THE BEDFORD &AZETTE is POTLIAHED EVBItY FRIDAY MORNING BY It. r. .TBEvines, /It the following term*, to wit i $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if P®' ll within the year. $2.50 " " " nt,t P®' 4 * within the year. [£7"No subscription tnltcn lor less than six months. {X7~No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid , unless t the option of the publisher, it has Been decided by the United States Courts that ths stoppage of a newspaper without the payment nl arrearages, is prima faeit evidence o( fraud and it a criminal offence. (E7-The courts have decided that persons ore ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, if the) take them from the post office, wheth er 'hey subscribe for them, or not. JILIXIR PROPYLAMINE, TITJ, NEW REMEDY FOR . RHEUMATISM. A NEW REMF.DV, I A CERTAIN REM EDI', F * OR ACUTE RHEUMATISM, C H RON IU I! HEU M A TIS .IF, RHEUMATISM Ok' EVERY ICliVI) ; I HOW STUBBORN, NOMATTBR HOW LONG STANDING, PROPYLAMINE WILL CONQUER IT, WILL CURE IT. WHAT IT HAS DONE, IT WILL DO AGAIN. DOCTORS READ, DOCTORS EXAMINE, DOCTORS TRY IT. THE BEST TESTIMONY, BEST MEDICAL AUTHORITY. DOCTORS KNOW IT PATIENTS BELIEVE IT, TRIED AND TRUE. Pennsylvania Hospital. (FIIOM OFFICIAL HOSPITAL RM-OUTS.) MAY 19,1900. — Ellen S., mt. £3, single, never wai very strong. Two yearj nan she hml an attack of acute rheumatism, irom which she was confined to her bed for two weeks, and subsequently from a relapse for four more. She lias been well sinei then till last Saturday ; while engaged in house-cleaning the took col.l, had p .in in her back, felt cold but had no decided chill. Two days later her ankles began to swell, which was followed by swelling of the knee joints aid of th? hands. She has now dull pjin in hei shoulders, and her knuckles are very tender, red and painful; both hands are affected, hut the right is most so. This, then, is a case ol acute rheumatism, or, 11s it is now fustronnbly call ed, rheumatic lever. It is a well marked typical case. We will carefu ly watch the case, and from time to time call your attention to the various symptoms which piesent themselves. My chief object in bringing lier before you now, is to call your attention to a remedy which has recently been recommended in the treatment ol rheumatism. 1 mean propylamine. l)r. Awenarius, of St. Peters burg, recommends it in the highest terms, having derived great benefit Irom its use In 200 cases which came under his care. Various com nendatory. tes timonia's respecting it have appeared in our jour nals, and I propose therefore to give it nnother trial. 1 must cnul'csss I am always incredulous as to the worth of new remedies, which ate vaunted as spe cifics; but this comes to us recommended so highly, that we aie bound to give it a trial. SAME ;lASE FOUR DAYS LVTER! MAY 2.1, 1809.—1 will now exhibit ;n you the pa tient for who n I prescribed Propylamine, and who was then laboring under an attack of acute rheuma tism. She has steadily tnken it in doses of three grains, every two hours, (intermitting it at night). The day after ynu saw her, 1 found lie. much mote comfortable, better than she expected to be for a week or more, judging from ber other attack. (The patient now walked into tho room.) The improve meat has steadily progressed, and you cannot fail to notice a marked etiange in the appearance of her join(s, which are now nearly of their natural size. Thus far our experiment would have seemed very nircessfnil ; but gentlemen, we must wait a littie while before we car. give a decided opinion as to what is to be the result. Here is another patient who was placed on the use of the same medicine on Sunday last ; she has leug been svHerilig I'jnrn chronic rheumatism, and 1 lound her at that time with an acute attack super vening upoh her chronic allectior,. The wrists and knuckles were much swollen and tense. She lonic the chloride of propylamine in three grain doses every two hours, and you will perceive that the swelling of the joints has much diminished. THREE DAYS LATER!! MAY2G, I^OO. —This is the case ot acute rheum atism treated with propylamine, the first of thoso to which I called your attention at our last clinic. She is still very comfortable, and if now taking three grains thrice daily. In this case it has seemed to be followed by very sitisfactory results. The second case to which \Olir attebtinn was called at our Inst lecture, has also continued to do well. 1 wi.l now bring be<oiu you a very characteristic case ol acute rheumatism, and if the rem't be ratisfnetory, / thin!, a* pood juryliiru , r re shall justly render our verdict til favor i /propylamine. He is a seaman, net. 20, who was admitted