THE .BEDFORD GAZETTE 14 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING 111' IS. P. MEYERS, At the following terme, to w'U t $1 .SO per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. S2.SO " " it nut paid within the year. CJTSO subscription taken tor less than si* months. Q3>-NO paper discontinued until all arrearage" are paid , unless at the option of the publisher, it has Seen decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ot arrearages', is prima facie evidence ol fraud and as a criminal offence. QJT" The courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, if they take them from the post office, wheth er they subscribe for them, or not. ©riginal Skctdj. * for the liedJ'oril Gairlte. Sido Glaiicos at the Fashionables. No. 2. Man is a gregarious animal, lie is fond of the society ot his fellows. From his advent in Eden down to these latter days of Mormonisra and Secession, his history is written In the chron icles of families, tribes, societies and nations. It is bis normal condition to be social, for soli tude is a penance to his spirit that is endurable only when some greater evil drives him from the companionship of his brothers. Hut this nor mal condition of the human mind, like a young tree full of sap, has its exuberances of growth, which blacken in death, when the tlusli of the unnatural causes which produced them, passes away. Such are the prejudices and animosities which spring tip between religious sects and po litical parties. Th y are the offspring of unnat ural excitements, drawing tense, for a lime, the liotrLj- which hold together particular societies, but perishing at last, leaving nothing but allies and dust to crumble in the grasp of those who once lung to them fondly. Such arc the fan ciful freaks of fashion, whose hints are the stat utes of modern sociality. Such are the lines of distinction drawn between the rich and the upright poor : between the descendants of weal thy and aristocratic ancestors and those who tire denominated -parvenus by established respecta bilities. Such are many of tho rules and ma ges which govern the arrangement and manr.ee ment of social parties, and which seem to be particularly the speciality of the little village in which I live. It is not long since tlint I found myself stand ing bolt upright in a room "filled to overflow ing" with other persons, of both sexes, also standing. Room for locomotion there was none. In fact you could scarcely find space enough to straighten up one knee when preparing the other for its relaxing rest. The people in the room talked and laughed, and laughed and talked, the ladies at the piano sang and played and played and sang, the silent folks in the corners, mused and and ctcuod itiul vf t ** seemed that the chief purpose of the assemblage was to ascertain how much standing up could be done, in a given time, in a common sized villng ; parlor. Of course I enjoyed myself hugely. Cross eyed people always do. Hut as they an swer those who speak to them without apparent ly looking at them, and, as their eyes seem to be glancing everywhere in general and nowhere in particular, it is always hard to tell, from their physiognomy, on what particular subject, or in what particular manner, their thinking appara tus is employed. For my own part, my enjoy ment, 011 the occasion referred to, did not con sist so much in any indulgence in the general source of amusement, viz: standing on one foot tmil resting the other, as in the absorbing sense of wonderment which seized upon me at what I saw and heard. I wondered that some men and sonic women couM be so vain and weak as to believe themselves the wittiest and most intelli gent persons in the room. I wondered that any person should come there for the purpose of hav ing her faultless neck "and shoulders (that one day must lie shrouded, whatever fashion may say) made the gossip of sarcastic and wanton, tongues. I wondered that the human voice, tuned by the hand of G*d himself, should, for fashion's sake, be affected into squeaks and quiv erings, ''like sweet bells jangled out of tunc and harsh." I wondered that Irid)*should vie with lady in richness of apparel, when her fellow creatures nre suffering for want of bread, and when her husband or father owes poor men debts lie cannot or will not'pay. I wondered that in society thus composed, the yearnings of the heart should be utterly stilled, the lover for the sake of propriety, keeping aloof from his love, the husband playing the agreeable to the wife or daughter of his neighbor, and the wife smiling languidly upon some other cavalier than the lord of her bosom. Filled with astonish ment as I reflected upon those things, my con sciousness fell into a' trance, from which I was awakened by a sharp punch in the region of the fifth rib. 1 looked, and behold the standing committee had resolved, itself into a committee of the whole 