THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IK PUBLISHED EVEIiY PRJDAY MORNING Bl' *• '• MKl'KftS, - At the following terms, to wii: $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. $2.50 '* " if nut paid .within the year. jjySo subscription taken tor less than sii? months. Q3?"No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid , unless at the option of the publisher. t has keen decided by the United States Courts tbut the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ol arrearages, is prima facie, evidence ol fraud and is a criminal offence. jjyTbe courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it thej take them fiom the post oflico, wheth er they subscribe for them, or not. sel c(t {J oc t v li. I'rmu the /jif/iii) county (O.) (lae.-ttc. RYE COFFEE. Aw — Susanna. Lust night I heard it Wide-Awake Whoso face was very long— With capo and lamp all hy his si.l.?, A-singing of a song. The song it was tt ]rotly one, And Hiarmed my 11-toiling oar; • I only mind the chorus now, And I will sing it here: Cunt;!'- —Oh, Rye Coffee! You're sweet rnougli lor me, Without, one grain of sugar, if The nigger can lie free! ! saw the capo, and well I knew I'd seen it oft hoforc— And oft I'll seen that Lard Oil Lamp (lo zig-zag past my door; Ihit now the cape was old and torn— The lamp it had no "lie," Yet sweetly there that Wide-Awake Sat singing till the while: Cm i:r-—Oh, live Coffee! You're sweet enough for me. Without, one grain of sugar, if The nigger can lie free. 1 would not say tliftt Wide-Awake Was pinging of' a lie : 1 think thai .lava does not suit I Lis taste its well as Rve— The man who'd give Old Alio his vote, \nd pass (lie Douglas hy, Would likely spurn the Java cap, And swallow down (lie Rye! I'lKUtps—Oh, Rve Coffee! The Wide-A wake's delight— I shall remember long how well He sung of you that night! I wonder if that Wide-A wake. \s he sal singing there, Til tendril to repudiate 1 lis taxes just and fair ? I wonder if that Wide-Awake Was posted well as 1 That he was cheating Government When drinking of the I'ye ? Chorus —Oh, Rye Coffee! For Wide-Awakes you'll do— Hut not for patriots who'd give The Government its due. Confounded he Rye Coffee, Corn Coffee and all that! That I will stiil drink Java, you Mav safely bet your hat! Confounded lie the man who made The tax a needful thing!— Hat I've a better chorus here, Which please stand up and sing:— Citout's —Gn 'way ('uJiW! The master's servant he!— lint lei us all pray for the time When Coffee shay lie-Fit!'.!".! A GOOD INVESTMENT. IIV I'I.EEMAN in NT. ''Can you lend me two thousand dollars to es tablish myself in a small retail business'?" inqui red a voting man not yet out of his teens, of a middle-aged gentleman, who was poring over his ledger in the counting room of one of the lar ge-! establishments in Huston. The jierson ad dressed turned towards (hespeaker, and regard ing him for a moment with a look, of surprise, inquired— "What security can you give inc. Mr. Si ros ter ?" "Nothing but nty note," replied the young man promptly. "Which I fear would lie below par in mar ket," replied the merchant, smiling. "Perhaps so," said the young man; "but, Air. Ifarton, remendi, r that the liov is not the man; the time may conic when Hiram Stressor's note will lie as readily accepted as that of any other man." "True, very trno," replied .Mr. ltarton. mild ly; "but you know business men seldom lend money without adequate security; otherwise.they might soon be reduced to penury." At this remark the voting man's countenance became very pale, and, having observ ed a silence of several moments, he inquired in a voice whose tones indicated a deep disappointment— "Then you cannot accommodate me—can > on ?" "Call upon mo tomorrow, and I will give you a reply," said Mr. Hui'ton; and the young man retired. Mr. Harton resumed his labors at the desk ; bat hi.- mind was so much upon the hoy and his singular errand, that he could not pursue his task with any correctness; and after having made several sad blunders, he closed the ledger, took his hat, and went out upon the street. Arriving opposite the store of a wealthy mer chant upon Milk street, he entered the door. "Good morning, Mr. Ilawley," said lie! ap proaching the proprietor of the establishment, who was seated at his desk, counting over the profits of the week. "Good morning," replied the merchant bland ly "Happy to sco you. Have n scat ? Any news ? 