a few days ago. Has had occasional rheumatic pains, but not so as to keep Ins bed,until eight days ngo. The pains began in his right knee,subsequently affected the lelt knee, and Inter, the joints of the upppr ex tremities. These joints are all swollen tense and lender. IDs tongue is furred; skin, at prraent, dry, though there hus been much sweating. His pi'Ue is lull and stiong, and i bout 90, He bus now u<ed propslamine lor twenty four hours. This gentleman is what may be called a strictly lypical case of acute rheumatism. There was ex posure to cold and wet, and this exposure s follow id by a feeling of coldness, severe articular pain, beginning as it usually does, in the IOWPT joints. There is fever and the profuse sweating, 60 gener ally attendant on acute iheumutism. I did not bring this patient before you with tho intention of giving you a lect te on all the points connected with rheumatism, but to again give a til M to the new remedy we aie testing, and tn exhibit IT you this typical case, as I have called it, than which these could not be a lairer opportunity for testing the medicine in question. IVc are, there fore, avoiding the use of nil other medicines, even anodynes, that there may be no misgivings as to which was the efficient remedy. You shall see the 'ase at a future clinic. THE RESULT. A FAVORABLE VERDICT. •luxe 9, ISoo.—The next of our convalescents is |hc ease of acute rheumatism before you at our clin ic ol .May 2(itb, which I then called a typical case, and which it was remaiked was a fair opportunity ■or testing the worth of our new remedy. It was therefore steadily given in three grain doses every ' w o hours for lout iluys. The patient has got along Ve ry nicely, an lis now able to walk about, as you ,c e. Ido not hesitate, to say that I have never teen as severe a rase of acute rheumatism so soon restored heuh/ t ut this man has been, and without being pre fared to decide positively as lo the value of the rente "t we have used, J f'rtl bound to state that in the. eases which we have tried the Chloride of Propylamine, the patient* have regained their health much earlier rn under the treatment ordinarily pursued. J wish, Ssnilemen, you would yourselves try it, and report 'he results. For a l'„|| report of which the above is e con densed extract, see the Philadelphia Medical and flcpojicr. it is the report tfter a fair trial by the best medical authority in this country, and makes it unnecessaiv to give numerous certificates from astonished doctors and rejoicing patients. A SPEEDY CURE, AN EFFECTUAL CURE. THE :*AME RESULT IN EVERY CASE, WHENEVER TRIED, WHEBEVER TRIED. VOLUME its. NEW SERIES. WHAT IT HAS DUNK, If WILL DO A(I AIM. Bullock and Crenshaw, a firm well known to most medical men, by whom the Klixir Propylamine has been introduced, have sold to us the exclusive right to manufacture it according to the original recipe, and we have made arrangements ol such magnitude as to enable us to scatter it broadcast amongst suf cring humanity. A WORD TO DOCTOR-!. If you prefer to use the same remedy in another form, we invite your attention to the PuBK CrYSTAI.IZKD CIILOUinK PROPYLAMINE, I'll UK P R 01* YLA MINE l.l((!'ID, Pu IIK PROPYLAMINE CONCENTRATED, PURE IODINE PROPYLAMINE, of which we arc the sole manufacturers. [Y7"We claim no other virtue lor the Klixir Pro pylamine than is contained in Pure Crystalizcd Chloride of Pioypl.imine, THE KLIXIR IS MORE CONVENIENT, AND ALWAYS READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE, AMI) MAY BE TAKEN ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS, BY ANY ONE, BY EVERY ONE, WHO HAS RHEUMATISM OF ANY KIND At 75 cts. a Bottle. Ordfr may be addressed to PROPYLAMINE MANUFACTURING CO., Office, Room No. 4, S. W.Cor. FOURTH and CHESTNUT STS., l'hiladelphia. Or to either of the following Wholesale Agents. BULLOCK b CRENSHAW, FRENCH, RICHARDSON A CO. JOHN M. MARIS if CO., GEO. D. WETHER ELL b CO., PETER T. WRIGHT & CO., ZKIGLER b SMITH, ELLIOTT, WHITE A CO., Dec.6,'fil-lyr. PHILADELPHIA. SEMTOE McDOUGAL. Senator McDougnl, of California, made a powerful spech in the Senate, h few days ago against, the arbitrary arrest and confinement of citizens of the loyal States, without any char ges being made against the. victim or a trial gran ted hut). His speech was an unanswerable eff ort in behalf of the supremacy of the law and the saneitity of the. Constitution, and a glor ious vindication of the rights of the citizen. Senator McDougnl was elected as a Douglas Democrat from California, by a combination of republicans and a portion of the demo cratic party. Having by bis late able speech condemned the. encroachments made by those in power upon the constitutional rights of the people, wo expect to see him denounced by Forney as a Breckinridge Democrat and traduced by the whole Republican Press as a sympathiser with treason. Senator Wade, abolitionist from Ohio, denounced him as such in the Senate the other day, and we soon expect all the small fry politi cians like Forney, soon to follow suit. Yet this same Senator McDougnl, when thoy believed he could be used by them for the purpose of defeating the Democratic party, was a paragon of patri otism in the eyes of the same Republican lead ers.