011 the state, of the supper table, with leave to stand again after supper, and were now elbowing their way with all possible speed, toward the dining-room. I was about to ex claim with the, preacher of old, "Vanity of van hies. all is vanity!" but when I beheld the mu nificence with which the kindness of the host and hostess, had prepared thrir table, how scru pulous and assiduous were their attentions to their guests, and how kindly and generously all this was intended, I could only excuse the la v ish extravagance, and say to myself, "Well, it's the fashion!" CROSS EYE. Purity in those who rule must, ever keep a pro portionate place with the progrtss of knowledge m those who obey. It isn't so bad to be too young for dignitaries as too old • time will destroy the first, objoction, but confirm the second VOLUME 38. SEW SERIES. IMF CiIRRESPOMME. CAMP NF.AU JAMES JIIVKH, July '<32. Rut: —All lias been excitement with us for the last two weeks on account of Gen. McClellan f making a strategical movement, and changing , the front of his army. On the 2ffd of June, (Monday) McClellan en gaged the enemy on the right and drove them in, when lie commenced changing his position before Kichmond. lie had three days hard fighting. 'Chore was great loss on bolh sides. When the army fell back over the Cliiekahomi- mndci another stand, and had two days heavy fighting there, while the main army was still moving on across the AVhiteOakSwamp ! where wo were encamped. This point, was 011 j the extreme left wing of the army. On Satur day, the 28th v our division got orders to move neross the swamp. All was ready. We mov ed off, for the other side of WhiteOakSwamp, in the direction of James river, 011 the Charles city road. AVe were marched about three miles he other side of the swamp where we wcro thrown oft the road into camp, to await the coining on of the balance of the army, as we were to be the rear guard of the army from this point. "Not the rear guard of the imperial ar my of France," but the rearguard of the grand ariny of the Potomac. AVe passed the night quietly, excepting the tramp 01 troops moving. .Sunday morning came and with it was a little j excitement for Sunday morning. A squadron ! of cavalry had gone down the road a piece, re- j connoltreinp, when they were attacked by 100 • rebel cavalry which brought them into camp "a I jumping." They enrne up the road after our 1 fellows like a pack of ftends, yelling and hallo-j ing until they rode on a snag that was in the I way. We had two masked batteries planted j down the road a piece, and just as the last ofi oar fellows got past them and the front files of! the rebels came tip, the cannoniers let loose 011' them and canister among them. It i made "a seafterment," you better believe. They ' killed about 25 and took 18prisoners. Among! the prisoners was one major and several other officers. The major was loading them. The major was wounded so badly that lie died short ly after he was taken. The balance of the day ' was quiet, except fellows looking through regi ment after regiment for friends and relatives as they passed along. The reserves came up at last, and I had the pleasure of taking by the hand Adj't. Gaither, . one*of fim ftffc Wore Richmond. He looks well, anil makes a good appearance as an officer. On Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, we took up our line again onward towards the James were all night and until 9 o'clock next Swning, making a march of eight miles. Our progress was so slow on account of getting the heavy artillery aloii*, together with the baggage trains. Monday, the 30th day of June, our rear guard, or rather part of it, the division behind us, was attacked, when a severe battle took place again. The rebels followed us up. They could travel much faster on account of having no bag gage trains or any tiling to bring with them. We were all run into line of battle again and kept standing all day. The fight was awful to listen to. The gun boats got a range off of the river and just belched shells and canister into their ranks. There was a perfect slaughter of them. That night our company was sent out on picket. Wo had only M> men with Lieut. Conley, Scrg't. Lawrence and myself. There were iwo other companies sent out at 10. o'clock that night to support us, but nothing occurred. The next morning there was a whole brigade sent out to us. The place was on a big road into which a great many other roads led. It was a splendid place for a ilank movement, il it had not been watched closely. About nine o'clock we were drawn quietly off. There were only two regiments left in the reawtjoni this point—ours and the 85th New York. During this time it had rained very hard, and the mud was knee deep. We had nothing to eat tor 48 hours, but two crackers. The teams were stick ing in the mud when we caught up, and we had to heave out crackers, salt, pork, sugar and eve ry thing else to get them along to keep the trains from being cut off by the enemy. Some places they could not. get the empty wagons along.