1 low's trade ?" M ithout noticing those interrogations, Air. Hart on said— "A oung Strosscr is desirous of establishing himself in a small retail business in Washington street, and called this morning to secure of me a loan of two thousand dollars for that purpose." "Indeed!" exclaimed Air. Ilawley, evidently furpriscd at this announcement; "but you do not think of lending that sunt—do you?" VOMHIK 58. NEW SERIES. "I do not know," replied .Mr. Harton. "Air. ,Strosscr is a young man of business talent and strict integrity, and will be likely to succeed in whatever lie undertakes." j "I Yrlmpsso," replied Alt'. Ilawley, doubtfully; j "lint I am heartily tired of helping to establish i these young aspirants for commercial honors." "Have you ever suffered from such a course?" inquired Mr. Harton, at the same time easting a ■ roguish glance til Ale. Ilawley. "No," replied the latter, "for I never f it in- I dined to mike an investment, of that kind." "Then here is a fine opportunity to do so. it I may prove better, than stock in the hank. As I for myself. 1 have concluded that, if you will ' advance him one thousand dollars, 1 will eon ! tribute an equal sunt." I "Not a single farthing would I advance for ; such a purpose: and if yon make an investment kof that kind, I shall very foolish." Air. Harton was silent for several minuter;, J and then arose to depart. ! "If yon do not feel disposed to share with me in this enterprise, I shall advance the whole sum myself." Saving which, he left the store. *### Ten years have passed away since the oceiir- I renee of the conversation recorded in the preec j ding dialogue, and Air. Harton, pale and agita j ted, is standing at the same desk as when first i introduced to the reader's attention. As page j after page of his ponderous ledger was examin ■ ed, his despair became deeper and deeper, till at ! last lie exclaimed— i "I am ruined—utterly ruined!" j "How so?" inquired Hiram Strosscr, whoon- I tored the counting room in season to hear Air. ! Harbin's remark. "The last European steamer brought news of the failure of the house of l'erleh, Jackson, & Co.-, of London, who are indebted to me in the sum of nearly two hundred thousand dollars. News of the failure has become general, and my creditors, panic stricken, are pressing for pay ment of their demands. The banks refuse inc •credit, and I have not the means to meet my li j abilities. If 1 could pass this crisis, perhaps I ! could rally again ; but it is impossible; mvered ! itors tire importunate, and I cannot much longer keep above the tide," replied Air. Harton. "Wlvrit is the extent of your liabilities?" in quired Strosscr. "Seventy-five thousand dollars." replied Air. I Harton. "Would that sum be sufficient to relievo youl'" "It would." ! "Then sir, you shall have it," said Strosscr, as ho stepped up to tlie desk, and drew a check for twenty thousand dollars. "Ilere, take this. ; and when you need more, do not hesitate to call upon me. Remember that it was from you 1 received money to establish myself in business." "lint that debt was cancelled several years; ago," replied Air. Harton, its a ray of hope shot across his trquliled mind. "True," replied Strosscr, "but the debt of yrat- : iltitle that 1 owe lias-never been cancelled;'and i •now that the scale is turned, I deem it my duty | to come up lo the rescue." At this singular turn in the tide of fortune, ! Air. Barton fairly wept for joy. Every claim against him was paid as soon as j presented, and in less than a month lie had pass- j ed (he crisis, and stood perfectly safe and secure: j his credit increased and his business improved, while several others sank under the blow, and ; could not rally, among whom was Air. Ilnwlev, I alluded to at the commencement of this article, i "How did von manage to keep above the tide?" inquired Air. Ilawley of Mr. Harton, one'morn ing. several months after the events last record ed, as lie met the latter upon the street, on his way to his place of business. "A eryeasily, indeed, lean assure von," re plied Mr. Harton. "Well, do tell me how," continued Air. Haw ley; "I lay claim to a good degree of shrewd ness, but the strongest exercise of my wits did ; not save me; and vet you, whose liabilities were j twice its heavy as my own, have stood the shock, and have eotne off even better by the storm." "The truth is," replied Air. Harton, "I have cashed my paper as soon its it was sent in." "I suppose so," said Mr. Ilawley, regarding j Air. 15. with a look of surprise; but how did you obtain the funds'? As for mv part, 1 could not obtain a dollar's credit; thcdianks refused to take ; my paper, and my friends even deserted me." "A little investment that 1 made some ton years ago," replied AH - . Barton, smiling, "has recently proved exceedingly profitable." "Investment!" echoed Air. Iluwlet—'what j investment ?" "Why, do you not remember how I establish ed young Strosscr in business some ten years ago?" "O. yes. yes," replied Air. Ilawley, as a ray of suspicion lighted up his countenance; "hut what of tlmt?" "He is now one of the largest dry goods denl ers in the city, and when this calamity came on, he came forward, and very generously advanced me seventy-five thousand dollars. You know 1 told von, on the morning I called to offer you an equal share of the stock, tlmt it might prove better than an investment in the bank." During this announcement, Air. I lawlny's eyes | were bent intently upon the ground, and, draw ing a deep sigh, lie. moved on, dejected and sad, i while Afr. Barton returned to his place of busi- j ness, with bis mind cheered and animated by thoughts of his singular investment. KirWilO FINDS all the umbrellas that every body loses? Every man we meet, loses the tim brel!