THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is rt'BU-tiF.D rcvr.u v tbiday morning BV B. F. iHSJllliltS, At ttie following Terms, to wit i Sil.oOper annum, cash, in advance. $2.00 '< " il paid within the year. $2-56 41 " it not paid within the year. K5"-No subscription taken for lesr than six months. paper discontinued until all ariearages are paid ,ui less at the option of the publisher, it has tieen decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment t arrearages, is prima faci evidence ot fraud and is a criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it the) tulce them from the post office, wheth er hey s ibscribe for them, or not. IIKC HII'TS AM) KM'KM) I Tims Of fie Poor nrxl House of Employment of itedford County, fo> the year ending Janu ary I, i). 1 862. GEORGE BLYMIRE, Treasurer. 1 £O2, Dr. T<> balance or. settlement, January I, 1801, -4-15 99 Anuunrs receives! from Collector* 4,975 63 Amount, $5,391 6J Balance due Treasurer 198, 02 §5,559 64 Fit. Bv amount paid nu! on sundry iherks as lo!- lows, viz : Wheat and (lour $ 99 88 Potatoes 30 05 S'ove and Castillo* 104 50 Director* of Butler rn. Aim* House S3 00 Directors of Huntingdon ro. do 31 53 John M nver, A'loi n"V ? s fees 10 00 Apple Ixtitep and diied liuil 129_6S Cows and beef cattle 531 49 Cows and beeves 8] 91 Drv goods and groceries 1,912 31 Printing 13S 50 J. Filler on con'ract for building 178 10 Beef and Bacon 412 78 Making fence and lumber 76 19 .Repairs at mill 140 99 Removal of Paupers 18 67 Support of out door paupers 300 00 VVm Leaty,steward, and Mrs. Lea ry, Matron, 144 43 Dts. Harry and U-arrer, salary and medicine 14(5 R7- J. S. Brumbaugh f>r wagon 60 00 Directors of Fra.ikliti co. Alms House 23 47 Refunded to collector* 53 51 Making coffins 20 00 Justices fees IS 55 Messrs. Smouse, Amos, K-mery, Brumbaugh and Geltys, ,alary 16 4 00 Miscellaneous checks 175 12 Interest on checks . Treasurer's salary 40 00 Stationery 10 00 Auditors and clerks salary 20 ot/ Exonerations .allowed collectors 102 +8 Percentage 41 44 141 61 §f>,:iS9 <>4 Amount due f am collet tors Si>. ; >,?i2 We the undersigned, Auditors ol Bedford county, do certify that we have examined the foregoing arcoont ot George Blymire, Treasu rer uf the Poor and House of Employmeut of Bedford county, and find the same tube correct and true as above stated, and ttiat there is a bal ance doe said Treasurer of SI9S 02. Witness our hands and seals this Bth day nf January, A. 0. 1862. DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BAUGH MAX, Attest, DANIEL L. UEFiILVLGH. Thomas K. Ggttys, Clerk. List of paupers adrni'ted, discharged, died, K.C., Sec., durtug each month, and the number remaining at the end of* each month ; also the average number supported in the House during the var, together with the number of out door paupers sii|)|xn ted bv the Institution, from the ii-si of January JB6l, till the first of January 18G2. | ? f r i 11 i i t I-S-? ? i I J -1-* = 2 ' a. ®s 15"-. 4 IM I 1861, Jariujrr, 2 ' ft February, 2 2 1 20 March b 8 10 April, 7 2 38 22 May, . 2 3 •_; 10 .tune, 2 2 2 July. 6 1 1 4 1 16 Allans'. ~ 2 2 43 1 , Mrptember, 2 11 1/ October, 2 2 111 40 17 November, 2 2 1 40 lb December, 0 8 2 6 1 1 10 19 M.ming an aveiage t>| f)2 js.-i month, of whom 7 are co! leu, 2 aie lb are insane, and 4 (g:e confined to bed also 581 wayfaring pass-m --were provided with board and lodging. There are ais> 2 out-doo: paupers who are not nc'iuted in lite above. Bills tu the amount of 4>slvi 2"> weie also paid tor 23 peisons who "were furnished with boarding, medical attend ance, &c., who weie unable to be brought to tiie Poor House. Produce of Farm and Garden. 