— When we came up to where all the trains were, we halted. The 85th was in our rear when the enemy came upon them and began to throw some shells, whereupon they got up and "ske daddled." The next thing wo know was Gen. Wesel rode up and ordered the 101 st back to take their place. They were just making the mud fly in their "skedaddle. Capt. May, who is acting Colonel of our regiment, in absence of the Lieut. Col. and Major, left faced the regi ment, and marched us back again through the mud about one mile, where we formed our line of battle along the road. While we were maijdi ing back an artillery officer rode up to our Col. and wanted to know what regiment that was that run. Said they would have let the enemy take his baftery of two guns that was support ing thorn. We had to stay there all that day and that-night and the next day until 9 o'clock at night. We could see the enemy all the lime, in shooting distance, but were not allowed to bring on an attack. Gen. Wesel was in a great sweat about us, to know how we would get out of the sua]) we were in, and he was airaid to send up reinforcements for fear ot bringing on an attack, and did not know how to get us out, for we were surrounded on all sides except one corner where we had to come out under cover of night along a fence where the mud was knee deep 0 Gen. Wesel gives our acting Col. great praise for getting us out of the snap. Captain May makes as good, if not better Col., than we have ever had. I would sooner follow him than any other officer that has ever tried to handle the regiment. lie is no slouch, I tell you. I don't think wc. lost many wagons and mules in this strategical movemcot of McClcllan's Freedom of Thomt and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY OBJiING, JULY 25, 1862. drawing the rcbois awny from Kichmond. 'i ll provisions that, were thrown out, were generalil picked up by the roar guard. So they did ndl , much in tho eating line. 1 saw mules thai j 1 were hitched to wagons driven into swnmpS over) r ; head and ears, and, of course, left. Ft watt ' 1 lucky if the drivers got out in all cases. E#- j ry thing that they could not get along was bum t s ed up in piles—officers' trunks and everything 1 1 else. A great many regiments burned their ; knapsacks in piles, with all except what was oil" thpir backs. I suppose you have heard of the death of Col. Samuel AV. Black, and most ofj the officers in his regiment. The Colonel was | •shot in tho hollow of the eye and nose. Mc- Clellan has given thorn an awful raking since, the commencement of changing his front. Lieut- -Aliilliu has been sick for two or three weeks, not ahle to wait 011 himself. lie was sent to the landing in an ambulance, nnd I sup-" pose will be either shipped home or to some hos pital until he gets better. Licnt. Conloy was in command of us through all our trials in this movement. AA'e can only muster from 15 to 10 men in our company for duty. Tt takes hard work to muster 200 men in the regiment for du ty. When I say duty, I mean good, effective men. If there is any thing difficult to be done, Gen* AVesel always calls 011 the 101 st, instead of some ot his Now York regiments that mus ter G and 1 hundred men. He places more con / fidencc in 0111 regiment than any he has in his ! brigade, even if it is so small. ' Lieut. Beegle; I of Gapt. Compiler's edinpany, is actin<* aid to ) Gen. Wescl. j I suppose you are not aware of our division , | changing hands. It is not commanded by the j old grey haired veteran, Gen. Casey, any lon ! P cr - Gen. l'eek is our division commander now. ! jHeis a first rule General, too. lie knows how jto do things up. He dont leave a stone in the ' 1 way unturned. The change took place after j j we were moved to White Oak B'.-atrip. Gen. ' Casey was assigned to another command, but f don't know what. Let him he where ho may, he has our good wishes for his future welfare. ' The whole army is lying here, in and about .'1 miles from the James Kiver. They are on the march right back again. On the 4fh day ol July, the BGth birthday of our National In- j dependence, Gen. McClellan reviewed all the troops on the l'eninsula. I suppose it was to 1 see how they looked after wading through the mud, and lighting their way here. I here have been a great many troops landed, j they had their boots blacked and niSs wfitnr gloves on. Looked like as if they enrao *rigbt out of a band-box. Wait until they see a few of the swamps, rains and mud of this Peninsu la, and they won't look so nice, especially if they have to do liko wo liavo done all the time, lie down in the rain and mud any place. A Lieu tenant of our regiment was down at the land ing, the other day. when some of the new troops