TBS BEDFORD GAZETTE It POBliSBKI) EVCRY FRIDAY MORNING . BY B. F. MEYERS, At tli* following t*rm, to wit t sl.M> per annum, caan, in odvanet. •too <• <i if paid within the year. $3.90 " " if not paid witbiu the year. iubacription taken lorjeie than six moat bi. IfiyNn paper dieiontinued until all airauragetare Sid, unlet* at the option of the publUbei. It hat en decided by the United States Court* that the atopptgo of a newipaper without the payment of arrearages, if prim* fmtii evidence oi fraud and as • criminal oflence. BSTTho courti have decided that persons are ac countable for the aubacription price of newspapeia, if they take them from the poet office, whether they anbscribe for them, or not. €l)t St!) oolm aster 21 br o a t>. COITED BY STMON SYNTAX, ESQ. (jyTeacher*and friend* of education nre respect folly reqoeated to aend communications to the above care of ''BtJfttd Gatetu." ESSAY, Head be/ore the Bedford Co. Teachers' Association, BY MISS MARY SNOBEROER. Coming before this audience a3 I do, tlie youngest and least experienced teacher a inong you, I cannot but feel great diffidence and hesitation in the expression of my own particular views and opinions upon a subject which is important alike to pupils, parents and teachers; and although I may, as is natural to man's as well as woman's conceit, realize a consciousness of righteousness in my decisions, yet I hope to do co with a Spirit not unwilling to receive enlightenment from others. For a teacher should not only have a disposition to impart, but, also, to receive instruction; a3 the author of "Tom Brdwn" says, "it is of course more satisfac tory to one's self-love to make all who come to learn, feel that he is a fool and we wise men." But if it is our object to teach well and usefully what we know ourselves, there can be no worse method. As soon as wc begin to feel that we can learn nothing from </ur pupils, that henceforth it is to be all give and no take, the sooner we throw up the of fice of teacher, the better it will be lor our selves, our pupils and our country, whose sons we are misguiding. This i3by no means a universal conviction, and the time wa3, not long since, when an acknowledg ment of ignorance on any subject, of any description whatever, was quite disgraceful, and proved the unfitness of the teacher for his office in the eyes of ignorant pupils, and no less ignorant parents. But while we are thankful for our happy release from the superstitions of our round-head ances tors, and puritanical forefathers, we can, in tho same breath, rejoice that the days of ty rannical pedagogues are now no more, that master and pupil arc walking the same path, in the same spirit, with the same starting point behind and the same end in view. We have heard it said that parents should be their children's only teacher, that they alone can understand the child's character, intellectual capacities, predispositions, in clinations toward right and wrong, and how to foster the one and check the other; that the parent's affection for the child makes the task a labor of love, which the teacher un ertakes from pecuniary considerations and carries it on faithfully from a conscientious sense of duty, if faithfully at all. But this opinion is, we think, opposed to all thorough ly considered decisions as it certainly is to all known results. From youth to age our intellects, affections and passions arc under our own control, yet how often we sec imbe cile minds, affections deadened or perverted, and uncontrolled passions, leading the whole nature astray. We can never truly know or govern our selves; and children possess, in some degree, the peculiarities of their parents as well as their faults. To these latter the parents are generally blinded, while their continued intimacy with the child together with its isolation from other children, (without whose companionship its ambition is never stimu lated and i r s desire for knowledge never in creased) leads them to overlook peculiarities in disposition, and deficiencies in intellect. Having thus slightly considered the im practicability of the child's receiving a prop er education from the parent, and driven it from the fireside in search of knowledge, ■wkit influences shall we decide proper to Bear upon its developing and susceptible moral and intellectual natures. Evidently the schools and seminaries of learning Within whose walls will be laid the founda tions of future usefulness or worthiness in after life. How extremely important that these institutions should be under the con trol of wise and trust-worthy men; but how much more important that those who edu cate our youth and mould the minds of the rising generation, should be well qualified for the duties they undertake, and worthy of,the high calling thcyliavo chosen. But how many teachers do we find