"** thb bedf6f£> gazette is I'i'ULiiUED evenv feiday morning BY n. F. MEYERS, At the following terms, to wn 1 if 1.50 per milium, "CASH, iTi advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. £2.50 " " it out paid within the year. £z~.\o subscription taken tor less than six months jjpp-iVy papor discontinued until ail arrearages re in id , unless nt the option of the publisher, it hus been decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment 0 t arrearages, is prima faeie evidenco ol fraud and as a criminal offence. (QrThe courts' have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it the) tuke them fromlhepostodice, wheth er 'hey subscribe for therm or not. Select yoc t r ti. (From the Logan County (0.,) Curette.) OLD BEN WADE. Old hen Wade was a bragging oltl blade, And a bragging old blade was he—was he; He called for his sWord, and he called lor his gun. And he called for his pistols three Then Old hen Wade, like a 'giant grim,' said; ••Who dares crook a finger at me—at me?" And he brandished his che-bang!" went his gun, And 'pop!" went the pistols three. Then this bragging Old blade of Vallandigh;*n said; "A very vile traitor is he—is he!" And he brandished his sword, while'che-bang!' went bis guiij And 'pop!' went Ibe pistols three! Rut Vnllumlrgham said, of this bragging Old Wade, "A Liar and Coward is he—is be!" When down dropped the sword—the gun flash ed in pan— And fiz-z-z went the pistols three. t£l) c St!) 001 ma 91 cv 21 bxo a&. ED'TED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. IXF"Teachers and friends of education are respect fully requested to send communications to the above, care of •' lieJfuid Gazette." RECITATION, NO. 7. The Didactic or Locturc Method, is the third and last general method to be describ ed. It diifora widely front any heretofore treated of. In all others, t\\c gmptl talks, and the teacher listens ; in this, the teach er talks and the pupil listens. It assumes two forms: the conversational, as in giv ing "object lessons" to children; and the left it re proper, as in lectures to :v class in a or other college. And just here let us object to calling it recitation at all. In doing so we follow "able writers; „we do not follow our own convictions of strict accuracy. 11 is away if imparting instruction; and no more., lteci ting is something universally understood to j Ik; dono by the pttpiU In this the teach-„ or docs all; the pupil docs absolutely noth- ] ing-— bnt listen. If this is recitation, it is j recitation in which the teacher recites, in stead of the class, but it is not, in any prop er sense of that term. If Ihe word recita tion is to be made broad enough to include lecturing, why not make it include sermon izing, stuinjv-speaking, and pleading before a jury ? But this is only a single exam ple of tho crudity to be found in our very best works on teaching; and it is perhaps unfair to criticise'the technical terms of a profession, which—if it be a profession at all'—is only in its infancy as such. The Lecture method, in one or the oth er of its forms, may be used with pupils ol every age and capacity. The chiot use of ■the conversational form is in giving Object Lessens to young pupils. It docs not come within our province in these articles, to describe (fbject Lessons, or the manner ol 1 giving tliein; but wc may remark, that their introduction, by a skillful teacher, has gen erally marked an era in tlie primary instruc tion of every school in which they arc successfully given. The child's first in struction when he enters a public school, lias been, for many years, and is yet, to a great extent, miserably stupid and unsuitable, —not so much either from the incompe tency of teachers as from the erroneous views universally entertained by parents and the public generally. Time makes er rors venerable; and now, the child has so long begun bv learning his letters from a primer or spelling-book, charts perhaps, that it seems almost like sacrilege to hint that this may not, after all, be the best pos sible way; but that other plans may follow more closely the true order of mental de velopment tus pointed out it self. But tire intrinsic absurdity of giv ing the child twenty-six arbitrary symbols, as his first lessons, is,, at last, becoming manifest; and the idea that the alphabet is the starting point for all school instruction, is gradually making room for other ideas, more iu harmony with the laws of intellect ual growth and development. The child's first knowledge is not of abstract and arbi trary characters, but of real tangible things. Ile has 110 more interest in