arrived. . lie pushed himself up to some that were landed and standing on the bank, when a colloquy took place between uim and the troops. Ojfker —"Well, boys, how do you like it I" New Trotps —"Oh! we have seen h—11!" Oj/icer —"How is that?" New Troops —"Why, we have not seen a bite of soft bread for three days!" I wonder what they would think if we were to tell them wo had seen nothing but crackers since last March. You have heard, I suppose, that the Hope well Company were ail taken prisoners, while out on picket, except to men. Captain, Lieu tenant and all went it. I have nothing more to tell you (and I sup pose I have written too much already) except that tho whole army has been lying motionless since we came here. On (lie 3d of July a col umn of our troops went out and cut off a relwl battery and took it, together with a lot of pris oners. Thcre is one thing that ought to be done; that is, stop putting a.guard around the rebels' property. They would not guard ours if they were like us. They will charge you a half dol lar for a chicken that weighs a pound, after be ing picked. They have no feeling for us, and you dare not say a word for fear of a Provost Guard taking you up. It is all humbug, this thing of saving their property and leaving the soldiers starve on account of them not taking a fair price for their produce. Yours, &e., J. B. HELM. WHAT THURLOW WEED SAYS. The ensuing extract is from the Albany Event ing Journal , the accredited organ of William 11. Seward, edited by his fast friend Mr. Thuriow Weed, it is a fact which Democratic journals have often set forth, and have as often been as sailed for so doing by Uepublican newspapers all ovoc tho country. If Thuriow Weed is a secessionist, and a traitor for speaking as he docs, so bo it; he isaio doubt able to take care of his own head. Hut listen to what he says: J'TheChief Architects of Rebellion, before it broko out, avowed that they were aided in their infernal designs by the ultra Abolitionists of the North. This is too true, for without such aid the South could never have been united against the Union. But for tho incendiary recommen dations wjiieh rendered tho otherwiso useful Helper book a fire brand, North Carolina could never have boon forced out of the Union. And even now, the ultra Abolition press and speech makers arc aggravating horrors they helped to create, and thus, by playing into the hands of the leaders of the Hebellion, nro keeping down the Union men of the South, aud rendering re union difficult, if not impossible." Jecms, my lad, keep away from the gals. Ven you see. one coming, dodge. Just such a critter as that young un' cleaning the door-step op 'tothcr side of the street, fooled yer dad, Jim my. If it hadn't been for her, you and yer dud might liavo been in California hunting dimes my j|fitS %t ;HE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. 1 The first session of tho XXXVII Congress nds to-day. The country may lie congratula -1 I'd on the abutment ol this nuisance. No Con gress assembled since the foundation of the Gov fitment. has reflected less honor and brought ' (fore disgrace upon the nation. "([ AVben this Congress assembled in extra sos ' 'ton on the 4th of July, 1801, at the call of the J&sident, the civil war was just beginning, "ijho country anticipated that the rebellion would J'subdued before another anniversary cf Amer aii independence. The immense resources of |te loyal States, the unanimity of the Northern jople, and the unlimited supply of men and ' 1 ioney freely placed at the disposal of the Gov 'anient, inspired unbounded confidence in the Seedy downfall of the rebel confederacy. But , dark cloud lias overcast all these bright pros acts. Our military strength Ims been frittered way, ottr mow y squandered, our hopes dim ted. Disaster and defeat have followed close ; bon the heels of blundering mismanagement. ; 'cbellion has grown in strength and acquired ' le prestige of victory; and worse than all. that atriotic enthusiasm which one year ago inspir l the masses to volunteer in defence of the' J ;nntry, has sensibly diminished. This gloomy state of affairs! is directly attribu tblo to the insane and reckless course pursued . y the majority in Congress. Their acts seem 1 have been intended to strengthen rebellion d disgust the loyal Union and Constitution is ing people of the Northern.nnd Border States, /lien Congress met in extra session, party and Actional ideas were for the moment forgotten > enthusiasm for the Constitution and the Ijiion, The purposes of the war were de lured in a resolution adopted with remarkable j r.finimity. Banishing all feeling of mere pas sim or resentment, the announcement was sol ennly made that this war js not waged for any plrpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose the nation. It was scarcely given before the Abolitionists commenced their machinations for