25 Tons of Hay, 5 Loads of Corn (odder .'ill bushel? of eais of corn <7 Cusheis of rye 24 bushels ot buckwheat iO.d Vyshel? of potatoes 7 bushels of bean? J 2 bushels large onions 1 i bushels small onions 20 bushels tomatoes 12 bushels beets 8 bushels turnips 10 bushels pa:snips So',oo. heads of cabbage 5. barrels sour krout 4- barrels cucumber pickles 4- loads sweet pumpkins 11 i barrels soft soap 50 pounds ha,id soap, 200 pounds tallow (175 pounds lard 315 pounds buttet 2963 pounds beef 3806 pounds pork 385 pounds veal 330 pounds mutton 7 beef hides 7 calf skins 14 sheep skins Qls pounds woo! voi,i m: sss. XEVV SERIES. Stock on tfto Farm -2 head of hots s 6 cows 1 bull 20 hogs -56 sheep Articles Manufactured k.y Matron. 50 pairs pants 7 Vests 50 shirts 27 chemise* 25 handkerchiefs 30 aprons 3 ctiililrens skirts 23 women's dresses. 3 cbiliiten's shirts 20 pair pillow slij s 5 chatf ticks 20 men's shirts. 8 bo!-l i s 9 sun lion net s 4 pillow s 1 1 women's caps 12 women's sacks 2 round jackets 8 children'* dresses 3.) pair men's socks !4 pair women's, stoikings 1 3 towels 5 pair drawers 4 coats 17 comforts 20 sheets 3 quilted skirls 2 (ha op el skiits 5 shrouds We the undersigned, Direciots- of the Poor anil House of Employment of Bedford county, <Ui certify that we have examined the above accounts, statements ami reports of William Learv and George Wide!, Stewards of the said Poor and House of Employment from the ffist day ol January, A. I). 1861, till the fiisl of Janus v, A D- 186 2, a tut find the same to be correct. Witness :>ur hand? and seals this Ist day ol January, \. D 1862. JOHN K EMEU A*, ADOLF HITS AKE, J. S. BRIT MBA UGH. Attest Thomas R. Gettys, Clerk: Slafeiiient and report of William Learv, Steward ot the Poor and "House of Employ ment of Bedford county, from the first of Jan uary 1861, til! the Ist April INGI. 1861, Da. Jan Ist, To cash received from various persons §l7 06 April Ist, Treasury dial! fir bafance of account !o 73 §33 79 1861 C'r*. April Ist, By amount from sundry per aoivi §33 79 Statement and Repoit of Geo. Widel, Stew ard of tile Poor at.d lliitt-e of Employment of Bedford county, fioin the Ist day ol April, 1861, til! the Ist day ol January, A. D. 1862. 1862. Da. January I, To am runt received ftom sundry pers >ns . §35 85 J Balatue utt Steward on settlement 36 6f>4 1862, (' R. Jan. 1, By cash from sunJty petsms §72 51 Statement vf I'oor HUSP .Hill, From January 1, 1801, till January I, 1862. Da. I 5 1*! Cj =; 2 To amount ol { 5" i ' | 5 i 5 j £ grain brought tn I - ! I if!? as per monthly j j I j % f x r.-ports " 420 256 584 97 004 Raised on Farm 63 24 CR. 420 319 584 121 GOi By airi 1 "! < 1 Grain in i'oor House and sold to sundry per sons for cash on accounts,&c Ued in P. House 428 i 5 5 60 Horse teed 135 H'g teeii 133 30 48 Bee! leed 2 8 For fetd 3 Sold srmd'y jwr's. 364 31 7 6 7 465 304 44 69 63 OTJCE.— We, the undersigned, have purchased the patent right of G. W. TOLHLRST'S ECLIPSE WASHER, for Bedford county, and hereby forewarn all persons from infringing on said right, as other wise they will be dealt with according to law. MAY & SNIDER. Cumberland t alley, Feb. 14.