an English let ter than a Japanese hieroglyphic. They are, to his mind, equally arbitrary and meaningless—as indeed they arc, in re ality. He will not, at first, study ci ther, with interest. But he will learn a- VOLUME SS. NEW SERIES. bout birds, and jack-knives, and flowers, giun-clastic balls, and animals,-and a hun dred other faiuilar things, with the greatest eagerness. Such things are unmistakably pointed out, by nature, as the child's first objects of study; and because thoy are thus pointed out, they are the proper objects. If we follow the order of nature we must im part to the child, a vast deal of useful knowl edge before teaching him the alphabet; and this knowledge is to be mainly imparled by the conversational form of the Lecture Method, as in object lessons, or familiar nar ratives and conversations. The conversational lecture, to reach it 3 highest success, requires talents of ran; and high order. Almost every teacher may, how ever, learn by study and practice to acquit himself in it, creditably, lie must be well acquainted with the ability and peculiarities of his class, and level his discourse to their capacity. If he does this and is himself interested in what he is saying he will hardly fail to have interested listeners. The Lecture proper can be very little used in most public schools; and tin's fact will excuse us for describing it very briefly. Of this kind i 3 most of the instruction in medical colleges. In literary colleges, too, instruction is given by this method, in such branches as Geology, Botany, Natural Phi losophy, Moral Philosophy, etc. The meth od may not be quite so thorough as some others; but it serves a purpose in the ustytl course of college cramming to which it is admirably suited, and for which it has n.o substitute. For instance, Geology, or Mor al Philosophy must be "done" in sixwceJes. If the class were held to an accurate daily recitation, this would be impossible. The professor, therefore, assigns part of the sub-I ject which the class arc expected to " read up." After giving time for this, he explains the part assigned in a lecture a half or a whole !;our long—generally ably and elo quently enough—but, notwithstanding abil ity ar.d eloquence, it might perhaps be as well for the class if they actually did their own thinking. When the class meet again, the Professor puts a few questions"— '■'■ qui zzes them" —to learn how ranch of the last lecture they remember. If none of these questions are answered—as is usually the case—lie takes it for granted that the prece ding lecture is understood, agd proceeds forth with to repeat the dose. Jn public schools an occasional lecture on Geology, Natural Philosophy, Physical Ge ography, the Constitution of the United; States, or kindred subjects, may serve a! good purpose—not, however, as a means of! teaching these subjects, but as a means of awakening an interest in them when the pu pil comes to study them from text books. tsrWc have received excellent solutions to Problems 7 and 8. This office has not, at present "piece fractions" enough to "set them up." The Editor hopes to "raise the wind" in a few days to get a fresh supply. If he docs they will appear. 03" A Spaniard sent his eon to the Universi ty of Salamanca, and told him to study econo my, and to cat beef rather than poultry. On arriving, the young gentleman asked the price of cows. 'About twenty dollars.' 'And partridges?' 'Twenty-five cents.' 'I must live on part ridges,' said ho, 'tliey* are decidedly the eheapedst of the two.' Cvj-My Chum, Or. 15., is not a little of a wag. At a serial gathering. Shortly after he had re ceived las diploma, the young ladies were very anxious to nut his knowledge of medicine to \ ■ , '•Doctor," queried one of fhc fair, "what will euro a man that has been hanged.'" "Salt is the best thing I know of," replied the tormented with great solemiflty. 1 <5j"A kind hearted wife ortcc waited on a phy- j sioian to request him to prescribe for her bus-1 band's eyes, which were sore. "Let him wash them every morning with brandy said the doe tor. A few weeks after the doctor chanced to meet his wife. "Well, lias your husband fol- | lowed my advice?" "lie has done everything I in his power to do it, doctor, hut lie never 1 could get the brandy higher than his mouth." | e-3"An Irish couple, a few evenings since, at ! about six o'clock, rang tho door hell of oitts of; the Protestant parsonages. The door was o- > pcncdhy the clergyman, who, on inquiring what i they wanted, was informed by Michael that he ] ami Bridget came to lie married. "But why," asked the parson, "don't