■*■ < ■mr -r gs-a*r-xwu n■! ■— mi THE BEDFORD GAZETTE 13 FUBLIaIIKD EVEKV FRIDAY MORNING BY S5. F. MEYKRS, At the following terms, to wit: 1 $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $4.00 " " if paiil within the year. $4.50 " " if not paid within the year, subscription taken for les> than six months. KP~.No paper discontinued until aJI arrearage* are paid , miles at the option of the publisher, it has been decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ot arrearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and is a criminal offence. QP~The courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, if they take them l'tom the po>t office, wheth er they subscribe for them, ur not. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Of the Poo r ami House of Employment of Bedford County, for the year ending Jnu nry I, Jl. I). 1862. GEORGE BIiYMIRE, Treasurer. Ds*. To balance or. settlement, January 1, 1861, $ 4-15 99 Amount received from Colh-rtois 4,975 63 Amount, $5,391 62 J Balance due Treasurer 198, 02 { $5.559 64 j CIS. Lly amount pahl out on •uiulrv checks as fol- ! lows, viz : Wheat and flour $ 9-8 88 ! Potatoes 30 05 ! Stove and Casting* 104 50 : Directors of Butler co. Aim.* House S3 00 i Directors of Huntingdon ro. do 31 53 : John Mower, Attorney's fees 10 00' Apple hotter and dried fin it rows and beef cattle 531 49 ! Cows and beeves 8! 91 I Dry goods and groceries 1,912 31 j Printing 13S 50: J, Filler on contract fir building 178 10 Beef and Bacon 412 78 1 Making f-nce ami lumber 76 19 Repairs at mill IK> 98 Removal of Paupers IS 67 Support of out door pauper* 300 00 i Wm Leary,steward, and Mrs. Lea ry, Matron, 144 43 Br*. Harry and Reamer, silarv and medicine | .J.f> 87 j J. S. Brumbaugh for wagon 60 00 - Directors of Fia ikliti co. Alms House 23 47 Refunded to collectors 53 51 . Making coffins 20 001 Justices fees 18 55: Mtssrs. Smouse, Amos, iGrnery, Brumbaugh and Getty*, salary 164 00 Miscellaneous checks 175 12 Interest on checks [s9 43 Treasurer's salary 40 00 ' Stationery 10 00 Auditors and clerks salary 20 00' Exonerations allowed collectors 102 48 percentage " " 141 61 : I §5,589 64 ; Amoufct due fom iolletors §5,712 62 We the undersigned, Auditors of tied ford county, do certify tha* we have examined the foregoing account o( George Bfymire, Treasu rer of t lie Poor atid House of Employment of j Bedford countv, arid find the same lobe correct , and true as above slated, and that there is a bal ance due said Treasurer of $l9B 02. Witness our hands and seals this Bth day of j January, A. D. 1862. DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE HA UGH MA N, Attest, DANIEL L. DEFIBAUGH. THOMAS R. GGTTYS, Clerk. List of paupers admitted, discharged, died, Ac., N.C., during each month, and the number remaining at the .nd of each month; also the! average number supported in the House during the year, together with ttie number of out-door j paupers suppnti d by the Institution, from the! first of January 1861, till the first of January j 1862. •' | Januirv, 2 1 32 21 ! February. 2 2 1 32 2o j March 6 3 36 19 i April, 7 2 38 22 .May, 2 3 36 19 j June, 2 2 2 37 10 July, 6 11 4 1 ltij August, . 7 2 2 43 17 J September, 2 41 17 j October, 2 2 1 1 1 40 17 i November, 2 2 1 40 18 j December, 8 S 2 6 1 1 40 19 J Matting an average of 52 per month, of whom J •? are colored, 2 are blind, 19 are insane, and 4j ate confined to bed —also 581 wayfaring passrii- j geia were provided with board and lodging. | There are also 2 out-door paupers who are noi | included in the above. Bills tn Lie atnotin'. of $513 25 were aL>v paid for 23 peisons who were furnished with boarding, medical attend ance &.C., who were unable to be brought to the Poor House. Produce of Faira and Garden. 