—3 m. ADM! NtSTHATOR'S NOT!CR— Letters of administration on the estate of Daniel Miller, late of South Woodberry tewnsbip, dee'd., having been granted to the sub scriber, all persons indebted to said esta'e, are here by notified to make payment immediately, and those having claims against the same will present them property authenticated for settlement SAMUEL TEETER, Adm'r. Residing ipS. Woodberry tp. February 14, 1862.* A DMi N IST R ATORS' 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 a.l per sons having claims against said estate will present them properly authenticate.! tor settlement. ' JACOB CARPER, CHRISTOPHER ACRPER, February 14. 1562.* Adm'rs. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MOXNING, MARCH 28, 1862. Select sort rij . THE LADY PRESIDENT'S BALL. IVY KRK.W'OK ('. IWTvMCrj.V. "The lighls in tin* Pr<*sident"s mansion. The gas-lights cheery and red, I S(*e them glowing and glancing, As 1 toss on my wearsome lxal; 1 see them flooding the windows, And, star-like, gemming the hall, \\ here the tide of fashion flows inward To the Lady-President's Ball! "AN temples are throbbing with lover, My limbs arc ptdsied with pain. And the crash of that festal nmsic Burns into my aching brain Til! I rave with delirious fancies; And coffin, and bier, and pall, Mix up with the flowers and laces <)!' niv Lady-President*s Ball! "AYliat matter that I. poor private, Lie here on my narrow l*'d, AVith the '(■ —t griping my v itals. And" dozing my hapless head \ What matters that nurses are callous, And rations meagre and small. So long as the henn mnwle revel At the Lady-President's Ball! • AYho pities my poor old mother— Who comforts my sweet young wifi— Alone in the distant city, AVith sorrow sapping their life ? I have no money to send them, They cannot conic ;U my call ; No money! vet hundreds are wasting At my Lady-President's Ball! ' Hundreds—ah! hundreds of thousands— In satins, jewels, ami wine, French dishes for dainty stmnacliS, (AVliiJc the black broth sickens mine!) And jellies, an 1 fruits, and cold ice?." And fountains that llasli us they fall; O God! fur a cup fit cold water From the Lady-Prc.-ident's Ball! "Nurse! bring me niv uniform ragged— Ha! why did you blow out the light ? Help me uj> —though I'm aehing and giiiK". I must go to my dear ones to-night! AA'ife! mother! grown weary with waiting: I'm coming! l'il comfort ye all!** And the private sank dead while they reveled At my lauly-Prcsideiit's Ball! A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, From till' i.ttKrn,* Ol }y ' <;•■/ ToiC:i,<h>Jt 1,/ t.'i, [ ;l unteerr. Airs. Daniel Fetter. 1 sheet. ! blanket, 2 prs. of socks, 1 gal. of apple-butter, 2 elm kens. Mis. \\ iltiain Fetter. 2 pairs of Pocks. Airs. Michael Fetter, 2 pairs of socks, 1 gal lon* of apple-butter. 1 peck of dried fruit, 1 shirt, 1 roll of batter; Airs. Isaac Keigbart 1 pair of pillow-slips. 1 pair of socks. 3 quarts of dried fruit: Airs. Nicholas Ivus-ell, 3 quarts ot dried berries: Airs. Gcory Keigbart, 2 pillows, 1 sheet, 1 roll of butter: Lewis Ling, 1 pair of blankets. Sarah A.. Ling, 2 pillows and slips. John llohierbamn 1 | lbs of butter. llettie Croyle. 1 blanket, dried fruit, 1 shirt: Jaliann Ling, 2 chickens. James Ling, 1 chicken, sau sages. and dried berries. Airs. David Earnest, 2 chickens. 2 quarts of berries. Airs. Mary AValter (of Samuel) 2 eliikens, 3 quarts of el derlK'i'ries, 3 lbs of butter. 1 shirt. 1 gallon of applehutter. Airs."William AV. Phillips 2 chick ens. 1 shirt. 1 pair of socks, I croch of np ple-lutter. .Miirv WalFr. 1 blanket, 1 shirt. 