*: he buys, tiut we have never got acquain ted with (lie man tlmt finds them. Can any one answer the question before the next rain ? C>r"A man can't help what is done behind his back." as the scamp said when lie was kick ed out of doors. cyWitv is Virginia sure to come right ? lie- : cause she keeps Wheeling for the Union. • Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1862. ! Rhode Island Democratic State Conven tion—Rc-nomination of Gov. Sprague. The Democrats of Rhode Island held a con vention in Providence on the 20lh ult.. and re nominated Governor Sprague by acclamation, j part Gov. Sprague litis taken In the 1 war is familiar to the whole country. The only | Democratic Governor in the Northern States, ; at the commencement of the war, lie was the only one to take the field in person, which he did at the head of the Rhode Island troops. There can be no reasonable doubt of his trium phant re-election. i'lie resolutions adopted hy the convention tire conservative, and patriotic, and will be heartily endorsed by the masses of (lie people in all the loyal States. We quote the following : AY/olral That yhile the civil war continues, it is our duty and the duty of all lovat citizens, to render to the (lovermnent a cheerful and earnest : support: to stand by it in the enforcement of all Constitutional measures tending to (lie sup pression of armed rebellion; to give its officers, so far as they arc true to the trusts reposed in thoin, the aid and comfort which may be deri ved from oar moral influence and physical re sources. And that we extend to those citizens of our own and other States who responded to the call of the Government for the protection which arms alone can give, our hearty commen dation and warmest sympathies. We congrat ulate them upon the recent brilliant victories which their valor lias achieve;!, bespeak for them, when their work sliali have been accom plished and their purpose eonsuinatod in the res toration of the Union, the warm gratitude of all true patriots. llesftlretl, That the efforts now being made to divert this war from its original purpose, as pro claimed bv the President and Congress of the United States seven months ago—the mainten ance of the Federal Constitution and the pres ervation of the Union's integrity—and to turn it into a war for the emancipation of slaves and j the subjugation of the Southern States, or their | return to a territorial condition, is an effort a- I gainst the Union, against the Constitution, a- j gainst justice and against humanity, and should lie promptly frowned upon hy all the friends of ! Democratic institutions. Il is unworthy of loy al citizens, and can find support only with sec tional fanatics, who have no love for the Union, or desire for its restoration; and whoso highest patriotism is an unnatural and unrightons hatred jof the citizens of sister States. Ami whereas ■ wc preccive gratifying indications that President Lincoln is resisting and will continue to resist , this treasonable effort, it is further resolved, : that in such patriotic resistance ho is entitled to and docs and shall continue to receive our cordial sympathy and unfaltering support. Ilmlccd, That to bring the present war to a final and happy conclusion, and secure a union I of hearts its well asa union of hands, it isabsolute ; ly necessary to re-assure the misguided people jof the South that wc mean no warfare upon : their rights, and are actuated hy 110 spirit of re venge ; to disavow, hi the language of Gov. | Sprague, "any other wish than that of bringing | together these now lieligerent States, without j the loss to any one of them of a single right or ' privilege, which it has heretofore enjoyed;" lo I show, by our acts its well as by our professions, i'that our-whole purpose is to preserve our Gov i eminent just as it can# to us from the hands of | our fathers—to regard all the guaranties of the Constitution, whether to States or to people of the States—and to become once more a power ful and prosperous nation, and a harmonious ; and happy people. And that, to this end, it is the duty of the Democratic party, not only to preserve its distinctive