who, Micawbcr like, are waiting for something to turn up which will advance them pecunia rily and socially much farther than school teaching is ever likely to do; for it is a well known Tact that school teaching as a profes sion, is by no means lucrative, and, only in its titled positions, much respected. In deed it is hardly looked upon as a profession, and we should almost smile to hear that j quest ion so frequently asked of of aspiring jrOtith, ''What profession shall you choose V" answered in the words, ."school teaching.'' Yit it evidently requires labor as arduous, and an Amount or time equal, to that ex panded in the preparation for any profession generally pursued by man, to say nothing of the intellect, talent and general streng h of character; necessary. But the common ; JMUfoolf ■the' intelligent people of this cn- j lightened land is rapidly bringing thein round to the proper stand point for viewing the subject, and the teacher's office will soon VOLUME as. NEW SERIES. seem to all of equal importance with that of I the man of law, or the vender of drugs. ! So many teacher's positions are occupied j by young men desirous of obtaining means , of advancing their studies in other profes-j sions, or by young ladies who arc obliged to < support themselves, or wish to employ their time while awaiting the probability of mar-. riage, that very few arrive at a high stand- j ing in teaching, and hardly begin to com- i prebend the vastness and pleasantness of j the field laid out before them, when their I mode of life is changed by the fulfilment of previously formed plans. This tends to de grade the office, and lower the standard of excellence. Who would employ a physi cian who was only practicing a little until lus age would allow him to run for the Pres idency? or a lawyer, who speaks before juries, to perfect himself in eloquence which should one day be sounded forth from the pulpit? Yet our youth just as recklessly place themselves under tutors as ill qualified for the office of teachers, a3 a traveling pedlar would be; not from ab solute ignorance, but from ignorance of the art of teachif/. Young men should be ed- I ueated to look upon tlie profession of teach ing, not only an a temporary occupat ion, nor an introduction to a so-considered more no ble calling, but as being itself the mo3t noble that can engage his attention, and the most delightful, although responsible, to which he can devote his life. But all are | not fitted for teachers. Some important i natural endowments arc necessary, and tho' ' some requisite qualifications can be acquir | ed, yet these are minor points in the gene ral character, although possessing their share I of importance in filling out the picture of a 1 perfect teacher. Of course natural faculties for teaching i can be improved, upon repressing some pre i dominant traits and developing others; finn | ness very much developed, with little dis- I comment of character, would give us the J old fashioned teacher, who did a'great deal | of whipping and very little teaching; vet I firmness is necessary combined with good I judgment of human nature. It is necessa j ry that teachers should have characters very j strongly sympathetic, for they must show, j themselves interested in the advancement of; every individual scholar, which, of itself, 1 will assist the progress of the pupil. To do this well it must be done sincerely and without partiality. Added to this, a teach-j er should be capable of winning the confi dence and friendship of his pupils and strive to he agreeable, for disagreeable people rare ly accomplish much. Every teacher should remember that his office is second to none in its responsibility and momentous result. It holds in its grasp a power which is, and will always be, felt in our country until irs free institutions are numbered among the things that were, a power which will exert an influence for good or evil until wc have ceased to be a sovereign people. Then how deep the responsibility, how great the trust laid upon every teacher. Here, as nowhere else, he is untrammeled in the expression of his moral, political, and religious senti ments; how necessary,then, that each should be worthy of himself and his office. How im-: portant that lie should be competent to lead our youth in paths which confer honor on all who walk in them, and to train minds which will be efficient in camp, church and state, as well as in the more ordinary de- j parlments of life. Then let our young teach ers view their profession as no mean calling, looking at it in a new light may they appre ciate the magnitude of the work before them and its lasting results, and with unfailing hearts, conscious of the purity of their mo tive, resolve that no less important work or more inviting prospects shall lure them from their teachers' desk, or