1 pair of socks. Mrs. Andrew Reighart 1 f gallons a pplehut I or, 1 undershirt, 1 pail* of socks. Mrs. Jacob Ziniincrs, 7 lbs of butter, ! blanket, 1 shirt, dried fruit. Airs. Samuel Griffith. I pair of pillow sii}>, I blanket, 1 shirt, 1 coverlet. Mrs. Josiah Berkhimer, I sheet, 1 bed comfort. Mrs. J. A\*. Tomlinson, 2 prs of socks, 2 slieels. 3 lbs of butter, 1 tur key. Geo. Dibcrt, 1 pair of soeks. Franklin AA'alter. 1 pair of socks. Mrs. Ilenrv Sill, 1 roll of butter. 1 sheet, Mrs. David Dibcrt, 1 blanket. Daniel Dilvrt, 1 sheet, 1 roll of but ter. Mrs. Jacob D. Fetter, 1 pair of socks. Mrs. Jacob Fiddle. 1 crock of apple-butter, 1 shirt. Mrs. Charles Tinier. 1 pair of socks, 1 crock of applc-bntter. Mrs. Isaac Imler, 1 sheet, 1 crock of apple-butter. Airs. A brain Sill, 1 towel, 2 pairs of socks. All's. Daniel Walter, 1 1 ibs of butter, 1 sheet, 1 shirt, 1 pair of stockings, 2 pilloy.s,, 2 .-Hi* s ? - quarts ot dried berries, 1 peck of dried apples. Airs. Daniel Zimmers, J shirts, 2 under-shirts, 3 prs. of Drawers. 2 pairs of socks, 1 quart of dried lx-rries, 1 peek of dried apples. John Ziin rners, 4 pillows, 2 quarts of dried berries, 3 lbs of butter, h peck of dried*apples. Mrs. Charles Hcltzcl, 2 gallons of applebutter. Airs. David Reighart, 2 quarts of dried berries, | peck dried apples. Mrs. Abraham Schnavlcy, 1 shirt. John 11. Schnavlev, 1 shirt. 3 quarts of apple-butter, 1 crock pickles. Mrs. Zim mers, 1 pock dried apples, 1 pr drawers, 1 crock jellv. Alis. Moorhead, 2 prs of socks, 1 pint dried berries. Airs. Samuel Beegle, 1 pint of berries. I glass of jellv. Airs. Zaeh Diebl, 1 chicken, 2 doz eggs. Miss. Ann Carny, 1 pint wortlelxrries. Airs. Diebl, 3 pints whortleber ries and dried apples. Mrs. Shartecr, 1 pair of pillow slips. 1 glass of Jelly. Mrs. Diebl, 2 I chickens. Mrs. Mary Ripley. 2 quarts of dried J corn, Iqt grapes, 1 qt blackberries. Mrs. F. ' SchnaVley. 1 qt of berries 1 qt of cherries, and I I Hi ,i ii mil ■■... ii 3 qts of tli*iel apples. Mrs. It. Amos. I quilt, J pr drawers, I pr pillow slips, 2 qut whort leberries. !S. Kitehev, L shirt, 1 under shirt v Miss. Maggie Kitehev, 1 shirt, 1 pr pil low slips. Mrs. Jacob Yount, I chicken, Ipr pillow slips. 1 pr socks. Leah Keigbart 2 prs ot I socks. Mrs. Davi-1 1 mler, 1 slieet, dried elder | berries, 2 pillows, towel. Mary Keigbart, 1 pr | socks. Barbara Keigbart, 1 crock apple-butter, 1 blanket. Mrs. George Ziuuners, 1 sheet, 1 | roll of butter, 2 doz eggs, 1 pr socks. E phraiui Itnlcj - , 1 can of tomatoes, and 2 qts of ••berries. Mrs. Thomas [inter, Ipr of socks. Mrs. Daniel Kiddie, 2 Has of butter, 1 quilt, 1 towel and cloths. Mrs. W illiaut Phillips 1 comfort, 1 crock of apple-dutter, 4 pil lows and slips, 3 prs of socks, 3 qts of dried fruit, 0 ch iekens. Mrs. Jacob Walter, 1 sheet, 1 crock apple-butter, dried fruit. An drew K. Ddiert, i gallon apple-butter; Mrs. T. Carney 1 pillow and slip, 3 qts elderberries. Mrs. John Sh artzcr, I pt whortleberries. Mrs. Gulx-rnator 2 qts elderberries, 1 qt whort leberries, 1 pt raspberries. Mrs. J. Bridaham I gallon apple-butter, 1 peck dried -apples. Mrs. C\ A. Bridaham, 3 pts dried whortleber rics, Iqt raspberries. Mrs. W. Gephart, 1 crock apple-butter. Mrs. David Koontz; 1 pt grape*, Iqt dried corn. A. Barn hart, 1 shirt; X llainnier. 1 shirt. Mrs. A. Bamhart, (i pil low, 14 slips, 1 crock jelley, 3 qts elderberries, A gallon dried apples, 1 qt dewberries, 1 can ot tomatoes. Mrs. C. Keitf, blanket, 3 lbs can dles. 1 eroek apple-butter, 3 lbs soap, 1 prsoeks, 1 crock of Preserves, 2 chickens. Mj's. Henry Koontz. 1 crock of apple-butter, 1 jieek dried apples. Mrs. Hammond. 