lie was paid by the same party two and a half per cent. The broker now comes forward and sues the owner of the steamer for his two per cent. The defendant claims that lie is not bound to pay, and insists that he can establish the tact that a 11 ring" was formed to prevent the Gov ernment trom gelling Hie New York steamers, except al an exoil itant price, established by the ring. The testimony of Secretary Welles, Assistant jSecretarv Fox and others, is now being taken by a commission to be used in New York in a trial which will come off in a lew days. EXCHANGED —So far about twelve hundred prisoners on each side have been exchanged. The system of exchange inaugurated by our Government is fully reciprocated by the rebel authorities. talje Schoolmaster Slbroali. ! EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. I tXF"Friencl of education who wish to enligMi'ii : tho public on the subject of teaching the "young 1 idea how to shoot," are respectfully requester! to send communications to the above, care of "Bed ford Gazette." SCHOOL SONG.— The following beautiful song is lakpn from a collection of school songs, call ed the "Day School Bell" Wherever it has been introduced it has become more popular with the pupils, than "Dixcy" itsell, and there certainly is more sense in it. In all schools where singing is practiced— and it should be practiced in every school —we would recommend the "Day School Bell ' as just the thing. OH! I WISH I HAD MY LESSON. TUNE— "Dixey's Ijind." -"-0 I'm glad I live in the land of learning, Wisdom's height I'm jusl discerning. Far away, lar away, away, far away, Although sometimes I'm sad and weary, And the way looks dark and dreary, I'll away, I'll away, away, I'll away, Ciiop.us. Oh! I wish I had my lesson, I do, I do, In learning I will eud my days, And live anil die in wisdom's ways, I'll try, I'll try, I'll try to get my lesson. I'll try, I'll try, I'll try to get my lesson. Some children always fret and worry, Because tin y can't learn in a hurry, Right away, right away, away, right away, But as lor me as I grow stronger, I will strive to study longer, Work away, work away, away, work away, Oh .' I wish I had rny lesson, 1 do, I do, See. Sometimes I think of the sunny hours," The golden bees, and pretty flowers, Far away, far away, away, far away, But then J know when Bchool is over, I can run in the fields ul clover, Skip away, skip awav, away, skip away, Oh! I wish 1 had my lesson, I do, I do, fkc. 1 love my school next to my mother, Next to father, sister, brother, Work away, work away, away, work away, While I am young and while I'm ruddy, I will work and I will study, Work away, work away, away, work away, Oh! I wish I had my lesson, I do, I do, itc. SPELLING CLASSES- The subjoined article, on the above subject, is horn Hie pen of Prof. J. J. STUTZMAN, CO. Supt. ol Somerset comity. The Professor is a regular "walking dictionary," and has put forth 'herculean efforts to make the leachers % of liis . county Hie same. As he is thoroughly or'.ho : dox on orthoepy a nil-orthography, his views are j entitled to great consideration, and we recom- I mend them to the teachers of this county.— j But hear him ; "We hold it to be a maxim in teaching that pupils should always be required to repeat what thev have been told or shown, as a proof both of their attention and their mastery of the sub ject presi nted. Tn leaching spelling we should take care thai all the elements aie uttered dis tinct) v, and with proper loudness ol voice. Where Teachers are negligent in these particu lars, ty is often inelegantly abbreviated into I wily, ic into eye-sick, henl into minty-ment, and so on, while some of the little dears spell' in so low and desponding a tone that one might almost be tempted to believe that they had tor gotten their dinner baskets! —lt might be deam- I ed superfluous to say that words should be cor rectly pronounced, did we not occasionally hear men of this stamp give out van-eye-tc and van- , uh-tc for vanity, loom-eye-nay-re lor luminary, ami many similar monstrosities. With unclas sified scholars we have at present nothing lo do. As for the rest, they may be divided into begin- i ners, intermediate, and advanced classes, and \ the following remarks mast be understood main-: ly lo apply to spelling on the book. In teaching primary classes in spelling, it will be w-ll lor the Teacher, at least where the lesson is new or difficult, to prepare them tor recitation by spelling each word lor thein in | succession, theclass following in concert, which , j when rightly conducted, will also be found an j important means of leaching a good articulation, j But concert spelling, as well as conceit read- j ing, is liable lo several abuses. To prevent it j from degenerating into a drawl, he should spell j the whole word at once, in a distinct and lively i tone, and direct each scholar to imitate him, j j without waiting for any body else. Alter the j I word has been spelled by the class, ono may be WHOLE NUMBER, 2909. V 3L. 5.NG.28. I called upon to spell it again, anil if he fails, it I may be passed to the next, or a show of hands 1 may be called for; but if the class fails, the j Teacher should spell it again, followed by the | class as before. When the lesson comes to be ; repeated, or where it is not hard enough to de ; mand this preparation, each pupil should be re quired to spell his word twire over in his turn, ' distinctly, and not hurriedly, but with a pause, so as to give time for the necessary corrections. Many are stifl content to tell scholars, without j requiring them to re-spell the words missed, which is a loose and careless practice at best. 1 Or, if deemed preferable, the Teacher may spell through the lesson with them first, and then ' hear them spell it word about, or, if it is still i too hard for them, let them take their seats and ! study it over. Tn the intermediate classes scholars are better prepared, and should pronounce each word be fore they spell it, (as all should be required to to do in spelling off book) and always so as to make every element distinctly understood. To enable them to study their lessons, they must ba taught the accent and the author's notation, and lor that purpose they must be required to give I lie notation of each word alter spelling it, and ever, alter they are supposed fully to understand it, they should be made to do it whenever (hey make a mistake. As for tile advanced classes, where they are sufficiently familiar with spell ing books to pronounce words readily at sight, instead of the present routine of many schools, they should have one good lesson each day, pro nouncing eacli word twice, with proper dis tinctness, without spelling it, giving the author's notation whenever they mispronounce a word, as a means of enforcing attention. The com mon practice is very faulty; for what can ba more disagreeable to an intelligent spectator i than to see all the larger scholars drawn up in a great, gawky, straggling line through the j length ot the room, to mumble over half a page in a speller they ought to have by heart, when 1 they could pronounce a lesson of two pages in the same time, and with much greater benefit . to them! II this stupid performance is designed ' to teach scholars to spell in the book, it is allo i getlier too careless to answer any useful pur ! pose; but if it ir resorted (o merely to help ! them study their spelling lesson, it is a waste of ' time, and they bad much better get it at their I seals." WHAT THE "DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS" THINK OF FORNEY- The Pittsburgh Post of the 24th ult.. tho | leading Democratic newspaper in Western j Pennsylvania, and a firm and consistent suppor ter of Mr. DOUGLAS in the last Presidential elec | lion, admini