diminish their hope and courage. Slay our older teachers, see ing those whom they themselves have taught in their ranks doing honor to their calling, feel tliat they have not labored in vain, and that their self imposed task has already met with some reward. j It 13 said that grain in Minnesota will not be halt" gathered this season, the whites hav ing abandoned agricultural labor tor safety from the Indians. A fellow remarked that he would like to know what there is about mush and milk to bloat a taan up so soon. lie said that he could never eat more than three or four quart 3 without feeling considerably swollen. Quite astonishing. Tom Hood said that, when a young man, he couldn't wink at a girl that she didn't take it as an affair of marriage. The con sequence was that a good many got Hood winked. It i t stated that ptacbcs, at Rochester, New York, are so plenty that they are sold at such low prices that farmers prefer to feed them to swine, rather than take them to market. Why arc chickens' necks like door-bells ? Because they are oftefe wrung for company. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD,PA., FRIDAY MORNING,' NOVEMBER 7, 1562. From the Westmoreland llepubltcan. THE ARMY VOTE. THE CONSTITUTION of Pennsylvania provides that "every white freeman of the age of twen ty-one years, and in the election districts where he qfers to vote ten days uu a: I. itelj precediwj sue h election" shall be entitled to vote. The volunteers in the Held are not only out of their election district, but outside of their State and within States where Pennsylvania laws arc inoperative and unkuowu, and are besides sol diers, subject to the urbitrury and absolute com mand of military officers, pmst of whom are from other States. Voluntarily, patriotically, they have temporarily, surrendered their char acter as citizens and subjected themselves to mil itary laws and commanders. Always obedient to the rule of right, Demo crats generally, took no army vote. The .Re publicans, disregarding the Constitution, pro cured ail the votes which by prejudice or au thority, fairly or falsely, could he obtained for the abolition candidates. The result is that, although a majority of our volunteers are Dem ocrats, the partial and imperfect volunteer vote is almost all Uepubliclm. Fairly beaten by the legitimate vote of cit izens, the Republicans now resort to their fraud ulent army vote, one sided and taken in defiance of the Constitution, to reverse the action and defy the will of the people as legally evinced at the polls. Their liitnerto sterile fraud on sol diers is to be made to fructify by the perpetra tion of a fraud on citizens, it' tucy can accom plish such nefarious object. They do not deny that tho Constitution for bids voting, except in the election district, but they boldly declare that the Constitution is to lie set aside to make way for the act of Assembly of 18 tj, which provides tint soldiers in service "mm/ vote at such place as nviy be appointed by the cominaiuliiiy officer." If the officer appoints no place, there can be no vote : or if lie does ap point a place, lie may detail for duty, which takes them away from the place of voting, such men and in such numbers as he pleas es. I Thus according to the Republican theory, the n/jht to rote, and the result of (he vote, depend* wholly on the will of a military officer. Instead of the military being subordinate to the civil power, as declared by the Bill ot Rights ot all free Governments, the military power holds the right of suffrage the election of all civil offi cers, the liberties of both citizens and soldiers, the Constitution, and the State itself, at its ab solnte,arbi t ary disposal • If tho Legislature can auuul the Constitu j tion, by virtue alone of which they can exer cise even legitimate power, the rights of citizens arc wholly at the incrcy of a temporary and ever fluctuating majority—even if composed of I arrant fools, mercenary wretches, or usurping tyrants. Constitutions are made expressly to protect minorities, and to restrain rulers. If we permit thein to he trampled on with impunity, we license the hydra headed despotism of mere nuniliers—-always savage, reckless and cruel. The people themselves have provided, hy the Constitution, for their defence against faithless or foolish legislators, by declaring that the ju dicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in the Supreme Court, the jurisdiction of which shall extend over the Stale. The validity of a law is a judicial question, and hundreds of laws, inconsistent with the Con stitution, have been annulled by the Supreme judicial tribunals in every State of the Union. Thus the judges stand, the defenders of the Constitution an lof the people, who in their character of sovereigns have declared their om nipotent will by that great