1 coverlet, 1 pillow, 3 chickens, 3 lbs buttf r, I doz eggs, A doz tow els, 1 jt dried whortleberries. David A. ltarn harf, 1 shirt. Mrs. Alex. Ling, 3} lbs of but ter, 1 doz eggs. .Mrs. E. Koontz, 2 shirts, 1 pr socks, 1 chicken; Airs. AI. Beard, 0 qts el doiberi ie.s, 2 qts whortlclxaries, and 2 ehiekens. Airs. S. Kussell, sausages. Mrs. 11. Amos, 1 quilt, 1 pair of drawers, 1 pair of pillow slips, 2 qts of whortleberries. John S. Kitchoy, 1 shirt, 1 undershirt. Miss Maggie Kitehey, 1 sheet, 1 pair of pillow slips. Mrs. Jacob \ ount. 1 ehieken 1 pair of pillowslips, 1 pair of socks. Leah Reighart, 2 pairs ol socks. Mrs. David Imler, 1 sheet, dried elderberries, 2 pillows, 1 towel. Mafy Keigbart, 1 pair of socks. 1 tar bar*, of appledmtter, 1 blanket. Mrs. (;,-i|£ge Ziimiu-rs. 1 sheet 1 roll of butter, 2 divfeagsA t>air of qcrotercrfty • as Imler, 1 pair of socks. Airs. Daniel Kiddle, 2 lbs of lmtter, 1 quilt, 1 towel, cloths. Mrs. William Phillips, 1 comfort. 1 crock of apple butter, 4 pillows and slips, 3 pairs ot socks, 3 qts of dried l'ruit, G chickens. Mrs. Jacob Walter Jr.. 1 sheet, 1 crock of apple-butter, dried fruit. Ankrew I*.. Dilx-rt, A gallon ap-! pie-butter, and 23. Mrs. S. Carney, 1 pillow and slips, 3. qts of elderberries.. Airs. John J Sharlzer, I pint of whortleberries. All's. Gub ernater, 2 quarts of elderberries, 1 qt of whort- I lebcrries, 1 pint of raspberries. Airs. J. Brida ham. 1 gallon of apple-butter, 1 peck of dried apples. Airs. C. A. Brideham, 3 pts ofwhort lclx-rries, 1 quart of raspberries. Airs. W.( iep hart, 1 crock of appi -butter. Airs. David Koontz. 1 pint of grapes, 1 quart of dried corn. B. Bamhart, I shirt, d. IJaminer, j I shirt. Airs. A. Barnhart, G pillows, 14 pil-1 t low slips, 1 crock of jelley, 3. qts ot elderbex- | rics. A gallon dried apples, 1 qt of dewberries, j 1 can of tomatoes. Airs. C. Koifi. I blanket, 3 lbs of candles, 1 crock of apple-butter, 3 lbs ol ' soap, 1 pair of socks. 1 crock of preserves, 2 ehiekens. Mrs. Henry Koontz. i crock of ap-1 pie-butter, 1 peek of dried apples. Airs. Ham mond, 1 coverlet, 1 pillow, 3 chickens, 3 lbs of butter, 1 doz eggs. A doz towels, 1 pt whortle berries. D. A. Barnhart, 1 shirt. All's. Alex Ling, 3} lbs of butter, 1 doz eggs. Airs. E. Koontz, 2 shirts, 1 pair of socks, 1 chicken: j Mrs. Al. Beard, 3 qts of elderberries, 2 quarts I of whortleberries, 2 ehiekens. Mrs. S. Kussell, sausages. Miss. Maggie Wisel, 1 crock of ap ple-butter; Aliss Jennie Patterson, 2 chick ens. 1 glass of jelley. Mrs. Al. StifHer, 7 fits j of ilried apples, 3 fits peaches. 1 pt. whortlobor- j lies, 2 fits elderberries, sausages, 1 chicken, 3 pints of apple-lmtter. A. Ling, 2 darts; Airs. J. Fetter 4 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: Airs. Hughes 1 coverlet, 1 blanket, 1 pillow and slip: Wm. S. Beegle, 1 shirt-I. D. Earnest 1 blanket, 1 shirt: Thomas Beegle, 1 shirt and 2 collars; George A. Beegle, 1 prsoeks, Mrs. Alex. Price, 1 blanket, 1 towel, 1 qt, dried fruit; All's. 11. Beegle, 7 qts of dried fruit. Cash by differ ent jicrsons §13.07. DANIEL FETTER, Pres. 11. AY. Fisher, Sec. Ufyr-.V good Methodist minister at the AA est, who lived on a very small salary, was greatly in trouble at one time to get bis quarterly instal ment. lie bad called on the steward a number of times, but had each time been put off" with some excuse. I lis wants at length becoming urgent, he went to his steward and told him that he must have bis money, as lias