you go to the priest ?" "And shure, we did,," said Michael, "and he ! tould us to go to the devil, and so wc come to 3-011." > Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1862 | SCORCHING EXPOSURE OF NATION AL FRAUDS! Bold and Timely Speech by a Republican Con gressman! ' WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH TAXATION! | HEAD AND THEN CIRCVLA l'Et [ [We have already informed our* readers of : the corrupt organization that has been formed { at Washington, for the purpose of destroying j fhc influence of the Congressional Investigating Committee, which has exposed so many frauds jon the public treasury. The leaders in this • movement are Messrs. Stevens, of Fa., and \ Conkling, of N. Y., both prominent Republicans, i The latter, in his speech, declared that the Coin | mittea had perpetrated more frauds than it had I discovered* This false and redioulous assertion i immediately tailed forth the following ovcr j whelming speech from Mr. Washburnc, of 111., j a member of the Committee:] I Mr. Washburn said it was the "unl indeat j cut of all" when the Chairman (Mr. Stevens) i of the committee of Ways and Means, the lea j dor of the House and holding the purse strings j of the nation, recently rose in the House and 1 attacked the Committee in their 'absence, char j ging that thev had committed more frauds than . they had detected. The Committee had been j notified that they feel the biting sarcasm and blasting invective, and to-day they had listened I to what might be culled n pitiful imitation, from , flic extraordinary member (Conkling) from New i York, who had attacked the Committee for the I benefit of thieves, contractors and plunderers, | who had for two weeks been holding high car i nival in anticipation that the' Committee were to be destroyed. It would have been but fair ! to give the Committee notice of fhc contempla | ted annihilation, that tliovmight be prepared to die with decency. Why did not the member from New York make his charges like a man and not like a skulking coward? The gentle man from New York has attempted to hold us up here as costing the Government more than we have saved it. Ilhe lias gone about, figuring up the expenses of the Committee, and sneaked into the Clerk's office to ask liow much each member had been paid. The mem ber said that no Committee before ever took a nything for traveling expenses. If he (Mr. Conkling) knew anything, lie must know that his statement was false ; for never was a Com inifte ■ charged with a duty by the House but that Committee was always paid ; and if there is a man here who complains at what has been paid, or wlTat was paid to each of my colleagues, let him stand up and-say so. When our fellow members of Congress wore pursuing their avoca tions and several professions at home with their families, this committee liad given up every thing in order to discliargcthe duties with which they were instructed, and now a clamor is rais ed by the from New York to have this Committee discharged. Let me say that if the House bclievds the charges which has been made, the House will be unjust to itself, and unjust to the country, unless, before it adjourns to-night, it shall disband the Committee, and place upon their front the brawl of dishonesty. If we have failed to discharge our duty, it we are amenable to the charges brought against us, I call upon every member here to vote that the Committee be disbanded. The House cannot get out of it; and I hope they will not postpone it; that they will not say there is no rule for such a course, but that they will vote at once to discharge us. I am sure the Committee will gratefully acfept it accept it, foo, conscious of what they have (Tone. They will accept it •as a tribute to theislidclity, which has led them to be attacked by the member from New York, and by every plunderer, and every thief, and by every robber, who lias broken into the Treasu ry. While we wore thus employed, the mem-' lift- from Now York was besieging the Treasury and the office of the Quartermaster of the War Department, in order to get contracts for one of his constituents. Ho, sir, is a pretty man to come here and lecture this Committee! lie to Inquire into the expenses of the Committee in relation to what it has sirred, and what it has expended! Kir, the history of this Western De partment will show that in St. Louis alone we have saved the Government two millions of dollars by our ivestigation; and Kir, in connec tion with these army contracts —one of which the gentleman from New York sought to obtain • —wo are told by Mr. Holt that ipfc/ongroas and the Government would sustain him we would save eight millions more.