—By bis recent speech, the Senator from California has shown that the principles of Democracy still glow in his heart ami that all differences between Democrats have sunk in to oblivion in their ardor for tho Constitution, and their effort for the salvation of tho country. He has endeared himself to the lovers of con stitutional liberty throughout the land. Let us strive together for THE UNION, THE CONSTITU TION AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNION, and all will yet l>c well. [ YnrlGaeette. Cor.. Asitnv.—A correspondent of the New York World, writingfcpm Woodstock, Vs., gives the following sketch of the confederate Colonel Ashby: Asiihv—no disciplined soldier, pursuing no regular line of warfare, which is a part of a plan comprising different brunches of service, infantry, cavalry and artillery—has displayed a skill and genius in (lie management of his men which have made him in the estimation of this division no ordinary commander. lie has pro tected the retreat of Jackson most admirably, ami while, at one time, our advance were close upon him. he rode up the hill before them as qui etly as any peaceful farmer on a market day. lie is n groat horseman, and always has been ; anil through these mountains and forests of the Shenandoah has ranged on horseback in the hunt of the fox and deer, and lias often distinguished himself in the tournament, which is among the sliH cherished practices of tho Virginians, and I am told that while riding at the top of his speed he will throw his lnneo upon the ground and seize, it again in passing with the utmost dexterity. His horse, too, is disciplined like his master, to the accomplishment of the most wonderful feats, lie will drop to the ground in a flash, at the wish of his rider, and rise again as sud denly, bound through tho woods like a deer, a voiding trees and branches, clearing every ob stacle, jumping fences and ditches with perfect case. All who know him say lie is a man of modest, quiet demeanor s a silent man, who keeps his own counsel, and is held in the most fabulous regard by bis men and inferior officers, lie is said to lie a Christian and a man of emi nent. piety, as is also his general, the Stonewall Jackson. I must frankly express the degree of respect which I have been led to entort in for the character of this non-committal, dark, in scrutable Col. Ashby. A young farmer asked an old Scotchman for advice in his pursuit. He told him what had been the secret of his own success in farming, and ho concluded with the following warning: "Never, Sandle, never —above all tilings, never get. in debt, but if ever you do, let it Ic for ma nure."—Qcnewc Farmer. What is society, after all, but a mixture of mistcr-ios and miss-erics. <5-3- An Irish judge said, when addressing a prisoner, "You are to be hanged, and I hope it will prove a warning to you." Freedom of Thought aud Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1862. Geu, Halleck's Opinion of Gen. McOlellan. In conversation with a gentleman from St. t Louis lately, I learned some things that 1 must 1 confess were new to mo, and as I think the idea will be new to the public generally, and as in | presenting it I shall not. transcend the rules laid down for the government of the press, i will endeavor to jot it down. The gentleman refer red to I know to be a warm personal friend to General Ilalleck, and shares much of that ster ling officer's favor and confidence. Hence a weight will he attached to what he says, such asdoes not accrue to the sayings of ordinary men. 1 would like to give his name that the public might the more readily comprehend the reason why 1 assign so much paper to the chronicling of his ideas. The conversation turned upon the operations of the army here and elsewhere. I asked— "V hat is General Halleck's opinion of Gen eral McClclhui V "Sir," said my friend, "I have heard Gen. Ilalleck say, in substance, repeatedly, that lie considered the military skill, science'and pene tration of Gen. McClcllan as second to that of no mail living; that whatever had been done in the West and elsewhere was but the carrying out