25 Tons of Hay, 5 Loads of Corn fodder 341 bushels of ears of corn 67 bushels of rye 24 bushels of buckwheat 600 bushel? of potatoes 7 bushels of beans 12 bushels large onions 1 i bushels small onions 20 bushels tomatoes 12 bushels beets S bushels turnip* < 10 bustiels pat snips 2ioo heads of cabbage 5 barrels sour krout 4 barrels cucumber pickles 4 loads sweet pumpkins 1 1 i barrels soft soap 50 pounds hard soap 200 jiounds tallow 675 pounds lard 315 pound-- butter 29*3 pounds beef i 3806 pounds pork 385 pounds veal 330 pounds mutton , 7 bpef hides i 7 calf skins 14 sheep skms 215 pounds wtv! VOLUHE 08. NEV SERIES. Stock on the Farm 2 bead of hors- s 6 cows | 1 bull ; 20 boos :>6 sheep Articles Manufactarod by Matron. 50 pairs pants 7 vests • 50 shirt? 27 chemiseg 25 handkerchiefs 30 aprons 3_chili)rens skirls 23 women's dresses 3 children's shirts 20 pair pillow slips 5 chaff licks 20 men's shirts S hoist-ts 9 sun Iron nets 4 pillows 1 I women's caps 12 women's sacks 2 round jackets 5 children'- dresses 30 pair men's socks 14 pair women's stockings 1 3 towels 5 pair drawers • 4 coats 3 7 comforts 20 sheets 3 quilted skirts 2 tlannM skirts 5 shrouds W.• the undersigned, Directors of the Poor and House of Employment of Bedford county, do certify that we have examined the above accounts, statements and reports of William Leary and George Wide!, Stewards of the said Poor and House of Employment from the fiist day of January, A. D. 1861, till the fiist of .January, A D. 1862, and find the same to be correct. Witness our hands and seals this Ist day of January, \. D. 1862. JOHN KEMERY, ADOLPHUS A Kin, J. S. BRUMBAUGH. Attest THOMAS R. GETTY'S, Clerk: Statement and report of William Learv, Steward of the Poor and House of Employ ment of Bedford county, from the first of Jan uary 1861, till the Ist April 1861. 1861, Da. ' . Jan Ist, To cash received from variius persons sl7 06 April Ist, Treasury draft Lr balance of accouut 16 73 $33 79 1861 Cr. April Ist, By amount from sundry per sons $33 79 Statement and Report of Geo. Widel, Stew ard of the Poor ai.d House of Employment of Bedford county, from the Ist dav of April,lß6l, til! tiie Ist diy ot January, A. D. 1862. 1862. ~ D. Januaiv L fo amount reoived from sundry persons $35 85 J Balance due Steward on settlement 36 Gsi 1862, Ck. Jan. 1, By cash from sundry persons $72 51 SiaicKifiit of Poor House Mill, From January 1, 1861, till January 1, 18G2. To amount ol j | t | 5 j Z- ! S grain brought in I ~ I J j if j E as per monthly | j j | w j c reports 420 256 58 i 97 60 i liaised on Farm 63 24 CR. 420 319 5Si 121 60J By am't i.( Grain used in Poor House and sold to sundry per sons for cash .St on accounts,Stc Used ill P. House 428£ 5 5 60 Horse feed 135 Hog feed 1 33 30 48 Beef feed 2 8 For seed 3 Sold sund'y per's. 36i 31 7 6 7 463 301 41 69 63 XTOTICE— IT IV P, the undersigned, have purchased the patent right of G. VV. TOLHUHST'S ECI.IPSC WASHKU, for Bedford county, and hereby forewarn all persons from infringing on said right, as other wise ihey will be dealt with according to law. MAY & SNIDER. Cumberland Valley, Feb. 14.—3 m. VDMINISTRA TOR'S NOTICE— Letters of adminhtra'ion cn the estate of Daniel Miller, late of South Woodberry tewnship, dec'ii., having been granted to the sub; scriber, all person* indebted to said estate, are bere by notified to make payment immediately, and those having claims against the same will present them properly authenticated for settlement SAMUEL TEETER, Adm'r. Residing in S. Woodiierry tp. February 14, 1862.* A DMi N IST R A TORS' NOTICE.— /\ Letters of administration on the estate of Samuel Carper, late of Middle Woodberry township, deceased, having been granted to the sub scribers, all persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and all per sons having claims against said estate will present them properly authenticated for settlement. JACOB CARPER, CHRISTOPHER ACRPER, February 14, 1862.