—There are ten mill ions saved bv the Commission on ordinance eon tracts, appointed 011 the evidence taken by this Committee and on its recommendation. A mong other things wo nail save a sum of two millions. Thus a sum of twelve millions will be saved to the country by the Commit tee—as large a sunt as it cost to carry on the Govern ment of John Quincy Adams for one year. And yet we are held up here as spending the people's money. Yet and how much have we expended? Twenty thousand dollars. Hut I will not talk about it. If any man wants to complain, let him stand up hero. I scorn to talk about the trivial expenditures for Jjavel. That wc should be met with opposition, witli all this obloquy, wc very well understood. Wo know whoso paths wo crossed i wo know that the contractors and the thieves, and the plun derers, .\yho had the Treasury by the throat, would be at our heels, and we well knew also, who were their sympathizers and abettors, both in this House und out of this House. Wo, of course did not expect their approval. They do not like the Commitco and its labors! O, 110! "No thief e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law." These arc the men that proposed to crush us i down. But let me say a few words to lily Re publican friends, who listened with silent atten tion, if not with real interest, to the attacks up on the committee. Let me talk to them, in all kindness, for a moment. I believe this is a Republican House. I believe the Republicans •have a majority in it. I believe the Committee, was appointed by a Republican Speaker, for a specific purpose. Do you believe we, as a Com mittee, were base and vile aji'l dishonest enough to betray tiic trust reposed in us'? If 80, then brand us with your instant condemnation. But it is said we must not break down the Republican party. I have been in Congress some little time, aud I have seen various investigating com mittees, when the Republicans were not in pow er in the Administration, and in those days I found my Republican friends always on baud in season and out of season, to detect and punish these frauds. J If frauds were detected, tlicy went before the country, and the country hurled from pow er the men who bad committed them. What was then said in relation to these matters ? Why, when we announced to the country that these frauds were committed, the party in power said that the frauds were committed by men fur whose acts the party was not responsible* What was our reply to this? What the reply of the republicans? It was, to lie sure you would not be responsible in tho first instance, but when your Investigating Committee disclosed all tho i'acts, and placed the particulars on record, in stead of your coming out and voting upon them, you arc found on tho record supporting and sustaining them. I do not propose to place myself in that predicament. When I suspect a Republican of commit ting a fraud, I feci vas tly more inclined to expose and punish him than I would a Democrat, for he brings dis grace and dishonor upon the party to which he belongs. And are we to imitate this example? Are my Republicans willing to stand on the record as the indursers of these frauds? Or will they go with me, and say to their constitu ents, when we found these frauds existed what did we do? As Republicans we appointed a Committee, as Republicans we made an inves tigation, and as Republicans we voted condem nation 011 the thieves, and the jobbers, an'l the plunderers of all parties, wherever we found them. How should we stand before the coun try as aparty.if wo net otherwise? It is fore shadowed by the member from New Yurk, who clamors to have the Committee disbanded. Let! that gentleman /Mr. .Conklimr) come on. T ; here call upon him to introduce his extiWordi- | nary resolution, and if the Committee have not the confidence of the House and of the repub lican party, let it lie voted down. It may lie n terv harmless thing to punish fraud and robber ies in time of peace, but in time of war, when the National Treasury is betraved, when it is reeling under the attacks of thieves and plun derers, can we, as the representatives of a con fiding and loyal people, stand here and support these robbers and jobbers '? Whatever other gentlemen may do, whatever it may seem fit to the party to do, I for one do not propose to stand on the record in that way. As the oldest member present, representing n constituency for ten years, I should deem myself but a miscreant representative of that noble constituency if I stood here the