organization, but to dem onstrate, by honorable and patriotic measures, both its determination and its power to with stand and rondel' harmless the assaults of North ern scctioualists upon constitutional liberty. Jlcsohril, That the effort now being made to secure to adopted citizens in this State their 1 just political rights, meets with our hearty sym pathy and is entitled to and shall receive our cordial support; that the purpose of this effort is especially commended to us at this time, by the promptness and unanimity witli which this class of our citizens are rallying to the support of our institutions; and tlmt wc urge upon the present General Assembly of our State to take such measures as tire necessary to bring their claims to an equality of political privilege, di rectly hoforc the people. A HERO WANTED. The Republicans are in a desperate strait for a hero. Since the collapse of Jim Lane, they arc bleating about like sheep without a shep herd. Their first hero in this war was Fremont, lie achieved the defeat of Lyon, the surrender of Lexington, the •'freedom" of a tew niggers, and squandered millions of the public money. We hardly know which exploit most commen ded him to'their favor.—When Fremont was retired from command in disgrace, they fixed their hopes upon one Simon, surnamcd Camer on, who, it lias been said, "was a thiol' from the beginning," and did not hesitate to sell his country for a few pieces of silver. Hut Simon wanted the niggers set at liberty—lie wanted arms put in their hands so they could butcher the women and children of the South. This exalted him in the eyes of the Republicans and they loved him as they loved their own souls. Hut Simon is dismissed from the council table which he had disgraced. Just then Jim Lane turned up and the Republican journals turned their eyes upon him and saw that he was good at stealing niggers, and they proclaimed that he was to do wonderful things in that line—it just suited him.—Hut General Jim is suddenly "squelched"—his "expedition" vanishes, and lie is left before the public a miserable charlatan, a dirty jack that has brayed his own fame, a fit object of scorn and anathema from all'pa triotic people. Who will be the next hero of the Republican journals?— K.rchangc. ■ j SENATOR STARKE. I The Senator selected by the Governor of Or ' egon. Air. StaklCk, has been admitted to his seat. To show tlm reasons of the- opposition to him, we quote the following front the proceedings of the Senate. The Committee had reported in his ! favor: Air. Stunner offered an amendment to the res olution reported by the Committee, so as to make it read that Air. Starke ho not entitled to take the oath without an investigation into his loyalty. lie spoke tit some length in favor of the a mendment contending that the Senate, in self defence, ought not to admit a suspicion of dis -1 loyalty, and it was not justice to the people of Oregon to admit a disloyal representation, which was, inflict, no representation of their will- He claimed, that the affidavits in tiie case were wor thy of investigation, and the Senate was bound to meet disloyalty on the threshold. Air. Cowan, (Rep.,) of Pennsylvania, said that if members were to lie excluded by mere caprice, we could not tell on whom the blow would next fall. The question is, what is this thing disloy alty? He would like the Senator from Alassa ■ chusetts to define it. Air. Sumner read from a letter lo the Secre tary of State, signed by thirteen citizens of Or -1 egon, stating that they knew Air. Starke, and he had been in the habit of opcnlv talking against the Government and in favor of the South: say ing that the South was right and ought to suc ceed. If these facts were true, the claimant from Oregon was disloyal, and when such facts were presented to the Senate, if they fail to con sider them they solemnly stultify themselves.— That was his answer. Air. Howard, (Rep.,) of Afichigan, called at tention to other evidence, where Air. Starke had j said that if there was war with the South he J would sell his property for fifty ccnts'on the dol-; lar and go and fight for the South. Air. Cowan said he had asked a definition and j got an example. He was just as wise as he was ' before. Did disloyalty consist in talking against j the Government or selling property at half price?j lie contended that the Senate had no right logo i outside of the qualifications mentioned in the j Constitution, but the Senator from Alassachu setts proposed to go outside, and make the. indi vidual opinions of a Senator a qualification. Mr. Doolittle, (Rep.,) of Wisconsin, asked if we admitted Mr. Starke to be sworn, and if he wtis proven afterward to have been a traitor, ■ efluld we cxjiel liiin without finding him guilty of the commission of some overt