of McClullan's great plan of the war; "that the general idea of each and every of these movements was the fruit of his foresight and knowledge of war and its appliances, and that McClcllan had rough-hewn the whole work and only left the finishing touches to the department ami division commanders." „ I This coming so direct from General Ilalleck, led me to push my inquiries still further. I ask ed: "Can you give any reasonable solution to the mystery that hangs so heavily over the op erations of the army on the I'otoniac?" lie replied:—"l cannot explain anything; but I may advance an idea to you that I receiv- j cd from Gen. Ilalleck not a month ago. In con versation with him 1 made nearly the same in terrogatory you have just propounded to nic, and the General's answer to me must be yours. It is this, as near in his own words as I can re peat them:—"This is a war in which success rests upon considerations tluit do not generally I enter into men's calculations. You arc aware I that the revolted States occupy a vastly differ ent geographical position from the loyal ones, j Health, incident to climate, food, water, habits. &e., is as different in the two sections as could j be conceived of that of two distinct nations, i Certain hygienic principles are to lie. studied in i carrying on a campaign us well as the more ex ternal appliances of war, else disaster and de- I feat will follow. An army must bo sound phys- j ieully as well as patriotic. Innervation, pros- I tration and climatic maladies must be avoided if j possible. Now the seceded Slates are eminent- J ly unhealthy during a certain portion of the year. The months of August, September and Octo ber are those duiing which the tropical diseases rage, which so fearfully decimate even the na tive population, and the more general carrying oil those habituated to a different clime. The yellow fever vuges through the South periodical ly every two or three years, and as that malady i has not appeared during the last two seasons it J may naturally be expected this year. In view | of this state of well established facts, a far-see- ] ing general would try to devise means to avoid : the consequences. If a Northern army should be marched southward to the gulf shore during the sickly months, and should there be attacked by n maludiac foe and cut off' by a tropical ennui, the execrations of a nation would he vented up on a general who would thus expose his troops. Hence it becomes necessary to do what is to he done in the extreme South early in the year. The Southern Atlantic coast, the Gulf States and the South-west must he overrun during a season of comparative healthfuluess. liebollion must lie crushed out nnd rebel troops driven hack to the cooler regions of the mountains of] North Carolina, Western Tennessee and South ern Virginia during the season when nature is in favor of, instead of against, an exotic anny ; then, mice hemmed in by an overpowering force, the enemy must fall—it is inevitable. Now, ; under these circumstances, it is not hard to see i why a skillful Commander-in-Chief should ex- ' crt himself to retain the hulk of mi enemy's ar- i my in a position where lie can at a proper time strike a dentil blow the more surely. If the (lower of the rebel army he coaxed to remain north of ltiehmond, so much of its strength is wasted; our armies in the West and South have I the less to contend against and our victories are j the more certain. The Western army clears the 11 great Valley of the Mississippi of secession; the | Gulf squadron re-establishes the constitution in ' the populous cities of the South; the lloanokc and Iteaufort forces are pushed inward and north ward; and next autumn, when the sickly sen son approaches, all, conjointly, are driving the 11 rebels back to the locality where a fresh army of loyal men are waiting to receive them, in a country where Southron lias no advantage over Northman. Then comes the great decisive ac tion of the campaign. The Union troops, (lush ed with constant victory, meet those dispirited j by constant reverses. Who can doubt the re- j suit 1 On the other hand we will suppose that the Commanding General and the War Depart- t ment yield to the clamor of those who only seek ] j for carnage regardless of consequences, and or der an advance upon ltiehmond. The result would he simply to drive the rebels away to some other point, where they would make a sec ond stand, nnd a third or a fourth, eaoh time : leading the Federal troops farther and farther a- \ way froui the localities of their acclimation, and into more sure and terrible mortality. No; let McClcllan work. Let him keep the rebels con centrated as far North as possible, and so keep rebel forces from coming farther south, and next summer or enrly in the autumn a denouement will come which will justify the present appa- j rent inactivity of the anny of the I'otoniac..