first law. i This very question of the army vote has been directly decided by the judicial protectors of the people. The Supreme Court solemnly de clared on the 22d of May, 18H2, in case of. , Chase vs. Miller, that | J. "Election districts," within the rocuningof 1 our statute, denotes sub divisions of l'ennsyl vania territory, marked out by known bounda ries, pre arranged and declared by public au thorities; and election districts mean in the Constitution just what they mean in the stat ute. The Constitution recognizes thein as n mong the civil institutions of the State, which can neither be created, nor controlled, by the military power. • The term "residence" in the Constitution is the same as domicil—a word whi h menus the place where a man establishes his abode, makes the scat of his property, and exercises his civil and political lights. 3. The right of a soldier to vote, under the Constitution, is in the district where he resided at tho time of his entering tho military ser vice. 4. The 43d section of tho election law of 2d July, 1830, allowing soldiers to vote outside of the bounderics of the State, is in direct conflict i with the amended clause of the 3d article of | the Constitution of I'cnnsylvunia, and is, there fore, MI LL AND VOID. This is no party question, nor is tho Judiciary prostituted to partisan purposes. In tho opin ion just quottd, tlie Republican portion of the Bench concurred, licpubli an .Judges of sub- I ordinate courts followed it, and Republican law ! yers of eminence approved it. | Very recently the Court of Common Pleas I of Philadelphia, composed of Republican Judg j cs,deprived Hubert hiving, tbe Democratic Slier i iff, of bis office, and put Jo.'in Thompson, a Ke ' publican, in bis place, by rejecting the army vote, which gave a Ilemocr.itio majority. It ; was no' pretended that the vote cast outsplc the j Stats ill add be counted. No Republican law yer co.i id he found bold enough to present so alistird a propositiiit). But it was contended that the volunteer vote polled in the State, though out of the proper district, was valid. The court rejected loth. In so doing they rested j on ronson and authority and vindicated tho Con- : stitution, emphatically declaring "In regard to tbe first prop:isi*ion, that the votes of the military cast within tho Stato ftro to be cofrked, WP need only remark, that in our opinion, the decision of the supreme Court in the rifee of Chase vs. Miller, settles this questionjlhat no vote can bs lcgajly cast except ' in an Election District especially defined by law, ' and that the forty-third section of the act of July 2, 1839, in authorizing votes to lie receiv ed in places other than districts so defined, was irt nutation of the Constitution of the common wealth, ami consequently invalid. Neither that act nor law has constituted a camp within Pennsylvania an election district. The camp at or near Eastern was not so designated, nti.l the decision cf the Suprem i Court must be regarded as extending to iK Tins VOTE CANNOT, TIiKUKMUt, BE COUNTED." Nothing but the desperation of demagogues, determined to rule and ruin, can account for the attempt now being made to defy the Con stitution, the Courts of law, and the will of the people of Pennsylvania as fairly expressed at the ret tpt election. Wluxt is the remedy for these wrongs? In regard to executive officers the constancy of the Courti, may be relied on. Besides this, the fraudsfviit election officers may be punished by iuipriaqunent for not less than three, nar in ire than twelve months, and a fine of not less than one hrndrcd dollars, and be disabled from vu | ting oU holding offire for seven years. But the might tlmt slumbers until aroused to and revenge insufferable wrong, is the real remedy. Twenty-four years ago, STEVENS, lit kßows and others, who are now arrayed a gainst tha verdict of the late election, eonspired together to annul the election which made Poa- TEU Governor and returned a democratic legis lature. Ten thousand of the freemen of Penn sylvania rushed to the rescue—entered Harris burg-—thronged the Capitol—drove the conspir ators hway—defeated their nefarious and trea sonable coin bi nation. By leaping from the win dows of the Senate Chamber, and running for refuge from the people's rage, to obscure hiding places, they proved that villains are always cowards. With the same mea the sain; people have now to deal. Let them (lee froin tho wrath to come. THE LATE ELECTIONS. Rejoicings of the Border State Union Men. The Louisville (Ky.,) Journal, for years the organ of llenry Clay, and always opposed to Secession, in an article announcing the Demo cratic victories in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl vania, says: 'AVu do so with"a lighter heart than we have carried in our bosom for many weeks." The Louisville