act after his admission ? Mr. Cowan said he might answer that ques tion when it arises; but that was not tlio ease now before us. Air. Wihnot, (Rep.,) of Pennsylvania, said that disloyalty might be defined as-unfaithfulness to one's own country and Government, by asso ciations and sympathy, aside from tin overt net like treason. The simple question is, when shall 1 lie Senate consider the question of disloyalty? If a person is disloyal, certainly he is not enti tled to a seat, lie thought that now was the proper time to settle this question. Air. Carlile spoke at some length. lie con tended tlmt the Senate bad no power to exclude any person sent with the proper qualifications for it State. There were different views enter tained as to what was meant by disloyalty. Mr. Dixon, (Rep.,) said he knew no difference between the leader of tt rebellion and tlio man who upheld it. Air. Harris, (Rep.,) of New York, spoke at length against the amendment of Air. Sumner. The result was, Air. STARKE was admitted. "NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS." AVe have, have heretofore charged the Aboli tionists with being opposed to the restoration of the Union, unless it can ho made a sort of ab olition Union. Their presses and their orators now openly disavow all respect for the old Un ion and their aversion to its reconstruction. They are afraid that if the old Union is restor ed the democratic party will again obtain the control of the government, and would rather see the old ship of state forever ruined. As evi dence of this we copy the following atrocious extract from Greeley's New York Taibuw, which is generally regarded, we believe, as an orthodox republican paper:— Let us suppose that the war were ended to day on some basis which would leave Slaver)' where tins rebellion found it, and bring Mason anil Slidell, Toombs and Wigfall, Jeif. Davis and Chesnut, Rust and Drcckenridge, Hunter and Benjamin, back into the Senate, and into their normal relations of cordialty and fraterni ty with Bayard and I'riee, Bright and 'Thomp son, of N. ,T., Rice, \Vall, Bigler, and the North ern Democracy. 'They would have nearly half the Senate and about a third of the electors from the slave States alone ; does any one im agine they would" not, aided by the pressure of the war taxes anil the partisan clamor sure to lie raised thereupon, soon reacquire that ascen dency which they in 1800—out of hatred to Douglas and eagerness for a puivlv slavehold ing confederacy—deliberately threw away?— And then do you not see that we who have hon estly and earnestly resisted and baffled their am bitious machinations will lie made to Bupsorrow ? Unpleasant neighbors as they are at Richmond and Manassas, we prefer them there rather than in power at "Washington, with a drilled partisan majority at their back. But we can well un derstand why thin prospect should have no er rors for Mr. Divcn. What claim has sacli a fellow as Greely to ho. classed among loyal men or friends of the country ? CVJ'AN exchange paper, in speaking of a sub scriber who laid taken the paper for a number of years, and then refused to pay for it, says:— 'die would steal a passage to heaven in a se cret corner of a streak of lightning, and smug gle gold from the streets of New Jerusalem to buy stumps of half-penny cigars." WHOLE IVLHBEH, 3996. &l)e Schoolmaster EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. CC?~Teacl)eisand friends of education are respect fully requested to send communications to the above, care of " Dedfoid Gazette." HOURS OF STUDY- A very remarkable pamphlet lias recently made its appearance in England, containing statements of facts that ought to command the attention of the civilized world. The pamphlet is written by K. CJiadwiek, Esq., C. 15., and published pursuant to an address of the House of Lords. The subject of this pamphlet is edu cation, and it is devoted to the discussion of thrccuiatters—the organization of schools, the hours of study, and physical training. Our at tention has Ijcon arrested by Mr. Chadwiek's statement of facts in connection with the sec ond of these three subjects—the hours of study: "Struck by the frightful disproportion be tween the powers of childish attention and the length of school hours, lie hasdiroctcd questions to many distinguished teachers. Mr. Donald son, head master of the Training College of (jflusgow, states that the limits of voluntary and and intelligent attention are, with children of from 5 to 7 years of age, about 15 minutes; from 7 to 10 years of age, about 20 minutes; from 10 to 12 years of age, about 55 minutes; 12 to 10 orlß years of age, about 30 minutes ; and continues, "I have repeatedly obtained a bright voluntary attention from each of these classes, for 5 or 10 or 15 minutes more, but