* Adm'rs. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1862, Select soe t r ti. | THE LADY PRESIDENT'S BALL. HV KLKASOU C. IKIVXKLT.v. " I Tie lights in the President's mansion, The gas-lights cheery and red, I sec them glowing and glancing, As I toss on my wearisome bed; I see them flooding the windows. And, star-like, gemming the hall, * A\ here the tide of fashion flows inward To the Lady-President's Ball! "My temples are throbbing with fever, My limbs are palsied with pain. And the crash of that festal music Bu ms into my aching brain 1 ill I rave with delirious fancies; And coffin, and bier, and pall. Mix up with the flowers and laces Of my Lady-1 'resident's Ball! "A\ hat matter that I. poor private, Lie here on my narrow lied, With tin: fever griping my vitals, And dozing my hapless head ! What matters that nurses are callous, And rations meagre and small, So long as the bruit tnonde revel At the Lady-President's Ball! "Who pities my poor old mother — Who comforts my sweet young wife— Alone in the distant city, With sorrow sapping their life ? F have no money to send them. They cannot come at my call; No money ! yet hundreds are wasting At my Lady-1 'resident's Ball! "Hundreds—ah ! hundreds of thousands—- In satins, jewels, and wine, French dishes for dainty stomachs, (While the black broth sickens mine!) And jellies, and fruits, and cold ices, And fountains that flash as they fall; () God! for a cup of cold water From the Laily-Presi.lent's Bait I "NurseT bring me my uniform rage ! I la! why did you blow out the light? 1 lelp me up —though I'm aching and giddy, I must go to my dear ones to-night! Wife! mother! grown weary with waiting; I'm coining! I'll comfort ye all!" And the private sank dead while thoy reveled At my Lady-Pre.-ideut's Ball! A LIT" OF CONTRIBUTIONS, From the citizens (f Bedford Township to the Vol unteers. Mrs. Daniel Fetter, 1 sheet, 1 blanket, 2 pre. ol soeks. 1 gal. of apple-hut ter, 2 chickens. Mre. William Fetter, 2 pairs of socks. j Mrs. Michael Fetter, 2 pairs of socks, 1 gal j lon of apple-butter, 1 peek of dried fruit. 1 shirt, 1 roll of butter; Mrs. Isaac Reighart I pair ot pillow-slips, 1 pair of soeks, 3 quarts of | dried iruit: .Mrs. Nicholas Russell, 3 quarts of ! dried berries: Mrs. George Reighart, 2 pillows, I 1 sheet-, 1 roll of butter: Lewis Ling, 1 pair of ! blankets. s>.nrali A . Ling, 2 pillows and slips. John llolderbauta 4;) lbs of butter. Ilcttic j( royle, 1 blanket, dried fruit, 1 shirt: Juliann ; Ling, 2 chickens, James Ling, 1 chicken, sau : sages, and dried berries. Airs. David Earnest, 2 chickens, g quarts of berries. Mre. Mnrv \\ alter (of Bamu i) 2 chikens, 3 quarts of el der! terries, 3 lbs of bntte[, 1 shirt, 1 gallon of appiebutter. Mrs.William AY. Phillips 2 chiek eus. I shirt, 1 pair of soeks, 1 croch of ap ple-butter. Mary Walter. I blanket, 1 shirt, t pan- of socks. Mrs. Andrew Reighart 14 gallons appiebutter, 1 undershirt, 1 pair of socks. Airs. Jacob Zimmers, 7 lbs of butter, 1 blanket, 1 shirt, dYied fruit. Aire. Batnuel Griffith, 1 pair of pillow slips, 1 blanket, 1 shirt, 1 coverlet. Airs. Josinh Berkhiiner, 1 sheet. 1 bed comfort. Mrs. J. AY. Tomlinson, 2 ors of socks, 2 sheets, 3 lbs of butter, 1 tur key. Geo. Dibert, 1 pair of soeks. Franklin A\ alter. I pair of socks. Airs. Henry Sill, 1 roll of butter. 1 sheet, Aire. David Dibert, 1 blanket. Daniel Dibert, 1 sheet, 1 roll of but ter. Mre. Jacob D. Fetter, 1 pair of socks. Aire. Jacob Biddle. 1 crock of apple-butter, 1 shirt. Aire. Charles Imler, 1 pair at" socks, 1 crock of apple-butter. Mrs. Isaac Tmler, 1 sheet, 1 crock of apple-butter. Mrs. Abram Sill, I towel, 2 pairs of socks. Aire. Daniel AValter. 