— ] If the enemy shall retreat, let Gen, McClcllan advance to their positions; if not, let him re main in statu quo , until lie is ready to make cv ■ery shot tell its most against troason," Now Congressional Apportionment. Under the Apportionment Hill reecntly pass , ed, the population and the party divisions ar< exhibited in the following table. For the Phil adelphbi Districts the vote given is that for Clerk of (Orphans' Court, October, 1801, but for all the other Districts we have taken the vote be tween CirirriN and FOSTKR, in October, 1800, that being the latest available vote: Ft 11ST DtSTItICT —PIfI t.ADKt.I'InA. Rep. Dem. Second Ward 1,453 1,075 Thipl Ward 870 1,100 Fourth Ward 082 1,345 Fifth Ward 808 1,111 Sixth Ward 072 051 Eleventh Ward J783 957 ! Population, 130,320. * 5,208 7,217 BKOONI> DISTRICT—I'IIILAIiKU'IHA. ; First Ward 2,004 1,000 i Seventh Ward 1,770 1,088 Eighth Ward 1,140 998 Ninth Ward 1,185 971 Tenth Ward 1,040 902 Population, 129,353. 7,703 5,709 THIRD DISTRICT —PIIII.ADF.I.CIIIA. Twelfth" Ward 897 998 Thirteenth Ward 1,351 1,140 Sixteenth Ward 1,078 1,181 Seventeenth Ward 754 1,547 Eighteenth Ward 1,001 830 Nineteenth Ward 1,380 1,515 Population, 12.),843. 7,127 7,217 FOURTH DISTRICT- —PHILADELPHIA. Fourteenth War J 1,478 092 ! Fifteenth Ward. 1,848 1,728 | Twentieth Ward 1,782 1,819 i Twenty-first Ward 1,107 080 Twenty-fourth Ward... . 1,284 1,22.7 Population, 127;8fi4. 7,400 6,744 RTRN I DISTRICT—IT II I. ADEUHI A. I Twenty-second Ward.... 1,307 870 | Twanty-third Ward 1,234 1,104 I Twenty-fifth Ward 511 882 : 1 lucks county 0,383 0,330 Population; 119,958. 9,435 9,180 SIXTH DISTRICT. Atuntgomcry county 5,812 7,302 Lehigh... 4,100 4,500 j Popidation, 105,254. 0,978 11,938 SEVENTH DISTRICT. I Chester county 7,540 5,013 j Delaware county 3,183 1,990 Population, 114,650. 10,723 7,900 EIGHTH DISTItICT. Berks county 6,883 10,318 Population,93,Blo. NIXTLL DISTRICT. I Lancaster county 13,012 7,153 Population, 110,815. TENTH DISTRICT. | Schuylkill county 7,301 7,007 ! Lebanon county 3,847 2,231 Population, 121,840. 11,140 9,301 ELEVENTH DISTRICT. Northampton county.... 8,507 5,219 Carl>on county 1,722 1.930 Monroe county 822 2,103 : Pike county 324 813 Wavnc county 2,010 2,537 Population, 125,140. 8,985 12,722 TWELFTH DISTRICT. I Luzerne county. ....... 0,002 0,910 Susquehanna county.... 4,110 2,450 Population, 120,510. 10,772 9,372 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. Bradford county 0,004 2,328 Wyoming county 1,250 1,295 i Sullivan county 391 543 j Columbia Montour county 983 1,220 Population, 105,030. 11,145 7,9 >2 FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. Northumberland county.. 2,.54 1 2,812 Union county. 1,820 1.019 Snyder county 1,701 1,134 Juniata county 1,503 1,4(>5 Dauphin county 4,555 3,302 Population, 121,815 12,120 9,732 FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. Cumberland county...., 8,025 3,710 York county 5,322 0,005 Perry county. . 2,410 2,128 Population, 131,092. 11,303 12,509 SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. Adams county 2,773 2,849 Franklin county 4,053 8,379 Fulton count}' 828 957 Bedford county 2,404 2,501 Somerset county 2,980 1,362 Population, 132,792. 13,098 11,108 SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. Cambria county 2,177 2,583 Blair county 3,051 2,121 Huntingdon county 3,042 2,172 Mifilin county 1,723 1,490 Population,lol,427. 9,993 8,300 EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. Tioga county 4,147 1,331 j Potter county 1,410 015 ! Lycoming county 3,615 3,034 Clinton county 1,750 1,703 Centre county 3,105 2,824 Population, 124,735 14,087 9,507 Wnoi<E NUMBER, 3003. NINETEENTH DISTRICT. Jefferson county 1,880 1,492 e Eric county 5,613 2,46S - Warren county 2,119 1,172 v McKoon county 1,048 70( 1 Elk county 421 03' - Cameron county , Forest county 100 maj. Clearlield county 1,755 2,04 C Population, 121,31 f. 12,695 8,51 c ; TWENTIETH DISTRICT. ) Crawford county 5,277 3.178 ; Mercer county 3,024 2,79 j Venango county 2.581 2.122 Clarion county 1,791 2,291 Population, 135,050. 13,273 10,391 TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. Indiana county 3,072 I.BBG i Westmoreland eounty 4,830 5,27 C I Fayette county 3,382 3,5.1 i Population, 127,382. 11,884 10,718 TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. Allegheny (part) * 10,507 6,631 Population, 120,304. TWENTT-TIIIIiD DISTRICT. Allegheny (part) f 4,493 438 Butler county 3,526 2,548 Armstrong county 3,474 2,698 Population, 123,367. 