family was suf fering lor the necessaries of life. "Money!" replied the steward, " You preach for monnfl I thought that you preached for the good of souls!" "Souls!" replied the minister; "I can't cat souls, and if I could, it would take a thousand such souls as yours to make a decent meal!' married monster said that Ire lately dreamed that he had an/angel by his side, and upon waking up found it wa? nobody but his wife. • CaJ~What 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 i eJ into a cavalry regiment, with full ranks. WHOM: THE GORGEOUS FETE. VtUiciin Brown and his Friend* at the White House ■i/jton a bite Fry ft re orrnyion— Villinni's Reflec tion — The Toilettes—The Punch. AVasiiinctox, Feb. 7. * * * All the best looking uniforms in the army were invited to Mrs. Lincoln's Ball at the White House, on AVed nesdav, and of course I was favored, together with the General of the .Mackerel Brigade, and C'aptaiYi ATHiam Brown of Aecomac. My tick et, my boy, was aristocratic as a rooster's tail at sunrise. . (Cutlets.) E Pluri Bust L'nion (Oyster.*.) 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 ing allowed.) At an early hour in the evening of the fete the General of the Mackerel Brigade came to my room iti a perfect perspiration of brass but tons and white kids, and I asked him what "no smoking aloud" meant? "AVhy," 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 hall as to the plan of the camgaign, you musn't do "aloud." "Thunder," savs the General, in a tine glow of enthusiasm, " the only plan of the campaign that 1 know anything about isthe rat aplan." Satisfied with the General's explanation, I proceeded with my toilette, and presently beam ed upon him in such a resplendent conglomera tion ot rufites, brass buttons, epaulettes and I Bulgarian pomade, that I reminder] him of a comet just come out of a feather bed, with its tail done up in papers. " Aly Alaguus Apollo," said he, "the way 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-thirds of the clergymen that wear it look like footmen in their grave clothes." AVc then took a hack to, the AYhite House, my boy, and on arriving there, were delighted to find that the rooms were already filling with statesmen, miss-statesmen, mrs-statesmen. and officers, who hail so much lace and epaulets a bqpTjfoeni. that they looked like walking brass ft iiludit l * -ftour 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- 1 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 the General, "that's nofongs. It's the voung man which is C'apt. A'illiam Brown of Aceomac. Now thatl look at him,"says the General, "lie remind- me of an old fashioned straddle bug." Stepping from one lady's dress to another, un til I reached the side of the commander of the Accoiuac, I slapped him on the back, and says I : "llow are you, my blue bird and what do you think of this brilliant assemblage?" "Ila'." said A'illiam, starting out of a brown study and putting some cloves in his mouth, to disguise the water he'd drank on his way from Accoiuac —"1 was just thinking what my moth er would say if she could see me ami the other snobs here to-night. AVhen I look on the wo men of America around me to-night, says A'Ul "uuu. feelingly, "and see how much they've cut oil'from the tops of their dresses, to make ban dages for 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," savs I. "There's precious little waste about such dresses." Yilliara closed one eye, turned his head one side like a facetious canary, and