jo overthrow am) Lie cT-frfnUr/O" old ri'ise .. T -ming. lon the National pintform, they have left nothing undone to produce dis cord and division among the people, and to strengthen the rebel cause in the border States. Kverv question which has caused discussion at the North, and interrupted the harmony and unity conspicuous at the. commencement of the war; has been raised by the Abolitionists in Congress. Nearly every disaster to our arms is traceable to their meddling interference. Their "On to Kiehmond cry!" produced the disaster at Their jealousy of M'Clellan caus ed the recent repulJb before Richmond. Their unceasing agitation of the negro question has strengthened the rebellion in the rebel States, and weakened the I nion cause in the border States.' Had Congress acted with common patriot ism and honesty, how different might now be our prospects. Had it adhered faithfully to the national platform and conducted the war to the] sole end of suppressing rebellion, maintaining the Constitution and restoring the Union, instead of wasting its energies upon emancipation, con fiscation, negro brigades, homestead bills, the conduct of generals in tiro field, and other irri tating questions, which weakened the Northern people by introducing discord anil to the sqme extent encouraged rebellion—had Congress ig nored these topics and resolutely excluded from its delilierations everything except what related to furnishing the Government with the means necessary to put down this rebellion, the nation might not now bewail disasters in the field and look with sorrow upon a beclouded future. ]lut the majority instead of eullivating una nimity and confidence have done everything to destroy both. The. most reckless parlizanship and corruption have characterized their pro ceedings. They have studied to insult North ern conservatives. They have devoted much of their time to carrying out.that wretched summa ry of sectionalism, the Chicago platform.—They liavo wasted the public lands and stolen the public money. They have squandered funds needed for the prosecution of the war, in pur chasing and maintaining gangs of worthless ne groes. They have, encouraged the inundation of tho Northern States with fugitive slaves. They have patronized corruption and winked at fraud when the wrong doers happened to bo "friends of freedom." They have done what they ought not to have done, and left undone what they ought to have done, and there, is no health in them.- The best act of this Congress is that, by which it terminates its wretched ex istence.—Patriot ,j- Union, July 10. ®a"Soino. ingenious musical wag wrote (ho following novel "catch" which was scL to mu sic in such away as (o make the audience laugh out loud. It is quite romantic to read, but lu dicrous to hear sung: "All! how Sophia, can you leave Your Jovcr, and of hope bereave! Go fctcli the Indian's borrowed plume, Yet richer far than that your bloom; I'm but a lodgor in your heart, And more than one, I fear am not." The music of these lines arranged as to make one voice cry out: "A house afire! fire! firo!" While a second chimed in : "Go fetcli the Ingiltes! fetch ihe Inginesl" And a third called out: "I'mbut a lodger! but a lodger!" The reader will easily see how this Ludicrous pronunciation was produeod. It waa quite as good as a corned/ WHOI.E AIIfSER, 3014 From the American Agrioulturist. Preserving Fruit~Bost & Cheapest Way. For several yews past we have been trying to abolish the old mode of preserving fruits, viz: 1 the addition of pound for pound of sugar, and stewing them down to an indigestible mass in order to make them "keep.* Our efforts in this direction have, been in a measure successful; the high price of sugar this year will do much towards the adoption of the newer and better mode. All kinds of fruits can he preserved for a year, or more, with the use of little or no su gar, and at the same time retain nearly all of their natural flavor. The process is not more difficult, and is less costly than the stewing pro cess, while the fruit is far more delicious and healthful. The whole operation depends upon simply heating the fruit through, and then keep ing it entirely free from the access of air. FRCTT JARS. —Periodically, as the fruit sea-! son approaches, there are numerous fruit jar Inventions, patented and otherwise, brought be- | fore the public with wonderful assurance and an indefinite number of extravagant rccoinrnen- j dations. Some teal with wax, others with India , robber and cast iron; in some the tops are screwed on ; in others, wedged ; and. in others wired. Home tin, some glass, and some stone, but all are "perfect," if the claims of the inven tors and manufacturers are fully credited. We have tried most of these fruit jam, and while many of them arc good, our experience has 11 us to adopt the cheapest kinds of gluts bottles and jars. Tin cans are not