I observed it was always at the expense of the succeeding lesson." The llev. J. A. Morrison, Hector of the same College, speaking on the same subject, says : "I will undertake to teach one hundred chil dren, in three hours a day, as much as they can by possibility receive; and I hold it to be an ax iom in education, that no lesson lias been given until it has been received; as soon, therefore, asi the receiving power of the children is exhausted, J anything given is useless ; nay, injurious, inas much as you thereby weaken instead of strength ening the receiving power. This ought to be tt first principle in education. I doubt it is sel dom acted on." The truth of these pregnant remarks is mode more evident by the testimony of all competent witnesses. We respectfully submit to all school commissioners, teachers and parents who may read these statements, that ft icy are not of a character to he glanced at and tossed aside, but lire worthy of being thought of mid acted up on. From Carlyle's pictures of German schools, there is no doubt that in both those countries there is a lamentable want of understanding on the part of scholars of the subjects which they attempt to learn. The matter is still worse in France and Austria, and it is the prominent vice which prevades the whole American system of education. Our failure to secure an understanding of the tilings which wc try to teach is, doubtless, in part owing to the fact that wc endeavor to teach too much in a given time, but it is also ill part attributable to the circumstances that we waste more than throe fourths of the time trying to im part ideas when the mind of the pupi) is not in a condition to receive them. This journal lias therefore advocated the prac tice of having recesses in schools of ten or fif teen minutes every hour, but, from the experi ence of the oldest and ablest teachers in Great Britain, it seems that the recesses ought to be granted even to the oldest scholars, as often as once in half an hour. A teacher might as well expend his efforts upon carved wooden images of children as upon scholars after their minds arc tired out.— Scientific American. LATE DECISIONS. Among flic late decisions of the State Super intendent we note the following; It is not lawful for parents to send their chil dren to school when a contagious disease is in the family. If there is no rule by tlie Hoard on the subject, then the Teacher should exclude such children as a measure of just and neces sary precaution, and report the ease to the Hoard. That if asubscription school is kept in a coin . mon school house after tlio eloso of the regular term, it is to be regarded and conducted as tt common school in all respect, except that the teacher is to be paid by the parents of the pu pils who attend, and not by the Directors. Tho teacher must hold a valid certificate from the County Superintendent, and the school must be open to the visitation of the Hoard of Direc tors and lite Co. Superintendent. That 110 rent is to be charged for the school; and that all tlie pupils who attended the school during the preceding term, arc to have the priv ilege of attending, if they pay, in preference to others from other schools. Tlmt if the teacher who had the school dur ing the preceding term is competent nnd gave satisfaction, lie should have the house for a pay school in preference to all others; he being best acquainted with the pupils, and best qualified to ttatts of : One Square, three weens or less 00 One Square, each additional insertion less than three months ............ 25 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAS. One square ■ $2 00 $3 00 $5 00 Two squares 3 00 5 00 0 00 •Three squares 400 700 12 00 1 Column 500 900 15 00 § Column 800 12 00 20 00 4 Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 Ihe spice occupied by ten lines of this size of type counts one square. All fractions of a square '•ndr five lines w"l he measured as a half square ; ai J all over fivo lines as a full square. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand ing themdn. • VOL. 5. NG. 32. tilke them right on in their studies without loss of time. That if the teacher did not give sat isfaction, the Hoard is to use their discretion in choosing another—appointing none without it proper certificate. The teacher is bound to take, his monthly re port to the Secretary, and until that report, is filed with the Board of Directors the teacher cannot receive any pay. The teacher in charge of ft school, whether a day or night school, lias the same right to cxjiel intruders and disturbers of its peace, after warn ing and requesting them to leave, that the own er of a dwelling house has to put out similar in truders. Relics of the Revolution. The invasion of Virginia to suppress the re