1 i lbs of butter, 1 sheet, 1 shirt. 1 pair of stockings, 2 pillows, 2 Hips, 2 quarts of dried berries, I peek of dried apples. Airs. Daniel Zimmers, 3 shirts, 2 under-shirts, 3 pre. of Drawers, 2 pairs of socks, 1 quart of dried berries, 1 peek of dried apples. John Zim mors, 4 pillows, 2 quarts of dried lierries, 3 lbs of butter, 4 peck of dried apples. Mrs. Charles Heltzel, 2 gallons of appiebutter. Airs. David Reighart, 2 quarts of dried berries, 4 peck dried apples. Mrs. Abraham Sehnavley, I shirt. John H. Sehnavley, I shirt, 3 quarts of apple-butter. 1 crock pickles. Airs. Zim mers, 1 peck dried apples, 1 pr drawers, 1 crock jeily. .Mrs. Aloorhead, 2 pre of socks, 1 pint dried berries. Mrs. Samuel Beegle, 1 pint of berries, 1 glass of jelly. Mre. Zaoh Diehl, 1 chicken, 2 doz eggs. Aliss. Ann Carny, 1 pint wortloberries. Airs. Diehl, 3 pints wh or tie lier ries and dried apples. Mre. Shartzer, 1 pair of pillow slips, 1 glass of Jelly. Mrs. Diehl, 2 chickens. Mre. Mary Ripley, 2 quarts of dried corn. Iqt grapes, 1 qt blackberries. Mrs. F. 1 Sehnavley, 1 qt of berries 1 qt of cherries, and 3 qts of dried apples. Mrs. R. Amos, 1 quilt, 1 pr drawers, 1 pr pillow slips, 2 qut whort lelrerries. .John >S. Rifcchey, 1 Shirt, 1 under shirt. Miss. Maggie Jiitchey, 1 shirt, Ipr pil low slips. Mrs. Jacob Yount, I chicken, Ipr pillow slips, 1 pr socks. Leah Reighart 2 pre of socks. Mrs. David Imler, 1 sheet, dried elder berries, 2 pillows, towel. Mary Reighart, 1 pr socks. Barbara Reighart, 1 crock apple-butter, 1 blanket. Mrs. George Zimmers, 1 sheet, 1 roll of butter, 2 doz eggs, 1 pr socks. E phraim Imler, 1 can of tomatoes, and 2 qts of cherries. Mrs. Thomas Imler, Ipr of socks. Mrs. Daniel Riddle, 2 lbs of butter, 1 quilt, 1 towel and cloths. Mrs. William Phillips f 1 comfort, 1 crock of apple-duttcr, 4 pil lows ami slips, 3 pre of socks, 3 qts of dried fruit, 6 chickens. Mrs. Jacob Welter, 1 J hcet, 1 crock apple-butter, dried fruit. An drew E. Dibert, i gallon apple-butter; Mrs. T. (.barney 1 pillow and slip, 3 qts elderberries. Mrs. John Sh artzcr, 1 pt whortleberries. Mrs. Gubernator 2 qts elderberries, i qt whort lobenies, 1 pt raspberries. Mrs. J. lbidaliam 1 gallon apple-butter, I peek dried apples. Mrs. C. A. Bridal nun, 3 pts dried whortleber ries. 1 <jt raspberries. ftirs. IV. Gephart, 1 crock apple-butter. Mrs. David Koontz; 1 pt grapes, Iqt dried corn. A. Barn hart, 1 shirt; J. Hammer. I shirt. Mrs. A. Bamhart, 6 pil low, 14 slips, 1 crock jelley, 3 qts elderberries, j gallon dried apples, 1 qt dewberries, 1 can of I tomatoes. Airs. C. Keith blanket, 3 lbs can i dies, 1 crock apple-butter, 3 lbs soap, 1 pr soeks, j 1 crock of Preserves, 2 chickens. Mrs. Henry ! Koontz, 1 crock of apple-butter, 1 peck dried ! apples. Mrs. Hammond, 1 coverlet, 1 pillow, ; 3 chickens, 3 lbs butter, 1 doz eggs, 4 doz tow ; eis, Ipt dried whortleberries. David A. Barn -1 hart, .1 shirt. Mrs. Alex. Ling, o\ lbs of but | tor, 1 doz eggs. Mrs. E. Koontz, 2 shirts, 1 ! pr socks, 1 chicken; Mrs. M. Beard, 6 qts el derberries, 2 qts whortleberries, and 2 chickens. Mrs. 8. Russell, sausages. Mrs. R. Amos, 1 quilt, 1 pair of drawers, 1 pair of pillow slips, 2 qts of whortleberries. John 8. Ritclrav, 1 shirr, 1 undershirt. Miss Maggie Ritchuv, 1 ; sheet, 1 pair of pillow slips. Mrs. Jacob Yount, 1 chicken 1 pair of pillow slips, 1 pair of socks, fjeah Reighart, 2 pairs of soeks. Mrs. David Imler, 1 sheet, dried elderberries, 2 pillows, 1 towel. Marv Reighart, 1 pair of socks. Bar bara, 1 crock of apple-butter. 1 blanket. Mrs. George Zimmers, 1 sheet, 1 roll of butter, 2 doz eggs, 1 pair of soeks. I'phraim Imler, 1 can of tomatoes, 2 qts of cherries. Mrs. Thom as Imler, 1 pair of socks, Mrs. Daniel Riddle, 2 lbs of butter, 1 quilt. I towel, cloths. Mrs. William l'hillips, L cmufort, 1 crook of apple butter, 4 pillows and slips, 3 pairs of socks, 3 qts of dried l'rnit, 6 chickens. Mrs. Jacob Walter Jr., 1 sheet. 