defender of the robberies and the plunderings now going on against the pub-: lie treasury. The gentleman from Pennsylva nia (Mr. Stevens,) our leader in this House, a great and shining light in our Republican party, brought in his Tax bill the other day—a bill so large that it would require the use of a wheelbarrow to get it here; but almost on the next day we find lilin assailing the Committee, because, indeed, it steps in between the thieves and tho Treasury. The country will look with somo interest to the vote of the pentleman from Pennsylvania, when a vote is taken as to who are the endor sers of the schemes and jobs of those plunder era, because it is nothing more or less tan an in dorsement of those robberies to vote for the discharge of the committee. This Tax bill, which was supported by the gentleman from Now York, is to enable them to pay these robbers ami plunderers with the taxes to be screwed from the humble workiny men of the country. When T think upon whom this tax will fall heaviest, I would call invself a miscreant representative, unworthy of the confidence of my people, if I did not throw myself, with all niv feeble influ ence, between tho Treasury and these public plunderers. In reference to matters connected with (lon. Fremont, and the administration of the Western Department-, tho House will hear witness that the Committee has not drawn Gen. Fremont into this discussion. While speech after speech was being "made by the friends of Gen. Fremont, we said nothing, and had the matter been allowed to rest we did not intend to say anything. And I must add, that when the report was drawn up Gen. Fre mont was not at the head of an army, lie is there now, and while there, we did not intend to enter into any discussion upon matters con nected width his late department. Gentlemen arc extremely sensitive, when anything is said in reference to Fremont; but whenever anything is said in reference to another Genoral in the field, not very far from here, 1 find these gen tlemen arc not at all quite so sensitive. I in tend to leave the Generals of the army where they are, on the field; but when they return from the field, 1 nm willing to try the case of one of tlicin with my friend from Indiana, (Mr. Colfax.) I am willing to go to tho country with that report, and ain ready to defend the action of the Committee ogniyst ull comers, and when the time for further discussion arrives, I will say to my friend from Indiana, "Come 011, Macduff, and damned lielie who first cries— hold, enough!" [Laughter.] What does tho member from New York moan, with ref erence to the Saeclii contracts —this Star of Ik'thlehem of his? Does ho And fault w.lh the Committee for exposing the fraud of ono WHOLE HVffIBER, 3009. hundred and thirty thousand dollars ? If so, let him get up apd say so. Let him say so at once, and not go heating about the bush, and dealing in contemptible inuendoes against a Cufcimittec constituted especially to defeat those frauds, and when wo expose tliein, turn around and abuse us. Such was the rottenness and corruption of this Nacchi contract, that, when exposed, although there were tive thousand six hundred dollars due on it, for fear of further exposures, these never appeared to claim the amount due tofhein'on the Com mittee have been assailed for exposing this fraud, which in one instance alone saved nearly six thousand dollars to the country. The gen tleman from New York, who has had the face la assail the Committee for their effort to de lect and punish fraud, himself introduced a bill, some time ago, proposing to strike out and annul every contract entered into by the Gov ernment with these jobbers and speculators; and vol he has the lace to charge upon the Commit tee th&t they are trampling upon the private rights of those contractors. With this fact be fore us, it must be conceded that the member from New York is worthy to stand up as the introdiiCjMßnd advocate of a bill to punish frauds, then n change has come over the spirit of the member's dream.—lnstead of being opposed to frequent and thieving contrac tors, he now stands up here as their champion and defender. The attack upon the Committee is based upon interested and unwotf hv motives, and the member, as the attacking party, can not hope to get through unscathed.