hellion has resulted in the recovery of some ve ry interesting relies of the Revolutionary war. An instance of this kind has just fallen under our notice in which an Erie county soldier res cued from the Old Dominion a book, relating to the Revolution, which belongs, properly in the keeping of those who stand by the flag which Washington and his compatriots established as our national standard. A short time since, while the Fourteenth Regiment New York Vol unteers, Colonel McQuade, were on picket duty near Hall's Hill, Virginia, a numbered the mem bers of the regiment went outside the lines to a house within range of the guns of the rebel pick ets. The house belonged to an old Secessionist, who had deserted it from fear of being arrested by the Union men, as it was known that be had l>een guilty of overt nets of treason. Upon en tering the house it was found that the furniture had been left, smd one of the soldiers, a resident of this county, perceiving an old looking book, examined it, anil found that it was a record of the Revolutionary war. It proved to be the or der book of General Washington, in manuscript, commencing March, 1770, and reaching through several years. It contains genoral orders, spe cial orders, details of officers, court martinis, plans of battles, official reports of engagements, &e. These orders were signed by Gen. Wash ington himself, as well as several oflier generals. The signatures of the several generals occur on almost every page, and it is one of the most tm tcresting relics of the Revolutionary army that' could be found. The book, bus been' sent .to the residence of the officer referred to, and is in tjie possession of liis friends, who reside in this coun ty.—[Buffalo Kxjn-ess. A CONTRACT I—Decidedly 1 —Decidedly the moist brilliant millifury campnign in which our country ever engaged , was the Mexican War, during the administration of i'resident l'olk. Ex-Presi dent Buchanan was, at that time, Secretary of State, and the late Governor Marcy, Secretary of War. The most extensive means had to be provided for the maintenance of a large army in a distant country, and millions of money passed through the hands of the government officers. But we do not remember that any one of them was ever charged with speculation or dishonesty. Certain it is that not a whisper was ever heard affecting the integrity of Mr. Marcy, and he retired from office enjoying the respect of the whole country- The Democrat ic administration of President l'olk, in that campaign, set an example which might havo been profitably followed by those holding high places under Mr. Lincoln. It certainly is not necessary to the successful prosecution of a war that all concerned in conducting it should turn highway robbers.— lCaston Argus. A HATFIELD ASKCDOTE.—An old gentleman who was always bragging how folks used to work in lus younger days, one day challenged Lis two sons to pitch 011 a load of hay as fast as he could load it. The challenge was accepted and the hay wag on driven round and the trial commenced. For some time the old man held his own creditably, calling out.— "More hay! more liny !" Thicker and faster it came. The old man was nearly covered; still he kept crying.— "More hay! more hay!" At length, struggling to keep on the top of tho disordered and ill arranged heap, it began first to roll, then to slide, and at last off it vent from the wagon, and rolled the old man with it. "What ore you down here fori" cried tho boys. "I came down after hay," answered the old man, stoutly. WHO DID IT.—Who plundered the Treasury ? Who furnished rotten provisions and defective fire arms to the Government? Who swindled it in horse contracts? Who raised the clamor at. the removal of Fremont? What class of men are now importuning and annoying the Administration about emancipation ? Who made an assault upon General McClellan in the House of Representatives! Who are thus endeavor ing to undermine public servants and our mil itary chiefs 1 Not the Democratic party, but the party of mobs. The party that brought a bout a dissolution of the Union and the present civil war, and the party that will yet ruin the country if the government is not taken from their hands. A DDTCII AFRICAN. —A letter from a Penn sylvania soldier, dated at "Camp Stick m the Mud," Larue county, Kentucky, describes a muddy march of five miles, which a whole day. Tho writes says : "One curiosity we did meet. Wo met him perched upon the topmost rail of a very high fence—nothing more or less than a big buck uigger, of the dar kest dye, inquiring in broad Pennsylvania Dutch, 'Woo gehscht du lice V" t , ... I®-Why do our Soldiers need no Barbers ?-*- Because tbey are rcgiilorty shaved by the govern ment contractors.
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