safe. While in a majorit v of cases they may answer well for a season or two, there is always danger of their corrosion, or rusting, and consequent production of poisonous salts of tin. Jksides, it is desira ble to have the fruit in transparent vessels so that it can always be examined. Good well glazed stone-ware bottles and jars are not ob jectionable on account of corrosion, but they are opaque, so that the contents can not be seen, and arc but little cheaper than cheap glass. During the past year we have kept several bushels of fruit of different kinds, always in good condition, and the portion now unused is almost as fresli and delicious as when first pick ! ed. For keeping, we have used all sorts ofglats bottles and jars, holding from a pint to two quarts each—including several of the patent jars with caps of various patterns. Among these were a dozen glass jars with India rub- I her ring i expanded by a serew.^.i ever form that can not be turned to account for' preserving fruits—even junkbottles, soda-water bottles, jars, etc., etc. The best form is a wide ntoutlicd quart bottle or jar, the neck drawn in to give a shoulder for the cork to rest upon. For the larger fruits wide .necks are needed; for the smaller, berry fruits, narrow necks an swer perfectly. PmepAfliNC. THE PnrtT.—Our method is, to put the fruit in a preserving kettle of some liimi—.a glazed iron kettle, or even a tinned one, or a tinpail will do—and sweeten it with just sugar enough to fit it for the table. The sweet ening is added in the form of a svrup made by boiling from one to three pounds of sugar Ca sually 2 lbs..) with one quart of water. The more juicy fruits, such as strawberries, require loss syrup while pears and quinces require more. The fruit is heated with the syrup just long enovssh to seald it through. .Some prefer to use less sweetening and add more when the fruit is to be used. Others use no sugar; they think the fruit keeps just as well, and preserves its aroma better without any sugar. We prefer to use all the sugar that i J to he needed, believing that the fruit will probably keep more certainly ami it is then always ready to pour out at once upon the table. The fruit to he preserved should lie in good condition—ripe but not over-ripe, nor containing any decayed portions. Toma toes are peeled, and then cooked down one-half, as this makes a better sauce, and requires less bottle room. To BOTTLE THE FITTTT. —The bottles or jars are thoroughly cleansed, and each one fitted with a stopper. ' For these, soft corks are best; but they may bo made of soft dry wood. For each bottle or jar we provide a little tin "patty-pan," (fig. 1.) costing $ to 1 cent by tho quantity. Tea-saucers will answer. For cement wc heat togethor in an old tin basin or iron kettle, one pound of rosin, and l £ to 2 ounces of tallow. This may W mixed in quantity, and melted from time to time as wanted. We formerly used a little over 1 ounce of tallow to one pound 6f rosin, but further experience is in favor of a softer cement, when the fruit is to Stand in a cool cellar.—While the fruit is being heated as above described, tho bottles are well warmed by petting them near the fire and frequently turn ing them ; or better, by setting them in cold water in a wash-boiler and heating to tho boil ing point. The fruit being barely scalded through, it is dipped hot into the heated botlles, through a funnel it the bottle necks are small This is done carefully, so as not to mash the fruit. Tho bottles are filled up to where the bottom of the stoppers will come; they are thigr jarred a little to make the air bubbles rise, ami more fruit or syrup added if needed. The tops and necks are then wiped clean, inside and out ami tho stoppers put in, and sunk to a level with the top. The cement being warmed in tho mean time, a little is dip ped on over the stoppers to close them tightly. The bottles are then turned necks down into tho little patty-pans, or saucers, (fig. 2,) and a quantity of cement dropped in to completely enclose tho stoppers and neeks. When cold the bottles may be seteitherside up. (fig. 2or fig. 3). The cooling will shrink tho contents so as to create a strong inward pressure, hut. the patty pans prevent the stoppers from beingpressed in, and llic cement shuts out air. The whole process is simple and quickly per orated. After the fruit is prepared, two per _. IJJ Rate* of tc Sqq#re, three wtessor (tit. - i, . . . .01 e Sqiujjf, etch lulditiopal insertion lew than three months 20 • s StOMTIW, 6 JfOHTH*. 1 Till. One square • $2 00 $3 00 $3 00 Twosquaree . . 300 000 000 Three squares 400 300 .13 00 1 Column . . 