—No man will I permit to challenge my conduct oil this floor. In the afl'air of this Simon Stevens, wc have saved the country $.17,01)0, claimed by this Stevens without having rendered the Gov ernment the slightest service for it. If. the Ho publicans are willing to allow Stevens to pock et this money let them. For one, my vote shall not go in that direction, und others of the com mittee, I presume, will agree with me, that this is not the time to take the people's money from the Trcasnry, already sufficiently robbed, and to put into the hands of corrupt speculators and contractors the fabulous amount of money so frequently claimed, but the frauds in con nection with which we have exposed, und in doing so have drawn down upon us the wrath of tlu! member from New York. My colleague from Indiana will disclose the particulars of the extraordinary transaction with Stevens and others, and in his hands I now leave the mat tcr. A STRONG TEMPTATION. During tho stay of the Ifnion army in the vi cinity of Washington, one of the captains was killed by a rebel soldier, who was a good marks man, and well known to our sharpshooters, and they determined to have liim. So, one day, while on picket duty, he was discovered skulk ing along at some distance, and it was arrang ed that all our men hut one, a sharpshooter named Strow, should retreat slowly, leaving hiin concealed behind a tree. As they expect ed, the rebel marksman followed, and when a good opportunity occurred, fired upon the re treating force, and at the same instant was shot through the heart by. the concealed sharp shooter. This was in tho brigade commanded b)' General Smith, who has since obtained a part of the. regiment of sharpers to accom pany his advance. While this detachment was marching through the camp, in front of the General's headquar ters, a soldier discharged his piece. As it was contrary to orders, lie was arrested and brought up befure the General. "Did you fire that shot?" asked General Smith. "Yes, sir." "Didn't you know it was contrary to or ders?" "Yes, Sir." "Then why did you fire?" "T wgs tempted, sir." "What tempted you?" "That little raspul, said the sharpshooter, pulling a fine fat gray squirrel out from under liis coat tail—ho tempted me. He ran up the tree and laid his head saucily over the crotch of a limb, and stuck up his tail as if to dare me, and I couldn't stand it, so I fired. And, sure, he had off the squirrel's head as neatly as possible. "Are you the fellow who shot the rebel that killed my captain last winter?" asked General Smith, with a smile. "I am." "Well, go to your quarters." GIVING AID TO THE ENEMY. I The abolition organs are doing tlieir utmost to prevent the enlistment of the fitly thousand additional volunteers required to fill up the ranks of the anny thinned by sickness and death. They want blacks enlisted instead ofwhito men, thus dragging down the AnJSabn race to the level of the negro. In offliosing tho en listment of tho volunteers tlicy are true to their, antecedents, their principles and tlieir aspira tions. They are aiding and assisting tho reb el chieftains, and thus helping to establish ulti mate separation between the North and the South, the plot in which they have been impli cated with the Southern secessionists from tho beginning. Both alike desire the dissolution of the Union, never to be reunited. If Jet!'. Da vis and Co., are traitors to tho government founded by Washington and bis compatriots, so are the editors of the nboliton organs, who are laboring for the same end and playing into the lmnds of tho enemy.— N. Y. Herald. Cf-rAt an assemblage of a few friends, one evening, the absence of a lady was noticed, which was apologized for by an acquaintance, who stated she was detained by a little incident. "Ah, yos," exclaimed Mrs. John Smith, "and a beautiful little incident it is, too; weighs just and a half." Rates of One Square, three weens or lea*.*, . . . .. ,ji Q0 One Square, each additional insertion lea* . than three months M 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. ) VIAH. One square • $2 00 $3 00 $3 00 Two squares 300 300 000 Three squares ; 400 700 13 00 i Column 300 000 13 00 o Column 800 13 00 20 00 4 Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column . is 00 30 00 SO 00 The space occupied by ten lines of tbia size of type counts one square. All 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. 46 t CEN. HOUSTON'S PRESCRIPTION TO A l 'BORE.' ' Among the guests at tho St. Nicholas Hotel, * in New York, once of a time, was Gen. Sam. ) Houston, of Texas. General Iloutson is, aaall his acquaintance well knows, fond of mirth and 1 fun, and, in short, is what Doestlcks would call aP. 11.