1 crock of apple-butter, dried fruit. Ankrcw E. Dibcrt, 4 gallon ap ple-butter, and 25. Mrs. 8. Carney, 1 pillow and slips, 3 qts of elderberries. Mrs. John Shartzer, 1 pint of whortleberries. Mrs. Gub ernater, 2 quarts of elderberries, 1 qt of whort leberries, 1 pint of raspberries. Mrs. J. Brida ham, 1 gallon of apple-butter, 1 peck of dried apples. Mrs. C. A. Bridehain, 3 pts of whort leberries, I quart of raspberries. Mrs. W.Gep harl, 1 crock of apple-butter. .Mrs. David Koontz, 1 pint of grapes, 1 quart of dried corn. I>. Bamhart, 1 shirt. J. Hammer, 1 shirt. Mrs. A. Bamhart. 6 pillows. 14 pil lowslips, 1 crock of jelley, 3 qts of elderber ries, 4 gallon dried apples, 1 qt of dewberries, I can of tomatoes, Mrs. C. Keith 1 blanket, 3 lbs of candles, 1 crock of apple-butter, 3 lbs of soap, 1 pair of socks, 1 crock of preserves. 2 chickens. Mrs. Henry Koontz, 1 crock of ap ple-butter, 1 peck of dried apples. Mrs. Ham mond, I coverlet, I pillow, 3 chickens, 3 lbs of butter, 1 doz eggs, 4 doz towels, 1 pt whortle berries. D. A. Bamhart, 1 shirt. Mrs. Alex Ling, 31 lbs of butter, J doz eggs. Mre. E. Koontz, 2 shirts, 1 pair of socks, 1 chicken,- Mrs. M. Beard, 3 qts of elderberries, 2 quarts of whortleberries, 2 chickens. Mrs. 8. Russell, sausages. Miss. Maggie. Wisel, I crock of ap ple-butter; Miss Jennie Patterson, 2 chick ens, 1 glass of jelley. Mrs. M. Btifflor, 7 qts of dried apples, 3 qts peaches, 1 pt. whortleber ries, 2 qts elderberries, sausages. 1 chicken, 3 pints of apple-butter. A. Ling, 2 shirts; Mrs. J. Fetter I coverlet; Mrs. Jacob Fetter, 1 blank et, 1 qt elderberries, 1 qt of corn, 1 qt of cher ries, 1 qt of whortleberries. 1 shirt; Mrs. Ilughes 1 coverlet, 1 blanket, 1 pillow and slip: Wm. 8. Beegle, 1 shirt; I. D. Earnest 1 blanket, 1 shirt; Thomas Beegle, 1 shirt and 2 collars; George A. Beegle, 1 pr socks, Mrs. Alex. Price, 1 blanket, 1 towel, 1 qt, dried fruit: Mrs. H. Beegle, 7 qts of dried fruit. Cash by differ ent persons $15.07. DANIEL FETTER, Pres. 11. W. FISHER, Sec. S3"A good Alethodist minister at the AYest, who lived on a very small salary, wasgreatly in trouble atone time to get his quarterly instal ment. He had called on the steward a number of times, but had each time been put off with some excuse. His wants at length becoming urgent, he went to his steward and told him that he must have his money, as his family was suf fering for tiic necessaries of life. "Money!" replied the steward, ii You preach for money I I thought that you preached for the good of souls!" "Souls!" replied the minister: "I can't eat | souls, and if I could, it would fake a thousand such souls as yours to make a decent meal!" t ~*A married monster said that lie lately dreamed that he had an angel by his side, and upon waking up found it was nobody but his wife. Cg" AY hat is the difference between an accep ted and a rejected lover? The one kisses his Missus, and the other misses his kisses. The gallant Second Kansas, that was so badly cut to pieces at Springfield, has been transform ed into a cavalry regiment, with full ranks. WHOLE XHEBEK, 2998. THE GORGEOUS FETE. Milium Beown and las Friends at the. White House u/nui a late Festive occasion—% VilliuvCs lieflee tion—The Toilettes—The Punch. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. * * * All the IX-st looking uniforms in the anny were invited to Mrs. Lincoln's Ball at the White House, on Wed nesday, and of course I was favored, together I with the General of the Mackerel Brigade, and Captain Yilliam Brown of Aeeomac. My tick et, my boy, was aristocratic as a rooster's tail 1 at sunrise. (Cutlets.) E Pi.up.r BUST UNIOX (Oysters.) ORPHEUS C. KERR.' Pleasure of your company at the White House, (R. S. P. V.) Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1862, 8 o'clock, p. m. (Half Mourning for Prince Albert.) (No smok iag allowed.) At an early hour in the evening of the fete the General of the Mackerel Brigade came to my room in a perfect perspiration of brass but tons and white kids, and I asked him what 'mo smoking aloud" meant I "Why," says he, putting wig straight and licking a stray drop of brandy from one of his gloves, '-it means that if you try to "smoke" any of the generals at the ball as to the plan of the camgaign, you musn't do "aloud." "Thunder," says the General, in a line glow of enthusiasm, " the only plan of the campaign that I know anything about is the rat aplan." Satisfied with the General's explanation, 1 j proceeded with my toilette, audpresently beam- j etl upon him in such a resplendent conglomera- j tion oi ruffles, brass buttons, epaulettes and j Hungarian pomade, that I reminded him of a comet just come out of a leather bed, with its I tail done up in papers. "My Magnus Apollo," said lie, "the way I you bear that white cravat shows you to be of rich but genteel parentage. Any man," says he, "who can wear a white cravat without look ing like a coachman may pass for a gentleman born. Two-tliirds of the clergymen that wear it look like footmen in their grave clothes." We then took a hack to the White House, my boy, and on arriving there, were delighted to find that the rooms were already tilling with statesmen, miss-statesmen, mrs-statesmen, and officers, who had so much lace and epaulets a bout them that they looked like walking brass foundries with the front door open. The first object that attracted my especial at tention, however, was a thing that I took for a large and ornamental pair of tongs leaning a against a mantle, figured in blue enamel with a life like imitation of a window brush on top. I directed the General's attention to it, and ask ed him if that was one of the unique gifts pre sented to the Government by the late Japanese embassy ? 'Thunder!' says tlie General, "that's no tongs. It's the young man which is Capt. Yilliam Brown oi* Aeeomac. Now that I look at him,"says the General, "he reminds me of an old fashioned straddle bug." Stepping from one lady's dress to another, un til I reachi d the side of the commander of the Aeconuie, 1 slapped him on the back, and says "I low are you, my blue bird and what do you think of this brilliant assemblage?" "Ila!" trr.id A iiliain, starting out of a brown study and putting some cloves in bis mouth, to disguise the water he'd drank on his way from Acconiac—"l was just thinking wliqt my moth er would say if she could see rue and the other snobs here to-night. AVlreu I look on the wo men of America around sue to-night, savs A'ill iam, feelingly, "and see how much they've cut oil f rom the tops of their dresses, to make ban dages lor our wounded soldiers, I can't help feeling that their neck-or-nothing appearance—so far from being indelicate, is a very delicate proof of their devoted love of Union." "I agree with you, my azure humanitarian." says I. "There's precious little waste about such dresses." A'illiani closed one eye, turned his head one. side like a facetious canary, ami says he— "Now lovely woman scants her dress, with bandages the sick to bless; and stoops so far to war's alarms, her very frock is under arms." I believe him, my boy ! * Returning to the Genera), we took a turn in the East Room, .and enjoyed the panorama of youth, beauty and whiskers, that wound its va riegated lengtli before us. The charming Airs. 1/ , of Illinois, was richly attired in a frock and gloves, and wore a wreath of flowers from amaranthine bowers. She was affable as an angle with a new pair of wings, and was universally allowed to be the. most beautiful woman present. The enthralling Aliss C , from Ohio, was elegantly clad in a dress, and wore number four gaiters. 