Democrat, the organ of the Douglas Democracy, says: "The Union men of this State will hail the result with unalloyed satisfaction. It is just wlmt they wanted " The St. Louis, Missouri Republican,exclaims: "HAIJ.EI.UJAH ! —The wisdom, the judgment, and the patriotism of the people—their ability to govern themselves— has again been asserted in the result of the recent elections in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and we have a right to shout HAM.KI.UJAH! They have engaged in a revolution which is to work out their political salvation, aud to bring back all the States to a glorious Union—first, in discarding, ns they arc doing now, the faithless servants who have brought these monstrous troubles upon the country and putting in their places men who will seek assiduously to aid the President in the adoption of such measures us will ensure the restoration of Peace aud the Union of the States "No political revolution has ever been ac complished under equally adverse circumstan ces, and yet no revolution was ever more thor ough and astonishing than that which was a | c!:ivcd by the people on Tuesday last. No army yet marshaled in the field against the reb el hosts could have hoped, in its most snnguin? movements, for so splendid a victory; a victo ry, too, achieved without the loss of a single life—without an extraordinary excitement — without the expenditure of hundred of millions of money —but simply by the aid of the BAL LOT-BOX —that mute instrument to which we have been referred by Gen. McClellan for tho settlement of all our political an ! sectional'dif- Tereacos ; an I to which, if Southern States and Southern Congressmen had been true to them selves and tho Union, the appeal would not have been made in vain!— A DELICATE LEGAL TOUCH.—Not very far from Central New Jersy lived two young law yers, Arohy Brown and Tom Hall.—Both were fond of dropping in at Mr. Smith's of an eve ning, and spending an hour or two with his on ly daughter Mary. One evening when Brown and Miss Mary had discussed almost every top ie, Brown snd lenly, and with his sweetest tones, struck out as follows: "Do you think, Mary, you eotil 1 leave your father and mother, your pleasant homo here, with all its ease an I comforts, an 1 go to the Far West with a young lawyer, who has but little besi les his profession to depend upon, and with him find out a new home, which it should lie your joint duty to beautify and make delight ful like this?" Dropping her head softly on bis shoulder she | answered, I think I could, Arciiy." "Well," sai l he, in a changed tone, and. straightening himself up, "there's Tom Hall is ' going West, and wants to get a wife, I'll just i mention it to him." VERY HAXDJ, —The editor of the Now Or leans Crescent thus announces a new invention: We saw sometime ago a new invention named, by which the |>endubun of a musical clock at tached to a cradle would ruck it, and the music i sooth a baby to sleep. Our friend Trap has j improved this, by additions, which keep tho I flies off the chil l while slumbering, whips it whenever it cries, and performs various other • little jobs about tho baby's person. WHOLE NUMBER, 3029 Thanksgiving Day in Pennsylvania. HABBISUUMO, (Jet. 21.—The Governor has issued tiie following proclamation : In the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Commonwealth. A PKOCI.AMATION. Whereas, it is a good thing to-render thanks unto God for all his mercy and loving kindness; therefore, I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the com monwealth of Pennsylvania, do recommend that Thursday, the 27th day ot' November next, be set apart by the people of this Commonwealth as a day of solemn Prayer and Thanksgiving to the Almighty—giving Him humble tlmnks that He has-been graciously pleased to protect our free institutions and Government, and to keep Us from sickness and pestilence—nnd to cause the earth to bring forth her increase, so that our garners are choked with the harvest and to look so favorably on tho toil of His children, tlml industry has thriven among us and labor litis its rewarJ; and also that He has delivered us from the hands of our enemies nnd filled our Olivers and men in the field with a loyal and intrepid spirit, and given them victory— and thut He has poured out upon us [albeit un worthy] other great and manifold blessings. IJeseoehing Him to help and govern us in His steadfast fear and love, nnd to put into our minds good desires, so that by his continual help we may have a right judgment in till things, and esjMjei.illy praying him to give to Christian Churches grace to hate the thing which i evil, and to utter the teachings of truth and right eousness, declaring openly the whole council of God; and mast heartily entreating him to be stow upon our civil rulers wisdom an 1 earnest ness and counsel, and u[ton our military leaders zeal and vigor in action, that the fires, of rebels lion may be quenched—that we, lxiirig armed with las defence, may lie preserved from all per-' ills and that hereafter our people living in peace and quietness, may, from generation to genera tion, reap the abundant fruits of His mercy, and with joy and thankfulmss praise and mag nify His holy name. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Commonwealth the eighty-seventh. ANDREW G. CURTIN. By the Governor. •" EU SUPER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Penalty for Rsfusine to Serve when Drafted. Much curiosity is evinced to know the pen alty under the State and' National laws for re -1 fusing to serve when drafted. The draft is enforced under an act of Con : gress of duly 17th, 18d2, which states among ' other things, that *'(■'? President is authorized to maize all necessary rules and regulations" in cases ' where State laws are defective as to the enroll -1 ment or execution of the draft. ' An act of assembly of Pennsylvania passed ' in 1822, (doth section, April 2d,) uses the fol lowing language : "Each and every* * * private of the mili ! tia who shall have neglected or refused to serve 1 when called into active service in pursuance ot' ' an order or requisition of the Presulcnt of the ' United States, shall lo liable to the penalties" : defined in the Act of Congress of Feb. 28th, ' 17i)o, or any Other Acts that may thereafter ! be passed. On reference to the Act of Congress referred • to, it will be found to embrace the following • points: "Every ollieor, non-commissioned otlicer or ■ private of the militia, who shall fail to obey the 1 orders of the President of the United States, * * * shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one yenr's pay, and not less than one month's pay to be determined and adjudged by a Courtmnrtial * • *; and such non-commissioned officers nnd privates shall bo liable to be imprisoned by a like sentence oil failure of payment of the tines adjudged against them, for one calendur mouth tor every twciity-fivojdollurs of such tine. It bus been decided by the Supreme Court of this State that those who disobey the rcqui.-i --lion are not employed in the service so ns to be ' liable to the articles of war, but that tliey are ■ liable to be tried by a Court-martial under the j above act. Suoli Court-martial to be constitu ted uiidor the authority of the United States. How They Fire in Battle. An army correspondent says: ''You womler whether tltc regiments fire regularly in a volley or whether each man loads and fires us fast as he can. This depends on circumstanced, but usually, except when the enemy is near at hand, the regiments fire only at the command of their officers. You hear u drop, drop, drop, as a few of the skirmishers fin?, followed by a rattle and a roll which sounds like the failing of a bull ling, just as some of you have hear I the j brick walls tumble at a great fire. Sometimes, ! when a body of the enemy's cavalry are sweep j ing down upon a regiment to cut it to pieces, | the men form into a mjtiaro with th officers lan 1 musicians in the centre. The front rank I stan Is with bayonets charged, while the second lank fires as fast as it can. Sometimes they form in four ranks deep—the two front ones ; kneeling with bayonets charged, so that if the enemy should come upon them they would run J against picket fence of bayonets. When they form in this way, the other two ranks load anil [ fire as fast as they cun. Then the roar is ter rific, and many a horse and his ri l<;r goee down beforo tho tcrriblo storm of bullets." 3*A pig lately walked into' a tailor's shop, and beforo ho was noticed by the proprietor, made his way toward tho cutting-hoard—attrac ted doubtless by the smell of "cabbago" lu that locality. Rates of 2Mtocrtiifaig On# Square, three weeaaor Its* . .Si 0® One Square, earh a<lilitional imertion lata than three month, 95 3 mouth*. 6 Movent. 1 fa* Ona tquara • $9 00 $3 00 $5 00 Two.quarj 3 00 5 00 0 00 Three tquara, 400 700 13 Oi {Column 300 900 19 00 Column . 800 13 00 30 00 I 4 Column 13 00 18 f0 30 00 | One Column ....... ll 00 30 00 SO 00 The tp ire occupied by ten iinee of tbie eite of type count, nne tquere. AH frettione of a tquare umler fi,e tine* will be mea<utetM* * half eqoera I end all o,er five line, aa a lull All letal dvertitementt will be chained to rWh perton baud, ing them in. Trantient advertiteitient, tbould be paid for in advance. #.. VOL. 6. NO. 14 What Abolitionism has done for White Working Men. White working men, just look at what twb years of Abolition Republican rule baedohe for you. We want to show you what you paid for certain necessary bouaehaH ftttnp under Dem ocratic Administration*, and whtft you have to pay now for the same things under an