11,192 5,684 TWKNTY-EOl KTII DISTRICT. Lawrence county 2,645 950 Beaver county 2,682 1,715 Washington county 4,768 4,206 i Greene county 1,529 2,669 Population, 123,287. 11,624 9,519 * Congressional vote of October, 1860. f Also vote of October, 1860. G. W. C ASS got some votes in tbis district which arc not included. "NOT DKEL* ENOUGH FOR I'RAVING."—A good story is told of two raftsmen, which womcJ during the late big blow on the Mississippi, at which time so many rafts were swamped, and steamboats lost their sky riggings. A rati was just emerging from Lake Pepin as the squall came. In an instant the raft was pitching and writhing as if suddenly dropped into Churybdis, while the waves broke over with tremendous uproar, nnil evnectina instant destruction, the raftsman dropped on his knees and commenced praying with a vim equal to the emergency.— Happening to open his eyes an instant, lie ob served his companion, not engaged in prayers, but pushing a pole into the water at the side of the raft. "What's that yer doin', Mike?" said lie; "get down on yer knees now for there isn't a minit between us and purgatory!" "Be nisy, Pat," said the other, as lie. coolly continued to punch with his pole, "lie nisy, now! ic/iafa the vxe of prayiii' when a fetter can tech bot tom with a jwi/e ?" Mike is a pretty good sjiccinicn of a large class of christians, who prefer to omit prayer so long as they can "tech bottom." SCENE IN A DRY GOODS STORK. —Dry goods stores are sometimes the scene of ludicrous con versation. The other dav a young lady stepped into a well known establishment in town, and inquired of a fine looking young clerk : "Sir, have you any mouse colored ladles' gloves?" "Mouse colored ladies', gloves, Miss?" "Yes—a sort of grey—-just the color of your drawers here," meaning (lie store drawers o! course, which were painted grey. "My drawers, Miss," ejaculated the young man, glancing downward to see if eveiy thing was right and tight. "My drawers, Miss! why I don't wear any!" The young lady was car ried home on a shutter. Anoi.iTiONisTs. —Twenty-three years ago, ir his place in the Senate, Henry Clay portrayed, as with the touch of a master limner, the Alio lilionists of the day. Then they were an insignificant faction:now they are a powerful party, but unchanged in feature, motive or purpose: With them the rights of property are noth ing : the deficiency of the powers of the Gener al Government is nothing, the acknowledged and incontestible powers of tiie States are noth ing, civil war, a dissolution of the Union, and the overthrow of the Government in which arc concentrated the fondest hopes of the civilized world are nothing. A single idea has taken possession of their minds, and onward they pursue it, overlooking nil barriers, reckless and regardless of all consequences. OUR ARMY.—A correspondent in the Uticii Herald, writing of tho length of our army ol 600,000 men, says tliey would form a line, if standing in single file, two feet apart, 227 miles. Placin" them in double rank, tliere would be r line extending miles, and it would require over eleven hours for tho Commander-in-Chie] to review them on "horseback," riding at the rate of ten miles an hour. When formed inU a hollow square, the enclosure would contalr over 416,528acre5, Place them in a solid square allowing four square feet to each man, they would cover 220 acres. (ETA boy at school in the West, when call cd on to recite his lesson in history, was asked "What is the German Diet?" "Sourkrout, schnapps and sausages." (ETA gentleman whose father had been hang od was accustomed to say of him: "lie die* upon a platform at a large public meeting." tirEat little to day, and you will have a bet tor appetite for eating to-morrow —more to ca to-morrow, and more to-morrow for eating. of One Square, three weeKt or lets qq One Square, each additional intertion leas than three months , 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAS. One square • $2 00 $3 00 $5 00 Two squares 300 500 000 Three squares 400 700 13 00 i Column gOO 900 15 00 Column . 