80 brilliant was her smile, that when she laughed-at one of Lord Lyon's witticisms, all one corner of the room was wrapped in a glare of light, and several nervous dowagers cried "Fire!" Her beauty was certainly the most beautiful present. The fascinating AlissL , of Pennsylvania, was superbly robed in an attire of costly mate rial, with expensive flounces.—She wore two gloves and a complete pair of ear-rings, and spoke so musically that the Marine Band thought there was an leolian harp in the window. Bhe was certainly the most beautiful woman [.res ent. The bewitching Miss G' , from Missouri, was splendidly dressed in a breast-pin and lace flounces, and wore her hair brushed back from a forehead like Mount Athos. Her eyes remin ded one of diamond springs sparkling in the shade of whipering willows. Bhe was decided ly the finest type of beauty presc-v.t. The President wore his coat and whiskers, and bowed to all salutations like a graceful door hinge. There was a tali western Senator present, Rates of : One Square, three weeasor leap . .$1 00 One Square, each additional insertion less than three monihj 23 3. MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 YEAR. One square • $2 00 $3 00 $5 00 Two squares 3, 00 5 00 9 CO Three squares 4 00 ?" 00 12 00 i Column S 00 9 00 15 00 i Column 800 12 00 20 00 4 Column ......... 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 The spice occupied by ten lines of this size of type counts one square. Alt fractions of a square under five lines will be measured as a half square ; and all over five lines as a full square. All legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand ing them in. VOL. 5. NO. 34. who smiled so much above his stomach, that I was reminded of the beautiful lines—- " As some tall cliff that lift s its awful form, Swells frtm the vale and midway leaves the storm Though round its base a country's ruin spread, Eternal moonshine settles on its head." I 'pon going into supper room, my bey, I be j held a paradise of eatables that made me wish im - -elf a knife and fork, with nothing but a bot tle of mustard to keep me company. There were oysters a la fiouhun ; Turkeys a la ruf fles; chickens a la Mathumleh; beef a la Ball Run; fruit a la stiuwkake ; jellies a la Kolaramorbus ; and ices a la arjuefltz. The ornamental confectionary was beautiful ly symbolical of the times. At one end of the ta'ole there was a large lump of white candy, with six carpet tacks lying npon it. This rep resented the "Tax on Sugar." At the other end was a large platter containing imitation mud, in which two candy I Jrigudicrs were swim ming towards each other, with their swords be tween their teeth. This symbolized "War." These being very hard times, my boy, and the Executive not being inclined to be too ex pensive in its marketing, a most ingenious ex pedient was adopted to make it appear that there were just twice as much of certain costly delicacies on the table as there really was. A bout tl'.e centre of the tabic lay a large, mirror, and on this was placed a few expensive dishes. Of course the looking glass gave them a doub le effect. For instance, if there was a pound of beefsteak on the plate, it produced another pound in the glass, and the effect was two pounds. When economy can be thus artistically blen ded with plentitude, my boy, money ceases to be king, and butchers'bills dwindle. Hereafter, when I receive for my rations a pint of trans parent coffee and two granite biscuits, I shall use a looking ghtss for a plate. It was the very whieh-ing hour of the night when the General and myself left the glittering scene, and