Abolition Administration: 1860 1832 Molasses, per gal. $ .50 $ .02 Sugar per lb. .12 .16 Coffee " " .15 .81 Rice 41 .06 .10 Tobacco 44 .37 .50 l'epper 44 ' .20 .31 Aluslin per yard, .10 .25 Calico 41 .12 .25 Cotton laps .10 .15 Let us estimate whnt it will coat an ordinary sized family more to live than it did in 1860: 1860 1862 Molasses,*lo gal., $5.00 $6.20 Sugar, 52 lbs., 6.SM 8.32 Coffee, 44 " * 7.80 13.00 Rice, 10 lbs., .00 1.00 Tobacco, 13 lbs., 4.81 7.28 Muslin, 60 yards, 6.00 15.00 Calico, 40 yards, 4.80 8.00 Cotton laps, 20, 2.00 3.00 Woolen cloths arc 35 per cent, higher now, which might make a difference of 20,00 Cotton cloths arc 10.) per , cent, higher now, say, 20.00 Then comes the direct tax 80.00 Making the exorbitant : total of $37.25 $131.80 37.25 The difference $04.55 This is what two years of Abolition Repub lican rule has cost vou. THE LUDICROUS SIDE OF LIFE The dexterous leap of thought, by which the mind escapes from n seemingly hopeless dilenunn, is worth nil the vestments of dignity which the world holds. It was this readiness in repartee which continually saved Voltaire from social o verturn. He once praised another writer very heartily to a third person. 'lt. is very strange,' was the reply, 'that you speak so well of him, for lie says that you are a charlatan.' 'Qh,' re plied Voltaire, 'I think it very likoly that both of us mny be mistaken.' Again, you must all have heard the anecdote of the young gentleman who wits discoursing very dogmatically about the appropriate sphere of woman. 'And pray, sir,' screamed out an old lady, 'what is the appropriate sphere of wo man?' 'A celestial sphere, madam.' Robert Hall did not lose his power of retort even in madness. A hypocritical condoler with his misfortunes once visited him in the mad house and said, in a whining tone, 'What bro't you hero, Mr. llnll V llull significantly touched his brow with his linger, and replied. 'What'll never bring you, sir—too much brain!' A rapid change from enthusiasm to noncha lance is often necessary in society. Thus, a per son once eloquently eulogizing the angelic qual ities of Joan of Arc was suddenly met by the petulant question, 'What was Joan of Arc inado off 'She was Maid of Orleans.' A Yankee is never upset l>y the astonishing.' [ He walks atWung tfte Alps with his hands in his (tuckets, and tlie smoke of his cigar is seen a inung the mi.- 1s of Niagara. One of this class sauntered into the office of the lightning tele graph ami asked how lontr it would take to trans mit n message to Washington. 'Ten minutes,' was the reply. '1 can't wait,' was the rejoinder. Sheridan never was without a reason, never failed to extricate himself in any emergency by his wit. At a country house, where ho was once on a visit, an elderly maiden lady desired to be his companion in a walk. He excused himself at first 011 the ground of the badness of the weather. She soon afterwards, however, interrupted him in an attempt to escape with out her. 'Well,* she said, 'it has cleared up, I see.' 'Why, yes,* he answered, 'it has cleared up enough for one, but not enough for two.' | It was this readiness wdiich made John l{an-" | dolpli so terrible in retort lie was the Tlter : sites of Congress, a tunguo-stubbor. No hypcr i bole of contempt or scorn could be luultcbod a i gainst him, hot lie could overtop it with some j tiling,more scornful and contemptuous. Oppo i sition only maddened him into more bitterness. 'lsn't it a shame, Mr. President,' said he one | day in the senate, 'that the noble bull-dogs of the administration should he wasting their precious time in worrying the rats of the oppositionf— Immediately the senate was in an uproar, and lie was clamorously called to order. The pre siding ollicer, however, sustained him; and, pointing his long, skinny finger at his opponents, Randolph screamed out, 'Rats, did I say T— mice, voce f ; Or.D Ant's LAST. —Somebody—sotn inquis i:ivo Yankee, likely as not—asked the Presi dent, "What number of men have the enemy in the fi l l .'' 011 Abe looked serious, and rcr plied —'Twelve hundred thousand according to the lie,st iiuthi rity." The interrogator blanch; ed m tho tuoj and ejaculated, "My God!" Th President continued: "Yes, sir, twelve hundred . thousand and no doubt of it. You aee all of our Generals, when they get whipped, gay tho enemy outnumbers them from throo tcr ftre to one, and I must believe them. We haVe (bar hundred thousand men in the field, three timed j four make twelve—don't you *e itt" "Can'* see it," sai i the bore, as bo brightened up aod I started for his hat. ——_____— • ' ffirThe Lktih; Constitutional Union, of Phihv delphia, hits been discontinued. It is an abfe " advocate of Democratic mou and moOeoreeooi r, d 'servos success. It is published as • weeldf
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