says lie— "Now lovely woman scants her dress, with bandages the sick to bless; and stoops so tar to war's alarms, her very- frock is under arms." I believe him, my boy! Returning to the General, we took a turn in the East Room, and enjoyed the panorama of youth, beauty and whiskers, that wound its va riegated length before us. The charming Airs. L ,of Illinois, was richly attired in a frock and gloves, and wore a wreath of flowers from amaranthine bowers. She was affable its an angle with a new pair of wings, and was universally allowed to lie the most beautiful woman present. The enthralling Aliss C . from Ohio, was elegantly clad in a dress, and wore number four gaiters. So 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 beautif ll present. The fascinating Aliss L ,of Pennsylvania, was superbly robed in an attire ot costly mate rial, with expensive flounces. —She wore two gloves and a complete pair of ear-rings, and spoke so musically that the Marine Hand thought there was an aeolian harp in the window. She was certainly the most beautiful woman pres 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 Atbos. ller eves remin ; ded one of diamond springs sparkling in the shtfde of whipering willows. She was deciiled ly the finest type of beauty present. ' The President wore his coat and whiskers, and bowed to all salutations like a graceful door hinge. .There was a tall western Senator present. Hatfs of : One Square, three weeasor less m .ft 09 One Square, each adriitiotal insertion less than three months . . .. 25 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR. , One square • $2.00 $3 00 $5 00 Two squares 3-00 5 00 9 00 ' Three squaies 00 700 12 00 j i Column -5 00. 900 15 00 | i Column 800 12 00 20 00 j i Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 j One Column 18 00 30 90 50 00 The spice occupied by ten lines of this size of i type eount* one square. All fractions of a square. I under five lines will be measured as a half square ; ; and all-over five lines as a full square. Alt legal i advertisements will be charged to the person hand. I 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 clifl that lift s its awful form, Swells fr<-m the vale and midway leaves the storm Though round its base a country's ruin spread, Eternal moonshine settles on its head." Upon going into supper room, my boy, lire held a paradise of eatables that made mc wish myself a knife and fork, with nothing hut a bot tle of mustariLdo keep me company. There were oysters ttfa futviarn; Turkeys a laruf ih',<; chickei is ala Mathu&aJeh; Iroef a la Hull Run; fruit a la titmmknke; jellies a la Kokimmorbus; and ipes a la aguejitz. 'Hie ornamental confectionary was beautiful ly symbolical of the times. At one end of the table there was a large lump of white candy, with six carpet tacks lying upon it. This rep resented the ' Tax on Sugar." At the other end was a large platter containing imitation nmd, in which two candy Brigadiers were swum, ming towards each other, with their swords be-, tween their teeth. This svmltolized "War." These being very hard times, my hoy, and the Executive not being inclined to be too ex peneive 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 the centre of the table 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 lieefsteak 011 the plate, it produced another pound in the glass, and the enect was two pound*. When economy can he thus artistically blen ded with plentitude, my boy, money ceases to be king, and butchers" hills