800 13 00 30 00 i Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 sl)e Sfi) oolmastir EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. and friends of education are respect fully requested tosendcommunicationsto'the above, care of " Bed foul Gatettt." VOL 5. NO. 39 A WORD TO DIRECTORS. Mi:. Enrron:— The duties of directors are so well defined in tlie Common School Law and in the instruc tions of the School Department, that they can not lx: mistaken. Hence, it is not our design to say what directors should do. All that teach ers, and all that the community ask of them, is, to perform the duties enumerated, without ex cepting any. Hut that to which wc desire to call attention is, the. slow and unsystematic manner in which some boards of directors perform their duties. They arc always "behind time," they never make an)' arrangements in proper season; and, consequently, when any one inquires of them for any information, concerning teachers' sala ries, length of term taught, &c., they cannot give it, "because they have not yet come to any definite conclusion on the subject." This delay on the part of directors is unfavor able to a prosperous condition of the schools, and licsides, if is highly inconvenient to teachers. , The majority of teachers are persons of limited [ moans anil cannot well afford to spend day after day in trying to ascertain what directors intend to do. We have seen the best qualified candi dates at township examinations leave the dis tricts with deep disappointment and a determi nation not to return, for the solo reason that di rectors could not, or would not give them any satisfactory information. Tims, through the tardiness of the directors, the district lost tho services of well qualified and faithful instructors. And why is this ' ts this delay at all necessa ry? Is it necessary that teachers be always re quired to attend some future meeting of the board before they can obtain satisfaction ? We think not. rVn*><— —— "'iu i ocitnife conclu sions on subjects pcrtnining to the ndniinistm tion of their office, daring the early part of tho year as easily as at a later period; and when we consider that by doing this they will not on ly avoid much inconvenience to teachers, but will ultimately benefit their own communities, wc can see no reason for any delay whatever. Those districts that offer the liest inducements arc entitled to the best instructors; but directors can secure the services of such, only by making known the inducements at an early date. There are. some boards of directors whose ar rangements are satisfactory and convenient to all, but our lot has hitherto been in those dis tricts in which we think directors could improve very much in the administration of school af fairs. B. V. IJFJILIN', Somerset Co., April 26, '62. Simon Syntax, 7v/. (pro. tan.) Since on my jaunt from old Bedford, I have been, like a chameleon, living on mountain air, until I have really grown quite rotund; but unlike Falstaff, "'TLs (not) grief that puffs mo out." I would have written to the school col umn long ago, but I have been so busy attend ing "quillings," "sng.ar-stirrings-off," and other social gatherings that require the constant at tention of a gentleman, that I have, previous to this, found little time to write. I hnve not had the pleasure of visiting any of the schools of this county since my arrival here, although I have made some interesting culls on the femalo teachers who were engaged (in teaching) last Winter, and if tho schools wore half as bright as the teachers are, old 1 led ford can't hold a can dle to them. The scenery in this comity is fina —consisting chiefly of what might bo called mixed lands—that is, a conglomeration of rock, saw-logs, "spring-hotlscs" and red barnS, slight ly diversified by what, in Bedford, would bo cnllod "perpendicular real estate," with, now and then, a cow pasture looming up in the dim dis tance like the smoke from a farm house chimney nt "dinner-time." And, then, there are soma tall pine trees up hero—a man must lie on his back in order to seo the tops of them without breaking his neck; and tho butter is glorious!l (excuse my emotions.) This is a great country, and it "is" not all fenced in yet. Although I have not visited any of tho schools, I have soon some of the finest school-houses in the State. Prof. Stutmnan calls them tho monuments of wisdom mounted on tho hills of science. Apro~ ;x, he also says ho will be with you at your Semi-annual Association, provided you will in demnify him ngnitist nil bail weather, mud kneo deep not being favorable to pedestrian locomo tion. I will bo with you unon. Meantime, "Put your shoulders to tho wheel—pray to God for success—.anil push on tho column." Yours, in tho "caws," SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. Problems. 3. The distance from Oakland to Parkosbutg i 1G miles, and $ of this distance is fof.tha distance from Purkesbufg to Marietta, lacking one mile; what is the distance? 4. From Philadelphia to Lancaster the dis tance is G8 miles, and J of this, Increased by 3 miles, equals four-sevenths of the distance from Lancaster to Harrisburg, minus 3 miles; re quired the distance to Harrisburg ?
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