—perfect brick. The general however, r entertains an intense hatred for that species of 1 human beings, caHed"borcs." One of these gentry, a good-natured, but soft-headed chap, a ' regular button-holder, cornered him one day at " his hotel. He had managed to be introduced to him the day previous. ; 'General,' said the bore, after he had bother ed Mr. Houston out of all patience,'l wish you J would do me one more favor. A man of your ' eminence is so competent—' " 'Well, what is it?* demanded Mr. Houston, ' rather curtly. 'Well, you see, Mr. Houston, you are such au 1 .eminent man, such a— * 'Never mind that; what do you want to know V ■ 'Excuse me, but a person of your abilities and ■ distinction must be awaro—' \ 'I am somewhat in haste,' interrupted the badgered Senator, 'pray come to the point at ' onee.' *' 1 'Well, then, tell me the secret of your suc : cess in life—how you rose in position as you > have done.' 'Ah ! but that wouldn't benefit you any. I 1 can tell you how you can rise in the world if you 1 wish.' 'That's just it,'was the reply; 'just what I was trying to get at.' 'Well, sir, I'll tell you. I'ndertalx to approach a sore/leaded lull unth a red scarf around your ncclc. I'll guarrantee your upward progress im mediately on the the experi ment.' * The button holder collapsed, shoved his hat on his head and walked sorrowfully away, while a cluster of gentlemen near by, who had heard the conversation, fairly screamed with laugh ter.' A Sitoirr CLERGVMAN —A few miles below Poughkecpsie, N. Y., there lives, and has lived for several years past, a worthy clergyman, a man, however, very short in stature. Upon a certain Sunday about eight ycurs aop, this cler gyman was invited by the pastor of a church in that village to fill his pulpit for tho day.. The luviiaiiuM was uccepicu, aim nunaay morning saw Mr. in the pulpit. Now it happened that the pulpit was a very high one, and accor dingly nearly hid the poor little clergyman from view. However, the'congregation, out of res pect, managed to keep their countenances, and witli over pious faces, seemed religiously anxious for the text. They were not obliged to wait | long, for a nose, and two little eyes suddon | ly appeared over the top of the pulpit, and a ' squeaking, tremulous voice proclaimed in nasal tones the text: "He of good cheer; it is I, bo not afraid." A general roar of laughter followed the an nouncement—the clergyman became confused and turned all sorts of colors. Many, in tho general uproar,left the church; and it was u long time before the minister was enabled to proceed with the sermon, so abruptly broken off. Afternoon came, and the little man, standing on a footstool, had a fair view of the audience. The text was announced in duo form: "A little while ye shall sec me, and p little while and ye shall not see mo." In tho course of bis sennon he repeated his text with great earnestness, and stepping back, lost his footing, and disappeared from his hear ers ! The effect may be more readily imagined than described. SLEETING i\ Cncncii.—A certain military chaplain did all he could to prevent his soldiers from falling asleep at church. Even when read ing the text lie used to break off in-the middle of an unfinished sentence, ta cull attention to to some rod-coat enjoying his somnolent nods and winks in a distant corner. On ono occa sion he so mingled Scripture with tho intima tion that the ludicrous association gave riso to an irrepressible titter through tho congre gation. And no wonder, for thus impres sively read the chaplain:—"And Abraham said unto Lot," (a pause, during which tho par son pointed to a sluwberer in a retired soat,) "sergeant, that man's usleep!" PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.- —Tha, solar system has a large family but only -ono sun- Why is a field of grass older than yourself? Ilecausn it is past your age. Who is the largest man? The lover; he Is a follow of tremendous .sighs. Who is tho most liberal man ? Tho grocer; he gives most everything a weigh. A seeesh prisoner taken near Winchester, describes their uniform as consisting partially as follows! Grey frock contj grey cap, French stylo and light blue pants. A Colonel wears three stare, on each sido of tho coat collar; and a Major one. A Captain wears three bars on tho collar, Fiist Lieutenant ono. Each qfficcr wears heavy scroll work on both arms, extending nearly up' to the shoulder. <WA wag says of a woman:—"To her vir tues we give love—to her beauty, our admira tion—to her hoops, tho whol'o pavement." <SVA young man advertises In a London pa per his desire for a wife-—"pretty, and entirely ignorant of the fact 1" Docs he want a blind woman ? ea-He who sets one great truth afloat in tha :vvorld, serves his generation.-
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