dwindle. Hereafter, when I receive for my rations a pint of trans parent coffee and two granite biscuits, I shall use a looking glass for a plate. It was the very which-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. On parting with my comrade-in-arms, says I: "General, the hall is a success." lie looked at me in three winks, and says he: "It was a success—particularly the bowl of punch." Yours, for soda water, OnPIIELS C. IvElill. From, the Farmer and Gardener. WORK IN THE GARDEN FOR MARCH. SOWING ASPARAGUS SPED. — This seed may lie sown nbont 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 hack of a spade, cover it a little better than half an inch deep with earth out of the alleys, and then rake the beds smoQth. * SOWING Di.Hr SHED. — For this porpose make choice of a piece of rich deep ground; lay it out into four feet wide beds, push the loose earth into the alleys, then sow the seed tolera bly thin and cover it with the earth out of these alleys to about three-quarters of an inch deep. ()r let drills he 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 011 a piece, of ground, rough after be ing dug. and rake it weft in. ONlON.— There arc various methods of sow ing seed; but iirst J will give you the one prac ticed bv the most judicious and careful garden-; ere. As you proceed iu digging the ground rake it well after you: that being done lay it out into three and a half, or four feet wide lieds, with • allovs between of about a foot wide; then with the back of the rake push off the ligut 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 licing 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 lictls, cov ering the seeds evenly about half an inch deep; then rake the beds lightly, drawing off all the lumps into the alleys. When the plants are up let thom be kept very clean and live from weeds of any kind by a good careful ha net-weeding, which is to be re peated, from time to lime, as they require it; and where they grow too close thin them to a bout two inches, plant from plant, all over the beds; by these means von will have excellent onions for the table the first year- Sowing seed, to produce small seed onions, will answer letter in April, which see- If sown in this month, they would generally grow to too large a size for that purpose. Sow INO PAKSLEX. —Parsley seed may be sown in a single drill along the edge of the quarters or borders of the garden; it 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 be sown in continued rows nine incites asunder, or upon the general surface, trod down and raked in. THE MAKKETS. BATTERIES. —There has been a decided ad vance on the rebel batteries, particuhudy on the Cumberland, and the entire stock was closed out, and charged to proiit and loss the rebels ta king the latter. NAVIGATION. —A high boating stage on (he Cumberland and Tennessee ltivers is fatal to a large amount of rebel property exposed on the banks. Several boats having discharged their c:irgoes with great precisions, consignees making an assignment from overstock. EXCHANGE. —Southern exchange is easy and declining, plenty offering and taken in two large lots. The little balance of "three hundred," re cently announced as against tlie Government being now "on the contrary quite the reverse." BACON. —A decided movement iq the rebel stocks, both in Tennesse and missouri two prin cipal holders Price and Floyd accounts 1 being busy saving theirs with great diligence.
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