we had to ask several patrols which way to go < )n parting with my comrade-in-arms, says I: "General, the ball is a success." He looked at me in three winks, and says he : "It was a success—particularly the bowl of punch." Yours, for soda water, OitPHET'S C. KIiRU. From the Farmer and Gardener. WORK IN THE GARDEN FOR MARCH. SOWING ASTAIIAGUS SEED. —This seed may be sown, about the middle, or towards the lat ter end of this month, on four feet wide beds of rich earth. Sow it tolerably thin on the sur face, clap it in with the back of a spade, cover it a little l>etter than half an inch deep with earth out of the alleys, and then rake the beds smooth. SOWING BEET SEED. —For this porpose make choice of a piece of rich deep ground; lay it out into four teet wide beds, push the loose earth into the alleys, then sow the seed tolera bly tlun and cover it with the earth out of theise alleys to about three-quarters of an inch deep. Or let drills be drawn with a hoe, near an inch deep, and a foot or little more asunder; drop the seeds thinly therein and cover them over the same depth as above. Or you may sow the seed on a piece of ground, rough after be ing dug, and rake it well in. ONlON. —There are various methods of sow ing seed; but first I will give you the one prac tised by the most judicious and careful garden ers. As you proceed in digging the ground rake it well after you; that being done lay it out into three and a half, or four feet wide beds, with alleys between of about a foot wide; then with the back of the rake push otf the light loose earth from the top of each bed in the alleys, one half to the one side, the other to the oppo site: this done, and being provided with good seed, sow it thereon at the rate of one pound for every sixteen rods, and with a shovel cast the earth out of the alleys over the beds, cov ering the seeds evenly about half an inch deep; then rake the beds lightly, drawing olf all the lumps into the alleys. When the plants are up let them be kept very clean and free from weeds of any kind by a good careful hand-weeding, which is to be re peated. from time to time, as they require it; ancl where tlx y grow too close thin them to a bout two inches, plant from plant, all over the beds; by these means you will have excellent onions for the table the first year. Sowing seed, to produce small seed onions, will answer better in April, which see. If sown in this month, they would generally grow to too large a size for that purpose. SOWING PAUSLEY- —Parsley seed may be sown in a single drill along the edge of the quarters or borders of the garden; if will make a useful and also neat edging, if not suffered to grow rank, especially the curled parsley; or if large supplies are wanted for market, it may bo sown in continued rows nine inches asunder, or upon the general surface, trod down and raked in. THE MARKETS. BATTERIES. —There lias been a decided ad vance on the rebel batteries, particularly on the Cumberland, and the entire stock was closed out, and charged to profit ajjd loss the rebels ta king the latter. NAVIGATION.—A high boating stage on the Cumberland and Tennessee Ktvers is fatal to a large amount of rebel property exposed on the banks. Several boats having discharged their cargoes with grt-.d- precisions, consignees making an assignment from overstock. „ EXCHANGE. —Southern exchange is easy and declining, plenty otiering and taken in two large lots. The iittle balance of f'ifotpe hundred,'' re cent iy announced as against the Government being now ; 'on the contrary quite the reverse." BACON.—A decided movement in the rebel stocks, both in Tennessc and missonri two prin cipal holders Price and Floyd at last accounts : being busy saving theirs with great diligent*.
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