903 000 13 00 i Column 800 13 00 30 00 i Column 13 00 10 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 30 00 The space occupied by ten lines of this siz" of type counts one square. All fractions of n square under five lines will be measured as a half aquare ; and all over five lines as a full square. Ail legal advertisements will be charged to the person hand ing them in. ' VOLS.NO. 51 sons will heat it, and put up 30 to 100 bottle# in half a day. We prefer quart bottle# as thcso furnish enough for once opening. If cork stop pers arc used, they are rendered soft and pli able, and may be crowded into a small orifice, by first soaking them in hot water. ' A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS. Who denounced Democrats as Union Savers, leause they advocated the right of all the States under the Constitution? Republicans. Who preferred a dissolution of the Union rather than a continuance of slavery and sus tained personal liberty bills which contravened the Constitution? Republicans. Who openly nullified the acts of Congress, and counseled armed resistance to the enforce ment of them? Republicans. Who nullified the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and appealed to the higher law? Republicans. Who would have allowed the negro an equal vote in (lie Government with the white man ? Republicans. Who "loath and detest all laws which give or withhold political right on account of color V : Republicans. Who are "proud to live in a Commonwealth where every man white or blnek, of every clime and race, is recognized as a man standing npon tjie terms of perfect and absolute equali ty?" Republicans. • Who destroyed Democratic presses within one year? Republicans. Who robbed and plundered the Government in a single, year of a larger amount, to use Mr. Dawes' language? a Republican member of Con gress, tlian the previous administration had re quired to conduct the Government for tour years ? Republicans. Who incarcerated hundreds of men in forts and prisons for months in defiance of law ? Republicans. Who for seven years have hated the South and slavery more than they have loved the Un ion* Republicans. Who, years ago, advocated the dissolution of * In a, Xlw o—^ Republicans. race is superior, who 'propose to'wait until time shall develop whether the white race shall absorb the black, or the black absorb the white?'' Republicans. Who advocated the irrepressible conflict? Republicans, Who four years since inscribed on their ban* ner "the States must be. made all free, and un* der it we will march on to victory, after victory, conquering and conquer ?" Republicans. Who arc in favor of an anti-slavery Consti tution, an anti-slavery biblo and an anti-slavery God? Abolitionized Republicans. Who declnre the Constitution to be "a cove nant with death and an agreement with hell?" Abolitionized Republicans. Who justified the John ltown raid, and proclaimed him "as a hero truo to his conscience and true to his God?" Republicans. Who, to achieve the freedom of the slave, "would not hesitate to fill up and bridge over the chasm that yawns between the hell of slave ry and the heaven of freedom, with carcases of the slain ?" Republicans. Who denounced slaveholders as more crimi nal than common murderers ? Republicans. (See Helper.) ' Who, six years ago, denounced our "govern*' ment as worse than that, of old King George?" Republicans. — Alkntoum Democrat. Tho Pennsylvania Reserves. "All accounts concur," remarks the Philadel phia Bulletin, "in saying that the dauntless bra very of the division of Pennsylvania Volunteers commanded by Gen. MeCall, usually called the Reserve Corps, really saved the army of tho Po tomac. They were in tho. very front, and wero attacked by superior numbers, during live suc cessive days. But they always met the enemy bravely, fighting like veterans, and even when reduced to half their original streng'.h and worn out by the battles of live days, They still stow ed no signs of flinching. With any lets iletor minod division than this in the front., our army might have been wholly destroyed or captured." These Pennsylvanians have covered them selves with glory; ten thousand strong who:i first attacked by "Stonewall" Jackson, they now number less than one third that number, Tho slaughter of, and the courage exhibited by, tho Old Guard at Waterloo did not surpass that of tho bravo sons of the Keystone in tho series of j battles just terminated on the Peninsula, inVir- I ginia. lii this intrepid division of tho army our own county is nobly represented. Cir A northern editor predicts that "woe! will be king." Prentice wants to know whoth cr he means wool on tho back of a sheep or wool on tho head of a negr - CrGoneral Gcofgo A. MeCall, reported kill ed ou Monday near White Oak Swamp, is not dead, but wounded and % prisoner. 43-The farmer is a conqueror who wins vic tories upon important fields—at the point ol the plough-share. jtfyßead not the writings of an egotist, if you would not come under the influence ot tho . evil 1. fyTdleocss, timidity, or f-hanie,n)sy keep uy within the hounds of duty; stfd virtue way With the honor ot it.